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TCU Senate Update

In an exceptionally short meeting this week, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate listened to reports by its various committees and reviewed the allocation of funds to a number of student organizations.The meeting kicked off with a call to order and a rundown of updates from each of Senate’s ...


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Carnegie Corporation awards Fletcher School $1 million grant

The Carnegie Corporation of New York awarded a $1 million grant to The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in order to help bridge the disparity between the work done in academia and the work done in policy over the course of two years.The Carnegie Corporation initially noticed that people in the ...



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Somerville celebrates national Food Day this weekend

Somerville Food Day Weekend began yesterday with a Mobile Market Party at 268 Powderhouse Blvd. and will continue through the weekend with music, activities and food education as part of today's fourth annual Food Day nationwide celebration.The weekend’s events are organized by Shape Up Somerville, ...


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Mukherjee calls for compassion in fight against Ebola

Tufts community members gathered yesterday evening for a public lecture and interdisciplinary discussion of the Ebola virus and its recent outbreak in West Africa. The event, titled “Ebola Outbreak: Causes and Consequences at a Global Scale,” was part of the Tufts’ One Health Series on Ebola ...


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Author Jonathan Franzen discusses career, life as a writer

Jonathan Franzen, award-winning American writer, presented a lecture titled "Storytelling and the Modern World," to the Tufts community last night. The lecture, which detailed his career, was sponsored by the Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT).Franzen, best known for his 2001 novel ...



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Tufts Mock Trial competes at Penn State

Last weekend, Tufts Mock Trial (TMT) sent two teams to compete at Pennsylvania State University's seventh annual Happy Valley Invitational Tournament in State College, Pa. Team Kurland, led by senior Anna Lyons and junior Katie Grosch, took third place out of the 26 competing teams with a record ...



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SJP National Conference to take place at Tufts this weekend

Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) will host the fourth annual National SJP Conference this weekend, from Oct. 24 to Oct. 26.The conference, titled “Beyond Solidarity: Resisting Racism and Colonialism From the U.S. to Palestine,” is expected to draw 515 participants, including 411 non-Tufts ...


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Food Week promotes conscious eating on the Hill

Tufts Food for Thought, in conjunction with the Tufts Sustainability Collective, held their annual Food Week from Oct. 13 to Oct. 17. The week featured a robust schedule of events to promote food consciousness and encourage students to take sustainable measures as consumers.First held in 2012, Food ...


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U.S. ambassador to Greece discusses U.S.-Greek relations

U.S. Ambassador to Greece David Pearce presented a lecture at Tufts on Oct. 10 about the history of diplomatic relations between the United States and Greece.The event was sponsored by the Constantine G. Karamanlis Chair in Hellenic and European Studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, ...


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MS MR to headline next month's Cage Rage Concert

Concert Board announced yesterday that dance-pop duo MS MR will headline the fifth-annual Cage Rage Concert at Cousens Gymnasium’s Carzo Cage on Nov. 15. Indie-pop group Gentlemen Hall and electronic band STRFKR will play as the concert's openers.The lineup features performers who ...


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Kiwanis Club of Medford to host Taste of Italy in Carzo Cage today

The Kiwanis Club of Medford will be hosting its 10th annual Taste of Italy -- Medford, which will feature 30 local restaurants, music and more at the Cousens Gymnasium’s Carzo Cage this evening from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. according to President of the Kiwanis Club of Medford Rita Cornelio.The attending eateries, ...




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Asian American Alliance launches #wearenotminor photo campaign

Tufts Asian American Alliance (AAA) last week launched a #wearenotminor photo campaign, a month-long initiative that aims to explore, celebrate and reflect upon the Asian American experience.The campaign seeks to provide a forum for Asian American students to explore and share their experiences -- ...


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Police Briefs

Drugging lotAt 3:50 p.m. on Oct. 7, the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a call reporting the discovery of an empty syringe in the Edison Ave. parking lot. TUPD speculated that the syringe may have been used for ingesting illegal drugs.Roof HangoutAt 12:30 a.m. on Oct. 9, TUPD officers ...



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ZBT hosts annual Get on the Ball fundraiser

Tufts fraternity Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT)’s annual “Get on the Ball” philanthropy event to raise money for the Boston Children’s Hospitalkicked off last Wednesday and will continue through this Friday, according to ZBT President Jason Brillon and ZBT Vice President Bryan Dumond.Dumond, a senior, ...


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Tufts alum examines career, development of Narratively

Noah Rosenberg (LA '05), founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of Narratively, a web-based, narrative journalism platform, spoke about his career and the founding of the platform in a lecture titled "Human Stories Will Change the World," organized by Friends of Tufts Libraries for Parents ...