Comedian and former presidential speechwriter David Litt kicked off the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life's Civic Life Lunch series yesterday, hosting a one-hour-long talk in the Lincoln Filene Center's Rabb Room. Approximately 100 people were in attendance.Litt, who served as lead ...
We didn't start the fire On Sept. 11 at 12:44 a.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) responded to a fire alarm at Hillsides Apartments. TUPD checked for the source of the fire alarm and entered a suite in which they detected a strong smoke odor. The windows were open and the suite had been ...
Past disciplinary actions against student groups and organizations are available through an annual report that can be shared upon request. Kraft pointed out that the report can provide useful context for those facing disciplinary action while still allowing the school to consider the unique details of each case. When asked further about the nature of disciplinary action in the discussion, he said that the CSL’s emphasis will tend to favor education over punishment.
“I’m optimistic that the new personal contribution system will reduce the burden on students to supplement funding for group trips," Gebetsberger, a sophomore, told the Daily in an electronic message. "I see groups being more fully funded for their off-campus competitions and conferences which will increase accessibility for all Tufts students to participate as fully as possible in campus organizations.”
The Center for International Law and Governance (CILG) at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy hosted its inaugural event — a two-day conference on the world of cybersecurity — in Breed Memorial Hall over the weekend.
Carolina Olea Lezama, Andrew Kofsky, Rabiya Ismail, Deepen Goradia, Timothy Leong, Iyra Chandra and Melia Harlanwere elected to fill the seven Class of 2022 Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate openings, according to Elections Commission (ECOM) Chair Ethan Mandelbaum. Griffen Saul was elected to fill ...
Content warning: This article discusses suicide.The Tufts chapter of Active Minds, a national organization dedicated to fighting mental health stigma and encouraging young adults to speak openly about mental health, spent Tuesday afternoon tabling at the Mayer Campus Center to advocate for mental health ...
Around 100 people attended a community block party at Nathan Tufts Park on Sunday. The block party, hosted by Tufts Housing League (THL), along with Tufts Progressive Alliance (TPA) and Tufts Student Action (TSA), sought to bring together Tufts students and residents of Medford and Somerville to discuss ...
MONDAY, SEPT. 17"#MeToo and the Constitution"Details: Professor Jeannie Suk Gersen, the John H. Watson Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School will give a talk on the #MeToo movement and the U.S Constitution to commemorate Constitution Day.When and Where: 12–2 p.m. Paige HallSponsor: Department ...
Vandals On September 4 at 9:30 a.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report that a Facilities Services’ van had been broken into. Power tools worth an estimated $1,200 were taken from the van, which was parked behind Bray Lab, the window had been smashed on the driver's side. ...
Author and educator Linda Nathan gave a talk on her latest book, “When Grit Isn't Enough: A High School Principal Examines How Poverty and Inequality Thwart the College-for-all Promise" in the Olin Center's Laminan Lounge on Thursday night.The Department of Education-sponsored talk ...
A vehicle collided with electrical generators beside Pearson Chemical Laboratory late Wednesday night, according to Executive Director of Public Relations Patrick Collins. Collins added that the driver was not injured. The accident prompted a temporary shutdown of power to the Somerville side of the ...
The first-year Class of 2022 is the most diverse in university history, according to an Aug. 29 Tufts Now article.Of domestic students in the Class of 2022, 37 percent identify as students of color, compared to 32 percent of students in the Class of 2021.Five percent of the students identify as black, ...
The Office of Residential Life and Learning (ResLife) hired Angelic Sosa as an assistant director of housing operations over the summer. According to Sosa, she assumed her role in July, and will work directly with Tufts' off-campus and prospective off-campus student population.
The Office for Campus Life (OCL) recently announced the creation of a Student Life Channel, a cable television network that will feature content from student groups. There is no cost to submit content, according to Communications and Multimedia Specialist Mickey Toogood. “The Student Life Channel ...
Content warning: This article discusses sexual misconduct.The Dean of Student Affairs Office announced a series of changes to the student code of conduct in an Aug. 31 email sent to the Tufts community.The updates — which impact drug and alcohol amnesty, campus demonstration procedures and hazing, ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met last night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room for the first time in the 2018-2019 academic year to elect the new parliamentarian and new chair for the Services Committee and to vote on the proposed changes on the Treasury Procedures Manual (TPM). The ...
Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley defeated Rep. Michael Capuano in Tuesday's Democratic primary for Massachusetts' Seventh Congressional District, which comprises most of Boston and Cambridge and all of Somerville. The unseating of Capuano, a 10-term incumbent, paves the way for Pressley ...
Despite these well-documented and widely-reported beliefs, Lively received over 27 percent of support at the convention, enough to grant him an appearance on the primary ballot alongside Baker, according to WBUR. In the primary, he received an even larger share of the vote, pulling in 36 percent, over 98,000 votes.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 6"Fall Exhibitions Opening Reception"Details: Tufts will hold an opening reception for the fall art lineup. This semester’s exhibitions include States of Freedom: The Figure in Flux and Expressions Unbound: American Outsider Art from the Andrew and Linda Safran Collection.When ...
