Jonathan Tisch (LA '76), co-chairman of the board and member of the Office of the President of Loews Corporation, delivered a lecture yesterday afternoon on his personal experience in business. The lecture took place in Mugar Hall at 12:30 p.m. and was sponsored by The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Congressman Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) led a discussion last night in Distler Performance Hallon federal education policy. The lecture, titled "With Test Resistance Rising Nationwide, What’s Next for Federal Education Policy?" was sponsored by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship ...
The 12th annual Community Day at Tufts, co-sponsored by the Office of Community Relations and the cities of Medford and Somerville, was held on the Academic Quad yesterday afternoon with student performances, food, activities and table displays by local and on-campus groups.“It’s really just a ...
The Internal Communications Working Group, led by Christine Sanni (LA '89), executive director of Advancement Communications and Services, and Michael Baenen, chief of staff in the Office of the President, conducted a survey among Tufts faculty and staff across all schools last spring to gauge how effective Tufts is at relaying relevant information to its employees in a timely fashion.
The Consortium of Studies in Race, Colonialism and Diaspora hosted its inaugural workshop, titled "Comparative Colonialisms: Approaches to the Global Humanities," on Saturday in Alumnae Lounge. The event, which featured four individual sessions and a keynote lecture, covered a variety of topics ...
When and Where: 4:30 - 7 p.m., Cabot ASEAN Auditorium
In its second meeting of the academic year, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate allocated funds to several student organizations and approved a resolution supporting a pay model for part-time faculty, which would mimic how full-time lecturers are paid.The resolution, which is specific to part-time ...
The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service will host a Civic Learning and National Service Summit in partnership with the White House to discuss civic engagement and active citizenship on Oct. 16.
The Tufts administration responded on Monday to an open letter from university faculty, staff and graduate students calling for the establishment of a one-year task force following Tufts' decision to hand management of the Tufts Educational Day Care Center (TEDCC) to Bright Horizons Family Solutions.The ...
"This is the world, the kingdom I was looking for." These words, written by poet John Holmes (A '29), Tufts professor and alumnus, live on in Tufts memory, despite the passing of the poet himself. Now, however, Tufts students will be able to pay their respects at Holmes' grave. Walter ...
Tufts Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES) hosted a panel discussion on the future of counterinsurgency featuring three experts in the field on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. in Barnum Hall.Colonel Andrew Zacherl, International Security Studies Program military fellow at The ...
The Tufts Office for Campus Life (OCL) has discontinued its rental van service this semester but will help facilitate use of alternative rental agencies such as Zipcar, according to OCL Director Joe Golia.Golia explained that the OCL felt that renting out the vans was a responsibility that was ...
On Monday night, senior Tatiana Joyce, a lifeguard at Tufts’ Hamilton Pool, saved the life of a woman who was at risk of drowning.Joyce explained that it had been a normal night at the pool, where she works from 7:30-10:30p.m. on Mondays and has served as a lifeguard for three years."Being ...
The Tufts University Chaplaincy, led by Reverend Greg McGonigle, appointed two new chaplains, Muslim Chaplain Celene Ibrahim-Lizzio and Protestant Chaplain Chanta Bhan, this semester. They join the chaplaincy alongside the new Humanist in Residence, Walker Bristol (A'14).Each chaplain aims ...
Two former members of the House of Representatives, Milton Robert “Bob” Carr and Ann Marie Buerkle, concluded their three-day visit to Tufts as part of the Congress to Campus program yesterday evening.
This fall, the Intercultural and Social Identities Program (ISIP) will go from a stand-alone office to a full-scale initiative led by a new director of Student Affairs Pluralism Initiatives (SAPI) and incorporated into the Dean of Student Affairs Office (DOSA). Director of the Women’s Center ...
Next week, Tufts faculty will be voting on an Educational Policy Committee (EPC) proposal that would make the numerical averages of teacher ratings available online to all students who filled out their evaluations for the previous semester, as well as incoming first-year students, according to EPC ...
Over 100 Tufts students took to the streets to bring the fight for climate justice to New York City, joining throngs of demonstrators in the People’s Climate March on the morning of Sept. 21. The march, which coincided with the United Nations Climate Summit on Sept. 23, drew over 400,000 protesters, ...
Library CaperOn Sept. 16 at 3:45 p.m., a student studying in Tisch Library reported to Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) that her wallet and pocketbook had been taken when she left her seat to make copies.Complaint FilerOn Sept. 18 at 1:12 p.m., a man entered the Office of Community Relations at ...
TUESDAYCommunicating Effectively with Federal Program Officials in the Humanities, Arts and Social SciencesDetails: The event will discuss developing strategies for building relationships with federal program officers and finding the federal agencies and grant mechanisms that best fit individual ...
