It has been nearly a year and a half since the start of the "Arab Spring" uprisings - the wave of protests advocating for democratic reform in the Middle East - and despite the leaps of progress that have been made, people are still fighting for their right to democracy.
The Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) this Thursday through Saturday will be hosting Inquiry, its annual global issues simulation program for high school students, which this year will address recent issues in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Maria Figueroa Kupcu (LA '93), a director of the global communications company Brunswick Group LLC, last night was awarded the 2012 BoryanaDamyanova Award for Corporate Social Responsibility in an event sponsored by the Institute for Global Leadership and the Advisory Committee for Endowment Responsibility (ACER).
The Tufts Undergraduate Global Health Network (GHN) last Thursday evening at the Remis Sculpture Court held its first global health advocacy and networking event with the goal of increasing student access to the global health groups on campus.
Herman Cain has canceled his lecture planned by Tufts Republicans and previously scheduled for Thursday, according to Tufts Republicans President Sinclair Stafford.
Initial course selection for freshmen is undoubtedly overwhelming, with hundreds of classes in over forty departments to pick from and a freshman advising class to choose. Among those advising classes, the student-taught Explorations and Perspectives programs, run by the Experimental College (ExCollege), are among the most popular choices for incoming students.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate at a meeting last month rejected a resolution (7-14-2) that would have encouraged the university and campus groups to "interpret the University's non-discrimination policy in a way that does not bar religious groups from choosing leaders who reflect their views."
Jake Jarvis, a sophomore, has created an iPhone application based on the online JoeyTracker that allows students to determine the location of the closest Joey shuttle and the time left until it arrives at their current location.
Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Stephen Bosworth last week announced to the Fletcher community that Fletcher School Professor of International Politics Vali Nasr will leave Tufts to become dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in July.
The Massachusetts legislature is considering legislation that would increase the mandatory school attendance age from 16 to 18 in an effort to reduce the state's dropout rate.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions last Thursday released its admissions decisions for Tufts' Class of 2016, which with an acceptance rate of 21 percent is the lowest in Tufts' history.This year's acceptance rate was the Office of Undergraduate Admissions' second consecutive record ...
Though elections to the Senate will not take place until November, campaigning has long been underway. With this in mind, a number of Tufts groups are getting involved with campaigns and debates. More educational and collaborative than competitive, these groups are primarily interested in raising political awareness.
The City of Somerville at the end of February announced their long-term SomerVision plan, which lays out changes the community feels need to be implemented by 2030.
The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy on Saturday held its sixth annual multidisciplinary graduate research conference on the topic of "Future of Food and Nutrition." The conference featured a panel discussion about global nutrition and feeding a growing population.
Student Financial Services last month extended an invitation to the entire university community to join SALT, a free membership program developed by the non-profit group American Student Assistance (ASA) to help students take control of their money and manage student loans.
