A group of students is launching a startup app called "Buddy" in an effort to connect Tufts students seeking community through cuddling, among other things, according to project founder Olive Baerde.The startup's team of developers includes Baerde, co-founder Stephan Green and programmers ...
Hundreds of students walked out of their classes and gathered in front of Olin Center yesterday at 2:30 p.m. as part of a nationwide walkout on college campuses in an effort to push the university to designate its campuses as “sanctuary campuses,” which would protect and support undocumented ...
After acquiring the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) this past summer, Tufts will expand its relationship with the City ofBoston, but will not be increasing its Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) to the city, according to Tufts Co-Director of Community Relations Rocco DiRico.DiRico explained ...
Diana Chigas (F '88) has been appointed to the newly-created position of senior international officer as of Sept. 1 in an effort to continue increasing Tufts’ global presence and ensure that Tufts alumni and faculty can work successfully abroad.“There was a sense that Tufts does a lot internationally, ...
Hannah McGregor and Marcelle Kosman of Canadian podcast “Witch, Please” were joined by Experimental College Professor Lydia Brownon Nov. 15 for a panel discussion about queerness and disability representation in the “Harry Potter” series. The event was hosted by the Tufts Podcast Network.Brown, ...
Yesterday the Tufts community was alerted to an increase in reported cases of mumps on the Tufts Medford/Somerville campus through an email from Medical Director of Health Service Margaret Higham and Dean of Student Affairs Mary Pat McMahon.
Tufts and the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) officially opened a co-funded Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences (CABCS) in mid-October on the Medford/Somerville campus after more than a year of planning and research on the project.Caroline ...
Collision CourseTufts University Police Department (TUPD) responded to a motor vehicle accident on Winthrop Street at 5 p.m. on Nov. 9. One vehicle was a Tufts-affiliated vehicle while the other was a non-Tufts vehicle. The cars collided, resulting in no injuries but minor damage to the cars. A report ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met Sunday night in the Sophia Gordon Hall Multipurpose Room to discuss a resolution and supplementary funding requests.TCU President Gauri Seth, a senior, started the meeting by briefly discussing the Turkey Shuttle, which will run from the Mayer Campus Center ...
According to an Oct. 21 email from Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences James Glaser and Dean of the School of Engineering Jianmin Qu to Tufts undergraduates, recent changes in administrative responsibility within Dowling Hall and other departments concerning student life will expand or change ...
Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Provost Mark Brimhall-Vargas will be leaving his position at Tufts on Jan. 10 after a year and a half of serving in the role. He will assume the role of Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Brandeis University upon his departure.
The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life held a “Post-Election Paper Project” last wednesday to facilitate dialogue around the presidential election results. At the event, the walls of Tisch College’s Rabb Room were covered in large sheets of paper on which students could write or draw their ...
MONDAY"Between the Headlines: Tufts Observer and sexual harassment, the election and related topics"Details: Faculty from the Department of Sociology will be holding a discussion on pertinent campus and national issues and where to go from here.When and Where: 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m., Eaton ...
Some of Tufts University's investments have changed from commingled funds to a separately managed account, according to the Board of Trustees' Investment Committee Chair Steven M. Galbraith.A commingled fund has assets from multiple accounts, and a separately managed account is a professional ...
Tufts Student Action (TSA)'s #HaltTheHike campaign released a list of demands on Nov. 1, calling for a halt in tuition increases, greater financial transparency and better financial aid resources.According to TSA member Parker Breza, the group is responding to the 3.6 percent increase in tuition ...
Tufts Panhellenic Council, the organization representing Panhellenic sororities at Tufts, published a statement denouncing the “hyper-masculinity and structural misogyny” of Tufts fraternities, indefinitely suspending organized events between sororities and fraternities and sports teams until a ...
Approximately 75 Tufts students gathered on the Academic Quad last night to express their thoughts and feelings following Tuesday's presidential election results at an event titled "A Light on the Hill."First-year Pedro Lazo-Rivera, one of the event organizers, described the event as ...
Thousands of people gathered in Boston yesterday evening to protest president-elect Donald Trump's recent victory. The rally was organized by Boston Socialist Alternative and included several speakers from local progressive groups. Participants marched from Boston Common to Copley Square holding ...
Bombs away!The Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) and the Somerville Fire Department were called to the Theta Delta Chi fraternity house after receiving a report that a fire alarm that had gone off on Oct. 25 at 5:30 p.m. Students at the house claimed they had found a small, red ball with ...
Donald J. Trump was elected as the 45th President of the United States of America, defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in perhaps the closest race since the 2000 election between then Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore.In a redux to the 2004 presidential election, ...
