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, ...
The linguistics minor has been reinstated, effective immediately, after it was temporarily put on hold in spring 2016. The minor will continue to be housed in the Department of Philosophy, according to Department Chair Erin Kelly. Kelly said that the linguistics minor was reinstated partly because ...
Members of Tufts Tobacco Free, a student initiative four years in the making that seeks to eliminate smoking on the Medford/Somerville campus, are beginning to take the next steps to implement their proposed policy by seeking feedback from the student body. According to organizers, the policy would ...
TUESDAY"Taking Control of the Permanent War State"Details:Gareth Porter, an investigative journalist specializing in U.S. national security policy, will give a talk about U.S. foreign policy and defense strategy, particularly under Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump.Where and When:Anderson ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met last night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to discuss supplementary funding requests and a resolution supporting the Safe Communities Act, a bill that would make Massachusetts a sanctuary state.TCU Senate President Gauri Seth opened the meeting by asking ...
Timothy Edgar, professor of public health communication at Tufts University’s School of Medicine, died on Jan. 2 after a car crash while he was traveling in India. He was 59 years old.Edgar had been on a health mission with Unite For Sight, a non-profit that provides eye care to communities around ...
Gone with the GooseA student reported his "black Canadian Goose jacket" stolen from the Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center on Feb. 3 at 4:30 p.m. The black jacket had debit and credit cards inside the pockets. The student had stored it in a cubby when he went to work out and found it ...
"They are informing their decision based on conversations with their advisors, chapter members and potential new members," she said.
Approximately 30 people gathered on Thursday night for a panel discussion about President Donald Trump's executive order on refugees and immigration in the ASEAN Auditorium at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.The panel, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, was the third forum hosted ...
The Veritas Forum, an organization that plans discussions based on the Christian faith, hosted a panel discussion about race and religious identity in Barnum Hall last night, in front of an audience of more than 25 people.The event, which was cosponsored by the Tufts Christian Fellowship, featured ...
Two Tufts alumni, Jake Dell (LA '09) and Alex Schmider (LA '13), were featured as part of Forbes Magazine’s annual 30 Under 30 list in the categories of Food & Drink and Media.Schmider, who graduated from Tufts with a degree in psychology and a minor in communications and media studies ...
Since this year's presidential inauguration, Tufts student political groups on campus have adjusted their approaches to political organizing in response to President Donald Trump's administration.Many groups are choosing to focus on ongoing activism with regards to specific issues, according ...
Additionally, the University Chaplaincy has offered mindfulness programs for the past several years, according to University Chaplain Greg McGonigle. In particular, Buddhist in Residence Priya Sraman offers meditation and dharma study programs, McGonigle said.
Tufts hosted the 12th annualTufts Energy Conference on Saturday at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. The event, primarily organized by student volunteers, was attended by students, scientists and private-sector investors. Tufts Institute of the Environment (TIE) Director Linda Abriola told ...
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)'s Green Line Extension (GLX) is on a list of transportation and infrastructure projects prioritized by President Donald Trump's administration, according to a document obtained by the McClatchy Washington Bureau.The GLX project would extend ...
Construction on the Science and Engineering Complex (SEC), which began in April 2013, will be completed this summer, and the building will be in use by fall 2017, according to Vice President of Operations Linda Snyder.The complex, which will include existing buildings Anderson Hall and Robinson ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met last night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to discuss supplementary funding requests and hear a proposal to make Tufts a tobacco-free campus.The first order of business was a proposal for a tobacco-free campus. It was brought forward by a group of ...
