PumpkedTwo students were caught “pumpkin-ing,” or placing pumpkins around campus, on Oct. 30 at 9:25 p.m. at Bowen Gate. The students were posing for pictures with the pumpkins that they had put on the top of the gate.Hillside’s GraffitiAn incidence of vandalism was reported at 11:30 a.m. on Oct. ...
According to a BBC News article, approximately 1,500 military personnel are being deployed across the city. In addition, France has closed its national borders and increased security around flights in and out of Paris. Paris residents have been asked to stay indoors.
Approximately 20 Tufts students have become regular members of the newly established campus chapter of Effective Altruism, a social and philosophical movement aimed at improving the world.According to Tufts' Effective Altruism chapter co-founder Dillon Bowen, the movement is a “new and better ...
The Interfraternity Council (IFC) will be launching a new Risk Management Assistance Team (RMAT) this Saturday in order to help make all IFC-regulated fraternity events safer for members of the Tufts community.According to IFC President Rob Jacobson, who is heading the initiative, members of the ...
According to Rubén Salinas Stern, the director of the Latino Center, Gauchel's work fosters coordination between the Dean of Student Affairs and the Group of Six, which also includes the Latino Center.
The Tufts School of Engineering will be providing a new Master of Science degree in Innovation and Management from its Gordon Institute -- a branch of the School of Engineering specializing in engineering leadership -- beginning next September.
The Monologues, a production set to take place next spring in which student narratives are performed, will cease accepting show submissions tomorrow. The production has shifted its focus to "[prioritize] female identifying, gender-nonconforming, gender-queer, and trans* individuals," ...
The Inter-Greek Council (IGC), the Greek Life Anti-Sexual Assault Initiative Task Force and the broader Greek community are working to prevent sexual assault and behavioral issues in Greek life this semester.The efforts to reform Greek life have included the hiring of sexual misconduct prevention ...
Over 20 students have declared majors in the new Film and Media Studies (FMS) major since the beginning of the school year.The official launch of the new program was celebrated in the Tisch Library and Ballou Hall on Oct. 30 and featured workshops for students and opportunities to engage with alumni. ...
Nino Testa, director of the LGBT Center, opened the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate meeting last night with a workshop on gender pronouns and how to create a safer environment on Tufts' campus.Every senator introduced themselves with their pronoun series at the beginning of the meeting. Testa ...
Student members of Tufts Climate Action (TCA) gathered outside Ballou Hall during a Board of Trustees meeting on Saturday afternoon to protest Tufts’ investments in fossil fuels.
MONDAY"Questions of Faith: Religion, Diasporas, and Colonialism"Details: A panel of speakers will explore how marginalized people have retooled or rejected the impact of colonialism and missionary activity in the past with current social movements. Moderated by Dr. Heather Curtis, associate ...
Tufts Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES) held its second annual Civil-Military Affairs Conference to discuss civil-military relations and the role of the military last Friday and Saturday.The conference’s theme this year was “Where Do We Go From Here: Post-Conflict ...
Jeffrey Smith, a professor at the New School and a former Missouri state senator, spoke about his book on reforming America’s prison system in a presentation in the Crane Room on Thursday night.The event, titled "Mr. Smith Goes to Prison: What my year behind bars taught me about the America's ...
There has been a decrease in the total number of neighborhood noise complaints received by Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) since students received an email from Student Affairs on Sept. 25.In the email to the community, Director of Public and Environmental Safety Kevin Maguire and Dean ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate held a special election yesterday to fill one seat on the TCU Judiciary and the Women's Center representative position.According to Tufts Elections Commission (ECOM) Chair Paige Newman, 10.95 percent of the eligible student body voted, with 636 students voting ...
Nancy Bauer, philosophy professor and dean of academic affairs for Arts and Sciences, discussed her new book "How to Do Things With Pornography" in the Hirsch Reading Roomyesterday afternoon. "How to Do Things With Pornography" was released this past April. Bauer was the second ...
A Tufts junior is being recognized at the seventh annual Global Peter Drucker Forum for winning the 2015 Global Peter Drucker Challenge. The Drucker Forum is held today and tomorrow in Vienna, Austria.
Approximately 80 people attended a presentation on Kurdistan by Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s representative to the United States, in the ASEAN Auditorium Tuesday evening.The talk, “Kurdistan: The New Player in the Middle East?,” was hosted by the Fares Center ...
The Tufts LGBT Center peer leader program Team Q, in collaboration with Tufts Film Series, organized the second Halloween production of the Rocky Horror Picture Show to a full house in Barnum Hall on Friday.According to Shakura Cox, one of the Team Q peer leaders and organizers of the show, ...
