First-year Alex Bhak passed away in downtown Boston early on the morning of Saturday, April 2, according to an email sent to the Tufts community by University President Anthony Monaco, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences James Glaser, Dean of the School of Engineering Jianmin Qu, Dean of ...
MONDAY"From Punched Cards to Social Media: Observations on Entrepreneurship and Technology"Details: Entrepreneur and investor Jeff Rothschild will discuss his experiences in the field, focusing on the entrepreneurial habits that appeal to investors. Rothschild is a co-founder of the storage ...
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan spoke to a group of 15 Tavitian Scholars from Tufts at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy yesterday morning as a part of his first working visit to Massachusetts. The president's Boston tour began on Monday and will continue to Washington, D.C. for ...
In a press release from the Frontiers Group, University President Anthony Monaco explained that the Tufts Discovery Center has the potential to make significant discoveries in the realms of human and environmental health.
FourTufts Anime Brigade members hosted panels at this past weekend’s Anime Boston convention that celebrates Japanese animation and pop culture.Including the four panelists, 39 Brigade members and alumni attended the convention, which has grown to become the fifth largest anime convention in North ...
Eric Johnson, who has been a staff member at Tufts for the past 28 years, was recently promoted from vice president to senior vice president of the University Advancement Division. He will start in his new position on Friday, April 1. Johnson started working at Tufts as a development officer in ...
One additional case of mumps was diagnosed on campus yesterday, bringing a total of five cases of the virus recorded by the Health Service. The five cases recorded include the latest diagnosis, along with two cases confirmed by test and another two cases clinically diagnosed before the Spring Break, ...
Stolen JacketTufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report of a stolen jacket from the Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center at 5:20 p.m. on March 16. The student reported that she entered the fitness center, put her jacket in a cubby and discovered it was gone when she returned. ...
This coming fall, television journalist David Gregory will teach a seminar course focusing on the intersections between political campaigns and the media.Tisch College will bring Gregory, who served as NBC’s former chief White House correspondent during George W. Bush’s presidency and former “Meet ...
Indie pop artist BØRNS announced that he is scheduled to perform at Tufts on May 1, the date on which the annual Spring Fling concert organized by the Tufts Concert Board takes place this year. The announcement was made in a now-removed March 28 post on the artist's Facebook page about his performance ...
The Department of Public and Environmental Safety (DPES) is implementing a mobile application for its SafeRide Services program this April, which will allow students, faculty and staff members to request rides from a campus security officer or a police officer, using a smartphone.Kevin Maguire, ...
MONDAY"Akan Festival 2016"Details: The week-long festival celebration opens on Monday with drum-making lessons from James Acheampong, chief drum-maker at the Center for National Culture in Ghana, along with Kiniwe classes. The celebration features workshops, guest lectures and discussions ...
All Tufts students and faculty studying or traveling in Europe are confirmed safe, following terrorist attacks in Brussels early Tuesday morning where at least 31 people were killed and 270 injured.According to Sheila Bayne, director of Tufts Programs Abroad, students studying in Europe at the university's ...
On the general component of the Common Application, only two options are given for applicants in regards to gender identity: male and female. Currently, the Tufts supplement provides three options: male, female and other, Testa said.
Two cases of mumps among Tufts students have been confirmed this week, along with one additional suspected case, according to Medical Director of Health Service Margaret Higham.The viral illness is characterized by a painful swelling of the jaw, according to a health announcement sent to the university ...
Nancy Birdsall, founding president of the Center for Global Development, talked about the importance of building middle-class societies at a lecture entitled "Development in this Century: Building Middle Class Societies" at 51 Winthrop St. last night, as a part of the 2016 Birger Lecture ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate unanimously passed a resolution calling for the integration of Hindi-Urdu into the undergraduate foreign language curriculum, a recent initiative of the South Asian Political Action Committee (SAPAC), during its meeting last Sunday. The resolution, co-authored ...
Tufts Technology Services (TTS) will prepare for a full wifi refresh over the summer by implementing network switch replacements throughout the upcoming spring break on the Medford/Somerville campus. The preliminary work will start Monday, March 21 and continue through Friday, March 25, according ...
TuftScope, the Interdisciplinary Journal of Health, Ethics and Policy, hosted “The Heart of the Matter: An expert panel on life-prolonging medicine in the 21st century” in the ASEAN Auditorium last night. The event featured cardiovascular medicine specialists John Groarke, Eldrin Lewis and Mandeep ...
Students and faculty gathered in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room last Thursday for a Student Summit on the new Science, Technology and Society (STS) program, which was introduced this semester to provide students with an interdisciplinary approach to study topics in science and technology as ...
