Tufts' Institute for Biopharmaceutical Partnerships last month launched an online interactive feature aimed at attracting potential collaborators in the pharmaceutical industry.
After less than a year at Tufts,Tanya McGinn Paolo is no longer the Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life, the Greek community learned last month.
I've had just about enough of owners, reporters and all manner of talking heads declaring that the NBA?pocalypse is upon us due to players "just now" discovering that they are able to force their way onto any franchise they want, with any friends they want and get as much money as they want.
The Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) will this Friday kick off its fourth annual U.S.-China Relations Symposium, revamped this year and now offering two days of panels featuring speakers from around the country and the world.
Two Tufts Community Union (TCU) senators this weekend attended the inaugural New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Summit on Alcohol to share Tufts' experiences with the problem of underage drinking.
The women's lacrosse team, coming off a season in which it went 11?4 overall and lost to Amherst in the first round of the NESCAC Tournament, began gearing up for its 2011 campaign over the last two weekends in early?season scrimmages against Stonehill College on Feb. 19 and Merrimack College on Saturday.
After finishing an impressive sixth out of 25 teams at Div. III New Englands in Springfield last weekend, the men's track and field team will be looking to build on its promising early season performances this weekend at the All-New England Championships, which includes all of Div. I, II and III.
In the immortal words of Dorothy, "there's no place like home."
The Tufts Community Union Senate on Monday appointed two students as community representatives to represent the Queer Straight Alliance (QSA) and the Asian American Alliance (AAA).
The federal government earlier this month brought to the forefront the debate over student health insurance with proposed regulations that could drastically increase benefits of student plans and require that these plans meet similar standards to those stipulated in the recent national overhaul of the health insurance system.
TUESDAY "Lawrence Lessig on Institutional Corruption" Details: Lawrence Lessig, the director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University and a professor of law at Harvard Law School, will discuss his ongoing research on the existence of institutional corruption. When and Where: 7:30 p.m.; Cabot 206 Sponsor: Poverty and Power Research Initiative WEDNESDAY "EPIIC International Symposium — Our Nuclear Age: Peril and Promise" Details: The symposium will include talks from journalists, activists, academics and former government and military officials from around the world. When and Where: Feb. 23−27; most panels in ASEAN Auditorium, Cabot Sponsor: Institute for Global Leadership THURSDAY "The Legacy of Women Pop Artists" Details: Artist Idelle Weber, curator Catherine Morris and art historian Kalliopi Minoudaki will lead a panel discussion on the elements behind the exhibition at Tufts University Art Gallery. When and Where: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Tufts University Art Gallery Sponsors: Tufts University Art Gallery "'Formosa Betrayed' Screening with Producer Will Tiao" Details: Will Tiao (LA ‘96) will screen and discuss his film "Formosa Betrayed" (2009). When and Where: 6 p.m.; Metcalf Hall Lounge Sponsors: Taiwanese Association of Students at Tufts, Asian American Center FRIDAY "Eliot−Pearson Awards for Excellence in Children's Media" Details: Entertainer Bill Cosby and psychiatrist Alvin F. Poussaint will receive awards for their work in children's media. When and Where: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.; Distler Performance Hall Sponsors: Communications and Media Studies Program; Eliot−Pearson Department of Child Development "Cedar Walton Jazz Quartet" Details: Award−winning pianist Cedar Walton and his quartet will perform. Tickets are free with a Tufts I.D. (two per student). When and Where: 8 p.m.; Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall Sponsor : Department of Music SATURDAY "Violinist Joshua Bell in Concert" Details: Internationally renowned violinist Joshua Bell will offer a free concert. Tickets are available at the Granoff Music Center Box Office. When and Where: 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Distler Performance Hall Sponsors: Department of Music
Months of hard work will culminate this weekend in the most important team meet of the season for members of the men's track and field squad. The Jumbos will travel to Springfield College for the Div. III New England Championships, starting tonight and continuing tomorrow.
For any honest individual who will admit to watching game shows, "Jeopardy!" has always been regarded as the classiest of the bunch. While game shows like "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" and "$100,000 Pyramid" also attempt to challenge contestants with questions at a level higher than slight trivia, "Jeopardy!" is the snobby, erudite prototype for broadcasted knowledge competitions. Watchers tolerate this characteristic, knowing that the source of its pretentiousness is largely accounted for by the host, Alex Trebek. Assuming a viewer can stomach the haughty critique doled out by the graying host, "Jeopardy!" represents a highbrow form of game?show broadcasting.
University Information Technology (UIT) is on track to bring universal wireless coverage to all three of Tufts' campuses by the summer of 2013 and has plans to install wireless in South, Miller, Lewis and Tilton Halls and other residential facilities this summer.
Though the next election is still two years away, Jennifer O'Malley Dillon (LA '98) has been pegged to be President Barack Obama's deputy campaign manager after the president officially announces his re-election bid in the next few months. The Daily sat down with O'Malley Dillon to discuss politics and her career.
Freshman Alecia Hagman last month received the highest award for Civil Air Patrol (CAP) cadets in a ceremony in her home state of New Hampshire.
Three leaders at Tufts' Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE) on Jan. 31 were among over 250 economists to contribute to a letter sent to President Barack Obama's administration encouraging trade policy reforms in the wake of the financial crisis.
A Somerville institution with close ties to Tufts is under financial strain despite extensive community support in recent months.
I recently asked a girl, "What's the first rap song or rap thing you think of?"
