Concluding a fundraising effort called the Steps for Change challenge, health technology and device companyWithings donated $10,000 yesterday to ChildObesity180, an organization located at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy that serves to facilitate research about childhood obesity ...
Members of the Tufts Labor Coalition (TLC) hosted a teach-in session last night to a full audience in Alumnae Lounge, providing attendees with information on potential janitorial layoffs on the university's three campuses.According to TLC member Anissa Waterhouse, a first-year, the event's ...
A group of Tufts students has come together to launch a chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on the Hill, hosting a general information meeting (GIM) on Nov. 12. The ACLU, founded in 1920, is an organization that works to protect the individual rights granted by the Constitution by acting ...
The League of American Bicyclists listed Somerville as the city with the highest share of bicyclists in the East and the fifth highest share of bicyclists in the nation -- with 7.8 percent of the population commuting by bike -- in its 2013 annual report released earlier this fall.“The City of ...
Frederick Hauck (LA '62),former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut and retired United States Navy captain spoke Tuesday night about the history and future of space exploration, as part of the last formal installment of the Experimental College's (ExCollege) year-long ...
Tufts Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honors society on campus, kicked off its first-ever Thanksgiving Food Drive at the beginning of the month in support of Project Share Our United Pantry (SOUP), a food pantry affiliated with the Somerville Homeless Coalition.The society is collecting non-perishable, ...
On Nov. 13, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate Student Outreach Committee hosted its sixth annual Student Leadership Dinner, which brings together the leaders of student organizations across campus, at 51 Winthrop St.The aim of the dinner was to generate dialogue about what student groups ...
The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service announced in October the selected locations and organizations for its 1+4 Bridge-Year Service Learning Program, which was officially unveiled last February. The program will allow up to 50 new students to participate in a year-long ...
The Office of Residential Life and Learning (Reslife), the Leonard Carmichael Society (LCS) and Tufts Hillel have partnered to bring the "Knock Knock Give a Sock" donation campaign to Tufts this semester, with donation boxes available on campus until Dec. 1.The Knock Knock Give a Sock organization ...
Visitor from a Strange LandA student reported to the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) on Nov. 6 at 1:45 p.m.that an unknown man had entered her apartment on College Ave. on Nov. 1. The student stated that when she woke up, she encountered an unknown college-age male standing in her bedroom. ...
Tufts Dining Services and the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate will tonight host their biannual Cause Dinner in support of this year's selected organization, Tufts Timmy Global Health. To participate, students will donate a meal swipe in Carmichael Dining Center or Dewick MacPhie Dining Center by ...
In a nearly four-hour meeting Sunday evening, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate passed a resolution urging the university to establish equal opportunity in admissions for undocumented students and hosted Sexual Misconduct Prevention Specialist Alexandra Donovan for a discussion on the sexual ...
Barry Shrage, president of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, addressed a crowd of almost 200 students attending J Street U’s East Coast Regional Workshop in Barnum Hall this Sunday.To begin the event, moderators Tali deGroot, a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel ...
With a workshop on Nov. 4, Tufts Food for Thought officially kicked off its Retire Ronald campaign to end McDonald's use of mascot Ronald McDonald as a marketing practice that targets children.Sydney Giacalone, a Food for Thought member who led the initiative on campus, explained that the campaign, ...
MONDAY"STEM Lecture Series -- Allan Collins"Details: Alan Collins, professor emeritus at Northwestern University, will present as part of the Tufts Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Lecture Series.When and Where: 3 - 4 p.m., Halligan Hall, Room 102Sponsors: ...
Roger Cohen, author and journalist for The New York Times and International Herald Tribune, gave a lecture titled "Germany: 25 Years After the Berlin Wall" on Thursday in the Crane Room. His talk focused on the current state of Germany in world affairs to commemorate the 25th anniversary ...
The fifth annual Cage Rage concert, featuring headliner MS MR and openers STRFKR and Gentlemen Hall, was held at Carzo Cage in Cousens Gymnasiumthis Saturday evening.According to Concert Board Co-Chairs Matthew Marber and Kathryn Gibb, about 1,100 tickets were sold, as opposed to 1,350 tickets sold ...
Eco-Reps from a number of Northeast universities will gather at the Aidekman Arts Center this weekend for the fifth annual Eco-Rep Symposium.The event, which will be hosted by the Tufts Eco-Reps, brings together students interested in campus sustainability to exchange ideas and talk about related ...
Taking place on the Tisch Library roof and featuring a guided historical tour of Kashmir, a postcard diorama and a candlelight vigil, the South Asian Political Action Committee's (SAPAC) first event of the semester was well-received by the campus community.The event also included live poetry recitals ...
Sir Christoper Pissarides, the winner of the 2010 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, gave a presentation yesterday afternoon on the current state of affairs in the Eurozone for the Department of Economics' 2014 Wellington Burnham Lecture. Pissarides' lecture began with an overview of the ...
