The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has filed a grievance with UGLUnicco, Tufts' campus-cleaning contractor, for neglecting to post job vacancies created during the recent transition from American Building Maintenance (ABM) Industries to UGLUnicco.
When junior year rolls around, plenty of Jumbos pack a suitcase and board a plane to Paris or Accra. Some though, keep their passport in the dresser drawer and choose to jet to a U.S. school to explore a passion or take advantage of a unique program.
Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone has decided to form a Future Economies Commission (FEC) with the goal of attracting growing industries to the City of Somerville, according to Somerville's former Director of Communications Michael Meehan.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate on Oct. 16 voted to allocate $450,000 of its surplus funds towards buffer funding, surplus grants and event grants in an effort to put money back in the hands of students.
Due to a lack of student interest in producing and purchasing Tufts yearbooks, the university this year will offer a Senior Memory Book in lieu of a traditional Tufts yearbook, according to Director of the Office for Campus Life (OCL) Joe Golia.Golia described the Senior Memory Book as a smaller, cheaper ...
Performers at Tufts' second−annual Cage Rage Concert last month played to a below−capacity audience, the result of unusually low ticket sales due in part to issues with the new online ticketing system.
Massachusetts state legislators yesterday voted to approve the new Statehouse district map proposed last month, which offers greater political clout to traditionally underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.
Stephen Bosworth, the dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, last week resigned as the Obama administration's Special Representative for North Korea Policy. Having served the role for two−and−a−half years, Bosworth made his final appearance as Special Representative at talks held in Geneva on Oct. 24 and 25.
The Tufts administration will provide a free weekend shuttle service from campus to Harvard Square in order to mitigate the impact of the impending Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Red Line repairs, according to Executive Vice President Patricia Campbell.
Tufts' sororities and fraternities will today host the annual Greek Block Party, open to the entire Tufts community, at 1 p.m. on Professors Row between Curtis Street and Packard Avenue.
Tufts will launch an external review of its interdisciplinary studies programs beginning in March 2012, according to Dean of Arts and Sciences Joanne Berger−Sweeney.
Tufts University Dining Services (TUDS) held its first Taste & Tell Dinner, a recipe sampling event, last night in Dewick−MacPhie and Carmichael Dining Halls.
Recent initiatives by both the City of Somerville and the Tufts community have worked to make the city more bike−friendly by increasing bike infrastructure and bike−share programs.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) will begin construction later this fall on a new Orange Line T station in Somerville's Assembly Square.
This one is for the ladies. We suggest that men with weak stomachs put this down and enjoy your ignorance unless you're willing to learn a lot more about the women you know and love. No one really wants to talk about them (let alone have to go through them), but gynecological exams are an important part of women's health. The horrors of a doctor poking around down there have become common material in movies and television. I'm supposed to let some random person just go exploring down there? Excuse me? Sounds pretty awful.
When the Hindu Festival of Lights, Diwali, hits the Hill tomorrow, Hinduism will once again return to the spotlight at Tufts. And when it does, it'll be in full force — the Hindu religion at Tufts, while small in numbers, is solidly represented by a close−knit community who worship both individually and as part of student organizations such as the Hindu Students Council (HSC).
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate earlier this month voted unanimously to endorse a project of Senator Yulia Korovikov to research means of editing and distributing the Tufts Ivory Book, a pocket−sized book containing university history and traditions.
Dozens of Tufts students, janitors and union representatives marched to Ballou Hall yesterday afternoon to protest the hiring practices of UGLUnicco, Tufts' new campus−cleaning contractor.
Students and representatives from six organizations on Friday discussed education inequality and reform in an open forum held in the Rabb Room of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service.
