TUESDAY"7 Days in Syria” Screening and ReceptionDetails: There will be a screening of "7 Days in Syria," which follows the journey of Newsweek Middle East Editor Janine di Giovanni, also a Fletcher student in the Global Master of Arts program, throughout war-torn Syria. Di Giovanni ...
Late Night Dining was available for the first time in Carmichael Dining Center on Friday, Feb. 26, following the announcement from the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate during its Feb. 15 meeting. In addition to the late night meal services at the Commons Marketplace at the Mayer Campus Center, Carmichael ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate met last night to discuss supplementary funding requests and project updates.TCU Senate President Brian Tesser opened the meeting with a recap of the expansion of Late Night Dining program at Carmichael Dining Center. He also reminded TCU senators that he had ...
The university is considering making changes to its current printing services that would go into effect this fall, amid negotiations for a new student printing contract when the current contract expires on June 30. Part of these negotiations include a survey emailed out to the student body by the Print/Copy ...
Various university offices have received multiple reports from Tufts students who were "approached by non-Tufts affiliates falsely representing themselves either in person and/or through social media dating sites as Tufts students," according to a Feb. 9 email to Tufts students. This phenomenon of online misrepresentation is also known as “catfishing.”
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.”
