The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met for the last time this semester in the Sophia Gordon Hall Multipurpose Room on Sunday, Dec. 11 to discuss a resolution, supplementary funding requests and its Strategic Plan.The meeting opened with TCU Senate President Gauri Seth welcoming everyone to the ...
Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s recent threats to block funding from sanctuary cities, Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone reiterated the city’s commitment to remaining a sanctuary city in an open letter released on Nov. 21.“Somerville will stand with you regardless of your race, creed, ...
Tisch Library, Edward Ginn Library and Eaton Hall will each be offering extended late night study hours during reading period and finals week this semester. Tisch Library: began Dec. 11, ends Dec. 22 at 5 p.m.Sunday: general hours 10 a.m. to 1 a.m., extended study until 6 a.m.Monday-Thursday: general ...
Students, faculty and community members held panel discussions and workshops focused on activism, particularly in the wake of the election of President-elect Donald Trump, as part of a teach-in in Paige Hall over the weekend.The teach-in, which was sponsored by the Consortium of Studies in Race, Colonialism, ...
David Simas, special assistant to President Barack Obama and director of the White House Office of Political Strategy and Outreach, spoke to a group of about 25 people in Dowling Hall yesterday during the last of the semester’s Civic Life Lunch events sponsored by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of ...
Disclaimer: Aneurin Canham-Clyne is a staff writer at the Daily. He was not involved in the production of this article.Tufts Democrats held a symposium entitled "The Future of the Left" to discuss why Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton did not win the 2016 election cycle and ...
Admiral James Stavridis, dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, met with President-elect Donald Trump yesterday at his office in Trump Tower in New York City, according to Fletcher School Public Relations Specialist Juli Hanscom.The meeting has fuelled speculation that Stavridis, who was ...
Somerville educational nonprofit Sprout & Co., working with Somerville Public Schools, plans to open a new high school, Powderhouse Studios, on Broadway Avenue in 2018. Powderhouse Studios will occupy the currently-vacant Powder House Community School building and plans to enroll around 200 ...
Speaking IllTufts University Police Department (TUPD) officers and Tufts Emergency Medical Services (TEMS) responded to a student who reported not feeling well at Olin Language Center on Dec. 1 at 8:30 a.m. The student said she had a headache and felt generally ill. After being checked by TEMS, members ...
The resident assistant (RA) position will be replaced with two new roles, first year advisor (FYA) and community development advisor (CDA), next fall. This is one aspect of a larger change in the housing program, as Latin Way Apartments, Sophia Gordon Hall, Hillsides Apartments and Richardson House will all have in-house CDAs beginning next fall, according to Area Three Residence Director Julie Kennedy.
The City of Somerville sent out letters of non-opposition to four medical marijuana companies interested in opening locations in Somerville, according to an Oct. 6 press release from Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone. These letters clear the way for the companies to begin the permit process to open ...
Correction: An earlier version of this article mistakenly identified Kelly Sims Gallagher as discussing Tufts’ observer status at the UN climate change negotiations, the importance of Tufts Institute of the Environment (TIE)’s participation at COP 22 and the opportunities for networking Fletcher students had at COP 22, when it was Nitsan Shakked, associate director of TIE who said this. The Daily regrets this error.
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy launched its Climate Policy Lab (CPL) on Nov. 15 at the 22nd annual Conference of the Parties (COP 22) in Marrakech, Morocco.
Fisher said that in order to address these issues, the department has carefully recorded the number of student seats per year over the past five years. Between the 2011-2012 academic year and the current academic year, the number of student seats in computer science courses went from 1469 to 3472, which is a more than 136 percent increase over five years, according to Fisher.
Adelante Shoe Company -- startup founded in Oct. 2015 by Peter Sacco, a student in his final year of the Master's of Arts in Law and Diplomacy program at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy -- recently launched its first Kickstarter campaign with the help of several Tufts undergraduate groups. Sacco ...
“I wanted ... to be firm with nationals that they messed up, that what happened wasn’t okay," she said. "I wanted to acknowledge the incident of transphobia that happened, but also, I wanted to show that AOII International was willing to work with us, and that they do not want to be actively excluding ... transgender women, and that there are ways we can change to make sure this can never happen again."
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met Sunday night to discuss several supplementary funding requests and project updates.TCU Senate President Gauri Seth opened the meeting, announcing that it was the second-to-last of the semester and quickly recognizing Women's Community Senator Walae Hayek ...
MONDAY"Feeding Illusions: Agribusiness, Family Farmers and the Future of Food"Details: Timothy Wise will be presenting his research from the past three years on farming policy and the well-being of farmers in Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, India and Mexico.When and Where: 12:30 p.m.-1:45 ...
Approximately 40 students gathered last night in the Terrace Room to attend a panel event entitled “What to Expect from a Trump Presidency,” sponsored by the Department of Political Science, Experimental College and the International Relations Program. The panel was led by Chair of the Political ...
