For the first time in recent memory, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate presidential election, taking place today, is uncontested. Brian Tesser is the sole candidate running for the position, though students will also have the option of selecting a write-in candidate or abstaining from voting. Tesser, ...
On Friday, April 17, the Student Research Symposium showcased six students' research works-in-progress, representing a broad range of subjects in the arts. The symposium was held as a part of the first-ever Spring Festival for the Arts@Tufts.Professor of Music Joseph Auner explained that a goal ...
Hundreds of current and prospective students, parents, alumni, administration members and student protestors gathered outside Barnum Hall on April 17 to await the unveiling of the new Jumbo sculpture.One group of protestors stood in front of the podium during speeches about the statue and another in ...
Asim Ijaz Khwaja, the Sumitomo-Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development professor of international finance and development at the Harvard Kennedy School, presented the Department of Economics' 2015 Birger Lecture yesterday evening.His lecture was titled "Let's Stop Giving ...
Tufts’ new statue of its mascot, Jumbo, will be unveiled in an official dedication ceremony today, April 17, beginning at 4:00 pm.According to Michael Skeldon of Tufts Facilities Services, the ceremony will feature speakers who will provide an overview of the history of Jumbo and will recognize ...
On April 13, the Tufts Vietnamese Students Club (VSC) commemorated the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese American War with an event in the Alumnae Lounge at 7:00 p.m. featuring speakers who highlighted both past and present issues.The event, which was co-sponsored by the Asian American ...
After 15 years, the Tufts Memorial Steps will be replaced again. The project will start in late May and run until the end of November, according to Senior Manager of Project Administration Ray Santangelo.In an email to the Daily, Santangelo confirmed that the heavy snowfall this year in particular ...
Tufts alumnus and former Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson (LA ’70, F '71) will return to Tufts as a professor of practice at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy next fall. Richardson will teach a class on diplomatic tradecraft.Prior to his career as governor, Richardson was secretary ...
The Somerville Board of Aldermen proposed a new zoning code for the city on Wednesday, April 15, after a series of three conferences. The proposed zoning code is intended to modify how properties in Somerville are classified, and is meant to afford local homeowners the ability to circumvent official ...
On April 11, seniorRachel Bennett and sophomoresJustin Robbins and Aaron Herman spoke about having autism at Tufts in a panel hosted by the Coalition for Autism Support (CAST).The panel, entitled “But You Seem So Normal’: A Panel about Autism at Tufts,” was moderated by CAST member Sarah Gottlieb, who ...
The Tufts chapter of Project Linus -- a national organization that makes and donates blankets for children in intensive care units (ICU), suffering from chronic illness or undergoING general crises -- held a spring raffle to raise funds for the organization from April 6-9 in Dewick-MacPhie Dining ...
At the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate's nomination meeting, junior Brian Tesser was selected as the sole candidate for the position of TCU president for the 2015-2016 academic year. The meeting, which began at 9:00 p.m. on April 14, was held in Braker Hall 001.The election for TCU President ...
The Commemoration of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide will be held at Tufts on Wednesday April 15 at 7 p.m. in Goddard Chapel.The event is sponsored by Professor of History and Darakjian and Jafarian Chair in Armenian History Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, the Department of History, Tufts Armenian ...
Seniors Annie Goodman, Kaley Leshem and Nora Fleming have worked together to organize a feminine hygiene products drive to collect tampons, pads and other menstrual care products for the Somerville Homeless Coalition.The drive, which is sponsored by Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII), ...
Writer and medical anthropologist Kimberly Theidon will join the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy this fall as the Henry J. Leir Chair in International Humanitarian Studies and a tenured professor of human security.“I think Fletcher is one of the foremost places to be studying gender, conflict ...
From April 15 to April 30, Health Service will be offering free HIV testing to students. The free testing aims to raise awareness about the importance of getting tested for HIV, in order to begin treatment and to prevent further transmission of the virus.According to Michelle Bowdler, senior director ...
From April 17 to 19, the Tufts chapter of the Archimedes Project will host a weekend-long Ideation Lab on “Technologies for Clean Water and Sanitation in India.”The Archimedes Project is a national organization that develops social ventures to increase and maintain clean drinking water access ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate began its last meeting of the 2014-2015 session by honoring Dean of Campus Life and Leadership Bruce Reitman,who is retiring at the end of this school year.TCU President Robert Joseph delivered a speech celebrating the over three decades that Reitman has spent at ...
Tufts Relay For Life (RFL)hosted its all-night cancer fundraising event in the Gantcher Center. The event began at 6 p.m. Friday and lasted until 6 a.m. Saturday.
MONDAY"BME Seminar: Darren Roblyer"Details: Darren Roblyer, of Boston University, 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 EngineeringWEDNESDAY"Advancing the frontiers of citizenship, ...
