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Rabbi Tzvi and ChanieBackman of the Rohr Chabad House at Tufts work furiously to act as the Jewish role models that students on campus may be missing. Attending college is the first time many students spend away from the comfort of their home communities. To fill that void for Jewish students on the Hill, the Chabad House claims to offer a home away from home.
The Sharewood Project has made important strides in providing free prenatal care after recently receiving its second $10,000 payment of a three-year $30,000 grant. Sharewood is a free volunteer-run clinic affiliated with Tufts that provides unscheduled health care to the medically underserved.
This is a topic I've wanted to comment on for a long time, and after reading the top headline for February in the Aug. 28 Daily about the alcohol related problems at last year's Winter Bash, decided to do so at last. Alcohol consumption is a prevalent problem in today's college campuses that seriously needs to be addressed, but such a task is easier said than done. First off, it is important to note that alcohol drinking is embedded in American culture. It is no secret that drinking alcohol is popular in the United States. Alcohol has long been the beverage choice for social affairs in this country. Business deals are struck, friendships are made, even marriage proposals are sealed with an alcoholic drink. Even in numerous households, alcohol is often served at the supper table. For young individuals, drinking the first can of beer or glass of wine is often seen as a rite of passage to adulthood. Alcohol holds so much essential value to social circles in the U.S. that few individuals are willing to part with it. Compare this with some cultures in other parts of the world where alcohol drinking is not as popular and at times completely shunned.
As the greater Boston area remains lockdown during the search for a second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, the university's Boston and Medford/Somerville campuses will stay closed on Saturday, April 20 until 5 p.m.
Following the capture last night of the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, the university's Boston and Medford/Somerville campuses will stay closed on Saturday, April 20 until 5 p.m. All curricular and co-curricular activities planned to start before 5:00 p.m. today are cancelled.
As the national public discourse surrounding sexual assault and rape has converged around recent stories like this month's case at Steubenville High School in Ohio, Tufts students and faculty continue to evaluate the effectiveness of the recently updated Sexual Misconduct Policy - specifically with respect to its accessibility, and the support and respect it lends to victims.
Dear Editor,
While the Tufts Christian Fellowship announced its decision yesterday to decline applying for re-recognition by the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Judiciary under the Committee on Student Lifes (CSL) justified departure policy, the CSL policy still holds for any group willing to implement it as an Arts, Science and Engineering (AS&E) faculty committee and University President Anthony Monaco have so far declined to overturn the policy.
I was born in South Florida, and via this chance origin, I've been a Marlins fan since I can remember. It's always been hard to be a Marlins fan. Even our two World Series wins were only possible because we limped into the playoffs from the Wild Card spot. The 1997 Series' Game 7 was one of the best games in MLB history, and the image of Craig Counsell crossing the plate with his arms outstretched for the walk?off win is permanently ingrained into my head. But current owner Jeffrey Loria has done all he can to erase that memory. Why buy a team in the first place if you don't care about the organization and the people who are involved in it? I'll tell you why: because Loria never bought the Marlins. He was given the Marlins.
The Board of Trustees voted last week to elect Vice Chair Peter Dolan (A'78) as the successor to Board Chair Jim Stern (E 72), who will step down in November after serving on the Board since 1982 and as chair for a decade. "I think that Tufts is a very special place which I've known for a long time, but I've grown to believe more and more it's got a tremendous future with a fantastic leader," Dolan told the Daily. "I'm really excited about being given the opportunity to contribute to the university as the next chair." University President Anthony Monaco announced the leadership transition in an email to the Tufts community yesterday. "A great university looks to its Board of Trustees for inspiration, guidance and financial stewardship to support its mission and assure its long-term future," Monaco said. "Tufts University has been fortunate to have such leadership." Dolan was first elected to the Board of Trustees in 2001 and has since become an important member of the university community, according to Monaco. He graduated from the School of Arts and Sciences in 1978 and is the father of a 2008 Tufts graduate. Dolan said he looks forward to a smooth transition to his new role. "Jim Stern has done an unbelievably good job," Dolan said. "He's a great friend, and I look forward to working with him to what I think will be a very smooth transition in board leadership." Dolan said he plans to being his own approach to "leveraging" the collective experiences of the Board's 40 members in Tufts' interest. "While that objective doesn't change, maybe how I might go about approaching that in the future will be a reflection of my own experiences, just as the current chair's was a reflection of his," he said. Another key responsibility of the chair is to give advice and support to the President's initiatives, Dolan said. "The importance of helping to make sure that the financial resources that are required to deliver on the strategic initiatives the university has is obviously a critical role of the chair and of the complete board," he explained. Dolan has been a member of eight Board committees and has led four of them, including the Presidential Search Committee that selected Monaco as the successor of university president emeritus Lawrence Bacow. Stern emphasized transparency during the process of finding a new president for the university, seeking input from across Tufts' campuses. "[The search] was a great opportunity to listen to students and administration and faculty across the three campuses and learn more about Tufts," he said. "I got really good experience at the board level with a variety of assignments that I've had." His previous leadership roles outside of Tufts include a stint as the CEO of global pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb and Chair and CEO of Gemin X, an oncology company, Monaco said. He now serves as a director of Vitality Health and an advisory board member of Valence Life Sciences Fund. Monaco also noted that Dolan holds other positions at peer schools as a member of the Board of Overseers at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a member of the Board of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. "[Dolan] is the chair of ChildObesity180, a multi-sector alliance of national leaders including Tufts that is committed to reversing the childhood obesity trend, and has helped to raise $16 million for the initiative," Monaco said in his email. "He is also a board member of the Partnership for a Healthier America; supporters of this nonpartisan nonprofit include honorary co-chair Michelle Obama and some of the nation's most respected health and childhood obesity advocates." Besides running these positions, Dolan also works to improve health through volunteering and donating, Monaco said. He also has run several marathons and triathlons, including the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon in 2007 and the Boston Marathon with his family in 2009. "As you can see from Peter's background, he is truly an accomplished leader and an active citizen in the finest tradition of Tufts," he said. According to the Office of Trustees' website, Stern was the youngest person ever to ever receive a position on the Board at the age of 32. Monaco cited Stern's numerous achievements in raising money for the university, including two campaigns that together raised almost $2 billion. "He has guided four Tufts presidents, and I count myself extremely fortunate to have had his counsel and support during my first two years at Tufts," Monaco said.Lizz Grainger contributed reporting to this article.
As University President Anthony Monaco moves through his second year at Tufts, he has become a familiar face on the Hill for students, staff and faculty. Settled into a newly renovated Gifford House and continuing to make himself accessible to the community through social media, Monaco rang in the 2012-2013 academic year with plans to resume progress on several initiatives and steer the university forward with new ones.
For a school that prides itself on being open?minded and politically correct, name calling, graffiti and harassment based on race, gender, sexual orientation or ethnicity all occur frequently at Tufts. These acts constitute bias incidents and are dealt with through a variety of student and administrative channels.