Tisch College Distinguished Speaker Series: Senator Ed Markey

On October 7, 2019, Tisch College welcomed U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series. Markey spoke with Tufts Economics Professor & the John DiBiaggio Professor of Citizenship and Public Service, Gilbert Metcalf, about climate change, the Green New Deal, and public service. Alan Solomont, Dean of the Tisch College of Civic Life, gave opening remarks.

The event was sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Sunrise Movement Tufts, the Environmental Studies Program, Tufts Institute for the Environment, Tufts Office of Sustainability, the Economics Department, the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, the Political Science Department, the Fletcher School’s Center for International Environment & Resource Policy, the Partnership for Offshore Wind Energy Research (POWER-US), and the Environmental League of Massachusetts.