The Tufts University Prison Initiative at the Tisch College of Civic Life (TUPIT) hosted its first symposium on Feb. 1 and 2, focusing on providing perspectives on education in prison and solitary confinement through presentations by experts and formerly incarcerated people. The two-day event, entitled ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met in Remis Sculpture Court on Sunday at 3 p.m. to hear funding requests and share committee updates.The meeting was rescheduled to 3 p.m. from its regular meeting time of 7 p.m. due to the Super Bowl, according to Parliamentarian Adam Rapfogel, a junior.TCU President ...
MONDAY"IR Career Workshop Series: A Lunch and Learn Event"Details: Tufts’ International Relations (IR) department is hosting Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at AMAG Pharmaceuticals Joseph Vittiglio, who will speak about corporate and employment law.Where and when: Cabot ...
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden discussed his upbringing and values, and shared memories from his eight years in Barack Obama’s presidential administration, during an event at Medford’s Chevalier TheatreThursday night.The event, which was moderated by former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations ...
The Asian American House and the Asian American Center will be separated next year, allowing for the Start House to be designated entirely for the Asian American Center, following a Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate resolution calling for Asian American identity-based housing to be separate from ...
Shiver me TindersTufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report on Jan. 23 at 10:46 a.m. that someone had been impersonating a student on the dating app Tinder. The impersonator had taken photos of the student from their Facebook account in order to create a fake profile. The incident ...
Calling for a rise in taxes for wealthy Americans, Warren said, “We know that economic inequality has risen in the last 40 years, because we’re not making these investments for people.”
According to Associate Dean of Student Affairs Christopher Rossi, Associate Director of Housing OperationsMatt Austin and Associate Director of Residential Education Sarah D’Annolfo, the structural reforms that the Office of Residential Life and Learning (ResLife) put in place last semester have ...
On Tuesday at 9 p.m., Tufts Republicans hosted a viewing event in the Terrace Room in Paige Hall for President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address, according to Tufts Republicans President George Behrakis. Behrakis, a sophomore, said the group held a discussion of the progress of Trump’s ...
The Office of Residential Life and Learning (ResLife) designated the house occupied by the former AOII Delta chapter as transfer student housing for the upcoming academic year. This decision follows the AOII national Executive Board’s withdrawal of the charter for Tufts' AOII chapter in December. ...
Even before the shoot begins, the set of Bosfeed is full of laughter and camaraderie while maintaining the unmistakable air of professionalism, the creators demonstrating their desire to create great content. In the Tufts University Television (TUTV) studio black box, a camera is set up in the middle ...
TUESDAY“A Conversation with Setti Warren”Details: In this event co-sponsored by the Tisch College of Civic Life, the Tufts Democrats are hosting Setti Warren for a lecture and question-and-answer session. Warren, a former mayor of Newton, Mass. and an Iraq War veteran, is a Democratic candidate ...
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 ...
