Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) is currently investigating an assault incident that occurred earlier this month in Wren Hall, where a resident awoke early in the morning to find an unknown man rubbing her arm. Following this incident, TUPD has increased patrols at the residence hall and installed ...
The Center for Awareness, Resources and Education (CARE) at Tufts has been promoting the Green Dot initiative for violence prevention throughout the month of April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.Students from CARE have promoted the Green Dot initiative — which visualizes ...
Two junior Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senators, Gauri Seth and Ryan Johnson, announced their candidacies for TCU Senate President last night, setting the stage for the first competitive race TCU presidential race since 2014. Both senators' campaigns released Facebook pages, "Go for Gauri" ...
David Axelrod, senior strategist for President Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and 2012 reelection campaign, and Beth Myers (LA '79), senior strategist for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's2008 and 2012 presidential bids, came to Tufts yesterday for a discussion on "How ...
Tufts Dining and Tufts Sustainability Collective (TSC) jointly held a "Waste Less Dinner" last night at the Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center to promote less wasteful eating patterns within the student body.According to Tufts Dining intern Daniel Mulligan, the purpose of the event was to ...
The Tufts University Social Collective (TUSC), formerly known as Tufts Programming Board, has been involved in a year-long rebranding initiative beginning with a name change to underscore its commitment to promoting a strong sense of community at Tufts through social activities. TUSC, which is a student-run ...
Tufts announced today that Jonathan (A' 76) and Lizzie Tisch have donated $15 million to the university’s eponymous Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, which has been renamed the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.This name change was made to better reflect Tisch ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate's annual Spring Break Shuttle service did not reach its target number of ticket sales, according to outgoing TCU Senate Historian Max Hirsch, who noted that there is a possibility that the service will discontinue in the future due to the limited ticket ...
The poet Richard Blanco spoke to an audience of approximately 60 students, alumni and community members yesterday afternoon at the 12th John Holmes Memorial Poetry Reading in the Hirsch Reading Room of Tisch Library. During the talk, Blanco, President Barack Obama’s inaugural poet in 2013 and the fifth inaugural poet in U.S. history, read poetry from throughout his career and spoke about his life as a Cuban-American immigrant.
Following TCU elections yesterday, the Tufts Elections Commission (ECOM) Public Relations Chair Whitney Miller announced the newly elected officers for the 2016-2017 academic year.Miller explained that 1,444 students voted yesterday and added that voter turnout was at 24.31 percent, substantially ...
Tufts Election Commission (ECOM) held the TCU Candidate’s Forum last night in Hotung Café to provide a speaking platform for candidates running for positions on the TCU Judiciary and class of 2019 Senate positions. The forum came ahead of today's TCU elections, where students can vote ...
Stolen BelongingsTufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report of stolen belongings from the Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center at 3 p.m. on April 4. A person left her jacket in a cubby in the fitness center while exercising and discovered that her keys were missing from her jacket ...
Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate held its last meeting of the academic year on Sunday night to discuss next academic year’s budgeting, project updates, approval for a project and a resolution on dependent care services.TCU President Brian Tesser, a senior, opened the meeting with an overview. ...
Television journalist Anderson Cooper visited the Hill yesterday as the speaker for the 11th annual Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism. Former television host and the CEO of Loews Hotels & Resorts Jonathan Tisch (LA '76) interviewed Cooper before the event was opened to questions ...
MONDAY"Edward R. Murrow Forum 360°: Beyond the Headlines with Anderson Cooper"Details: Anderson Cooper, anchor of CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360°, will speak at the 11th annual Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism. Jonathan M. Tisch, vice chair of the university Board of Trustees, will interview ...
Tufts recently announced a new partnership between the university’s 1+4 Bridge-Year Service Learning program and City Year, a Boston-based AmeriCorps program committed to increasing resources and graduate rates for students in high-poverty areas nationally.The 1+4 program, a Tisch College program currently ...
Concert Board announced that this year’s Spring Fling headliner will be indie-pop duo Matt and Kim, with opening acts by rapper Shaggy and indie-pop artist BØRNS. The announcement was made last night at the annual Battle of the Bands event in Hotung Café through a video that was played to a crowd of approximately 50-60 attendees.
The Athletics Department enacted several changes this semester to the Club Sports program, including new caps on roster sizes and the introduction of a rule prohibiting A and B teams from playing games in separate locations, following funding decrease program. These changes have caused leaders ...
Tufts Community Union (TCU) senators who spearheaded a Feb. 21 proposal for an on-campus pub have been working to compile a report analyzing demand, safety and costs to present to Executive Vice President Patricia Campbell by the end of the semester.Campbell, who oversees construction projects, dining ...
Students were invited to participate in the Office of Residential Life and Learning (ResLife) furniture pilot program, which ran from Tuesday, March 29 to Friday, April 1 in Latin Way.The program, publicized via email, gave students the chance to view and evaluate new furniture options being ...
