Tufts may not have the university name recognition of its world-renowned neighbors in Cambridge, but it is widely considered an elite institution, well-known for providing a high quality undergraduate education and for conducting world-class research amongst its students and faculty. In 2018, Tufts ...
Content Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault.Tufts Democrats released a petitionlast week calling on the university to rescind an honorary degree given to Missouri Governor Eric Greitens in 2012 in response to recent allegations of sexual assault against him. The ...
MONDAY“Charles Francis Adams Lecture Series: Congressman Scott Taylor”Details: Congressman Scott William Taylor, the United States Representative for Virginia’s 2nd congressional district, will deliver a lecture as part of the Fletcher School’s Charles Francis Adams Lecture Series.Where and ...
Last Friday, April 20, the Tufts Mock Trial A-team finished sixth place in the annual American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) National Championship Tournament, according to sophomore and A-team member Arvind Goday. The tournament took place in Minneapolis, Minn., and was hosted by Hamline University, ...
According to Tufts Elections Commission (ECOM) chair Ethan Mandelbaum, a sophomore, all students will have the opportunity to vote on a university-wide referendum, Referendum #1, this upcoming Thursday, April 26. Referendum #1, upon receiving a majority vote, would amend the Tufts Community Union (TCU) ...
Tufts’ Office of Institutional Research and Evaluation (OIRE) recently published previously unavailable data on economic diversity of Tufts’ student body, according to senior and TCU Senate Trustee Representative Nathan Foster. Foster noted that the data on Tufts’ economic diversity was first ...
Approximately 150 students, faculty and staff gathered in the Interfaith Center at 7:30 last night to hear Tufts Dining workers talk about their experiences and the need for unionization. The event, which was hosted by Tufts Dining Action Coalition (TDAC), was held ahead of next Tuesday’s union election, ...
Following the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate, Judiciary, and Committee for Student Life (CSL) representative elections on Wednesday, Tufts Elections Commission (ECOM) posted the results on their Facebook page.According to ECOM chair Ethan Mandelbaum, voter participation was at 1003, around 24 percent ...
Anna Ornstein, a Holocaust survivor who pursued a career in psychiatry, addressed 200 people in a packed ASEAN Auditorium in Cabot Intercultural Center yesterday. Ornstein, who survived Auschwitz and several work camps, detailed her experiences in the book “My Mother’s Eyes,” copies of which were ...
Yesterday evening, the Inter-Greek Council (IGC) and its Diversity and Inclusion Task Force hosted a discussion in Cohen Auditorium entitled “Greek Life at Tufts: Where We Were, Where We’re Going” about the the history of Greek life and its current state at Tufts. The discussion focused on diversity ...
Disclaimer: Zachary Hertz is a managing editor of The Tufts Daily. He was not involved in the writing or editing of this article.This past weekend, four members of Tufts Quiz Bowl traveled to Rosemont, Ill. to compete for the first time in the Intercollegiate Championship Tournament (ICT). Senior Jay ...
Last night the Tufts Democrats hosted their end-of-year symposium in the Crane Room. The keynote speaker of the symposium was Alla Lefkowitz, deputy director of affirmative litigation at Everytown for Gun Safety, an organization that advocates for gun control. According to Tufts Democrats President ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate, Tufts administrators and various campus mental health organizations organized and held a town hall meeting to discuss mental health issues on campus on Tuesday. These groups included Counseling and Mental Health Services (CMHS), Tufts Ears for Peers and Active ...
Leaf me beOn April 9 at 12:12 p.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report of a stolen philodendron. The large potted plant was taken from the second floor bathroom of Paige Hall, likely during an Applejam concert over the weekend, when the area was accessible to visitors. The ...
Following the recent shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Professor Sheldon Krimsky wrote a petition to urge the administration to divest from companies that produce, distribute or sell military-style weapons to the public. ...
Members of Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate faced a packed agenda at their last regular meeting of the academic year last night, voting on seven resolutions and reviewing six supplementary funding requests.Supplementary Funding RequestsSenators approved the Allocations Board (ALBO)’s recommended ...
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded two Tufts professors Guggenheim fellowships for their previous outstanding work in their fields, as well as for an investment in their future research. Moon Duchin, an associate mathematics professor, and Aniruddh Patel, a psychology professor, ...
The cost of Curricular Practical Training (CPT), a program that allows international students to gain work experience in their field of study, will nearly double from the half-credit cost to a total of $966 starting this summer as the university's new credit system is implemented.CPT is a federally ...
TUESDAY“Town Hall on Mental Health & Wellbeing”Details: The Tufts Community Union Senate is hosting a conversation with Tufts administrators and mental health student groups on mental health and well-being on campus. Where and when: Alumnae Lounge; 4:45–6:30 p.m.WEDNESDAY"Commemoration ...
