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TCU Senate hears funding requests, discusses ongoing projects

By Seohyun Shim | March 5

Before the meeting adjourned, Services Committee co-chair Janey Litvin,a Class of 2021 Senator, announced that the Senate will host a town hall on campus mental health on April 17 in the Alumnae Lounge, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Litvin added that the said town hall will feature Dean of Student Affairs Mary Pat McMahon,Executive Director of Health and Wellness Services Michelle Bowdler and representatives from student groups as panelists.

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Events on the Hill — Week of March 5

By Elie Levine | March 5

MONDAY“University Open Forum: Alumnae Lounge Murals”Details: In conjunction with Tufts University Art Galleries, the Consortium of Studies in Race, Colonialism and Diaspora will be hosting a panel addressing representation in the murals in the Alumnae Lounge. Panelists will include Director of ...

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Fletcher Political Risk Conference tackles technology's global ramifications

By Natasha Mayor | March 5

The Fletcher Political Risk Group (FPRG), a student group at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, hosted its annual political risk conference, entitled “New Frontiers: Emerging Technologies and Political Risk,” on March 2. The conference is the only one of its kind in North America, according ...

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Thirty-Third annual EPIIC Symposium engages with globalization, technology, mass atrocities

By Jessica Blough, Conor Friedmann and Liza Harris | March 5

Last week, the Tufts Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) hosted its Norris and Margery Bendetson Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) International Symposium, titled “Is the Liberal World Order Ending?” The symposium is organized by students in the EPIIC class ...

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Mental Health Task Force continues to assess student mental health

By Emily Thompson | March 2

The Mental Health Task Force, launched in the fall of 2016, is continuing to evaluate and address the state of student mental health across the university by considering student input and evaluating university policies and resources. Starting about four years ago, Tufts saw an increase in the number ...

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Trustees change policy for all boards in wake of Scaramucci case

By Natasha Mayor | March 2

On Jan. 29, the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees approved an addition to its policy regarding the removal of a member from a Board of Advisors, according to Tufts' Executive Director of Public Relations Patrick Collins.

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Committee on Student Life examines, considers revisions to Code of Conduct

By Sophie Lehrenbaum | March 2

This semester, the Committee on Student Life (CSL) has commenced a comprehensive analysis and review of student life policies within the Schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA). Committee members are specifically examining the Code of Conduct.The ...

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Conner Habib discusses consent, intersectionality in Sex Health Week event

By Shantel Bartolome | March 1

Content warning: This article discusses sex and consent.Tufts Sex Health Reps welcomed Conner Habib to present about consent, intersectionality, sexuality and society at Cohen Auditorium yesterday evening. Habib is an author, lecturer, adult performer, activist and host of “Against Everyone with ...

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International Club's Parade of Nations stirs controversy

By Noah Richter | March 1

Promotional materials for the annual Parade of Nations event hosted by the International Club (I-Club) and International Center (I-Center) have sparked controversy among some in the Chinese community at Tufts, according to junior Shari Sun and  sophomore Cheng Li.Sun and Li said that promotional ...

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Former Tufts president Lawrence Bacow to serve as Harvard's president

By Lydia Richardson | February 28

Lawrence S. Bacow, who served as president of Tufts from 2001 to 2011 and worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was selected to become the 29th president of Harvard University on Feb. 11. According to the Harvard Gazette, the decision process was extensive; the search committee ...

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Tufts Democrats brings gubernatorial candidate Bob Massie to Tufts

By Ani Hopkins | February 28

Bob Massie, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, spoke at Tufts on Tuesday night at an event co-sponsored by Tufts Democrats and the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.The event, held in the Terrace Room, was the third and final installment in the Tufts Democrats' three-part 2018 Gubernatorial ...

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ID card scanner improves accessibility in Women's Center

By Jenna Fleischer | February 28

The Women's Center announced in its Feb. 12 newsletter that it had installed an ID card scanner to expand student access to the center.K. Martinez, the director of the Women’s Center, said they led the initiative in an effort to make the Women’s Center more accessible to students who use the ...

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Tufts implements Student Life Review Committee recommendations

By Kunal Kapur and Ethan Isenman | February 28

Since the Student Life Review Committee (SLRC) released its report last September, the committee has been making progress on implementing the suggested changes and plans to revamp social life at Tufts.

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Sarah Booth takes helm of Tufts research center on aging

By Tys Sweeney | February 27

Tufts selected Sarah Booth to direct the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts after serving as interim director since October 2016 and researching at the center for 25 years, according to an email message sent to the Tufts community by the Tufts Office of the ...

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Police Briefs – Week of Feb. 26

By Jenna Fleischer | February 27

A picture is worth $500On Feb. 20 at 4:30 p.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a call from a Tufts affiliate that explicit images of the person were being held for ransom by a woman in the Philippines. The affiliate had been video chatting with the female, who then demanded $500 ...

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First-year dorms Houston, Miller to undergo renovations in summer 2018

By Abbie Gruskin | February 27

Houston and Miller Halls are scheduled to undergo complete renovation this summer, according to a statement composed of comments from Vice President for Operations Barbara Stein, Executive Director of Public Relations Patrick Collins, Dean of Student Affairs Mary Pat McMahon, Communications Specialist ...

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Women’s Center discusses bodies, sexuality in annual symposium

By Shantel Bartolome | February 26

The Women's Center hosted staff, professors and students on Friday for its 2018 Symposium on Gender and Culture.The symposium’s theme, “Metaphors of the Body,” explored the body’s role as an analogy for larger, universal forces.“I was thinking about … how our bodies carry historic ...

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After gun magazine clip discovery, Medford School Committee discusses school security, closes school today

By Austin Clementi | February 26

A gun magazine clip found in an auditorium at the McGlynn Elementary and Middle School in Medford went unreported to the police by Medford Superintendent of Schools Roy Belson for close to seven weeks, according to a story in the Medford Transcript. A cleaning company discovered the clip, containing ...

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TCU Senate shares updates from JumboVote, hears funding requests

By Daniel Weinstein | February 26

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to hear a presentation by JumboVote, table a supplementary funding appeal, approve supplementary funding requests and hear committee updates.After brief introductions from the newly elected Class of 2020 Senators Danny ...

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Events on the Hill: Week of Feb. 26

By Elie Levine | February 26

MONDAY“Aesthetics, Academics, & Activism at Standing Rock”Details: Osage, Creek and Cherokee artist Yatika Fields and American Studies scholar Nick Estes of the Lower Brulé Sioux tribe will be having a conversation about indigenous activism, specifically scholars’ and artists’ efforts at ...

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