Tufts Concert Board announced last week that the sixth annual Cage Rage concert on Dec. 5 will feature indie band Lucius as its headliner, with musical duo You Won’t and English singer-songwriter Dan Croll as the concert's openers.The announcement of the concert lineup was made through a scavenger ...
More than 400 people, including Tufts students, joined the Boston University (BU) "Blackout: Mizzou We Stand With You" solidarity rally held last Friday afternoon. The event follows weeks of protest over escalating racial tensions and threats of violence toward students of color at the ...
Local politicians spoke at a panel event on women's leadership in politics as a part of the Tisch College Distinguished Speaker Series in the Alumnae Lounge Thursday evening.The Nov. 12 public event, titled “Women in Politics,” was hosted by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship ...
The African Student Organization (ASO) hosted its 12th annual Break the Stage step competition for step dance teams from colleges across New England on Nov. 7 in Cohen Auditorium.Over 450 tickets were sold for the event, and many people had to be turned away at the door, according to junior Janeth ...
Hundreds of people, including Tufts students, attended a vigil at Boston Common yesterday afternoon to remember the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday night.Several Massachusetts political figures were in attendance, including Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, Governor Charlie Baker, U.S. ...
President of the Tufts Community Union (TCU) SenateBrian Tesser opened Sunday night’s Senate meeting with a statement about the ongoing student protests at the University of Missouri (Mizzou) and Yale University over racial injustices on those campuses.Tesser, a senior, said that it is important ...
MONDAY"Voices from Solitary: Think Outside the Box"Details: The event will focus on learning about solitary confinement in a human rights context, featuring a panel of speakers including John Artis, the co-defendant in the prominent case of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, representatives ...
PumpkedTwo students were caught “pumpkin-ing,” or placing pumpkins around campus, on Oct. 30 at 9:25 p.m. at Bowen Gate. The students were posing for pictures with the pumpkins that they had put on the top of the gate.Hillside’s GraffitiAn incidence of vandalism was reported at 11:30 a.m. on Oct. ...
According to a BBC News article, approximately 1,500 military personnel are being deployed across the city. In addition, France has closed its national borders and increased security around flights in and out of Paris. Paris residents have been asked to stay indoors.
Approximately 20 Tufts students have become regular members of the newly established campus chapter of Effective Altruism, a social and philosophical movement aimed at improving the world.According to Tufts' Effective Altruism chapter co-founder Dillon Bowen, the movement is a “new and better ...
The Interfraternity Council (IFC) will be launching a new Risk Management Assistance Team (RMAT) this Saturday in order to help make all IFC-regulated fraternity events safer for members of the Tufts community.According to IFC President Rob Jacobson, who is heading the initiative, members of the ...
According to Rubén Salinas Stern, the director of the Latino Center, Gauchel's work fosters coordination between the Dean of Student Affairs and the Group of Six, which also includes the Latino Center.
The Tufts School of Engineering will be providing a new Master of Science degree in Innovation and Management from its Gordon Institute -- a branch of the School of Engineering specializing in engineering leadership -- beginning next September.
The Monologues, a production set to take place next spring in which student narratives are performed, will cease accepting show submissions tomorrow. The production has shifted its focus to "[prioritize] female identifying, gender-nonconforming, gender-queer, and trans* individuals," ...
The Inter-Greek Council (IGC), the Greek Life Anti-Sexual Assault Initiative Task Force and the broader Greek community are working to prevent sexual assault and behavioral issues in Greek life this semester.The efforts to reform Greek life have included the hiring of sexual misconduct prevention ...
Over 20 students have declared majors in the new Film and Media Studies (FMS) major since the beginning of the school year.The official launch of the new program was celebrated in the Tisch Library and Ballou Hall on Oct. 30 and featured workshops for students and opportunities to engage with alumni. ...
Nino Testa, director of the LGBT Center, opened the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate meeting last night with a workshop on gender pronouns and how to create a safer environment on Tufts' campus.Every senator introduced themselves with their pronoun series at the beginning of the meeting. Testa ...
Student members of Tufts Climate Action (TCA) gathered outside Ballou Hall during a Board of Trustees meeting on Saturday afternoon to protest Tufts’ investments in fossil fuels.
MONDAY"Questions of Faith: Religion, Diasporas, and Colonialism"Details: A panel of speakers will explore how marginalized people have retooled or rejected the impact of colonialism and missionary activity in the past with current social movements. Moderated by Dr. Heather Curtis, associate ...
Tufts Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES) held its second annual Civil-Military Affairs Conference to discuss civil-military relations and the role of the military last Friday and Saturday.The conference’s theme this year was “Where Do We Go From Here: Post-Conflict ...
