Cases of conjunctivitis, colloquially known as “pink eye,” have been surfacing across campus, inciting discomfort and mild anxiety among afflicted and uninfected students alike.According to Medical Services Director Margaret Higham, conjunctivitis is a mild illness that, though typically a viral ...
Tufts professors Souhad Zendah and Thomas Abowd discussed their perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict last night at Faculty Perspectives on Gaza and Jerusalem, the fifth event hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) during Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). The two professors addressed ...
According to Ben Silver, the co-chair of the JumBonnaroo Committee for Relay for Life, a large number of incidents involving alcohol last weekend prompted the Interfraternity Council (IFC) to cancel Greek social events for the upcoming weekend. He explained that he was able to work with IFC members to permit the festival to go on with alterations, including the provision that the fraternity parties not involve alcohol.
Tufts International Club hosted its annualParade of Nations this past Saturday in Cohen Auditorium, celebrating the diversity of international identities at Tufts, according to Parade of Nations Co-director Shanice Kok.
At its most recent meeting, the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) voted to add replacement class days during Reading Week and Patriot’s Day in response to the number of class days that have been canceled this semester due to excessive snowfall. This semester, classes on two Mondays, two Tuesdays ...
Majors Week, officially held last week, has continued into this week with events hosted by a variety of academic departments. According to History Lecturer David Proctor, Majors Week events primarily serve as a means for academic departments to showcase their programs to students potentially interested ...
The 2015 class of the City of Somerville-sponsored Urban Agriculture Ambassador Program (UAAP) will admit 20 new participants this March, Program Coordinator Kim Schmidt said.According to Schmidt, UAAP makes up a segment of the Mayor’s Urban Agriculture Initiative, which focuses primarily on ...
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Somervillerecently voted unanimously to pass the Ordinance Regulating University Accountability. The ordinance requires Tufts to supply Somerville with a list of addresses of students living off campus each semester, as well as the number of students at each address and the graduating year of each student.
Successive bouts of snowfall in the wake of Winter Storm Juno, which hit New England at the end of January, have left large deposits of snow on rooftops across campus, causing an increased risk of leaking and damage to facilities.Director of Facilities Operations David Nelson explained that the ...
Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is hosting its fourth annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) this week, featuring events across campus through Friday.This year’s conference focuses on technology and militarization in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to SJP member Munir Atalla.“The ...
The sisters of Alpha Phi held their sixth annual Bid Your Heart Out (BYHO) philanthropic event Friday evening, raising approximately $15,000 to support women’s heart health.Over 500 people attended the event, which started at 8 p.m. in the Sophia Gordon Hall multipurpose room with a silent auction, ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate held its weekly meeting this past Sunday, March 1, in which it sorted through appeals and fund requests from campus groups and debated a new resolution to increase housing support for undergraduate summer research.TCU Treasurer Adam Kochman opened the meeting ...
The Tufts Community Union(TCU) Senate will not be including off-campus travel funding in its budget for the upcoming fiscal year, according to TCU Senator Adam Kochman.Kochman, a junior who serves as the TCU Treasurer, emphasized that the TCU Senate will not be cutting all travel funding, but it ...
Tufts Digital Rights Group is a new group on campus that aims to facilitate discussions of issues of privacy and digital surveillance in the modern era. The group, started by sophomoresAahlad Gogineni and Stephen Michel, seniorCaleb Malchik and alumnus Ian Kelly (A '14) held its first general ...
Former U.S. Ambassador and former Under Secretary of State for Political AffairsThomas Pickering (F '54) presented a keynote address, titled "Russia and Global Challenges for U.S. Foreign Policy," on Sunday for the conclusion of the 30th Annual Norris and Margery Bendetson Education ...
MONDAY"BME Seminar: Frank Vollmer"Details: Frank Vollmer of the Max-Planck Institute in Germany will speak as part of the Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series.When and Where: 10:00 a.m. -- 11:00 a.m., SciTech Center Room 136.Sponsor: School of Engineering."ME Seminar: Peter Hancock, ...
Tufts Relay for Life will host the spring Jumbonnaroo music festival at Zeta Psi, Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) and Theta Delta Chi (TDX) this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.According to Ben Silver, special events co-chair for Tufts Relay for Life and founder of Jumbonnaroo, the purpose of the music ...
The second annual Fletcher Women’s Leadership Awardwill be presented on March 6 to Amanda Judge (F ’09),the founder of Faire Collection, a New York-based fair trade jewelry company.Leslie Puth (F ’11), the chair of the Fletcher Women’s Leadership Award committee, explained that the committee ...
The 30th AnnualNorris and Margery Bendetson Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) Symposium will continue today with two panels in the afternoon and the official introduction and keynote at 6:30 p.m. The topic of this year's EPIIC Symposium is "Russia in the XXI ...
Friday, Feb. 2712:30 p.m.: "The State and the Media," Barnum Hall 0082:30 p.m.: "Russia and Asia: The Bear Looks East?" Barnum Hall 0086:30 p.m.: Welcome, Introductions and Keynote, Cabot Auditorum7:00 p.m.: A Keynote Conversation on the U.S.-Russian Relationship, Cabot Auditorium7:30 ...
