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Office of Sustainability publishes FY2016 Sustainability Report

The Tufts University Office of Sustainability recently released itsCampus Sustainability Progress Report for the 2016 fiscal year.The report details a slight decrease in both water and energy use since FY2014 on all Tufts campuses. Tufts had largely failed to achieve its 2013 goal, as detailed in ...


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Merrin Moral Voices hosts Reproductive Rights in Prisons event

Assistant Professor of Sociology Jill Weinberg discussed the reproductive rights and healthcare of incarcerated women at a Merrin Moral Voices-sponsored lecture at Hillel on Wednesday.Merrin Moral Voices is a Hillel initiative that aims to highlight the importance of speaking up on social justice ...


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Somerville contends to host second Amazon headquarters

The City of Somerville sent in a bid last month to host Amazon’s planned second headquarters, proposing a transit-oriented campus running through areas of Somerville, Cambridge, Boston, Everett, Chelsea and Medford.Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone’s proposal to host the headquarters competes against ...





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University raises concerns over Congressional tax plan

The university administration came out in opposition last week to provisions in Congress’ Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that would impact Tufts and other institutions of higher education.The House of Representatives passed a version of the tax reform bill earlier this month, which included several provisions ...



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Police Briefs – Nov. 27

Put it on my TABOn Nov. 17 at 6 p.m., the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report about property damage in the TAB parking lot. A person had parked their gray car in the lot and upon returning discovered that there was damage on the driver's side of the car. TUPD officers advised ...



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Medford reaches municipal energy reduction milestone

The city of Medford was recognized by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) for reducing municipal energy use by 20 percent since 2009, according to a statement released on the city's website on Nov. 2.Mayor Stephanie Burke accepted a certificate from DOER for this achievement ...


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Tufts Marathon Team given 50 bibs for 2018 Boston Marathon

This year Tufts will have 50 community members running in the 2018 Boston Marathon, according to Don Megerle, coach of the Tufts Marathon Team (TMT).According to Megerle, who became the team's coach in 2003 after former University President Lawrence Bacow started a running group the year ...


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Events on the Hill: Week of Nov. 27

MONDAY“Childhood Trauma and Violent Extremism”Details:Dr. Heidi Ellis, director of the Boston Children’s Hospital Center for Refugee Trauma and Resilience, will speak about her research on how youth refugees’ experiences post-settlement may lead some to violent extremist ideology. The event ...


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Tufts responds to UN climate change conference

In tandem with the 23rd annual Conference of Parties (COP23), hosted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in Bonn, Germany, from Nov. 6–17, Tufts students have recently organized many initiatives to raise awareness about environmental concerns. Tufts was present at ...


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Geology students launch Tufts Geological Society

A group of Tufts Universitygeological sciences majors last month launched the Tufts University Geological Society (TUGS), the university's newest official group associated with a science major.Fatima Niazy, Matt Barickman and Jacob Marsh, all seniors, co-founded the club with Andrew Feder, ...


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Fletcher hosts third conference on gender and international affairs

On Nov. 17 and 18, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy hosted its third annual Conference on Gender and International Affairs, entitled “Money, Power and Influence: The Gendered Dimensions of Geopolitics.” Through five panel discussions,a breakout session, keynote and film screening the conference ...


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Police Briefs - Nov. 20

Black-Hat BlackoutOn Nov. 7 at 4:45 p.m. a student reported a case of computer hacking. She was in Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center when a pop-up appeared on her screen saying that something was wrong with the computers of Tufts University students and encouraging her to take action. The pop-up included ...


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Dean Stavridis, Provost Harris hold discussion about Board of Advisors

Three Tufts administrators held a discussion with students of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy about the school's Board of Advisors on Nov. 16, in light of a petition to remove Anthony Scaramucci (LA '86) from the board. The talk was led by Fletcher School Dean James Stavridis, Provost David Harris and Board of Advisors Program Director Jonathan Kaplan.