Associate Professor of Religion Ken Garden and Assistant Professor of German Annie Pfeifer gave a joint talk titled "'Wir schaffen das'?: Germany Three Years after the Refugee Crisis of 2015," in front of a full crowd in the Olin Center's Laminan Lounge on Monday.The talk explored ...
Tufts has phased out JobX, its job-finding platform for on-campus and childcare jobs, and expanded the role of Handshake, a platform that was previously launched for students to find off-campus jobs and internships. Handshake will now handle all on-campus jobs, while a new website will host childcare ...
Dean of the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (TUSDM) Huw Thomas will step down from his role at the conclusion of this academic year.
As many as 20 students were denied entry to the Senior's Boston Harbor Cruise, organized by Tufts University Social Collective (TUSC), on Sept. 22, for what some of these students claim were unclear and seemingly arbitrary reasons, according to two students who were not allowed to board.The Office ...
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts (SMFA) hired five new staff members this fall in a variety of different departments, according to Dean of the SMFA Nancy Bauer. The SMFA had job openings for an artist in any field as well as teaching positions for photography, metal working, drawing ...
Tufts announced in a Sept. 21 email the formation of a review committee to evaluate the renewal of the university's contract with the Confucius Institute (CI), an embattled nonprofit promoting Chinese language and culture that has come under national scrutiny in recent months for its ties to ...
Assistant Director at the Institute for Business in the Global Context at The Fletcher SchoolBusiness leaders, academics and politicians discussed the ocean's role in global affairs at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy last Friday as a part of the Institute for Business in the Global Context's ...
CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Sam Dion-Gottfried is Jolie Dion-Gottfried's younger brother. Sam is Jolie's older brother. The article has been updated to reflect this change. The Daily deeply regrets this error.After Jolie H. Dion-Gottfried's unexpected ...
Dazed and confusedOn Sept. 26 at 12:08 a.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a call that a person was stumbling around on Fairmont Street. TUPD was dispatched to the approximate location and found the individual sitting on the steps of 22 Fairmont St. The individual was unable ...
Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, director of the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, and David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, shared insights on current trends in youth voting ...
Content warning: This article discusses sexual assault.Action for Sexual Assault Prevention by Tufts Men (ASAPtm), a male-identifying group within ASAP, hosted a discussion in Eaton Hall on the night of Sept. 27. The talk, titled “Re-Examining Jumbo Pride: a discussion about masculinity during Homecoming ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met Sunday for the first time as a full body this semester in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to learn about new off-campus housing resources, elect new Allocations Board (ALBO) Members, hear supplementary funding appeals and update Senate bylaws. TCU President ...
The Office of Residential Life and Learning (ResLife) hosted the first of its semester-long off-campus housing series in the Curtis Hall Multi-Purpose Room last week on Sept. 27. Assistant Director of Housing Operations Angelic Sosa hosted the first session, titled, "Where to Start, Understanding ...
Students, faculty and local residents attended a lunchtime lecture on an interdisciplinary effort studying the classification of ancient Greek birds in the Curtis Hall Multi-Purpose Room yesterday.The Environmental Studies Program-sponsored talk — part of the program’s weekly “Lunch & Learn” ...
“There's no one way that a trans rights activist looks," Tan said.
The Tufts Entrepreneurial Leadership Studies program was rebranded as the Tufts Entrepreneurship Center (TEC) over the summer to reflect its updated programming and new focus under TEC Director Jack Derby. The new name is meant to clarify TEC's mission to train innovative students and provide ...
Students gathered in the Alumnae Lounge Monday for a talk on the power of accents in American media. The event, titled “Accented America: Race, Difference, and Power" and hosted by the Asian American Center, featured Shilpa Davé, an assistant professor of media studies and American studies ...
Tufts Housing League (THL) met with Dean of Student Affairs Mary Pat McMahon, Associate Dean of Student Affairs Christopher Rossi and Director of Residential Life and Learning Joshua Hartman in Dowling Hall to discuss the tiered housing system on Sept. 19, according to Rossi.The meeting was specifically intended to ...
With Election Day less than two months away, Tufts Democrats and Tufts Republicans are ramping up various "get out the vote" initiatives for the 2018 midterms.Both groups said they see potential to promote engagement on campus in the upcoming midterms.According to Tufts Democrats co-PresidentCecilia ...
Water under the ceilingOn Sept. 18 at 11:03 a.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) responded to a fire alarm at McCollester House on 28 Capen Street, Medford.TUPD observed water seeping through the ceiling following heavy rain. The water came in contact with the smoke detector and set off ...
