Tufts Office of the Provost hosted a discussion titled "Intentional Diversity and Inclusion," with Wade Davis, former NFL player and public speaker on gender, orientation and racial equality, yesterday in the ASEAN Auditorium. The program was co-sponsored by the dean of Arts and Sciences, ...
German Marshall Fund President Karen Donfried believes the United States’ relationship with Europe is as crucial as ever, even though America is retreating from the international order it helped build.Donfried called for a recommitment to transatlantic alliances by reforming them into a “new West” ...
The Tufts Financial Group (TFG) hosted a question and answer session with alumna Sue Decker (LA '84), the founder and CEO of the social networking startup Raftr, on Tuesday night as part of their speaker series.Decker, who received her undergraduate degree in computer science and economics at Tufts, ...
The Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES) hosted Wall Street Journal war correspondent Jessica Donati for a lecture last night on her experience reporting in the world's most dangerous war zones. The talk covered a range of topics from Donati’s career to wartime reporting ...
In January of this year, the American College Health Association (ACHA) released new guidelines for the use of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in college health centers. ACHA PrEP in College Health Task Force, the task force that put together these guidelines, included ...
The Tufts University Alumni Association sent ballots for two open Alumni Trustee seats on the Tufts University Board of Trustees as well as nine open seats on the Tufts University Alumni Council to Tufts alumni by email last Thursday.The voting period will end March 31 and results of the election ...
"Posters with incendiary images, anti-Israel messages deface Tufts Hillel" (Feb. 13).By: Daniel Nelson, investigative editorSummary: Flyers depicting militarized pigs, including at least one with a caption calling for the destruction of “ISRAELI APARTHEID FORCES AND AMERIKKKAN [sic] PIGS ...
The Tufts Admissions Office has been working with students in recent months to create new outreach programs to appeal to different groups of prospective students. All of these programs aim to reach specifically targeted groups of students, and encourage them to apply to and eventually attend Tufts ...
Ellise LaMotte is the new director of STEM diversity as of this semester, and she has plans to enrich community outreach at the Center for STEM Diversity as well as improve visibility of minority students in STEM at Tufts.LaMotte holds a Ph.D. in education from University of Massachusetts Boston ...
HIIT and runOn Feb. 18 at 11:33 a.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report from a temporary employee that their vehicle had been damaged in Cousens Parking Lot. The temporary employee noticed the damage to their vehicle after leaving the gym. Upon further investigation, it was ...
The Tufts Entrepreneurship Center (TEC) hosted its Founder’s Workshop at 574 Boston Avenue on Feb. 22 to facilitate networking with speeches about the art of the pitch and lengthy question and answer sessions about fundraising strategies. The theme, “Finding the Best People & Money to Start ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate convened in a packed Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room on Sunday night, passing a resolution calling for “an open and just renewal process” for American Studies Professor Thomas Abowd’s contract as well as academic freedom and an intimidation-free workplace. ...
Shubha Debnath, a sophomore in the School of Arts and Sciences, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, according to an email sent to the community Saturday night by University President Anthony Monaco and other members of the Tufts administration.Debnath, who came to Tufts as a first-generation student, ...
The annual Women’s Center Symposium on Gender and Culture was held on Friday, Feb. 22, in the Crane Room. The four-hour event, themed “Divisions/Revisions of Labor," tackled the meaning of modern labor, beyond the traditional definition, and dealt with topics including gendered and emotional ...
MONDAY“Girl Talk Theatre”Details: The Boston-based female empowerment group will put on a performance, including an opportunity for “Talk Back,” and a toiletries drive for homeless women. Where and when: Balch Arena Theater; 12–1 p.m.TUESDAY“TFG Speaker Series — Sue Decker”Details: ...
Local Medford restaurant Helen’s Roast Beef & Pizzeria has closed its doors to the Tufts community, leaving a new restaurant, Jumbo Grill & Pizzeria, in its 321 Boston Ave. location as of Feb. 11.Jumbo Grill & Pizzeria owner Alex Pryanishnikov said the previous business ...
Tufts Technology Services (TTS) announced the launch of AccessTufts 2.0, a portal primarily used by faculty and staff designed to centralize online information and services, on Feb. 5. According to the announcement email sent to the Tufts community, the relaunch “is the most ambitious release since ...
Seven faculty members have been named to endowed professorships, University President Anthony Monaco announced on Feb. 5 in an email to the Tufts community. Four professors from the School of Arts and Sciences — Madina Agénor, Elizabeth Setren, Brian Schaffner and Sasha Fleary — received the ...
Members of Tufts Dining Action Coalition (TDAC) continued their campaign in support of the Tufts Dining workers in their contract negotiations with the university last Monday by interrupting campus tours and distributing handouts to the participants. They later unveiled banners in the Science and Engineering ...
The Tufts community grappled with hatred on campus in an open forum at the Interfaith Center yesterday, the latest in a series of university responses to last week's antisemitic incident at the Granoff Family Hillel Center.On Tuesday morning, Rabbi Naftali Brawer, Neubauer executive director of ...
