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Tufts Democrats to host tables to phone public officials

The Tufts Democrats plans to set up regular phoning tables in the Mayer Campus Center to allow students to contact their senators and representatives. Having hosted a phoning table earlier this semester, the group plans to set up another one in the next few weeks, according to Ben Kaplan, president ...


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Tufts Venture Lab provides resource for student startups

"Working in the Venture Lab gave me the opportunity to meet many like-minded individuals and gain insight from all of their experiences," he said.  "I found that hearing stories, both successes and failures, from others was by far one of the most useful things about the Venture Lab, aside from those that we were connected to through events or simply meeting them in the lab."



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Somerville Board of Aldermen authorizes bond issue for new high school

The Somerville Board of Aldermen unanimously voted to approve a bond issue for the construction of a new high school on March 22. The Board of Aldermen's appropriation totaled $255,982,704, making Somerville High School the most expensive high school building project in Massachusetts history, according to a Nov. 8, 2016 Boston Globe article.



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Tufts hires Bridge Professor to specialize in cybersecurity

Cybersecurity policy expert Susan Landau will join Tufts faculty next fall as a Bridge Professor between the School of Engineering and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Landau, currently a professor of cybersecurity policy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, was chosen for the bridge professorship ...






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Events on the Hill - Week of April 3

MONDAY"The Politics of Human Rights"Details:Judith Butler, a philosopher studying feminist theory and a professor at University of California, Berkeley, will give a speech about the nature of human rights throughout history through a postcolonial, critical legal studies and political thought ...


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Police Briefs - March 31

Stolen BeautyA student reported his skateboard stolen at 2 p.m. on March 24. The skateboard, which was decorated with blue paint on the bottom and a white drawing of a geisha on its face, was taken from the front of Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center on March 15. It had been left there for the better part ...


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Students protest Greek life, spread awareness of alternatives

Coordinated recruitment for two Tufts sororities -- Kappa Alpha Theta (Theta) and Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII) -- began this week, after the suspension of recruitment for all Greek life organizations was lifted. During the week's recruitment events, some students gathered to protest Greek life as an ...


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Tufts releases admissions decisions for Class of 2021

UPDATE: A previous version of this article contained an statistic incorrectly reported to the Daily by the Office of Admissions. The article initially reported that 36 percent of students admitted to the Class of 2021 applied for need-based financial aid, but the actual number is 48 percent.Tufts received ...


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SMFA to change financial aid, tuition policies

The School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts will increase tuition and replace merit scholarships with need-based financial aid for incoming students, according to university officials at both institutions.The shifts will effectively streamline the recently-acquired art school’s financial ...





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SMFA students find limited dining options on campus

Facing a lack of full-service dining options, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts is currently offering students meal plans at other universities.The Cafe des Arts, which is the SMFA campus' only food service option, is pending renovation and not offering full service, according ...


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Make-up class day added to end of semester

Tufts will hold an additional day of classes on Tuesday, May 2 for the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering (AS&E) to compensate for two snow days this semester, according to an email announcement sent to the Tufts community on March 28. For all AS&E students, reading period ...


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AOII, Theta sororities begin coordinated recruitment

Sororities in good standing with the university will begin "coordinated recruitment" today, according to Meaghan Annett, president of the Panhellenic Council (Panhel). Both Kappa Alpha Theta (Theta) and Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII) will be recruiting new members. Chi Omega and Alpha Phi (APhi) ...