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 ...
House FireThe Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) responded to a house fire at 300 Boston Ave. at 2:57 p.m. on March 9. The department was joined by the Medford Fire Department,Medford Police Department and the Armstrong Ambulance Service. As the case is still under investigation by the Medford ...
The university launched a new Diversity and Inclusion siteon Monday, alongside introducing the newtufts.eduhomepage. The site includes an expansive “Diversity Dashboard” geared toward making university demographics more accessible to the Tufts community members and prospective students.According ...
Nahid Bhadelia (J '99, F '04, M '05) was honored at the third Fletcher Women's Leadership Award Ceremony on Friday, March 11, for her efforts as a physician during the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone. The honor is awarded annually to an alumna of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met on Sunday night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room to discuss supplementary funding, a resolution and a project approval request.TCU Senate President Brian Tesser opened the meeting by noting that a housing survey, which is a part of the Senate's ...
Actor, voice actor, comedian and producer Hank Azaria (LA '88) is set to deliver this year's Commencement address on Sunday, May 22. Azaria, who has won five Emmys and a Screen Actors Guild Award, is currently featured in Showtime's "Ray Donovan" and is scheduled to star ...
Tufts University Dance Marathon, sponsored by the Children's Miracle Network (CMN), raised over $3,600 for the Boston Children’s Hospital at its first event Friday. Tickets were sold at the door for $10 per person for the five-hour philanthropic event, which ran from 7 p.m. to midnight ...
Academics, business leaders and diplomats gathered to discuss the future of the Arctic region at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy's fifth annual Opening Arctic Conference on Saturday.The conference, which was organized by a group of 15 Fletcher students, was a part of its Warming Arctic ...
TUESDAY"Granting Amnesty to Drug Addicts Seeking Help: The Opioid Crisis in MA and beyond"Details: Gloucester’s Chief of Police Leonard Campanello will be speaking about his department's policy not to charge drug addicts who request help from the department, which has received national ...
Students were introduced to a Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate pilot project last week to provide free feminine hygiene products for emergency use in public bathrooms around campus. The hygiene products, currently stocked in multiple campus bathrooms, include tampons and pads bought in bulk with ...
A new university working group is in the process of gathering student feedback, assessing campus facilities and analyzing the overall residential experience at Tufts in preparation for the creation of a housing master plan by the end of the semester.The working group, comprised of Campus Planning, Facilities ...
Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) staged an educational demonstration yesterday on the Tisch Library Patio as a part of its annual Israeli Apartheid Week.The demonstration involved four stations focusing on the city Hebron in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and a Bedouin community ...
Scratched DoorA staff member reported that the driver's side door of their car had been scratched earlier in the day at 4 p.m. on March 1 in the Pearson Chemical Laboratory parking lot. The person is unsure who scratched the car or how the car got scratched. The staff member had no issues with ...
Joshua Allen, a black transgender-feminine organizer and abolitionist, and CeCe McDonald, a black transgender woman activist, spoke to an audience of over 100 people in the Alumnae Lounge last night as the first stop in their #BlackExcellenceTour, according to the event's Facebook page. The event ...
