Tufts is home to students and faculty with a broad spectrum of faiths. It is this diversity that has driven Tufts chaplaincy to provide members of every faith with the representation and resources they need.Tufts’ religious population has access to three main centers of worship on campus: Goddard ...
Although many things were different in 1991 -- the clothes, the hair, the fact that Tufts had a chapter of the Psi Upsilon fraternity -- others seem to have not changed much. On Saturday, Sept. 21, 1991, students gathered in front of the unofficial Psi Upsilon house to protest the depiction of a rape ...
The second annual “Free Thinkers” lecture series, presented by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Tufts -- a community membership opportunity for adults seeking intellectual stimulation -- began last week by hosting Peter Diamond, a Nobel prize winning economist.The series continued on Tuesday, ...
With a robust resume that boasts piggyback rides for the likes of Winston Churchill and Theodore Roosevelt (literally carrying the fate of the world on his back), a life memorialized in Walt Disney movies and a name that has permanently altered dictionaries and fast-food orders everywhere, it is easy ...
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On Thursday nights at Connexion Church in East Somerville, 15 boys, supervised by two leaders, discuss how to earn their next merit badges and prepare for an upcoming camping trip. These boys, all between the ages of 11 and 18, are the members of Boy Scout Troop 3, the third oldest troop in the United ...
By the time of former University President Jean Mayer’s inauguration in 1976, Tufts University was plagued by financial problems so severe, they could have shut the school's doors for good.“We might have closed. We were not viable as an institution," Sol Gittleman, once a Tufts provost ...
Despite rumors that Tufts fraternities will have to follow stricter party policies -- specifically involving alcohol distribution at parties and age regulation -- the heads of Greek organizations say that the existing policies are not changing. In fact, they said these issues are, to a large degree, already addressed in the current guidelines.
Over the last several years, Tufts' popularity has risen notably and it is now considered a “hot school” by various college rankings. Consequently, more students are choosing to apply. Whether or not the admissions office is admitting more students than in the past, or whether or not more students ...
Moe's BBQ Truck, which sits at the intersection of Professor's Row and Packard Ave. on weekend nights, has been well-known on campus for some time now. Recently, though, more and more local food trucks based in and around Somerville are finding a home around Tufts' campus.
Running a water sanitation training program in Haiti may seem out of reach, but it has become a reality for Jessica Laporte (LA '14) and junior Emma Wells, thanks to funding from the Tisch College's Tisch Summer Fellows (TSF) program.For many Tufts students, designing and completing a research ...
Whether they head there to study, dine or catch a movie with friends, Tufts students frequently travel into Davis Square. It's no wonder, since its dozens of restaurants and businesses are all just a short walk or Joey ride from campus.Tufts students may benefit from the proximity of Davis Square, ...
The second annual "Free Thinkers" lecture series, presented by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, began Thursday with MIT Professor and Nobel Prize-winner Peter A. Diamond. His lecture, entitled “Unemployment and Debt,” focused on the unemployment rate and the amount of debt the United ...
Carol Rose, the current executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, will lead a discussion entitled 'Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll: A Constitutional Update" as part of the Constitution Day event hosted by Department of Political Science this Friday. Citizens' liberties, their endangerment and the ways in which ordinary citizens can protect them will all be a part of the conversation. The Daily sat down with Rose to discuss her background and perspectives on these issues.
For Tufts sophomores Kofi Asante, Denis Bravenec, Richard Kim and Jared Moskowitz, social life at Tufts was lacking one crucial element -- communication. Though other students were going out to parties, the four were witnessing firsthand a need to improve the quality and quantity of social information ...
Tufts' vibrant music and arts scene is exemplified by the large assortment of student-run groups ranging from a cappella to tap dancing. A consequence of having so many, however, is the challenge of communication and collaboration among them.
From lab materials to circuit boards to phone cases, the Jumbo’s Maker Studio’s three-dimensional printer is fostering creativity among Tufts students and professors. The Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) opened its first Jumbo’s Maker Studio in June after receiving a 2012 grant from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance for $34,000 and additional funding from Lego.
Several colleges across the country, including Tufts, have been the subject of federal government investigations and media attention due to their approach to handling cases of sexual misconduct. Below is a timeline that outlines how a provision of the federal law Title IX, which bans gender discrimination ...
This year, Tufts' advising will go professional, at least in part. Along with the traditional system of professors serving as pre-major advisors and academic deans, Tufts has hired four new College Transition Advisors (CTAs). This move follows a recent national trend of colleges entrusting advising ...
Not all Tufts students may be familiar with the details of the T10 Strategic Plan, but in the next few years they will witness the changes that come as a result of it. The Strategic Plan, announced in November 2013, is an outline of steps to be taken by the university in the upcoming 10 years to enhance ...
