Beer, the college student drink of choice, may usually accompany weekend parties and Monday Night Football, but for some individuals, it's also be the product of a sophisticated art-as-process that can take place in your average off-campus kitchen.
On the tails of last week's announcement unveiling the next residents of Gifford House, colleagues and former students of incoming University President Anthony Monaco agree that his decades-long contribution to the scientific community, coupled with a slate of leadership roles in academia, make the renowned geneticist uniquely suited to lead Tufts.
Though the expansion of the Athletics Department is still in its fundraising and design stages, construction of the project's new athletic building could begin as early as the end of the spring, according to project organizers.
Following five years of collaboration, researchers from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston University and Tulane University have created a new vaccine for rotavirus, which causes severe diarrhea.
This year's Winter Bash event will be held at the Copley Place Marriott Hotel on Jan. 28.
A non−profit organization that advocates for the prevention of campus crime has alleged that the university's judicial process for handling cases of alleged sexual assault does not comply with federal regulations.
Dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Eileen Kennedy last month announced plans to pursue a yearlong sabbatical beginning next June.
Although "Over the Rainbow" — Pen, Paint and Pretzels' (3Ps) gender-bending cabaret to raise AIDS awareness — is returning at 8 p.m. tonight for its third year in a row, the show promises to be anything but stale.
Smoking is being given a new look: one that is marked by images of cancer, corpses and diseased internal organs. As part of a new battle strategy in the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) war against tobacco, the plain and simple cigarette packs of the past will soon become more shocking and gruesome.
The Tufts University Police Department at approximately 3:50 p.m. issued an e-mail security alert about a man carrying a handgun on Professors Row. The alert, however, turned out to be a false alarm, TUPD said in a follow-up e-mail to the community.
The town of Brookline, Mass., on Nov. 16 adopted a resolution against the sale and consumption of crated veal, a result of Tufts sophomore Rachel Baras' efforts to raise awareness of animal cruelty issues surrounding its production.
Tufts' University Information Technology (UIT) next semester will launch a campaign focused on increasing the security of electronic data, part of broader efforts to ensure the safety of university information.
"Burlesque" is not a good movie, but it makes for a fantastic extended music video.
Normally, the college coach is supposed to recruit the high school athlete. But when a vacancy arose at the coaching spot for the Tufts fencing team last year, Julia Hisey, then an incoming freshman, turned to her high school and club coach Ariana Klinkov.
Provost and Senior Vice President Jamshed Bharucha last month announced the members of the search committee for the new dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service and expects the body to identify a replacement next spring.
A collaborative project between Tufts and Boston Architectural College (BAC) last month unveiled the solar-powered centerpiece for a new sustainable housing development on Cape Cod.
University President-elect Anthony Monaco met the Tufts community for the first time in the Coolidge Room yesterday morning, kicking off a whirlwind tour of Tufts' three campuses.
The Facilities and Construction Department has commissioned engineers to examine the possibility of strengthening the floor in the Dewick-MacPhie Dining Hall to make the venue safe for concerts, according to Facilities Director Robert Burns.
The Tufts community today will hold a daylong celebration in honor of World AIDS Day, an international effort to raise awareness of the disease and its impact.
Transitioning to college life is hard for all newcomers, but for some students, Tufts' hilly campus and crowded lecture halls are especially troubling. From the 10-minute detour required to get from Tisch Library to Braker Hall to the need to request for student organization meetings to be moved to accessible rooms in order to check them out, the day-to-day life of a student with a physical disability can be considerably more difficult than one might think.
