Disclaimer: Jake Taber is a former managing editor at The Tufts Daily. He is no longer involved in the Daily.The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met last night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to provide committee updates, learn about how the Senate can enhance environmental efforts on campus, ...
The Experimental College (ExCollege) recently added a new course, titled “Hamilton: In Context,” for the spring semester. According to the ExCollege newsletter, the course will examine the influence of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s "Hamilton: An American Musical" in today’s society. It ...
No dangerous lead quantities are present in any of the residential buildings tested for water quality, according to a message set to be sent out to the Tufts community Friday morning by Tufts Vice President for Operations Barbara Stein and Dean of Student Affairs Mary Pat McMahon.This update comes ...
On Dec. 3, Director of Public and Environmental Safety Kevin Maguire, who oversees the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) as well as the Department of Public and Environmental Safety (DPES), traveled to Israel for a nine-day National Counter-Terrorism Seminar (NCTS) along with a delegation ...
“It really is about thinking about ... [what] we can do to be a more just, equitable community here,” he said. “But [there’s] also knowledge when we think about what we do as a university -- about creation of knowledge, dissemination of knowledge and knowledge-based policy and action.”
Ashanti Sturgis, a 15-year-old teen fighting sickle cell anemia, was drafted by the Tufts Women's Basketball team, according to Shelby Carney, marketing and communications coordinator at Team IMPACT. Team IMPACT is a national organization that drafts chronically ill teens to local college teams, ...
Half baked On Jan. 17 at 8:30 p.m., the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) responded to an off-campus medical call for a bad reaction to a marijuana brownie. The student was transported to the hospital.Pull my finger Later on Jan. 17 at 10 p.m., TUPD responded to an on-campus medical call from ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met last night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to provide committee updates, generate project ideas and announce various policy changes and the upcoming senate events.TCU President Benya Kraus started the meeting, sharing a new timeline with the body for ...
Plans for Capen Village, a cluster of houses owned by Tufts that will be available as housing options for juniors and seniors starting next fall, will continue on schedule after approval by the Medford Zoning Board of Appeals on Jan. 11, according to Associate Director of Housing Operations Matt ...
The first-ever sophomore career conference, organized by the Tufts Career Center, was held on Jan. 16 and 17 at the Medford/Somerville campus. Lasting a day and a half in total, the conference consisted of a welcome dinner, breakout sessions, an internship networking fair and a closing reception. ...
MONDAYTufts University Martin Luther King, Jr. SymposiumDetails: Tufts University is hosting its annual conference to commemorate the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community activists and historians will discuss his legacy and relevance in the present moment. There will be dinner and a keynote ...
The Green Line Extension (GLX),a long-awaited plan to provide light rail service to previously unserved areas of Medford and Somerville, is on track for completion by December 2021, according to the project's website. Progress on the GLX follows the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ...
The Tisch College Community Research Center (TCRC) recently awarded $18,000 in total to two projects that will conduct research in the Tufts community in 2018. Four different projects applied for funding, but the award was divided between two: “Achieving Whole Health through Gender Responsive ...
As of Dec. 11, the national Executive Board of Alpha Omicron Pi Fraternity (AOII) has withdrawn the charter of the Delta chapter of AOII at Tufts University, according to a press release sent to the Daily last night by Courtney West, assistant director of public relations for AOII International ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate held its final meeting of the semester in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room last night.TCU President Benya Kraus opened the meeting, announcing addresses from senate executives and a vote on bylaw changes.TCU Vice PresidentAnna Del Castillo then opened the ...
A student-led trip to Pakistan through The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy was denied approval for continuation on Nov. 14, in a decision made by the International Travel Review Committee (ITRC) under Tufts Global Operations. According to ITRC's documentation, the trip was originally set ...
MONDAYChBE Seminar: Dr. Michael TimkoDetails: Dr. Michael Timko, a biology professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, is delivering the final lecture in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering's fall 2017 seminar series.Where and when: Science and Technology Center, Room 136; ...
Content warning: This article mentions sexual assault.The Zamboni, a student-run satirical magazine, published an issue on Nov. 29 titled, "No One Expects The Spanish Inquisissue" that contained several articles focusing on themes related to Catholicism. Members of the Catholic community ...
Tufts Community Union (TCU) President Benya Kraus and first-year TCU Senator Janey Litvin have begun an initiative to establish an on-campus pub. The pub would serve alcoholic beverages to those over 21, but would be an environment where undergraduates of all classes, graduate students and professors ...
The project was not immediately approved because the wood-framed houses in question do not meet the dimensional standards for dormitories, MacDougall explained. Due to this distinction, the university is required to apply for a variance, or a deviation from the city's zoning code, to commence construction.
