“People come to the center with all of [these] different needs and experiences; there isn’t just one reason you want to go to the LGBT Center, and I want it to be a place that’s mindful of all the intersectional identities at Tufts,” Testa said in a 2014 Daily article.
A piece of decorative plaster molding above the suspended ceilings in Eaton Hall fell through the ceiling onto the floor over the weekend before Valentine's Day, according to Senior Facilities Director Steve Nasson. As a result, four classrooms in Eaton Hall with the decorative molding were closed ...
Medford City Council unanimously passed the University and College Accountability ordinance yesterday, which requires Tufts to provide the city with an anonymized list of all student-owned, -leased, -rented or -operated properties in Medford. The list of addresses must be provided on a per-semester ...
The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life's Community Research Center (TCRC) has awarded $25,000 in seed grant funding to two organizations this year: Medford Conversations, a series of community dialogues regarding community issues, and Shape Up Somerville, a group focused on community health ...
Tufts is establishing a university-wide faculty senate this semester. The senate, which has been approved by the faculty of all eight of Tufts' branches, will include representatives from each school who will come together to advise the administration, according to The Fletcher School of ...
A roundtable discussion entitled “The Opioid Epidemic: What Happens Next and Who Will Decide?” was held yesterday in the conference room of the Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center, as part of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life's Civic Science Roundtable series.15 people reserved a spot ...
Marian Wright Edelman, the founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, spoke about American citizens' obligation to combat the overwhelming presence of child poverty in a mostly full Cohen Auditorium on Monday evening.
Tufts opened a multifaith meditation and prayer room, or musallah, inside the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy earlier this month. The room is intended for use by Tufts' Muslim community, but is open to use by people of all faiths and was organized by a group of both Muslim and non-Muslim ...
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MONDAY"Merrin Moral Voices Keynote: Marian Wright Edelman"Details: Children's rights activist Marian Wright Edelman will speak as part of the annual Merrin Moral Voices series. Edelman is the first African-American woman to be admitted to the Mississippi Bar, the founder and president ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met last night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to discuss supplementary funding requests and an appeal.After TCU Senate President Gauri Seth opened the meeting, Vice President Shai Slotky asked for committee updates.Diversity and Community Affairs Officer ...
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker discussed public policy and civic engagement at Tufts last night in an event repeatedly disrupted by a number of student protesters.The event, a part of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life's Distinguished Speaker Series, began after 7 p.m. in Distler ...
The Interfraternity Council (IFC) and Panhellenic Council (Panhel) have lifted their voluntary holds on social events for eligible Greek life organizations. This means fraternities and sororities in good standing with the university can register to host social events, according to IFC President Jack ...
Avian, a new student organization that aims to create a conscious and supportive space for female and femme-aligned non-binary students, was formed this semester.Harper Hopkins, Avian's consciousness education chair, said that the group was created in order to provide a space for people impacted ...
A group of Tufts graduate students in the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts has been working toward forming a union for graduate students, following the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) ruling last August that graduate students ...
The Interfaith Student Council (ISC) and the University Chaplaincy are sponsoring Tufts’ second annual Interfaith Awareness Month this month, which focuses on the theme of “Strength in Unity.” ISC has organized and promoted diverse faith-based events on campus to encourage collaboration ...
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy held its fourth annual Tufts Innovation Week last week. Titled "Innovate Tufts - Fletcher Disrupts," it consisted of four events and conferences aimed at finding inventive solutions to current challenges.Miriam Freeman, one of the three organizers ...
The City of Medford is planning the redevelopment of Riverside Plaza in Medford Square to become a more usable community gathering space. The city was formally awarded a $250,000 grant from the federal government to help fund the plaza's construction in November 2016, according to Clodagh Stoker-Long, ...
Fletcher Arctic VI, a two-day conference, took place over the weekend at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. The annual Fletcher Arctic Conference has been hosted since 2012 to discuss the implications of sustainable development in the Arctic, according to the event website.Many professors, ...
