Northeastern University became the fifth Boston-area university to allow its campus police officers to work with semiautomatic rifles last December, following a similar policy that has been in place at Tufts since 2008.According to Deputy Director of Public Safety Leon Romprey, all sworn Tufts ...
Members of the Tufts community participated in the second annual Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Day of Service, volunteering at four different locations in the surrounding area this past Saturday.The MLK Day of Service, hosted by the University Chaplaincy, brought volunteers from Tufts to serve at ...
Tufts Alumni hosted the first-ever Global Reach event for alumni, a symposium in Hong Kong, featuring programs led by University President Anthony Monaco, Provost David Harris and the International Board of Advisors from Jan. 15 to Jan. 17. Students studying abroad in Hong Kong and several alumni attended the event to learn about the progress of the university and to build connections with other attendees.
Senior Sharad Sagar was featured in the annual Forbes "30 Under 30" list for the second year in a row, for his work as CEO and founder of the nonprofit organization Dexterity Global. Sagar's efforts to promote education among children and teenagers in South Asia landed him on the list ...
The brothers of the former Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) chapter announced last Thursday the establishment of Pi Rho Omega (Pi Rho), the local and independent fraternity the brothers are transitioning to.According to Pi Rho Spokesperson Ben Kaplan, the brothers voted on the new name on Dec. 11 after formally ...
Following several months of discussions, Tufts announced that the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA) is due to become a part of Tufts University by June 30, 2016 pending final approval, in a Dec. 22 statement.According to the statement, written by University President Anthony Monaco ...
After months of being closed off to the Tufts community, the Memorial Steps reopened in December, bringing to an end to the university’s six-month construction effort to preserve the campus landmark.The steps, also known as the Memorial Stairs, were built in the 1920s and designed as a tribute to ...
Stephen W. Bosworth, dean emeritus of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, passed away from pancreatic cancer at his Boston home on Jan. 4. He was 76 years old. Bosworth served as the Dean of the Fletcher School from 2001 to 2013 and a U.S. ambassador three times, to Tunisia,the Philippines and ...
Alpha Gamma Delta (AGD) has delayed its timeline for joining the Tufts Greek community, pushing its extension efforts on campus to the fall 2016 semester.
This fall, faculty and staff from the School of Arts and Sciences participated in mandatory discrimination and harassment prevention training.The Office of Equal Opportunity holds this training to prepare faculty for approaching “all types of discrimination and harassment across all ‘protected ...
Ultimately, a translator for the students and a community worker ended up addressing the village instead of the volunteers, according to Boden.
Tufts Dining Services will start a pilot initiative, "Food 4 Free," to donate leftover food from dining halls to a local agency beginning in January. The program follows a petition signed by almost 250 people calling for the "rescue and redistribution of Tufts’ unused food."The ...
Over 250 people participated for the first-ever two-day Conference on Gender and International Affairs at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy this past Friday and Saturday.
Tufts Climate Action (TCA) held its first Reality Week, a series of events focusing on the climate crisis and climate justice, from Nov. 30 to Dec. 4 amid United Nations (UN) climate negotiations between world leaders in Paris.Reality Week included a panel discussion, a screening of a climate documentary ...
Several uphill dorms temporarily lost heat and hot water on Dec. 1, following a failure in the main power plant on the Medford/Somerville campus.The affected buildings included Wren Hall, West Hall, Hill Hall, Houston Hall, Miller Hall and Carmichael Hall, and students living in those halls were notified ...
Over 40 students attended Sunday night's TCU Senate meeting to hear senators discuss two major resolutions on Indigenous People’s Day and solidarity with #TheThreePercent. Some of the students held signs with messages such as "#TuftsWithTheThree."The first resolution called for the ...
Tufts juniors Lydia Collins and Bahar Ostadan founded Facial Unwanted Hair Removal (FUHR), Tufts’ first ever student-run hair removal company, in early October. The business operates out of a study room in the Tisch Library and has served over 30 customers to date.
The Interfraternity Council (IFC) voted not to bring the fraternity Pi Kappa Phi into the Tufts Greek community at this time after an hour-long deliberation last Wednesday.“Until we make progress in [inclusivity] and continue to grow in terms of safety and responsibility, the IFC executive board ...
MONDAY"Synaptic Scholars Fireside Chat Series: Pedagogy in the Natural Sciences"Details: Joshua Kritzer, professor in the Department of Chemistry, and David Hammer, professor in the Department of Education, will speak about effective and innovative teaching methods in the natural sciences ...
Padraig O’Malley, professor at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) in Boston, will receive the Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award and give a lecture tomorrow evening in ASEAN Auditorium.O'Malley, professor of peace and reconciliation at the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy ...
