Disclaimer: I feel it is necessary to begin this (my debut as a columnist for The Tufts Daily) with a reminder that I am a 19-year old college student who’s undecided about everything from her major to her favorite ice cream flavor, so any advice I attempt to give on how to maintain your “Tuftsanity” ...
Throughout her career as a researcher, biology professor Sara Lewis has interacted with members of the scientific community, Tufts graduate and undergraduate students and members of the general public. Though these three groups are separate, one constant has always held true: everyone Lewis has ever ...
Two years ago, Dale Bryan, the assistant director of the Peace and Justice Studies Program and a Medford resident since 1993, noticed that Somerville had something that Medford lacked: adequate communication between community members. Organizers in Somerville had been gathering for years to discuss ...
On June 11, my mother walked into my room, gently woke me up and gingerly sat at the foot of my bed. “Christina Grimmie was shot,” she told me, granting me some silence afterward to internalize the news. She knew I had followed Christina for years, tracking her career and supporting her music, and ...
Karachi vs. Kansas is a clash of personalities, stories and experiences brought together to harmoniously respond to pressures and happenings of the world around us.Natasha (N): As 21st century Muslim women, I feel like we are constantly misunderstood, with both internal and external stereotypes pulling ...
The Tufts School of Arts and Sciences'mission statement says that the school educates students to take on "transformational leadership in communities around the world."In many ways, community health Professor Shalini Tendulkar takes that message and applies it not to communities throughout ...
When Tufts acquired the School of the Museum of Fine Arts on July 1, 2016, the staff at Tufts' Office of Community Relations knew that they would need to build positive relationships with Boston's Mission Hill and The Fenway neighborhoods, where the SMFA at Tufts is located.The Office ...
The faculty of Arts, Sciences and Engineering (AS&E) voted on Feb. 24, to change the name of the national holiday that takes place on the second Monday of October from Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day. This name change, which applies to all Tufts AS&E academic calendars, reflects ...
This is the second part of a two-part article about Tufts students who take a leave of absence from school. This part focuses on taking a medical leave of absence from Tufts.One night in October 2014, Nikhil Nandagopal bolted upright out of bed with the realization that something about his life needed ...
This is the first part of a two-part story about Tufts students who take a leave of absence from school. This part focuses on taking a personal leave of absence from Tufts. On the administrative side, taking a personal leave of absence from Tufts is as simple as two clicks on SIS. However, the ...
Disclaimer: Ambassador Roberta Jacobson's son is a news and copy editor at The Tufts Daily. He was not involved in the production of this article in any way.Roberta Jacobson is the current U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and the former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs. A graduate ...
Dr. Simin Meydani, Ph.D., is Tufts University’s new Vice Provost for Research (VPR). Through this position, Meydani will work with faculty and university leadership to promote and oversee research at Tufts across all its campuses.A scientist by training with a background in veterinary medicine, Meydani ...
Although junior Avery Spratt started off her summer interning with the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), she ended it selling cacti on the upper patio of the Mayer Campus Center over Labor Day weekend. This sale was the first for Campus Cactus, an event company Spratt developed after ...
With the 2016 presidential election on the horizon, Tufts political student organizations have been pursuing different goals and agendas this summer that they will continue this fall. These organizations have their sights set on a variety of political objectives. Here is a look at what the largest political ...
Welcome to Tufts! You're now part of a community with enough terms, traditions and inside jokes to warrant a small dictionary. Below is the SparkNotes version, a primer for new Jumbos.
When looking for events and activities, Tufts students cast a wide net over a range of online sources, including the school's official events page, students' and organizations' Twitter posts and club or class pages on Facebook. Upperclassmen may recall an older online source: Tuftslife.com, a student-runwebsite ...
Ever since Kenny Weitzman was a high school student in rural New Hampshire, he knew he wanted to work on Capitol Hill. The Tufts junior saved money for the past four years, working during the summers and the school years to be able to accept an unpaid internship at Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s (D-NH) office.Weitzman, ...
Graduating senior Xander Landen knew he wanted to pursue journalist at age 17 when, as a writer for his hometown newspaper in Weston, Mass., he was given the agency to cover the events that captivated him.“That kind of got me going; it just felt right," he said. “I loved journalism ...
A common theme throughout graduating senior Janna Karatas's four years at Tufts time on the Hill is her strong interest and commitment towards community and culture. As a FOCUS pre-orientation leader, former Tufts Community Union (TCU) senator, resident of the Spanish House and a member of the ...
Watch out, Tina and Amy — there is new talent on the scene. Jehan Madhani (LA '16), a Tufts/SMFA Dual Degree student, co-founded the all-female comedy group, Tufts Funny Ladies. Madhani has certainly made her mark on the Tufts comedy scene and plans to further her comedic and artistic talents ...
