Tufts administrators have committed to provide Rainbow House with a physical building for the 2018–2019 academic year, Associate Dean of Student Affairs Chris Rossi told the Daily in an email.Rossi said that he, LGBT Center Director Hope Freeman, ResLife Associate Director of Residential Education ...
Several medical marijuana dispensaries in Greater Boston are authorized by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) to conduct home deliveries. These dispensaries include SAGENATURALS of Cambridge, Patriot Care of Boston and Lowell and Garden Remedies of Newton.Leane Mysliwy, assistant ...
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!Disclaimer: We know this brief is a conflict of interest, but we really didn't like losing our camera.On Oct. 4 at 1:30 p.m., a student reported multiple incidents relating to the Tufts Daily. The first was a report of a missing Nikon D7000 camera that was last seen ...
The Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning (UEP) is launching the Co-Research/Co-Education Partnerships (CoRE), which will allow Tufts master's students and staff from the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) to partner in researching and developing strategies for ...
The cease-and-desist order was lifted for Theta Chi on Oct. 7, according to the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life (OFSL) website. Theta Chi was found guilty of hazing and sexual harassment, and as a result, the fraternity will be on disciplinary probation until October 2019; however, the fraternity ...
This year, the 2017–18 Sherman Teichman Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship(EPIIC) colloquium “Is the Liberal World Order Ending?” is for the first time under the leadership of Abi Williams, the newly appointed director of The Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) and professor ...
"Same Roots, Different Soil", a three-day long, student-run conference held this past weekend, explored the art, religion and politics of the African diaspora through speakers, panels, art shows and a workshop. The event, which spanned from Oct. 13–15 at different locations on campus, was ...
Monday“From Love Canal to Flint: Fighting for Clean Water”Details: Environmental activist Lois Gibbs and toxicologist Stephen Lester will speak about environmental activism as part of the Civic Life Lunch series at Tisch College of Civic Life. The two are famous for fighting for the community ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met last night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to discuss themed housing project Capen Village, review the social scene around homecoming and hear a presentation from Associate Director of Housing Operations Matthew Austin of possible changes to the ...
The Office of Campus Planning plans to make nine more locations available for student gatherings, meetings, events and other social occasions throughout the 2017–2018 academic year.Students will now be able to book Harleston Hall 051, the Hodgdon Hall first floor lounge, the Hill Hall second floor ...
Mac Maharaj, a central figure in the journey to end of apartheid in South Africa in the 1980s and 1990s, spoke about his observations from the struggle to bring peace to his country at an event on Thursday night. Maharaj also received the Robert and JoAnn Bendetson Public Diplomacy Award, an honor ...
During Thusday's installment of the Environmental Studies Lunch & Learn Program, three alumni of The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies — Eve Tendler, Shadi Shiha and Jacklyn Best — spoke about their work on transboundary water management in Israel and Palestine. The event, ...
The shuttle stop connecting Tufts to the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) will be reinstated after area construction is completed, according to a Oct. 10 email sent to students in the Tufts-NEC combined-degree program.When the NEC stop is reinstated, ...
Tufts University Faculty Senate convened by video conference on Wednesday for its second meeting of the academic year to consider the adoption of standing committees and discuss its objectives.Unlike the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate, which draws its representatives from Tufts' two undergraduate ...
Senior Oktoberfest and a non-university affiliated Senior Bar Evening, two events that emerged last year after Tufts said it would stop hosting the university-sponsored Senior Pub Night in September 2016, will continue this year, signaling these two events are evolving into more established campus ...
"The details of the new five-year contract are certainly important for workers’ material needs; centrally, part-timers won key raises in per-course pay," she said. "But even more important, I think, is the way in which this agreement demonstrates forward momentum towards larger goals of justice, respect and dignity in the workplace. It’s a sign that faculty, union workers, students, alumni, Boston activist communities can come together and make substantial change.”
Other fraternities on campus, such as Pi Rho Omega and ATO of Massachusetts (ATO), have also worked in collaboration with administrators to implement new policies. Both of these fraternities, in contrast to DTD, are still permitted to serve alcohol at their parties, according to Social Chair of Pi Rho Omega Hans Reuter, Social Chair of ATO Ally Burnstein, Community Outreach Chair of ATO Chris Campbell and Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) Social Development Director Jacob Ruttenberg.
All Tufts students will be required to use two-factor authentication (2FA) for Trunk, Tufts email, Canvas, Box and eServe by April 1, 2018, according to Christine Fitzgerald, manager of service marketing and communications at Tufts Technology Services (TTS). Students will later have to use 2FA ...
TUESDAY“Is an Inclusive Economy Possible?”Details: A panel will discuss the future of building an inclusive economy as the workplace becomes increasingly automated and income inequality worsens. The panel includes leaders from governmental agencies, non-profit organizations and private-sector companies.When ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met Monday night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to discuss funding requests and some ideas for new projects. TCU President Benya Kraus opened the meeting, mentioning that the Indigenous People’s Day Celebration held prior to the meeting was the result ...
