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Energy conference begins today

The seventh annual Tufts Energy Conference kicks off this afternoon at the Cabot Intercultural Center and will run until tomorrow.

Deval Patrick to visit the Hill

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick will visit Tufts on April 30 as the keynote speaker for the 2012 Merrin Distinguished Lecture Series, the Tufts Hillel Moral Voices Committee announced yesterday.

Concert Review | Salonen, Josefowicz dazzle audiences with BSO

Rarely does one get to witness a performance of a work that resulted from the collaboration between a world?class performer and a conductor/composer. But that is exactly what attendees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) this past weekend experienced when violinist Leila Josefowicz performed Esa?PekkaSalonen's 2009 Violin Concerto - which won the Grawemeyer Award, perhaps the most prestigious prize a piece of new classical music can win - under the baton of maestro Salonen himself. The concerto, which was written for Josefowicz, was flanked by Maurice Ravel's "Le Tombeau de Couperin" (1919), an orchestration of a 1917 piano work, and Igor Stravinsky's entire score to "The Firebird" (1910).

Taste of Tufts: Fiorenzo Omenetto

At last Friday's Taste of Tufts lecture, Professor FiorenzoOmenetto of the Department of Biomedical Engineering discussed his extensive work with silk. In his research, he collaborates with Department Chair and Professor David Kaplan to apply silk's unique properties to wide-ranging new functions in medical and biological fields.

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

Jack Webster and Hannah Furgang | A Piece of Advice

Dear Hannah and Jack,

SPIRIT fund creates opportunities for student-professor interaction

Among the benefits of a liberal arts education, some may say, is the opportunity for students to build relationships with professors, a feat that can be difficult at larger institutions. Even at Tufts, with an advertised student-faculty ratio of nine to one, it is not always easy to interact with professors outside of the classroom.

Tufts rows through difficult weekend on Malden River

This past Saturday on the Malden River, the women's crew team suffered clean sweeps at the hands of two teams ranked in the top 10 nationally: sixth?ranked Wellesley and eighth?ranked Wesleyan.

Men's Lacrosse | Trinity stumbles, Tufts takes over first place

On Tuesday, both of the NESCAC's top two teams found themselves in tight games against hungry conference opponents. The difference was that while Trinity floundered in the final quarter, Tufts finished strong.

Elizabeth Landers | Campus Chic Report

Going green has never been so easy. Society has come to embrace fuel?efficient cars, electric?powered buses, compost bins in dormitories, recycled napkins and, more recently, eco?friendly clothes. With high fashion becoming more accessible to the average person via live runway videos and "Project Runway," pro?environmental behavior is being embraced by forward?thinking fashion houses, small local companies, fast?fashion meccas and fashionistas alike. The fashion industry has promoted high?end, eco?chic clothes, which, in turn, celebrities wear, while shoppers have simultaneously changed social behavior and actively purchased sustainable clothes.

Characters mature in 'How I Met Your Mother'

It's never too late to suit up.

Beal bursts onto scene with gripping vocals

Willis Earl Beal's debut album, "Acousmatic Sorcery," is a deceptively simple record. At most, it features Beal's voice, a guitar and a few sparse instruments. The songs haven't been heavily produced since they were made with old karaoke equipment and a secondhand microphone. Despite its simplicity, though, the album shines by showcasing an extremely talented musician and vocalist.

Jasmin Sadegh | Engin-nerd

Weekend student production of'Romeo and Juliet' spices up the Hill

"Romeo and Juliet" is one of Shakespeare's most well?known plays. Adapted in myriad ways - most memorably in the original Broadway production of "West Side Story" (1957) and most infamously in Jet Li's bloody "Romeo Must Die" (2000) - "Romeo and Juliet" has become a cliche in and of itself. The challenge, then, is to create a unique and meaningful production that brings something new to a well?worn story.

Whose voice will they silence next?

On March 27, 2012, Jimmy Zuniga, Cory Faragon and Matt Parsons, three members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), attempted to intimidate, censure and suppress the free speech of those who disagree with them. Thankfully, the student judiciary ruled against them, and they failed in this instance. ...

GAYpril events bring awareness to LGBT community on the Hill

Tufts professors innovate in the classroom, avoid student backlash

Games of the Week

Looking Back (April 14) | Men's lacrosse shows Amherst who's boss

New front-man spells continued success for DragonForce

Power metal band DragonForce has undergone a major change since their last album came out in 2008. Former front-man ZP Theart left the band in 2010 because of differences in opinion and the band held worldwide auditions to find someone who could match Theart's melodic howl. The replacement was announced last year as Marc Hudson, and he undoubtedly proves his worth on the new DragonForce album, "The Power Within."

The Cabin in the Woods' reinvigorates stale slasher film genre

Genre films are at once breeding grounds for originality and staleness. Fantasy, science fiction and horror have introduced powerful cultural icons, but they also have an infamous tendency to descend into 11?part franchises or endless remakes. In an era when the latter has come to dominate the horror genre, "The Cabin in the Woods" injects a much?needed critique with startling originality, paying homage to its predecessors while ripping apart their weaknesses at the same time.