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‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ traces families and the limits of intimacy
Jim Jarmusch has built a prolific career on observing the smallest details. “It’s a lot more exhausting to be looking at Cate Blanchett’s eyelid or Tom Waits’ gestures than to have 15 zombies come out of a grave,” the beat-poet-turned-director remarked at a press conference after his film “Father Mother Sister Brother” unexpectedly won the Golden Lion, the highest prize at the Venice International Film Festival.
Op-ed: In honor of Charlie Kirk
We were all left shaken by the assassination of Charlie Kirk on Wednesday afternoon. To many of us, Charlie was more than a national figure on the news. He was a role model, a source of inspiration and a living example of what it means to stand for one’s beliefs with respect and conviction.
Dissertation Diaries: Amarachi Osuji
In this second installment of “Dissertation Diaries,” we highlight Amarachi Osuji, a fifth-year chemistry and biotechnology Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Professor Joshua Kritzer here at Tufts. Originally from Nigeria, Osuji earned her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Debrecen in Hungary. For her Ph.D., she chose to shift her focus, moving away from engineering to delve more deeply into chemistry.
Daily Newsletter: September 12, 2025
Blakeley Hall reopens following renovation offering amenities and community for sophomores: Your Tufts Daily Briefing
The Intangibles: What Ben Simmons can teach us
Ben Simmons was one of the most talented basketball players of his generation. He was so talented that he sleepwalked to the first pick in the 2016 NBA draft off raw talent alone. He was so talented that he was an All-NBA Third Team Player in 2020. He was a genuinely elite NBA player.
Can food be apolitical?
“Let them eat cake.”
Blakeley Hall reopens following renovation offering amenities and community for sophomores
Blakeley Hall, previously a dorm for graduate students in The Fletcher School, has reopened for the 2025–26 academic year as a sophomore dorm after a three-year renovation that was completed this summer.
Field hockey 1-1 after falling to Williams in first NESCAC faceoff
Coming into the 2025 season as NESCAC Champions and NCAA runners-up, Tufts field hockey stepped onto the recently renovated Ounjian Field prepared to bring their game to the next level.
Residents, officials concerned over sale of 21-acre Medford property to MBTA for bus facility
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority closed on a 21-acre property at 440 Riverside Ave. in Medford, where it intends to store and maintain buses, frustrating residents and officials who worry about its impact on the neighborhood and a missed opportunity to build a supermarket. Medford Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn announced on Aug. 25 via Facebook that the MBTA had closed on the property.
Davis Square Neighborhood Council elects inaugural board
Community members in Davis Square elected the inaugural board of directors for the Davis Square Neighborhood Council (DSNC) last month. The nine-member body, according to its website, aims to give the community “a seat at the table” in shaping the neighborhood’s future, with its primary function being to “ensure developers’ projects benefit people in the neighborhood.”
Almaty: The City of Doves
For the entirety of the fall semester, I will be tucked away in the (surprisingly temperate) mountains of Kazakhstan, learning Russian in the nation’s cultural capital: Almaty. In Kazakh, Almaty means “full of apples,” a fitting name for an area that first contained the distant ancestor of the modern apple. Long before “The Big Apple” in New York, there were many big apples in Central Asia, and, during the course of my time here, I’m hoping to cut right to the city’s core and share whatever sweet fruit I find along the way. Every two weeks, I will publish juicy vignettes about life in Almaty — some may connect, and some may not…
Mini Crossword: Baker's Delight
Crossword: Parlez-vous Français?
Daily Newsletter: September 10, 2025
BREAKING: Tufts announces free tuition policy for families earning up to $150,000 annually: Your Tufts Daily Briefing
Tufts Volleyball Shows Resilience at Salisbury Quad
The Jumbos hit the road for the first time in the fall 2025 semester for their first tournament of the season in Salisbury, Maryland at Maggs Activities Center this past weekend. The schools that participated in the series were the Tufts Jumbos, Salisbury Sea Gulls and the Gettysburg Bullets.
Men’s soccer drops NESCAC opener to Williams
In the eternal words of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “The waiting is the hardest part.”
TCU Senate outlines policy changes and semester goals in first regular meeting of the year
In its first weekly meeting of the year on Sunday, the TCU Senate introduced a new project list and implemented changes to student organization budgets, including a restriction on their ability to award prize money.
Heavy Metal: Cameron Winter’s nonsecular, raucous, dissident, challenging debut
“God is real,” Cameron Winter sings on the second-to-last song on his debut album, 2024’s Heavy Metal;” “I’m not kidding, God is actually real/ I’m not kidding this time/ I think God is actually for real.”
Dissertation Diaries: Kevin Smith
Welcome to the first installment of “Dissertation Diaries,” a new column where we will highlight different doctoral candidates from various science and engineering departments at Tufts! Our first student profile spotlights Kevin Smith, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.