David Axelrod, chief strategist for both of President Barack Obama’s election campaigns and former senior advisor to the president, discussed the recent election of Donald Trump, progressive youth engagement going forward and ways to overcome divides throughout the country.The talk, sponsored by the ...
A Tufts Community Union Senate resolution that pledged support for the release of American-Iranian citizen Siamak Namazi (LA ’93) and his father, Bagher Namazi, from an Iranian prison passed on Sunday night's meeting by a vote of 24-1-1.The two each received a 10-year prison sentence in ...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) released a statement on Oct. 7 announcing that they would explore changing flight paths out of Boston Logan International Airport due to noise complaints from residents in Somerville, Medford, Arlington, Belmont, ...
Students hosted a donation drive to collect materials for the Standing Rock Native American Reservation on Nov. 4, according to the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate LGBTQ+ Community Representative Parker Breza. Breza said the drive was part of a series of teach-ins, rallies and donation drives ...
A resolution by Students Advocating for Students (SAS) that called for changes to Tufts University's Sexual Misconduct Policy, along with other policies, failed to pass last night at the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate's weekly meeting.The resolution alleged that the university's Sexual ...
Several questions were raised by the senators and members of the audience attending the meeting during the question-and-answer period during which senators asked the resolution's writers to provide more details on changes they wanted to see in Tufts' policies. After this period, there was a motion to vote on the resolution, which was objected to, leading to a pro-con debate period and an eventual passing of a motion to vote.
French philosopher Alain Badiou spoke about President-elect Donald Trump's election and theorized about what that means for the state of democracy and capitalism during a lecture last night in the ASEAN Auditorium.Over 120 people attended the event, which was co-sponsored by the Department ...
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 ...
