In 2014, a tour guide berated San Francisco’s Chinatown streets: “Here in America we don’t eat turtles and frogs...when you come to America you've got to assimilate a little bit.” The irony is palpable, considering that Chinatowns were created precisely because racist legislation made assimilation impossible for Asian Americans.
Democrat Sara Gideon, speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, is running against incumbent Republican Susan Collins, who has held the seat since 1997. Collins is New England’s sole Republican member of Congress, making her seat a target for the region’s Democrats.
Throughout the summer, the Black Lives Matter movement has brought a lot to the forefront of the public eye about systemic inequity, from police brutality to healthcare. One enduring topic that has come and gone when discussing inequity is education, which is affected by historic practices of redlining across the nation.
While most people have turned to gardening, baking or biking, my isolation projects have been more abstract. One of them is, in essence, an investigation that revolves around a single question: is there such thing as the perfect queer film?
According to CARE Director Alexandra Donovan, CARE’s biggest concern is that people will not reach out for medical or sexual assault related services in fear of consequences.
From outdoor seating implementations and menu changes, to developing innovative methods of food delivery and takeout, restaurants have shown just how adaptive they can be during the pandemic.
Dear J: “I started talking to this guy, but it’s hard to spend time together due to the new COVID-19 policies. How do I pursue a relationship right now?
In 1916, the people of Boston found out, much to their chagrin, that the beloved sugary pill they had been taking for two decades to break colds and prevent pneumonia was, in fact, just that — sugar, with a little alcohol coated over it.
The beginning of the semester is a key time for groups to recruit new members and hold auditions, but that process is unable to go on as it usually does.
The TCRC’s approach to research involves the community being studied in all aspects.
In an ode to election season, classes in various disciplines are being held this semester on the topic of the election. Students are given the opportunity to apply their education directly to what is happening in the U.S. government and in the media.
As the Tufts student body was hunkered down for a cold night one winter, Jen Bokoff (LA’08) was thinking about how the homeless people she volunteered with would be spending the freezing night. Rather than waiting to find out until morning or the next time she saw them, Bokoff invited one of her clients into Harleston Hall’s basement and gave him shelter for the night.
The second referendum question Massachusetts voters will see on their November 2020 ballots is whether they support using ranked-choice voting for state elections. Maine became the first state in the U.S. to implement ranked-choice voting after a similar referendum in 2016.
On World Environment Day, Lucia Ravens launched #FlowerFeedFlourish, a global social media movement that educates communities about gardening to tackle food insecurity.
First-year Tufts undergraduates studying remotely this semester are taking on unique challenges, as they begin their college experience from around the world.
Perhaps the only fact necessary to understand New England’s insatiable appetite for Fluff is that of the 8 million pounds produced by Durkee-Mower annually, half is consumed within New England.
Meet Assistant Professor of Anthropology Zarin Machanda, primatologist and chocolate cake enthusiast.
Sam Sommers has made a name for himself as a passionate and experienced professor and researcher in the psychology department at Tufts, and was named department chair last year, but he didn’t always know this was the path he would go down.
Keith Maddox is an associate professor in the psychology department and the director of the Tufts University Social Cognition Lab. His research centers around prejudice and implicit bias, and his lab explores the connections between our social cognition and stereotyping. The Daily sat down with Maddox to discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on his research and his teaching.
With an unprecedented presidential election just around the corner, emotions are running high on campus. Tufts groups have been hard at work since last spring, preparing campus for this influential election season. All hands are on deck.
