Dissertation Diaries: Machlan Sawden
Welcome to the sixth installment of “Dissertation Diaries.” We will be highlighting Machlan Sawden, a fifth-year Ph.D. student in the Shruti Sharma Lab at the Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
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Welcome to the sixth installment of “Dissertation Diaries.” We will be highlighting Machlan Sawden, a fifth-year Ph.D. student in the Shruti Sharma Lab at the Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
When Amazon Prime Video compared a fan’s engagement ring to Belly’s from “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” the reaction was immediate and sharp. The fan had posted her engagement announcement — an image of a modest ring and a joyful caption. Hours later, Prime Video India’s official X account reposted it alongside a screenshot of Belly holding another modest ring (notably gifted to her by the brother she didn’t end up with), captioned: “Girl, is there any chance your fiancé looks like this?”
The wait is nearly over for Boston Celtics fans. At 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the season will officially tip off as Atlantic Division rivals, the Philadelphia 76ers, visit TD Garden.
On Sunday, the Tufts Community Union Senate shared project updates from each General Board Committee and reviewed Treasury spending thus far.
Tufts Climate Action hosted a banner drop in support of Make Polluters Pay on Oct. 3. The campaign aims to raise public and legislative support for climate superfund bills.
New H-1B visa fees raise concern among international students: Your Tufts Daily Briefing
I eased the door open, letting a sliver of golden morning light slip into the dim room. My two friends were fast asleep on the bed, cocooned in a jumble of plush blankets. From beneath a subway cloud of white sheets, a few strands of my best friend E’s blonde hair peeked out.
On Saturday, Boston Common was packed by a throng of protestors for the second nationwide No Kings Day. Organizers claimed an attendance of 125,000 at the peaceful event, which featured many influential speakers, including Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey. It is believed that over 7 million people turned out for 2,700 similar, simultaneous events across all 50 states.
Mexico’s technological push
On Sept. 19, Somerville residents voted to deny incumbent Mayor Katjana Ballantyne another chance to hold onto the city’s top executive position, signaling widespread disapproval of her four-year tenure.
A substantial increase in the H-1B fee, issued by President Donald Trump on Sept. 19, may significantly affect the ability of international students at Tufts to work in the United States after graduation. The new one-time fee of $100,000 upon submission of any new H-1B visa applications, not including those that already have F-1 visas, applies to all petitions filed after Sept. 21.
Burma, rife with instability from decades of military control, has become a steadily growing hub of international crime.
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For centuries, the East and West have existed as what seem to be distinct entities — so different in culture and ideology that the art they produced reflected those stark differences. While Western art focused extensively on perspective and individual expressionism, East Asian art maintained its historical lineage of searching for “essence” in life and depicting the philosophical ideas of Buddhism and Daoism. However, as suited to the adventurous spirit of the great explorers, cultural exchange between the two was an inevitable historical product that brought excitement and revolution.
Tufts students reflect on ‘No Kings’ protest in Boston Common: Your Tufts Daily Briefing
I consider myself to be generally aware of the state of book banning in the United States. I read about the fights going on in school districts and libraries throughout Florida, Tennessee and Texas. I was recently frustrated by the ruling on Mahmoud v. Taylor, which allows parents to opt their children out of curricula including LGBTQ+ identities. Yet, I knew nothing about bans in my home state of New York or here in Massachusetts. In my mind, book banning was an issue of ‘elsewhere.’
He’s a box office superstar talent, bringing fans through the turnstiles. Pundits might even argue he’s the most watchable player in the NBA with his shifty step-backs and silky smooth layups, moves that he practiced growing up in his West Orange home without a backboard square. While fans are left in awe from his on-court craftsmanship, his off-court controversy has ruffled at least a few feathers and even prevented him from showing up to work.
On Saturday, thousands of people flocked to the “No Kings” protest in Boston Common. The protests against the administration of President Donald Trump, which occurred across all 50 states, followed a series of demonstrations that occurred in June.