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A Jumbo's Journey Abroad: What the f$#% is a kilometer?!?!

Cakes and candles to 2026!

Fresh at Carmichael Dining Center reopens following fall semester closure for repairs

The Fresh at Carmichael Dining Center reopened for service on Jan. 14 following a required closure due to flooding toward the end of the fall semester.

Daily Newsletter: January 15, 2026

Jake Wilson begins term as mayor following monthslong transition team transparency efforts: Your Tufts Daily Briefing

Medford mayor, City Council, School Committee sworn in for two-year term

Medford Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn and a new City Council and School Committee were sworn in on Jan. 4 as the city prepares to move forward with its rezoning project and build a new Medford High School.

Letter from the Managing Board: The semester in preview

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Mini Crossword: Second Semester

Crossword: Welcome Back!

Tufts women’s basketball falls to Colby

“Every NESCAC opponent is a battle,” Jumbos’ junior guard Stella Galanes wrote in a message to the Daily.

The Full Court Press: The Luka Dončić Conundrum

If you need proof that time flies, consider that it’s already been 11 months since Nico Harrison dealt Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers in what was, for my money, the biggest trade in NBA history.

Moments ‘til Madness: Midseason question marks

We are now almost halfway through the college basketball season and there has been no shortage of storylines up to this point. With every team well into conference play, the top contenders are becoming clearer, while bubble teams are striving to build their resumes before Selection Sunday. So far, these are the most important questions regarding the state of college basketball as I see it.

New cannon repainting policy leaves students confused, conflicted

Between Goddard Chapel and Ballou Hall, overlooking President’s Lawn, stands the Tufts cannon. This piece of history is constantly adorned with political, cultural and prideful messaging painted by student groups, making it a centerpiece of free speech on campus. Yet, at the start of the 2025–26 academic year, the decades-old tradition of ‘painting the cannon’ embraced a new policy. In a September email, Camille Lizarríbar, dean of students for the School of Arts and Sciences, announced that free speech and expression through the cannon would take on a new form: The cannon would be subject to “periodic cleanings.” In practice, this meant repainting the cannon light blue every Thursday as a weekly ‘reset.’ 

Tufts Carillon: Musical history hidden in the Goddard Chapel bell tower

In 1876, Eugene Bowen graduated from Tufts College known by peers and faculty as the most prominent bell ringer of his class. Goddard Chapel had not yet been built, and a single bell rang atop Ballou Hall. This bell’s historical record is wide-ranging, even including a memorable prank from the 1880s in which Tufts students tied a calf to the bell rope so the bell would ring for hours.

Jake Wilson begins term as mayor following monthslong transition team transparency efforts

Following his swearing-in as mayor of Somerville on Jan. 3, members of Jake Wilson’s transition team say that his administration will prioritize community input and collaboration following months of outreach and preparation.

Private music lessons to resume this spring after fall semester suspension

Private music lessons will resume this spring after a semester-long hiatus due to a staffing vacancy in the director of applied music position. Mawunyo Kobla Titiati is taking over as program administrator of applied music.

Book Review: 'Everything is Tuberculosis'

Tuberculosis is a disease that kills over 1 million people every year, so why is it that much of the Global North thinks of it as a disease of the past? Why is a curable disease still killing so many people? In his new book, “Everything is Tuberculosis,” John Green tackles the history and current reality of a disease that has, in many ways, shaped our world. “Everything is Tuberculosis” centers on answering the question of why access to the TB cure is limited in regions where the disease is most prevalent, challenging the plethora of assumptions that have been made about the disease throughout history.

At the intersection of art and biology: LABLINES project launching soon at Tufts

LABLINES: “Linking Arts and Biology through Lines & Narrative for Engaging Science,“ is set to launch at Tufts this semester. The initiative recently received a grant from the Tufts MUSE funding program, which supports “arts, humanities, and humanistic social sciences projects” that may otherwise have limited funding options.

The ‘Stranger Things’ finale ends the show with some fizzles, some bangs

Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers for “Stranger Things.”

‘Resurrection’ is one of cinema’s most daring love letters

At this point, Chinese filmmaker Bi Gan’s career can largely be described as an anomaly. He’s 36, yet his films display a maturity that most fail to reach even in their later years. He comes from mainland China, infamous for its artistic censorship, but his work is some of the most innovative and expressive in world cinema today. His first two feature films, “Kaili Blues” (2015) and “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” (2018), were hypnotic in style and personal in philosophy, following protagonists as they ventured through Gan’s native Guizhou province in southwest China.    

Office of Public Safety issues temporary card-access restrictions in Medford/Somerville, Grafton campuses following Brown shooting

The Office of Public Safety announced temporary “security enhancements” for buildings on the Medford/Somerville and Grafton campuses in an email to the Tufts community Monday afternoon. These changes follow an active shooter incident at Brown University on Saturday that resulted in the deaths of two students and the hospitalization of nine others.

Letter from the Managing Board: Our semester at a glance

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