MIT history professor Craig Steven Wilder was featured as this year's Africana Distinguished Lecture at Breed Memorial Hall last night, where he explored the relationship between racist visual imagery, protest and the American university system. The event was sponsored by a total of nine departments ...
Chris Swan stepped into his new role as associate dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service on Feb. 1, succeeding former associate dean Miriam Nelson.Swan explained that he assumed this position after working at Tufts for 21 years first as an assistant professor in ...
Tufts halted the sale of a historic piece of property at 21 Touro Ave in Medford this week, after the city's residents expressed concerns over potential consequences at a Jan. 26 meeting of the Medford Zoning Board of Appeals (MZBA).
Health Services sent out an email last night at 6:56 p.m. about an emergence of norovirus which has occurred this week on campus.Norovirus can be spread through contact with an infected person, contaminated food, water or surfaces, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Symptoms ...
The Tufts Mock Trial A and B teams attended the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) regional tournament in Central Islip, New York last weekend, moving the A team one step closer to advancing to the National Championship.At the AMTA tournament, hosted by the Suffolk Academy of Law, the A team ...
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) announced plans to raise fares on rapid transit to either $2.20 or $2.25 per trip at its Jan. 4 Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) meeting. The proposed fare hikes that would go into effect on July 1 come in response to a long-standing ...
Burnt BeansSomeone unintentionally burnt beans in the Latin Way Apartments at 12:41 p.m. on Feb. 1. The fire department came in response and vented the room before allowing a system reset.Dislocated KneeSomeone called from the Tisch Sports and Fitness Center basketball court after suffering from ...
Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate has twice passed a resolution to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day on all Arts and Sciences and Engineering (AS&E) academic calendars, but the institution of this change remains up to vote by the entire faculty voting body in March.
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy hosted various panels and workshops as part of its third annual Innovation Week, which ran from Jan. 29 through Feb. 4.Innovation Week was themed “Think Local, Act Local,” with an emphasis on the importance of local stakeholders in technological, entrepreneurial ...
Two hundred students accepted bids following formal Panhellenic sorority recruitment from Jan. 27 to Jan. 31. During the formal recruitment period, students attended Open Parties, a Philanthropy Night and a Preference Night consecutively before Bid Day, where they received a bid to one of the four ...
The Tufts Maker Network hosted its first Weekend of Making, which involved a series of do-it-yourself (DIY) workshops, on Jan. 30 and 31. According to the Maker Network website, the two-day program, which emphasized student-driven crafting as a learning mechanism, was held at the Maker Studio on ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate discussed project updates and supplementary funding requests from multiple student groups at its meeting this Sunday evening.TCU Senate President Brian Tesser began the proceedings by discussing a meeting last Friday where students spoke to university trustees ...
MONDAY “Master Class and Q&A with Tufts Alum Joel Perez”Details: Broadway actor Joel Perez (LA '08) will lead a Question & Answer session with students, along with teaching a Master Class. Perez currently stars in the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of “Fun Home.”When ...
According to CIVICCo-leader Ben Hoffman, he and Co-leader Austin Kane planned the trip to engage college students in what they consider to be the most important political process.
According to Deputy Director of TII Dr. Lauren Linton, she and TII Project Administrator Christina Fogarasi, who works in student engagement and community outreach, organized the event.
Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) visited Tisch College on Feb. 5 to reveal his insights on foreign policy, discuss his experiences in various governmental offices and share his thoughts on the upcoming presidential election. The discussion, which had about 40 undergraduate and graduate students in attendance, ...
Tufts Culinary Society hosted Dr. Carla Martin who offered a presentation titled “Chocolate, Culture and the Politics of Food” and chocolate samples in Pearson Hall last night. Martin is the founder and executive director of the Fine Cacao and Chocolate Institute and a lecturer in the department ...
Several protestors from the Tufts Armenian Club participated in a national "Stain of Denial" protest in the Mayer Campus Center yesterday afternoon to urge recognition of the Armenian Genocide.During the two-hour long protest, students displayed posters with expressions such as "Stop ...
UPDATE: Since the publication of this article, the administration has sent an email out to the student body announcing that these two minor programs have been paused until further notice. The story has been updated accordingly.The lingustics and cognitive brain sciences (CBS) minors have been suspended ...
The Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service and a coalition of on-campus political organizations launched Jumbo Vote 2016 this semester, a new initiative to increase voting among Tufts students.Leaders of several on-campus organizations and Tisch College faculty members met on Jan. 27 to ...
