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Police Briefs – Week of Feb. 20

Un oeuf of these fire alarms On Feb. 12 at 9:45 p.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) and the Somerville Fire Department (FD) responded to a fire alarm in the Hodgdon Hall kitchen. The alarm had been set off by someone trying to make hard-boiled eggs in a pan, but TUPD was unable to find the ...




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Events on the Hill - Week of Feb. 20

TUESDAY“Tufts University Phone Bank for Transgender Equality”Details: As part of a partnership with Freedom for All Massachusetts, students are calling Massachusetts state officials to defend transgender equality.Where and when: Tufts University LGBT Center, 226 College Ave; 6–9 p.m.“A Conversation ...









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SMFA shuttle system adds new vans to SMFA, Beacon Street

The Department of Public and Environmental Safety's Administrative Services office has expanded the transportation system between the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts and the Medford/Somerville campus this semester, according to Dean of the SMFA Nancy Bauer. Three new vans now ...



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Police Briefs – Week of Feb. 12

One ring to sprain them all On Feb. 6 at 8:30 p.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) and Tufts Emergency Medical Services (TEMS) were called to the Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center where a student had injured their ring finger playing basketball. TUPD drove the student to the hospital ...


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Professors submit proposal to replace PJS major with civic studies

Faculty and administrators are proposing to cancel the peace and justice studies (PJS) major, retaining the PJS minor but replacing the major with a new civic studies program. PJS has been under continued review since last semester, when the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences considered canceling the ...



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State Department officials advise about travel abroad

Michelle Bernier-Toth, acting deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Overseas Citizens Services, and Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Study Abroad Representative and Gilman Program Officer at the State Department Theresa Gagnon spoke via webcam to a room full of close to 25 study abroad and international safety advisors from the greater Boston area during a roundtable discussion in Dowling Hall on Friday.



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Events on the Hill: Week of Feb. 12

MONDAY“Myanmar in Crisis: What Happens Next?”Details: A panel of activists and politicians will discuss the recent systemic attacks against Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya community. Speakers will include May Sabe Phyu, director of the Gender Equality Network and human rights activist from Myanmar, ...


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Student activism leads the push for gender-neutral bathrooms

Gender-neutral bathrooms are being installed in Carmichael and Dewick-MacPhie Dining Centers and in the Mayer Campus Center by the Department of Campus Planning, in accordance with the LGBT Center student demands, according to sophomore Shannon Lee, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate Diversity ...