In 1965, the Edward R. Murrow Center of Public Diplomacy was established at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy to honor the famed journalist and to further Fletcher's program of "public diplomacy." 50 years later, through additional course offerings and initiatives, the Center’s ...
Editor's Note: The Daily's editorial board acknowledges that this article is premised on a conflict of interest. The piece is a special feature that does not represent the Daily's standard journalistic practices. At 5:30 am, Jasson Bitencourt arrives at the Gannett Boston Offset, where ...
I wrote an article earlier this week about how the Greek community is working to prevent sexual assault through bystander intervention tactics. After writing it, I felt genuinely impressed by the self-awareness and self-criticism displayed by the members of the Inter-Greek Council (IGC) with whom ...
"Professor [John Curtis] Perry is like a father figure to me," Sung-Yoon Lee, a Kim Koo-Korea Foundation professor of Korean Studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, said about his long-time East Asia studies professor.
Dear Anyone Having a Bad Week,I’m sorry. I have no idea why your week is bad, or how bad it actually is. I don’t know if this is just an isolated few crummy days, or if this is one week in a long succession of hard months -- or even years. I don’t know if you’ve told anyone, if there’s anything ...
It’s funny how we let others affect us. Our moods are surprisingly contagious. And if they are not contagious per se, then they are at least strong conductors of rather incendiary or equally intense changes in those of others. Moods travel through us and between us, kind of like electric tentacles ...
Since Oct. 1, five shootings have occurred across colleges and universities in Oregon, Arizona, Texas, Tennessee and North Carolina. As these acts of campus violence reignite national debates about guns and mental health, Tufts added a reminder to students' home pages in Student Information Services ...
Webster’s Word of the Day: Trepidadjective\TREP-id\timorous, fearfulWhile I may not be the proudest resident of Cleveland, Ohio, I can attest that the city has one of the best public park systems I’ve ever encountered. The Metroparks serve as a great place to relax, spend time with family and run ...
Founded in 1989, Teachers and High School Students Program (TAHSS) at the Tufts School of Medicine aims to provide a bridge between high school students from the Greater Boston area and the medical school community. The program has been offering students interested in medicine and healthcare academic ...
Especially during stressful midterm weeks, many students rely on Counseling and Mental Health Services (CMHS) to provide assistance. In order to improve students' experiences, CMHS has been working with student groups to gather feedback about the quality of its treatment services.Marilyn Downs, ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate this October created an ad-hoc committee to gather student input about the future of housing at Tufts. Students’ advice and concerns collected by the committee, led by TCU President senior Brian Tesser and Vice President junior Gauri Seth, will be submitted to ...
We tend to think of the math and science fields as being particularly hypermasculine and sexist. A class like creative writing, on the other hand, is seen as something “anyone” can participate in. People love to pretend creative writing allows us to understand “universal” human values that ...
Halloween sort of haunts me as a concept. It is fraught with outfit questions: When does sexy become too much? When does poking fun become offensive? When do we get to go home and take off these dumb ears?
Dear Professors Pennington, Proctor, Clerge and Atherton,Three weeks ago, in the Houston Hall basement, you guys put on a Scholars-in-Residence event called “Behind the Scenes: Professors.” I have a few confessions to make. First, I only decided to go to your event because of the "sushi provided" ...
A Suffolk County grand jury on Oct. 1 indicted James Witkowski, 42, for the 1992 murder of Lena Bruce (E '92). Twenty-one-year-old Bruce was found dead in her South End apartment just a couple months after graduating from the university. The case went unsolved for more than two decades until DNA evidence linked Witkowski to the homicide in January.
Word of the Day: Underwhelmverb \un-der-WELM\ :to fail to impress or stimulateI still often shiver with fear at the sight of eggs. When my team arrived at my cross-country camp senior year of high school, the bus doors opened, and we were welcomed with a wall of stench that came to be described as the ...
When navigating the high-stakes decision of where one should attend college, lists and rankings can seem to be everywhere. Depending on which list one is looking at, Tufts might be presented as the 27th best university in the nation overall, a school in the top percent for LGBTQ friendliness and health, ...
During the recent Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton made several references to her gender, suggesting that her womanness differentiated her from other candidates. She even made a joke about how it takes her longer to go to the bathroom than the other candidates.I must admit that the idea of having ...
She also noted that sustainable farming is beneficial to workers' health.
I’ve recently acquired a new female friend.
