Tufts University School of Medicine's Department of Public Health and Community Medicine last December established the new Tufts Center for Global Public Health (CGPH) to serve as a strategic platform and resource through which global health projects will be coordinated, developed, implemented and supported.
Why should you read this column? Really, don't you have something better to do? Studying? Stalking your crush in Dewick while pretending to read some lame column in the Daily? Blabbering to your friends via Gchat about how that joke account retweeted a link to a Tumblr post linking to a Buzzfeed article about that Netflix show you love but procrastinated watching because you were on Facebook for four hours yesterday? Why read anything not directly related to coursework? You only get so many hours in a day.
The start of the New Year gives everyone the perfect opportunity to make positive changes in their lives, and that's when the famed New Year's resolutions come in. The problem is that most people really struggle to stick to their goals. Most fall off the wagon after only a few weeks and who wants that? Not to fear - I am here to provide you with some wisdom on how to stick to your guns and last the entire year.
More than 40 Tufts students traveled to Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Israel and Palestine during winter break for research related to the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL).
A group of students and some of the Backman children prepare for a photo at the Chabad House spa event on Jan. 20, 2014. The event, Spa for the Body, Spa for the Soul, is hosted annually by the Chabad House and anyone is welcome to attend. This year's guest speaker was the Education Director of the Rohr Chabad Jewish Center for Student Life at Binghamton University, RivkahSlonim who spoke on religious aspects of relationship success.
AizazChaudhry (F'90) recently assumed his position as Foreign Secretary of Pakistan after being cleared for appointment by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in December.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions received a record-breaking number of applications this year, indicating the Class of 2018 will be Tufts' most selective to date.
After a month and a half off the courts the Tufts men's squash team returned to competition this weekend.
After a difficult fall season in which the women's squash team went 3-5, the 28th ranked Jumbos defeated Haverford College 9-0 on Sunday, sweeping six of the nine matches in three games.
Boston's former Mayor Thomas Menino's 20-year reign ended on Jan. 6, when Mayor Marty Walsh was inaugurated at Boston College's sports arena, The Silvio O. Conte Forum.
With January more than halfway over, playoff football is well underway. Only four teams remain and, after this weekend's conference championship games, that number will be cut in half. The victors will meet up in Super Bowl XLVIII, while the losers will watch on TV with the rest of the country.
At this point in his career, it seems like there is no stopping Stephen Malkmus. With five albums from his eponymous band already under his belt, it would be understandable if the 47-year-old musician decided to pack up his guitar and call it a day. Instead, he has pulled together yet another collection of loose, fun-loving tracks - and is traveling across the world to promote them. Malkmus isn't concerned with expectations, and it is this nonchalance that makes his newest record both accessible and enjoyable. In an age where it is cool to not care, Malkmus excels at making his music human, which encourages the listener to feel a tangible connection to his songs - a connection that many indie artists have lost.
After a month-long hiatus, the Tufts men's track and field team will return to competition this Saturday at home.
Tufts Dance Collective (TDC) will resume hosting performances after making organizational changes to its program, according to Director of the Office for Campus Life Joe Golia.
The Tufts hockey team entered its month-long winter break with some much-needed momentum. After dropping the first five games of the season, the Jumbos split their last four contests heading into the break, highlighted by a 5-2 win over Colby, for the team's first conference victory. However, over winter break, the team reverted back to its pattern of late-game heartbreak, going 1-2 to bring its overall record to 3-9.
Welcome back, Tufts! It's always a little tough to return to classes after a leisurely month-long break, but, hey, look on the bright side: 47 degrees and sunny is definitely not the worst way to start the spring semester on the Hill.
Tufts is preparing to hold a series of public meetings on its proposed redevelopment of the Powder House Community School (PHCS).
Hundreds of thousands of protesters fill the streets, demanding the ouster of the old regime. A rope is attached around the neck of a statue of Lenin, the figurehead of communism in Russia. After taking a few tugs, the statue topples off its pedestal - protesters take hammers to Lenin's head, smashing it to pieces.
Tufts University Police Department shut down Tufts Dance Collective's (TDC) 9:30 p.m. performance last Saturday night as a result of multiple medical emergency calls and unsafe conditions, according to Director of Public and Environmental Safety Kevin Maguire.
