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Tufts Medical Center ranks among top 10 in national quality study
November 29A nationwide study ranking hospital quality and patient care named in September Tufts Medical Center among the top 10 academic medical institutions in the country.
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Women's Basketball | Jumbos come from behind to take down Judges
November 29After a tough loss last week to Eastern Conn. State, the women's basketball team bounced back with a 54-51 victory over nonconference foe Brandeis on Sunday afternoon in Cousens Gym.
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Madeline Hall | The Tasteful and the Tasteless
November 29When you were first asked to read F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," which was probably sometime in the miasma of junior year of high school, you may have had a few different reactions.
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Elisha Sum | Our Genderation
November 29Tori Amos once sang, "Before the truth was buried alive, did we prize it?"
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Thumbnail optional | Visiting the Hill this week
November 28TUESDAY"Doing Virtuous Business"Details: A panel discussion will accompany an advance screening of the PBS documentary "Doing Virtuous Business." The documentary's producer, Ted Malloch, also the CEO of the Roosevelt Group and the author of "Spiritual Enterprise: Doing Virtuous Business," will be in attendance.When and Where: 5 to 7 p.m.; Goddard ChapelSponsor: Entrepreneurial Leadership ProgramWEDNESDAY"The Grinch that Stole Hanukkah"Details: Professor Paula Fredriksen, Aurelio Chair Emerita of the Appreciation of Scripture at Boston University and author of "From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Jesus," will conduct a question?and?answer session.When and Where: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.; Coolidge Room, Ballou HallSponsor: Center for the Humanities at Tufts"Religion in America"Details: Harvey Cox, the Hollis Research Professor of Divinity at the Harvard Divinity School, will speak about the future of religion in the United States.When and Where: 6 to 7 p.m.; Goddard ChapelSponsor: Office of the University Chaplain"Former Army Interrogator at Guantanamo Bay"Details: Matthew Alexander, a former senior military interrogator and an outspoken critic of the use of torture, will deliver a lecture.When and Where: 6 to 7:30 p.m.; Braker 001Sponsor: Amnesty International Tufts Chapter"Fatal Promises"Details: A screening of "Fatal Promises" (2009), a film documenting the stories of victims of human trafficking in Eastern Europe. Kat Rohrer, the documentary's director, will conduct a question?and?answer session following the screening.When and Where: 8 to 10:30 p.m.; Olin 012Sponsor: Russian CircleTHURSDAY"Bottom?Up Entrepreneurship for Democracy and Development"Details: Iqbal Quadir, founding director of the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the founder of Grameenphone Limited in Bangladesh, will discuss new approaches to solving global poverty and empowering workers in developing countries.When and Where: 7 to 9 p.m.; Pearson 104Sponsor: OneWorld
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Questioning your faith: Students consider religious conversion on the Hill
November 28The practice of religious conversion is fairly common in the United States. Roughly half of American adults have switched religious affiliation at least once in their lives, according to a 2009 study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
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Greeks deliver Thanksgiving meal to the homeless
November 28An effort by the Greek community at Tufts recently gave dozens of families in Somerville a chance to celebrate this Thanksgiving.
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Forcible rape reported to have taken place at Sigma Nu, TUPD investigating
November 22The Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) late last month received a report of a forcible rape at the Sigma Nu fraternity house, according to a public crime log TUPD provided to the Daily.
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UIT looks to name Blackboard replacement
November 22A university-wide contest held by the University Information Technology (UIT) department will challenge members of the Tufts community to come up with a name for the learning management system (LMS) that is slated to next year replace Blackboard, according to Senior Faculty Development Consultant for UIT Rebecca Sholes.
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Cambridge chef Gabriel Bremer mixes food and science, constantly innovating
November 22It is almost midnight on a Saturday evening, and the last orders have just left the kitchen. But chef Gabriel Bremer is still hard at work on his latest experiment: s'mores.
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JoeyTracker to add new coverage, but problems persist
November 22TuftsLife will expand its JoeyTracker service next semester to incorporate the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) and School of Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) shuttles, but problems with GPS coverage continue to haunt the online service.
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Virtual Music Festival grants global access to music in Distler
November 22For the past four years, senior Kelsey Hersh has performed with the Tufts University chamber singers ensemble. Hailing from Ojai, Calif., Hersh's parents, unfortunately, have in the past been unable to fly across the country to attend her concerts. This weekend, however, Kelsey's mom, Jaye, tuned into a live webcast to see her daughter perform in Distler Hall.
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The state of Tufts' discourse on the Holy Land
November 22Tufts' chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) has not yet reached a first−semester milestone of existence, and already, much controversy has been generated on campus directly or indirectly as a result of its activities. It seems that many students and faculty of all opinions on the issue of the Israeli−Palestinian conflict have taken notice of the increase in the heat of the dialogue on campus.
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Samantha Jaffe | East Coast, West Coast
November 22By the time this column is printed, I will be back home in Los Angeles wearing jorts and Vans, enjoying 65-degree weather. I will have spent close to nine hours on an airplane or in an airport to spend six days at home and then spend another seven or so hours getting back to Medford.
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Elisha Sum | Our Genderation
November 22Tori Amos once sang, "Sometimes I hear my voice, and it's been here silent all these years."
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Sisters beneficial to emotional health
November 18The bonds of sisterhood may provide more than just relationship advice and friendship for the involved parties. According to a recent study by Tony Cassidy, psychology lecturer at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland, sisters improve the emotional wellbeing of their siblings. The study, which involved roughly 600 young adults, found individuals with sisters to be significantly more optimistic and happy than those without sisters.
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Women's Squash | Women's squash team begins season with big aspirations
November 18The women's squash team kicks off its season today against Brown, hoping to be able to improve upon last year's national No. 26 ranking and 6−14 record. Under the guidance of new head coach Belkys Velez, such a goal seems highly attainable.
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Admissions office ramps up international outreach
November 18SAT scores, grades, extracurricular activities, teacher recommendations … and one's hometown? Increasingly, admissions officers are emphasizing geographic diversity in their recruiting, hoping to create a geographic kaleidoscope in the student body, according to Director of Admissions Susan Garrity Ardizzoni.
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The Next Three Days' features strong cast but weak plot
November 18Paul Haggis' latest effort, "The Next Three Days," packs a weak punch despite the presence of a strong cast.
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