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Hank Azaria (LA’87), an Emmy Award-winning actor and comedian,addressed the Tufts community on Friday as part of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life’s Distinguished Speaker Series, as the last speaker of the semester. The discussion was moderated by Jim Glaser, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences.
The United States approaches an unprecedented winter — one ridden with a ruthless pandemic. According to a 2019 government estimate, almost200,000 people sleep on the streets of our nation each night. With highunemployment rates, risinghousing costs and widespreadfood insecurity, the perfect storm is brewing for surging homelessness rates. However, our nation currently does not have the proper infrastructure to respond to this growing number of individuals in desperate need of shelter. Rather, many of our cities are ridden with anti-homeless architecture.
Content warning: This article mentions addiction and substance abuse.
Tufts has asked all students in on-campus housing to pack up their belongings before departing for winter break, in the event that the COVID-19 pandemic worsens and the university is forced to cancel the in-person spring semester, according to Director of Residential Life and Learning Josh Hartman. If this occurs, Tufts will either move, store or ship students’ belongings to them.
Content warning: This article mentions trauma, eating disorders and sexual assault.
A contentious presidential election. A pandemic. Financial instability. Virtual classes. College students have faced significant obstacles over the past eight months, raising stress and anxiety for many. Luckily for Tufts students, many people and organizations have stepped up to help students learn to deal with increased stress.
The pandemic has presented significant academic, emotional and financial challenges to the Tufts community. As we near the end of the semester, it is becoming increasingly apparent t the constraints presented by the pandemic will follow us into the spring, as Tufts students will continue to attend classes under conditions that are far from ideal. To alleviate student stress in the face of prevailing academic challenges, Tufts must extend itsExceptional Pass (EP)policy to the spring semester in order to continue its trend of empathy and academic flexibility in this time of pervasive uncertainty and volatility.
Content warning: This article discusses trauma.
Content warning: This article discusses trauma, sexual assault, homophobia and racism.
Even long before the pandemic, Residential Assistants (RAs) played an integral role in facilitating community and promoting safety within residential halls. These responsibilities increased this semester, as RAs have had to adapt to being some of theprimary enforcers of the residential cohort system. Alack of guidance from the university has led to increased stress among RAs. As we approach the second half of the semester and upcoming winter months, Tufts must better support its RAs and enforce the residential cohort system in order to foster community within dorms and protect the health of its students.
The Faculty Senate voted on Friday, Oct. 9 to delay the start date of classes to Feb. 1 and shorten spring break.Students will arrive on a staggered basis between Jan. 19 and 29,granting more time for deep cleaning and the completion of student testing and quarantine requirements before classes begin. Extending winter break will also give Tufts’ staff sufficient time off following months of preparation and hard work under stressful conditions.
While many people took state and federal at-home advisories during the spring and summer months of the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to stop exercising and start overeating, juniorNoble Ohakam decided to put those weeks to good use — by capitalizing on his passion for fitness and kick-startinghis brand, Built by Noble.
On Tufts’ campus, “The Mods” is a term used to refer to isolation housing utilized to stop the spread of the coronavirus. At Boston College (BC), “the Mods” is a funky, on-campus housing option for seniors, and it has been one of the campus’ hotspots for the spread of the coronavirus.
Dear J: “I started talking to this guy, but it’s hard to spend time together due to the new COVID-19 policies. How do I pursue a relationship right now?
Now that the fall semester is in full flux, students have numerous facilities open for use. Along with academic locations on campus, the Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center has been available to those who are engaging in Tufts testing protocols.
While there were doubts that the MLB season would even be able to finish due to early outbreaks of COVID-19 among some of the younger teams, the playoffs began Tuesday with glaring absences and unexpected appearances due to a combination of the shortened season, coaching weaknesses and player adjustments.
COVID-19 and Tufts’ response plan were always going to adversely impact academic opportunity and learning as well as student social life, including student organizations and programming. It was evident that life at Tufts was not going to be normal this semester; we are going through a once-in-a-century pandemic. Therefore, manystudents —at least 735 — are attending Tufts remotely and manyothers are taking leaves of absence. From my personal experience, Tufts has done well to accommodate students studying remotely from an academic perspective: Professors have generally been understanding of time zone differences and technical challenges, recordings for lectures are available and exceptional pass/fail has already been approved.
Tufts University has waived the eight-semester academic residency requirement for all students enrolled full time in fall 2020, due to the unique circumstances caused by COVID-19.
Dear University President Anthony Monaco, Provost and Senior Vice President Nadine Aubry, Dean of the School of Engineering Jianmin Qu, Dean of Student Affairs Camille Lizarríbar, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences James Glaser, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Robert Cook, Associate Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Rob Mack and members of the Tufts community,
Editor’s note: This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.