Local biomedical company Serica Technologies has expanded its Medford branch, facilitating increased collaboration between the company and the Tufts biomedical department.
The New York Mets held a seven-game lead in August and were the favorites to represent the National League in the World Series. They maintain by far the highest payroll in the National League at over $116 million in 2007. And now, with the playoffs a day away, the Mets' season is over. What happened? The Mets collapsed, in typical 21st-century New York baseball style, losing 12 of their last 17 games. They made things interesting Sunday, as a win would have given them a shot at reaching the postseason. We all know what happened, the Mets were blown out by the Florida Marlins, a team tied for the second-worst record in the NL. So to celebrate the Mets' epic nosedive, we give you the top 10 chokes in sports history.
Costas Karamanlis, a Fletcher graduate and Tufts' 2005 Commencement speaker, was reelected to a second term as Prime Minister of Greece on Sept. 16.
When a Tufts junior was held up at gunpoint early Friday morning, he lost his cell phone and his laptop. But he still had the wherewithal to ask for his phone's SIM card back.
Tufts' Muslim community has welcomed a new chaplain this year. Shareda Hosein assumed the position after her predecessor, Imam Noureddine Hawat, chose to leave Tufts at the end of last year.
The women's crew team proved on Sunday that it will not let the absence of last year's seniors impede its success this season.
The golf team suffered a major setback this weekend by placing fifth out of 10 teams at the 2007 NESCAC Championship, held at the Skenandoa Golf Club in Clinton, N.Y. Unfortunately for the Jumbos, only the top four finishers go on to the spring playoff tournament, the winner of which receives a bid to Div. III Nationals.
Despite a young team and two novice coxswains, the men's crew team rowed to promising results this past Saturday at the Textile River Regatta in Lowell, Mass.
The four best teams in baseball all play in the American League.
The men's tennis team traveled to Williamstown, Mass. for the ITA Regional Tournament this weekend with just four players, only one of whom played in the top four during the Salve Regina match last week.
Next time you pick up a controller, think twice about how it might affect your roommate's grade on his upcoming exam.
In Evan Coyne Maloney's new documentary, "Indoctrinate U," a Columbia University student is featured screaming, "Just stop it!" at a student protest. What caused the student's ire was an "affirmative action bake sale" several weeks earlier. In an attempt to illustrate the double standards used by admissions offices, the organizers of the bake sale offered cupcakes at different prices depending on the race of the customer.
The competition at Medford Square Market's Apple Bake-Off was intense on Thursday afternoon. Community members submitted a Swedish Apple Cake, a Jewish Apple Cake, an Apple Cobbler and an Apple Crisp. The four apple creations were sampled by a panel of judges including Medford Mayor Michael McGlynn, Tufts Dining Services Director Patti Klos and Robert Giordano, the owner of Arthur's Bakery. Congratulations go out to Helena Gringas, a Medford resident of Swedish decent, who won the competition with her Swedish Apple Cake.
T here's a gentle breeze cooling off the pleasantly warm night in the square. The wind delicately plays with the ends of your hair, exposing your bare shoulders to the moonlight.
International aid agencies' work in Iraq has been hampered by their placement of security concerns above humanitarian missions, according to a study published this summer through Tufts' Feinstein International Center (FIC).
In this country, we seem to make icons out of fallen stars.
"It's a great day for the university," President Lawrence Bacow said yesterday at the Community Day celebration that attracted over 1,000 people, many of them Medford and Somerville residents.
