University President Anthony Monaco hosted a Town Hall Meeting yesterday afternoon in the ASEAN Auditorium of the Cabot Intercultural Center to provide updates on the university and to offer students and members of the surrounding community an opportunity to directly ask him questions.Preceding ...
Congressman John Lewis of Georgia’s 5th congressional district spoke to a sold-out audience in Cohen Auditorium last night as this year’s Alan D. Solomont Lecturer on Citizenship and Public Service.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met last night to discuss several supplementary funding requests and committee updates.TCU President Brian Tesser opened the meeting by discussing the Senate ad-hoc housing committee’s effort to gather student input and submit it to the university's Residential ...
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx spoke yesterday morning at a roundtable discussion in the Rabb Room, where he answered students' questions about transportation planning and policy. The event, hosted by Tisch College and the School of Engineering, was Foxx's only visit to a university ...
Fire Alarm Part OneThe Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) and the Somerville Fire Department responded to a fire alarm that went off in South Hall at 1:01 a.m. on March 28 as the result of a fire extinguisher being released. The Somerville Fire Department inspected the residence hall and allowed ...
Tufts administration, faculty, students and guest speakers gathered on March 31 and April 1 for a two-day symposium on climate change, titled “Climate Change: The Role of the University.” The event was sponsored by the Tufts Office of the Provost and the Tufts Institute of the Environment (TIE) ...
As a part of the Autism Week by the Coalition for Autism Support at Tufts (CAST), juniors Aaron Herman, Emma DiFrancesco and Justin Robbins shared their personal experiences of being on the autism spectrum in an event titled “Autism 101(23).” This was held in collaboration with Theta Delta ...
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 ...
