A group of Tufts students have developed Tusk Marketplace, which describes itself as an online, peer-to-peer marketplace designed specifically for the Tufts community. Tusk was officially launched on Sept. 6, the first day of classes.Jack Fritzinger(LA ’16), CEO and co-founder of Tusk, said that ...
The Office of Residential Life and Learning (ResLife) is currently searching for a new Area Residence Director (ARD) for Area 1 (Hill Hall, West Hall, Houston Hall and Miller Hall), a position that has been vacant since the beginning of this academic year, according to ResLife Director Yolanda King.Candidates ...
A new ordinance took effect in Somerville on Sept. 1 prohibiting commercial businesses in the city from giving single-use plastic bags to customers at checkout.Businesses will now provide paper bags instead of plastic ones, and customers are greatly encouraged to use reusable bags, Jaclyn Rossetti, ...
MONDAYInaugural Moomaw Professorship LectureDetails: Fletcher School Professor Avery Cohn is the inaugural holder of the William R. Moomaw Professorship of International Environment and Resource Policy. He will present a lecture on "Sustainable Development in a Changing World" with a reception ...
32BJ Service Employees International Union(SEIU), which represents Tufts janitors and 18,000 other workers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, organized a rally at Boston Common on Saturday, Sept.10, as the contracts of janitors from Tufts, Harvard, Boston office buildings and other institutions are ...
Tufts Technology Services (TTS) has begun implementing changes to campus wifi and printing, as well as to its facilities in Eaton Hall, according to TTS Director of Client Support Services Kyle Pope. Some of these updates were completed during the summer, while others will continue to be put into place ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate is currently supporting a new initiative to implement a mandatory cultural competency training program for Tufts faculty and staff, according to Walae Hayek, who serves as the TCU Women's Center Community Representative and is spearheading the initiative.
The Medford City Council is considering amending its current housing ordinance to further enforce its current policy prohibiting more than three unrelated adults from living in one apartment unit. This addition comes in the form of an article entitled University and College Accountability, which ...
Tufts pre-orientation programs hosted a record 912 students this past summer, according to Director of Campus Life Joe Golia. A new pre-orientation program, Students’ Quest for Unity in the African Diaspora (SQUAD), joined the five existing pre-orientation programs this summer along with the Mentor ...
Political science professor Vickie Sullivan will serve as the International Relations (IR) program’s interim director for the 2016-2017 academic year and political science professor Kelly Greenhill will begin a three-year term as the program's director beginning in September 2017, according ...
Tufts Labor Coalition (TLC) held a welcome-back rally on Matriculation Day to introduce incoming first-years, visiting parents and returning students to their ongoing fight for better working conditions and compensation for Tufts janitors.At the rally, students and custodial workers listed their ...
After sitting vacant for a year in the wake of a May 2015 double stabbing on the premises, Delta Tau Delta (DTD) fraternity's house at 98 Professors Row has been leased to Tufts for the academic year. The building, which is owned by DTD's alumni housing corporation, is primarily being used ...
Tufts Union Debate, a newly-founded group modeled after the Oxford Union, will host seven public debates on issues related to Tufts, the nation and the world this semester. The first debate will take place on Sept. 19 in Braker Hall Room 001.By providing a forum for regular debates between students, ...
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 32BJ New England District has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Tufts University with the National Board of Labor Relations following the university's introduction of schedule changes set to be implemented on Sept. 5. The union is arguing that the university has failed to bargain appropriately about changes to facility workers’ schedules, according to SEIU Vice President Roxana Rivera.
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) officials unveiled a revised and scaled-back version of the Green Line Extension (GLX) earlier this summer, which includes a stop at College Avenue beside Tufts' Medford/Somerville campus. Updates to the plan for the long-discussed addition of ...
The Tufts community experienced an eventful year, full of logistical, administrative and social changes. The following is a wrap-up of some of the biggest stories of 2015-2016, leading up to the start of the fall semester.SeptemberJumbos arrived back on the Hill to find that the affectionately-termed ...
The cognitive and brain sciences (CBS) minor, which had been on pause since the end of the fall 2015 semester, has been reinstated for the new academic year.
Multiple law enforcement agencies are involved in an ongoing investigation surrounding bomb threats and a suspected arson that occurred outside of Health Service in the early morning hours of Monday, May 9. The investigation is being carried out by a joint law enforcement team made up of the state Fire Marshal, Somerville Police, Medford Police, Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) and the Massachusetts State Police.
Various university offices will be working this summer to streamline their independent event registration processes into a centralized, simplified process by the beginning of the fall semester.The new process — a collaboration between the Offices of the Dean of Student Affairs, Fraternity and Sorority ...
The Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) celebrated its 30th anniversary with a day of campus events, followed by an invitation-only 30th anniversary gala at the Boston Marriott in Cambridge on Saturday, May 7. The celebration not only honored the history and growth of the institute, but also the career of Founding Director Sherman Teichman, who will be retiring after this academic year.
