MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass.  — Nearly 1,500 undergraduate students were awarded degrees in disciplines ranging from the sciences and engineering to the humanities and fine arts during Tufts University’s annual commencement, which featured an address by award-winning actress and activist Alfre Woodard.

Local graduates from the Tufts School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering included:

• Alexander LeBlanc of Kennebunk with a Bachelor of  Science degree in Biology

• Emma Cusack of Kittery with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude

• Zoe LeBlanc of Lyman with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering, Cum Laude

Tufts University, located on campuses in Boston, Medford/Somerville and Grafton, Massachusetts, and in Talloires, France, is recognized among the premier research universities in the United States.

Tufts enjoys a global reputation for academic excellence and for the preparation of students as leaders in a wide range of professions. A growing number of innovative teaching and research initiatives span all Tufts campuses, and collaboration among the faculty and students in the undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across the university’s schools is widely encouraged.