On Feb. 4, faculty members of the School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering considered a resolution passed by the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate to rename what is currently referred to as Columbus Day as Indigenous People’s Day.During the meeting, Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences ...
Several members of the local community are helping hospitals treat patients with severe infections simply by pooping, thanks to local nonprofit organization OpenBiome.According to OpenBiome Operations Manager Laura Burns (E '14), the organization collects stool samples from donors and ships it ...
The Senior Class Council (SCC), in collaboration with the Tufts Career Center, will be holding "Senior Launch: Professional Skills for Career Success"on Feb. 27 from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm in order to assist graduating seniors in their career advancement and job search.According to Senior ...
Earlier this month, students from several universities competed in ID Hack, a hackathon that focused on international development. Of the hundreds of students who participated, eight teams won awards for their projects, which explored solutions for economic and social challenges in developing countries.
Monday"CEEO Seminar: Jere Confrey"Details: Joseph D. Moore Distinguished Professor at North Carolina State University's College of Education Jere Confrey will be speaking as part of the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach's STEM Lecture Series.When and Where: 3:00 - 4:00 ...
The Dean of Student Affairs Office will release a community report of conduct and judicial sanctions within the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering next week, according to Dean of Student Affairs Mary Pat McMahon. She said the report will be the first of its kind issued by Tufts.The ...
Tufts Engineers Week began Sunday night in a kick-off event that featured group challenges, free refreshments and a speech from Assistant Professor of Computer Science Ben Hescott. The weeklong series of events at Tufts mirrors the National Engineers Week initiated by the National Society of Professional ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate spent much of its Sunday meeting debating funding appeals from two campus groups and sorting through additional fund requests from other groups.TCU Senate President Robert Joseph opened the meeting, which began at 12:00 p.m., with Tufts' Sexual Misconduct ...
Miss Lonelyhearts At 11:16 p.m. on Feb. 14, the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) responded to a report of a strong odor of marijuana emanating from a room in Miller Hall. Upon arrival, the officers observed a towel wedged under the room door, a trick often used by marijuana smokers to prevent ...
The Tufts University School of Dental Medicine will begin enrolling students in its new Advanced Education (Residency) Program in Oral Medicine starting in July 2016, according to Dean of the School of Dental Medicine Huw Thomas.“It will be an excellent addition to the spectrum of programs we ...
The 10th Annual Tufts Energy Conference (TEC) will kick off tomorrow, Feb. 21, with a number of lectures and discussions on contemporary issues in the energy industry. The goal of the conference is to “bring together experts from the private, public and nonprofit sectors with students and professionals ...
Royale-ly IntoxicatedAt 8:00 p.m. on Feb. 7, the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) transported an intoxicated female student from Winter Ball at the Royale Boston back to the Tufts campus. Upon arrival on campus, the student was allowed to sign a refusal of treatment form.Wasted Winter WonderlandAnother ...
The Tufts University Police Department [TUPD] has been investigating reported instances of telephone call scams since this October, according to Sgt. Joseph Tilton. The most recent announcement to the Tufts community regarding these scams, issued jointly by TUPD and Tufts Technology Services, was sent ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate spent the majority of its meeting this past Monday discussing issues of student life and club funding.TCU Parlimentarian Gauri Seth, a sophomore, opened the meeting with a resolution to establish a mandated gender-neutral bathroom for future construction projects ...
"My choice is that I can join the union [or] I can not join the union but still pay the agency, and regardless of whether I join the union or don’t join, the union will impact me and will effectively direct what my salary is going to be [and] what my work load will be," Proctor said. "My only choice now is to agree to join the union so that I can hopefully have some voice in my own future."
The Tufts Department of Health Promotion and Prevention (DHPP) sent the National College Health Assessment (NCHA) survey to randomly selected undergraduates earlier this week. The survey, designed by the American College Health Association (ACHA), is sent to approximately half the undergraduate population ...
The university released an announcement earlier this evening stating that junior Julia Lee, a computer science major in the College of Liberal Arts, died in a car accident in New Zealand yesterday while traveling with her family.Lee's parents were also killed in the accident, while her younger ...
Construction is underway to build the Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) on the Tufts Medford/Somerville campus. The building, which is scheduled to open in 2017, will house laboratories and research facilities for disciplines such as biology, chemical biology, civil engineering, bio-medical engineering ...
The second annual Africana Conference at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, titled “Africa on a Global Stage,” will take place this Friday, Feb. 20, running from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.The conference, organized by the Fletcher School's Africana Club, aims to understand and explore Africa’s ...
The Tufts Neighborhood Service Fund (TNSF)recently awarded $18,500in grants to 35 community programs that arelocated in or serve the residents of Medford, Somerville, Grafton or Chinatown. Grants ranged from $200 to $2,000 in value and are intended to implement and assist in a variety of community ...
