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Small Houses Weekend seeks to create community

Several special interest houses at Tufts are hosting a series of events next weekend for Small Houses Weekend, according to Morgan Leppla, a sophomore who lives in Crafts House.Crafts House Manager Colin Trimmer explained that the weekend is intended to bring the various special interest houses ...


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Monaco reserves judgment on Mass. Safe Communities Act

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate passed “A Resolution In Support of the Massachusetts Safe Communities Act” on February 20. In this resolution, TCU Senate officially declared its support for the Massachusetts Safe Communities Act and asked University President Anthony Monaco and other ...


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Academics discuss environmental policy, research at Nexus Symposium

Students, faculty and researchers explored the intersections of energy, food, health and climate science at the Tufts-Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Nexus Symposium yesterday. The symposium commemorated 10 years of collaboration between SEI and the Tufts Institute of the Environment (TIE).The ...



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TCU Senate holds last meeting of the year

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met for the last time this semester in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose RoomSunday night, to discuss budget approvals, two resolutions, bylaw changes and final addresses.The meeting began with two Tufts administrators who spoke about their work and answered questions ...



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Trump budget proposal to cut research funding at Tufts

President Donald Trump released the first budget proposal of his presidency in March, titled “America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again.” The proposal significantly slashes budgets for agencies like the State Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, and cuts off ...



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Events on the Hill - Week of April 10

MONDAY"Federalism in the Era of Climate Change"Details: Samantha Medlock, former senior advisor for the White House Office of Management and Budget and deputy director for climate preparedness of the White House Council on Environmental Quality during President Barack Obama's tenure, ...


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Tufts hosts national conference for first-generation students

About 200 students from across the country came to Tufts over the weekend for the nonprofit Class Action’s fifth annual First Generation College Student Summit, according to Class Action Executive Director Anne Phillips and Associate Dean for Student Success and Advising Robert Mack.The annual ...


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Tufts presents Senior Awards to 12 graduating students

The Tufts Alumni Association hosted the 2017 Senior Awards Ceremony last Saturday afternoon in the ASEANAuditorium. This year, 12 members of the Class of 2017 were given awards for their achievements in academics, leadership and community service.The awards ceremony was preceded with a dinner reception ...




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Police Briefs - April 7

Crash CourseThe Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report of a motor vehicle accident on campus at 6:14 p.m. on March 30. A bicycle rider had collided with a parked car when someone in the car opened the rear passenger door. Both sides exchanged information to reach an agreement on ...



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Tufts Democrats to host tables to phone public officials

The Tufts Democrats plans to set up regular phoning tables in the Mayer Campus Center to allow students to contact their senators and representatives. Having hosted a phoning table earlier this semester, the group plans to set up another one in the next few weeks, according to Ben Kaplan, president ...


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Tufts Venture Lab provides resource for student startups

"Working in the Venture Lab gave me the opportunity to meet many like-minded individuals and gain insight from all of their experiences," he said.  "I found that hearing stories, both successes and failures, from others was by far one of the most useful things about the Venture Lab, aside from those that we were connected to through events or simply meeting them in the lab."



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Somerville Board of Aldermen authorizes bond issue for new high school

The Somerville Board of Aldermen unanimously voted to approve a bond issue for the construction of a new high school on March 22. The Board of Aldermen's appropriation totaled $255,982,704, making Somerville High School the most expensive high school building project in Massachusetts history, according to a Nov. 8, 2016 Boston Globe article.



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