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 ...
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 ...
Panelists spoke about Myanmar's Rohingya crisis, covering historical religious tensions and ethnic discrimination, during a panel last night entitled "Myanmar in Crisis: What Happens Next?". The event, held in the ASEAN Auditorium at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, was hosted ...
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.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to hear funding requests and one appeal, view a presentation on Tufts' economic metrics and share community updates.TCU President and senior Benya Kraus opened the meeting and welcomed the newly elected TCU Senators: ...
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, ...
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 ...
The Royall House and Slave Quarters in Medford hosted Kendra Field, assistant professor of history and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Tufts, to discuss her new book, "Growing Up with the Country: Family, Race, and Nation After the Civil War", on Wednesday evening. ...
"I am sure it will take some time to learn all of the ins and outs of the Senate, but I am confident in my ability to pick those up and get to work," O'Mara-Schwartz told the Daily in an email. "I am excited to work with the Senate to improve the lives of students in meaningful ways. I think there are a lot of challenges facing the Senate and I look forward to putting in the hours to solve them."
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Textbook Exchange allows students to buy and sell used textbooks without relying on the bookstore, according to Philip Miller, TCU Senate Education committee chairand the founder and executive director of the Textbook Exchange.Miller, a sophomore, said that the exchange has provided students with a much easier way to buy and sell textbooks at reasonable prices.
Somerville’s chapter of Our Revolution, a nationwide progressive political action group, has begun planning its priorities for 2018, following the victories of all nine Our Revolution-endorsed candidates for Board of Aldermen in last year’s elections.Our Revolution, which emerged from Senator ...
This May, a new five-and-a-half-week study abroad program in Cádiz, Spain will be added to the growing collection of summer language and culture programs offered by Tufts, according to Spanish language and literature lecturerAmy Millay.According to Spanish lecturer Maria Ester Rincón Calero, the ...
Hank Azaria (LA '87), an Emmy-winning actor, and Joe Schrank, founder of TheFix.com, a website dedicated to disseminating news about addiction and recovery, addressed mental health and addiction yesterday evening in an event co-sponsored by the Dean of Student Affairs Office and Health and ...
Former Vice President Al Gore warned about the consequences of climate change and outlined the steps that individuals can take to better the environment at a talk at Tufts yesterday.The event was hosted by the Jonathan M. TischCollege of Civic Life, as part of its Distinguished Speaker Series. Kelly ...
Disclaimer: Ray Bernoff is a staff photographer at The Tufts Daily. He was not involved in the writing or editing of this article."The Athena Project," an anthology-style docu-series, will be released next year through Tufts University Television (TUTV). The series’ producers and co-founders, junior Amanda ...
The Honorable Eric T. Washington (A ’76) spoke Tuesday at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life’s event "Black on the Bench: Diversity in the Judiciary." Washington served as the Chief Judge of the D.C. Court of Appeals from August 2005 to March 2017.The lunch was part of Tisch ...
The Latino Center, located in Bolles House, has reopened after being closed over winter break for repair, Director Julián Cancino said.Cancino, who became the director of the Latino Center in September 2017, said that after his first few days in the office as director, he felt the house was in disarray ...
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John Barker, dean of International Education and Extended Programming (IEEP), left Tufts at the end of the fall semester, according to Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, James Glaser. Baker plans to relocate to Rochester, NY where he will pursue a career in the private sector focused on educational ...
Urine for it On Jan. 30 at 9:30 p.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report of an incident that had taken place early on the morning of Jan. 28 in Haskell Hall where two males were observed urinating on a TV in a student's suite common area. The two males involved were later ...
