In the coming weeks, the City of Somerville will be considering measures aimed at curbing one of its most pressing issues: a dwindling supply of affordable housing for its lower and middle-class residents, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced on Oct. 15.Gentrification and a hot local real estate market ...
Abuzar Royesh, a junior majoring in International Relations, is a co-founder of the Bridges Academy, an organization which received a nomination for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for working to promote literacy and education among at-risk groups in Afghanistan. Royesh, who is from Afghanistan himself, ...
Fresh from its Parisian success, Le Labaratoire (Le Lab) has arrived in Cambridge as a brand new way to experience brand new ideas. The art and design center was founded in Paris in 2007 by David Edwards, the Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Idea Translation at Harvard's School of Engineering ...
Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra conductor Benjamin Zander closed the four-part "Free Thinkers" lecture series run by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, a local community of adults continuing their education, by using music and its performance to explore ...
“I wanna see you shift your weight. Point your back foot, try to roll your shoulder up to your chin,” senior Merek Johnson said. First-year Haley Pogachefsky adjusted her motions to follow Johnson’s advice. “There you go, perfect.”These are Tufts students, and this is boxing practice. Technically, ...
On any given Sunday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. students and locals alike can get their fill of refurbished furniture, clothing, household items and music all in one place. As attendees listen to a bearded, usually flannel-clad folk artist, they can take their pick of authentic items that have, for ...
The City of Somerville appealed to its residents earlier this month to help rename what is currently known as "Great River Road" in the Assembly Square neighborhood. The goal is to help alleviate confusion between this road and another "Great River Road" a few blocks away.“Suggestions ...
From carrying out medical and health research in the lab to investigating issues of bioethics, Tufts Synthetic Biology team members seek to expand its undergraduate science education beyond the classroom.Tufts Synthetic Biology was founded in the spring of 2013, by Christopher Ghadban (E '14) and ...
"Sesame Street" (1969 - present) saw sunny days this weekend, giving Elmo, Ernie and Bert reason to be proud. The prolific children's show received an Award for Excellence in Children's Media from the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development and the Communication and Media Studies (CMS) program. The award was given for the show's positive educational impact on the lives of children and their families, and celebrated Eliot-Pearson's 50th anniversary as a department.
With the opening of Brothers Marketplace in Davis Square next fall, grocery shopping will soon become much easier for Tufts students.
Massachusetts Governor Michael S. Dukakis visited Tufts campus on Oct. 11, 1988. Dukakis, the Democratic presidential nominee at the time, was scheduled to speak about advancements in science and technology, according to an Oct. 11 Daily article. Dukakis predicted that the United States would only ...
In 1970, the United States government passed a federal law entitled the “Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act.” This piece of legislation marked the beginning of an aggressive, multiple decade-long effort to regulate drug use. Many advocates for changing the drug policy in the United ...
Historically, women have been less involved in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) than men. Though it may be a problem deeply rooted in society, there has been a recent push to change this imbalance and encourage women to enter and participate in previously male-dominated fields. Dr. ...
Organisms all over the planet, from walruses to bumblebees to shellfish, have been affected by climate change. Tea, its drinkers and its growers have earned their place on that list according to ongoing research by Professor of Biology Colin Orians.
Tufts certainly has its share of quirky clubs -- Tufts Free Compliments even received the attention of USA Today in 2012 for its quirkiness -- and it now has another.The Tufts Cheese Club, which meets every other Tuesday in Olin, has been quickly gaining size since it was founded last year by two ...
In a move to expand the group and foster more conversation, this year the China-U.S. Symposium has changed its name to the Sino-U.S. Relations Group Engagement (SURGE). According to first-year Winnona DeSombre, a member of the group, the symposium was originally part of the Alliance Linking Leaders ...
This September a series of protests erupted in Hong Kong in a movement now known as the Umbrella Revolution. While these protests are not local, they have been present in the conversation at Tufts, from the Tufts Global China Connection's “Discussion of Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution” to conversations among ...
With the opening of the new Aidekman Arts Center, the old Arena Theater was becoming obsolete. The university spent $20,000 to demolish it on Aug. 5, 1991. The demolition was met with student concern, however, as the new theater was the only designated performing space for a growing number of Tufts ...
Among the quirks of Boston lies a group of people who make their own, independent publications -- by hand -- and distribute them to a small number of other people. These publications are called zines, and although they are not unique to the area, the Boston Zine Fest Collective (BZF) is looking to increase ...
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or three days over the long weekend, Tufts students flocked to the Loj in Woodstock, New Hampshire for Peak Weekend. Sponsored by Tufts Mountain Club (TMC), the annual expedition saw students summit the 48 tallest peaks in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. “So much flannel ...
