TEDxTufts presented its second annual TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) event, "TEDxTufts: Verge," to an audience in Cohen Auditorium on Sunday afternoon. The event, which was co-sponsored by the Tufts Institute for Innovation, Tisch College, the Tufts Office of the President, Tufts ...
Approximately 250 people attended each of the two performances of this year's production of “The Monologues,” which featured 14 monologues written and performed by students on the evenings of April 14 and April 15 at 51 Winthrop St. The shows were completely sold out, and those without ...
TUESDAY"Environmental Justice 101 Panel Discussion"Details: Alicia Hunt, director of the Medford Department of Energy and Environment, will join members of the Tufts faculty on a panel addressing the intersection between environmental, social and political issues. This event is being held ...
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25 members of the Tufts Marathon Team (TMT) participated yesterday in the 120th Boston Marathon, running in spots allotted by John Hancock Financial Services, the marathon’s principal sponsor.The team ran to raise funds for the nutrition, medical and fitness programs at Tufts, including Friedman ...
Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) is currently investigating an assault incident that occurred earlier this month in Wren Hall, where a resident awoke early in the morning to find an unknown man rubbing her arm. Following this incident, TUPD has increased patrols at the residence hall and installed ...
The Center for Awareness, Resources and Education (CARE) at Tufts has been promoting the Green Dot initiative for violence prevention throughout the month of April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.Students from CARE have promoted the Green Dot initiative — which visualizes ...
Two junior Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senators, Gauri Seth and Ryan Johnson, announced their candidacies for TCU Senate President last night, setting the stage for the first competitive race TCU presidential race since 2014. Both senators' campaigns released Facebook pages, "Go for Gauri" ...
David Axelrod, senior strategist for President Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and 2012 reelection campaign, and Beth Myers (LA '79), senior strategist for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's2008 and 2012 presidential bids, came to Tufts yesterday for a discussion on "How ...
Tufts Dining and Tufts Sustainability Collective (TSC) jointly held a "Waste Less Dinner" last night at the Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center to promote less wasteful eating patterns within the student body.According to Tufts Dining intern Daniel Mulligan, the purpose of the event was to ...
The Tufts University Social Collective (TUSC), formerly known as Tufts Programming Board, has been involved in a year-long rebranding initiative beginning with a name change to underscore its commitment to promoting a strong sense of community at Tufts through social activities. TUSC, which is a student-run ...
Tufts announced today that Jonathan (A' 76) and Lizzie Tisch have donated $15 million to the university’s eponymous Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, which has been renamed the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.This name change was made to better reflect Tisch ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate's annual Spring Break Shuttle service did not reach its target number of ticket sales, according to outgoing TCU Senate Historian Max Hirsch, who noted that there is a possibility that the service will discontinue in the future due to the limited ticket ...
The poet Richard Blanco spoke to an audience of approximately 60 students, alumni and community members yesterday afternoon at the 12th John Holmes Memorial Poetry Reading in the Hirsch Reading Room of Tisch Library. During the talk, Blanco, President Barack Obama’s inaugural poet in 2013 and the fifth inaugural poet in U.S. history, read poetry from throughout his career and spoke about his life as a Cuban-American immigrant.
Following TCU elections yesterday, the Tufts Elections Commission (ECOM) Public Relations Chair Whitney Miller announced the newly elected officers for the 2016-2017 academic year.Miller explained that 1,444 students voted yesterday and added that voter turnout was at 24.31 percent, substantially ...
Tufts Election Commission (ECOM) held the TCU Candidate’s Forum last night in Hotung Café to provide a speaking platform for candidates running for positions on the TCU Judiciary and class of 2019 Senate positions. The forum came ahead of today's TCU elections, where students can vote ...
Stolen BelongingsTufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report of stolen belongings from the Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center at 3 p.m. on April 4. A person left her jacket in a cubby in the fitness center while exercising and discovered that her keys were missing from her jacket ...
Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate held its last meeting of the academic year on Sunday night to discuss next academic year’s budgeting, project updates, approval for a project and a resolution on dependent care services.TCU President Brian Tesser, a senior, opened the meeting with an overview. ...
Television journalist Anderson Cooper visited the Hill yesterday as the speaker for the 11th annual Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism. Former television host and the CEO of Loews Hotels & Resorts Jonathan Tisch (LA '76) interviewed Cooper before the event was opened to questions ...
MONDAY"Edward R. Murrow Forum 360°: Beyond the Headlines with Anderson Cooper"Details: Anderson Cooper, anchor of CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360°, will speak at the 11th annual Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism. Jonathan M. Tisch, vice chair of the university Board of Trustees, will interview ...
