The university has withdrawn an honorary degree and children's media award from former stand-up comedian Bill Cosby, following revelations this summer that Cosby admitted in 2005 court documents that he gave drugs to women with whom he wanted to have sex.In an email to the Tufts community yesterday, ...
Members of the Tufts Debate Society won the Yale Inter-Varsity (IV) Debate Tournament, held at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. on Oct. 4. Two other members also reached the final round of the Harvard American Parliamentary Debate Association (APDA) Tournamentlast weekend.First-years John Goulandris ...
Lewis Hall is undergoing inspection by Tufts Facilities for cracks in the dormitory’s roof, which will be replaced during the summer as a part of larger on-campus construction and renovation projects.This week’s inspection, which started Tuesday and ends today, follows a previous inspection conducted ...
Debating International Relations and Exploring Current Trends (DIRECT), a new student group devoted to international relations (IR), was formed this fall in order to explore global current events and facilitate discussion using international relations theories.The group, started by sophomores Jacob ...
The annual Asian Health Symposium, this year entitled "Together: Strengthening the Health of Chinatown," will be held at the university's School of Medicine this Friday.The symposium is hosted by the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and Addressing Disparities ...
Tufts Students for National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), a university-based chapter of NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, was formed at Tufts this fall to focus on political organization and on-campus activism for women's reproductive rights.According to junior Samantha Berg, president ...
TUESDAY"Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution"Details: Award-winning Egyptian-American feminist writer and commentator Mona Eltahawy will be speaking about Egypt, the Islamic world and women's rights.When and Where: 6 p.m., Room 104, Barnum HallSponsors: Center ...
Members of the Somerville community gathered for the annual Domestic Violence Vigil outside the Somerville Public Safety Building in Union Square last Wednesday evening.The vigil, held to remember those who lost their lives to domestic violence, included a candlelit parade through the streets of Union ...
Tufts was one of five colleges and universities that received this year’s national New York Life Higher Education Civic Engagement Award, along with $20,000 worth of scholarships in an internship program. University President Anthony Monaco and Alan Solomont (A'70), the dean of Tisch College ...
History Professor Daniel Mulholland has returned to Tufts as an adjunct professor this semester to teach a history course on Marxism, following his retirement in spring 2014, in order to fill what he perceives as a missing niche in the Department of History.Mulholland, who began teaching at Tufts ...
Dr. Helen Boucher, director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program at the Tufts Medical Center, was named to President Barack Obama’s newly established Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.According to Boucher, who is also an associate professor at Tufts, ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate had a full schedule at its meeting last night: they met with three administrators, held elections for the Allocations Board (ALBO) and tackled supplementary funding requests.TCU President Brian Tesser, a senior, opened the floor for three administrators who ...
Three Tufts students were allegedly assaulted by a 23-year-old Somerville resident outside the Zeta Psi fraternity house during the early morning of Oct. 3. The suspect, Jorge Palacios, is now facing charges of home invasion, assault and battery with a deadly weapon, possessing a burglarious instrument ...
Trigger warning: This article discusses sexual violence.The university released the results of last spring's confidential Tufts Attitudes About Sexual Conduct Survey in an email to the Tufts community last week.According to the Sept. 30 email, approximately 14 percent of undergraduate respondents ...
This year, Tufts became one of approximately 80 schools that have joined the Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success, a free alternative college application platform that will go into effect for the 2017 admissions cycle. According to the Coalition’s website, the new application platform ...
TuftsLife, which served as the virtual bulletin board for student groups and their events for the past decade, has re-launched this fall after an eight-month hiatus.Inactive since Feb.1, TuftsLife announced its return on Oct. 6 with a post on its Facebook page that read, "Hello[,] World. ...
The Office of Student Affairs and Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) have recorded 24 noise complaints leveled at students by residents of Medford and Somerville this past month.According to Director of Public and Environmental Safety Kevin Maguire, the number of noise complaints began to increase ...
The annual National Coming Out Day Rally, which gives students an opportunity to discuss their personal experiences with gender and sexuality is taking place on the Lower Campus Center Patio this afternoon.According to Abigail Mendez, a Team Q Peer Leader at the LGBT Center, today's rally will ...
Fletcher School alumnus General Joseph Dunford (F '92) has begun his new role as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest-ranking military officer in the country. Dunford succeeds General Martin E. Dempsey, who officially retired on Oct. 1.The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Dunford ...
Three students from Tufts Climate Action (TCA) met with university administrators and trustees on Monday to discuss climate change and to push for the Tufts endowment fund to be divested from fossil fuel industries.The meeting follows a three-day TCA sit-in lastApril that demanded fossil fuel divestment, ...
