From the moment they set foot on campus during Freshman Orientation, Tufts undergraduates attend events designed to enhance their collegiate experience that are sponsored by the Tufts Alumni Association, which also works to make sure that alumni stay connected to the university and each other after graduation.
University officials have completed usability trials that will pave the way for an official recommendation to move away from Blackboard.com to an alternative online education service.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in a live web chat yesterday highlighted the importance of passing the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA), saying it would have a huge impact on college affordability.
Students eating in Carmichael Dining Hall after spring break will find themselves without trays for three weeks, as Dining Services will conduct a pilot program to test the feasibility of removing trays from all dining halls.
Last Thursday, a select group of Congressmen met with President Barack Obama at Blair House in Washington, D.C. for a meeting that no one was looking forward to. The topic was U.S. health care reform and the summit was set to be an all−day affair, one in which health care policy would be debated by key Senators and Representatives from both parties on live national television. That's what it was billed as, but that's not what happened.
Spring break. For college students, those two words often conjure images of scenes from MTV's insane parties on tropical beaches or simply a vague picture of peace and quiet, without mountains of homework and midterms weighing them down.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate's recommendation that science departments in the School of Arts and Sciences award an additional half credit for courses with mandatory laboratory sections has been met with a negative response from administrators.
For many high school students, the University of California (UC) system offers the perfect option for higher education. The UC system's appeal, aside from the sunny California weather, lies in the competitive education it offers for in−state tuition fees at a fraction of the cost of a private university for California locals. In light of the recent economic crisis, however, the ability of the UC system to continue to offer financially appealing education is uncertain.
The Boston Public Library (BPL) faces the prospect of closing eight to 10 of its branch locations and cutting services because the state of Massachusetts and City of Boston are cutting funding for the library by as much as $3.6 million in fiscal year 2011.
The women's third floor bathroom in Carmichael Hall last Thursday was vandalized with excrement smeared across the walls.
With one swift stroke past the legs of U.S. goalie Ryan Miller, left, Sidney Crosby set off a raucous celebration in Vancouver, giving the host Canadians the Olympic gold medal in men's ice hockey with a 3-2 overtime win yesterday afternoon.
Tufts recently received a four−star rating for sound fiscal management from Charity Navigator, America's largest independent charity evaluator. This marks the eighth consecutive year the university has received the highest possible rating.
Frank Ackerman, research fellow at Tufts' Global Development and Environment Institute and senior economist at the Stockholm Environment Institute, at a talk yesterday in the Tisch Library Hirsch Reading Room warned against using traditional economic analysis to deal with climate change issues.
Frank Ackerman, research fellow at Tufts' Global Development and Environment Institute and senior economist at the Stockholm Environment Institute, at a talk yesterday in the Tisch Library Hirsch Reading Room warned against using traditional economic analysis to deal with climate change issues.
As everybody knows, 2009 was a bad year for celebrities. Among the dozens of literal casualties were Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Brittany Murphy, Natasha Richardson, Dom DeLuise, Billy Mays, Steve McNair, Walter Cronkite, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze and, of course, Eddie Fatu.
