As the admissions process for the Class of 2020 continues, the Office of Undergraduate Education is gearing up for the next group of Jumbos with the creation of a new committee this spring tasked with handling the management of the Undergraduate Orientation program.The committee first met to discuss ...
The Arts and Sciences and Engineering (AS&E) faculty voted yesterday afternoon in favor of replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day in the university's academic calendars. The vote, which passed with one objection and two abstentions among approximately 60 faculty members, took ...
Students packed Cohen Auditorium for the third annual "It Happens Here" event last night, where students gathered to listen to the personal stories of their peers with sexual violence on campus. The program, which was organized by the Consent Culture Network (CCN) at Tufts, began at ...
Approximately 72 students were infected with Norovirus last week, according to Margaret Higham, director of Tufts Health Service. She noted that the number of cases is decreasing and that she did not expect to hear of new cases emerging.Higham explained that this approximation may be an underestimation ...
After conducting a survey earlier this month to gauge student interest in major and minor programs, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate Education Committee is working to use survey results to advocate for the creation of new major and minor programs for undergraduate students.According to Rati ...
Max Finberg (LA '92), director of AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), spoke about his experiences in anti-poverty and anti-hunger work during a discussion yesterday afternoon in Dowling Hall. The event, sponsored by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public ...
The Leonard Carmichael Society (LCS) is holding its Winter Blood Drive with the American Red Cross starting from today until Friday, from noon to 5:30 p.m. daily, at Carmichael Hall. This drive is one of three blood drives that the organization holds during the school year — two that take place ...
MONDAYGuest Speaker: Max FinbergDetails: Director of AmeriCorps Vista, Max Finberg, (LA '92), will discuss his work with the Federal anti-poverty program.When and Where: 3:30 p.m., Dowling Hall 745Sponsors: Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Peace and Justice Studies ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU)Senate met last night to discuss two resolutions, a project approval and supplementary funding requests from various student groups.TCU Senate President Brian Tesser took the floor to give general updates. He mentioned that Sasaki Associates, a planning and design firm, ...
Reece Wallace, a first-year EPIIC colloquium member, opened the panel with a historical perspective on Europe’s aspirations for cultural and economic unity in the post-war period, before introducing the first speaker, Mario de Caro, a professor of Moral Philosophy at the Universitá Roma Tre in Italy.
Television journalist David Gregory spoke about the intersections of media and politics as part of the Tisch College Distinguished Speaker Series last night in the Coolidge Room. Gregory also talked about his new book "How’s Your Faith?: An Unlikely Spiritual Journey," an exploration ...
Local politicians, environmental advocates and students discussed climate change at a panel event last night in the Cabot Intercultural Center. The talk, titled “Climate Change: How Massachusetts Can Lead The Way,” was hosted by the Tufts Sustainability Collective and Environment Massachusetts.The ...
Approximately 60 people filled the chapel at the Granoff Family Hillel Center last night to hear survivors of genocide share their stories as a part of Tufts Against Genocide’s (TAG) 6th annual Survivors Speak panel. The event was held as a component of the Cummings/Hillel Program for Holocaust ...
Missing MoneyA student reported having $20 taken from their room in Carmichael Hall on Feb. 13. The student claimed to have locked their door, but after this was investigated by Tufts University Police Department (TUPD), there appeared to be an issue with the door and a Facilities Services work ...
An intimate crowd of students and faculty gathered in the Hirsch Reading Room yesterday for a Tisch Friends of the Library Author Talk with Adriana Zavala, associate professor of Art History, who discussed her curatorial exhibition project “Frida Kahlo: Life, Art, Garden.”
Members of the Tufts Sustainability Collective (TSC) met last night to discuss first steps on several campaigns the group is spearheading this semester. The umbrella-organization, which is comprised of sustainability-focused student groups including Tufts Climate Action, Tom Thumb’s Student ...
Coffin explained that he was first recruited by Dartmouth last fall, and he received a formal job offer several weeks ago. He said he senses that an exciting new challenge awaits him there and that he is excited to build a narrative for their school.
About 50 people, mostly faculty and staff, gathered to hear Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) and Associate Provost Mark Brimhall-Vargas speak about his career and his experience at the university in the Coolidge Room last Friday afternoon.Brimhall-Vargas, who joined the administration last April, ...
TUESDAY"Gill Fellow Lunch & Learn Series: Ethan Michaeli"Details: Ethan Michaeli, author of "The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America," will touch on his work with The Chicago Defender and will explore how the newspaper influenced African Americans in ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met last night to vote on two project approvals, a resolution and a bylaw change, as well as to discuss supplementary funding requests from several student groups.TCU President Brian Tesser opened the meeting by announcing an update to current Late Night Dining ...
