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Peter Chronis discusses the state of U.S. cybersecurity

“How is this code going to be broken? How can someone hack this system?" he said. "My challenge to you as engineering and policy folks is to think through, as you're creating systems, as you're creating stuff, how is somebody going to break in? How could somebody abuse this? I think we need more of that.”   


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Faculty to vote on new primary major in environmental studies

A new primary major for Environmental Studies (ENVS) may be available to students beginning in the fall 2018 semester, pending a vote by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in May, Dr. Colin Orians, Director of the Environmental Studies program and professor of biology, said. According to Orians, this ...


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Ellen Kullman, former CEO of Dupont, to speak at Commencement

Former DuPont CEOand Tufts alumnaEllen J. Kullman (E ‘78) will return to her alma mater to deliver the commencement address to the Tufts University Class of 2018 on May 20. Kullman served as the CEO and chair of the board for DuPont, the world’s largest chemical company, for seven years. She was ...


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Police Briefs — Week of March 26

Someone's playing with fire, but not getting burnedOn March 13 around 1 a.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report that someone had stolen all the fire extinguishers from the lower campus garage. TUPD searched the area for the missing fire extinguishers and the fire marshal ...



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Events on the Hill — Week of March 26

MONDAY“Civic Life Lunch — Against Invisibility: Chinese America, History, and the Family Album”Details: Associate Professor of American Studies at Brown University Robert Lee will discuss Against Invisibility, a digital project that explores Chinese Americans’ use of photography to investigate ...











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Construction on Cummings building postponed until summer 2019

Construction on a new academic building to be built on College Avenue is being postponed until further notice, according to Barbara Stein, vice president of operations at Tufts.The newly approved Cummings building, so named because it is being funded through a grant from the Cummings Foundation, was ...




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Police Briefs — Week of March 12

Wrong place to pass gas On March 7 at 3:45 p.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report from a contractor that gas had been poured into the hydraulic tank of a Bobcat. The contractor discovered the machine had broken down while trying to use it. The Bobcat was removed from campus ...



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Events on the Hill — Week of March 12

MONDAY“Public Lecture: Acting Regional Administrator of the U.S. General Services Admin”Details: The Department of Urban and Environmental Planning (UEP) is hosting Glenn Rotondo, acting regional administrator for the U.S. General Services Administration, as part of their colloquium series. Lunch ...