WMFO 91.5, Tufts' freeform student−run radio station, is kicking off the semester with a fresh new look. The station's main studio, Studio A, has been expanded and repainted, and its vast music collections have been sorted and purged.
Television journalist Lisa Ling advocated for girls' education and challenged students to leave their comfort zones at the fifth annual installment of the Merrin Distinguished Lecture Series on Tuesday night.
A Tufts chapter of the international organization Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), which formed last semester and is holding its first event tonight, aims to raise a debate on the nation's drug policies and hopes to stoke support for changes to how drug use is perceived and prosecuted at the university, state and even national level.
The three branches of the Tufts Community Union (TCU) government launched a new, unified website over winter break that facilitates navigation between the pages of the three branches of the TCU, according to TCU Webmaster Mike Vastola, a senior who is also the technical director for the Daily.
Tufts' Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences and the Jackson Laboratory (JAX) in Bar Harbor, Maine will this summer join forces for a new graduate program in mammalian genetics.
As demonstrations in Egypt that began last Tuesday escalated to unprecedented levels and raised the once unthinkable possibility that President Hosni Mubarak may be ousted, Tufts students who have recently been in the country reacted with shock and cautious optimism for the country's future.
The Daily recently had the chance to speak with comedy do-it-all Greg Fitzsimmons, who will be performing a show at the WilburTheatre tomorrow. Fitzsimmons has had a successful career as a stand-up comedian andradio and podcast host (Fitzdog Radio) and is an Emmy award-winning writer and producer for his work on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." He recently added a memoir to his roster of achievements, titled "Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons."
Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer Bruce Riedel, who chaired the 2009 White House review to overhaul U.S. policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, spoke Wednesday evening about diplomatic relations between the United States and Pakistan at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone announced last Tuesday his intention to seek a fifth consecutive term as mayor in the upcoming 2011 election.
Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) officers arrested a man at about 3:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon after he entered the Granoff Family Hillel Center and harassed a number of people.
Students shopping for textbooks this semester now have a new way to get their books on campus.
As cramming for finals week begins, work piles up and procrastination becomes less and less pragmatic, hygiene and sleep will inevitably take a backseat.
November 19 was a day to remember. And no, not because it was the day "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 1" was released. Instead, I am referring to the day thousands of fashion−conscious men and women began lining up outside none other than fast−fashion retailer H&M.
For many students at Tufts, the race to find the perfect roommate began as soon as an acceptance letter landed in their mailboxes. They had to consider what kinds of traits they should evaluate in a potential roommate — sleep habits, study habits, smoking habits. But according to recent research, incoming freshmen may want to add their roommate's weight to that list.
Women's Swimming and Diving | Jumbos head to Florida for intense conditioning trip
Dance music has always been an awkward genre for home listening. Nobody throws on Daft Punk to lounge by the fireplace. But the best dance artists transcend the club scene, making their way into our everyday listening experiences. Deadmau5's latest album shows that he has yet to become that kind of musician.
The idea behind a chocolate chip cookie is not typically discussed in Harvard University science courses, nor are the delectable desserts usually baked using physics and chemical formulas. But some Harvard students have recently ditched their kitchens in favor of the classroom, baking their cookies by submerging them in a vat of liquid nitrogen.
Tufts' Beyond Boundaries capital campaign is 95 percent complete with its goal to raise $1.2 billion by next year, according to Director of Advancement Communications and Donor Relations Christine Sanni (LA '89).
Faculty and administrators last night packed a Lane Hall classroom for a community discussion designed to address recent safety alerts, sparking a larger conversation about race and diversity issues on campus.
