Yesterday, Tufts custodial employees, students and community members marched from Brown and Brew to Ballou Hall to protest proposed layoffs and changes in custodial employee schedules.DTZ, the organization that manages Tufts' custodial services, recently proposed 35 layoffs and 56 job changes in ...
Just before spring break, out in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (oSTEM) hosted the president of the oSTEM National Board, Eric Patridge, who discussed the need to build LGBT+ communities within science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.“[Patridge's] statistics gave ...
A group of students spent their spring break on an Experimental College-led trip in Bucerias, Mexico. The goal of the trip was to give students a better understanding of microfinance.The trip's attendees included sophomores Lara LoBrutto and Sara Pearce-Probst and senior Gabriella Zoia, who is ...
Hoping to provide a creative outlet for people of marginalized identities, first-years Sandy Yin and Jennifer Lee recently founded Parade, Tufts’ newest and currently unrecognized literary magazine, this semester.While open to all identities and perspectives, the magazine intends to prioritize submissions ...
The Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health (CAFEH) Study released a report on March 4 titled "Improving the Health of Near-Highway Communities" which "seeks to enact positive changes at the community level and disseminate research results regionally, starting with near-highway ...
The Tufts Economics Society, Tufts Financial Network (TFN) and SovereigNET will come together to host “The Future of American Superpower: Implications for Security, Politics and Markets" tonight. The event will feature Ian Bremmer, founder and president of the Eurasia Group, and James Stavridis, ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate passed a resolution earlier this month to increase housing support for students pursuing summer research opportunities.The resolution, which was submitted by TCU Senator Michael Zalesne, sophomore Yimin Zhang and first-year Hayley Carabello on March 8, calls for ...
Dean of the School of Engineering Linda Abriolahas been appointed to the position of University Professor in recognition of her work as a school leader and researcher, University Provost David Harris told the Tufts community in an announcement released yesterday. The title of University Professor ...
Remco Chang and Qiaobing Xu, assistant professors in computer science and biomedical engineering, respectively, received the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, giving them grants to pursue research in their fields.Chang is an assistant professor of computer science who received the award ...
Tufts has begun construction on a new Central Energy Plant (CEP), which will use high-efficiency cogeneration technology and will be located beside the existing one next to Dowling Hall.According to Lauren Martin, communications specialist at the Office of Sustainability, the 2013 Campus Sustainability ...
Recently, student organizations including GlobeMed, Tufts Timmy Global Health and BUILD: India worked with Dining Services to host an event at Carmichael Dining Center called “A Taste of Global Health," according to Dining Services' Nutrition and Marketing Specialist Julie Lampie.With ...
Wild Wild WestAt 11:49 p.m. on Feb. 18, there was a report of a strong odor of marijuana emanating from a room in West Hall. Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) officers located the room and knocked on the door. The student who answered the door explained that he did not know where the smell was ...
MONDAY"BME Seminar: Charles Lai"Details: Charles Lai from Massachusetts General Hospital will speak as part of the Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series.When and Where: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., SciTech Center Room 136Sponsor: School of Engineering"2015 Leontief Prize: Macroeconomics in ...
Tufts Prison Divestment Coalition, an organization recently formed by multiple student groups, has launched a petition calling for Tufts to divest from private prison corporations. The coalition is a joint effort between Students Against Mass Incarceration (SAMI), Students for Justice in Palestine ...
During a meeting with Tufts Labor Coalition (TLC) members on March 10, Tufts and DTZ administration revealed a plan to increase cleaning efficiency at Tufts' three campuses, which would result in cutting a number of part-time janitorial jobs. Concerned students and workers protested the cuts ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate’s decision to cut off-campus travel and related expenses from student groups’ budgets next year has elicited strong reactions from many student organizations, especially from members of groups that rely heavily on travel to inter-school competitions.
JumBonnaroo, a three-night music festival and fundraiser for Relay For Life, took place last weekend in spite of an Interfraternity Council (IFC) ban on all Greek life social events for that weekend.
Former U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) took part in a discussion with Alan Solomont (LA ’70), the Pierre and Pamela Omidyar dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, yesterday afternoon in the Alumnae Lounge. The event was the sixth installment of the Tisch College ...
Two Tufts sophomores seeking a space to discuss body positivity have founded a new group, JumBodies, this semester.Co-PresidentsEmma Coltoff and Nikhil Nandagopal met during their first year on the Hill and spent much of last summer discussing body image issues on campus."We spent hours just discussing ...
On Wednesday, March 11, Tufts for Hillary hosted a panel discussion entitled “Breaking the Glass Ceiling: An Analysis of Women in American Politics.” Speakers included Deborah Schildkraut, a professor of political science; Virginia Drachman, a professor of history; and Ronna Johnson, lecturer in ...
