International Orientation (IO), one of the five pre-orientation programs Tufts offers for incoming first years, recently changed its name to Global Orientation (GO) as part of a strategy to encourage wider participation in the program.Lauren Kulwicki, the International Center Intern and a graduate ...
A meeting of queer student groups was held on Jan. 25 in the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Center to brainstorm ways to better serve the queer community at Tufts University, LGBT Center Director Nino Testa said.The discussion focused on three themes, according to sophomore Emily Lansky, ...
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will deliver the Class of 2015's Commencement address on May 17. Albright, who served as the first female U.S. Secretary of State under former U.S. President Bill Clinton from 1997 - 2001, will also be awarded with an honorary doctorate of laws ...
Students participating in Tufts’ STEM Ambassadors will begin visiting high school classrooms next Friday to encourage students to explore science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields and study math and science in college.STEM Ambassadors is a joint program between the Center for STEM ...
Programming Board organized Winter Week, a series of winter-themed and seasonal events during the first week of February, for the Tufts student body. The week officially started on Friday, Jan. 30 with the unveiling of a banner to celebrate the 30th birthday of the Mayer Campus Center, and will ...
Tufts Idea Exchange (TEX), a completely student-run organization established at Tufts by a group of synaptic scholars from the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL), is transitioning to become a TEDx organization at Tufts this year, according to Stephanie Cleland, a TEDx organizer at Tufts.Cleland, ...
The Tufts Community Union Judiciary's (TCU-J)Judicial Advocacy Program has been newly renovated in order to connect students facing disciplinary action with trained advocates to navigate Tufts' judicial process and offer confidential and objective advice.The program, which was revived last ...
Joi Ito, entrepreneur and director of the MIT Media Lab, presented a lecture to the Tufts community titled "How the Internet Has Changed the World: Civic Engagement, Innovation, Learning and Technology Today (and How We Got Here)" as part of the Hitachi Center for Technology and International ...
Tufts Dining Services opened the newly-renovated Commons Marketplace on Jan. 14, the first day of the spring semester, according to Director of Dining and Business Services Patti Klos.“People like the design, colors and layout,” Klos said. She added, however, that since the space could not be made ...
Seeking to engage alumni and students with similar interests, the Career Center implemented the Professional-in-Residence (PIR) program last fall. The program brings alumni from different fields onto campus to talk to students about their career paths.“We added the [PIR] program to provide students ...
The Tufts chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) has voted to disaffiliate from its national organization due to a difference of opinion, the brothers wrote in a statement.“Our long-term goals do not align with those of our national organization,” the brothers wrote in an open letter emailed to the ...
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) is seeking accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), according to SMFADean and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Sarah McKinnon.The SMFA began to approach the process of becoming independently accredited in 2010, ...
The Rohr Chabad House at Tufts set a record for the number of people in attendance at its Friday night Shabbat dinner last week, with over 120 attendees.Chabad Co-president Scott Halperin explained that the high turnout was a result of “easy advertising,” noting the event's enticing sushi ...
The Tufts endowment has grown from $1.47 billion at the end of fiscal year (FY) 2013 to $1.6 billion at the end of FY 2014, according to the university's Annual Financial Report. This increase seems to be part of a larger trend.
The City of Somerville is being rezoned for the first time in 24 years, according to George Proakis, the city's director of planning. Proakis will be leading the rezoning project, which was submitted to the city's Board of Aldermen for approval on Jan. 20.Proakis explained that there is ...
During the recent blizzard that prompted the university to cancel classes and close buildings for two days, Tufts students discovered that both dining halls would stay open despite the closures of other university buildings. According to Director of Dining and Business Services,Patti Klos, many Dining ...
Sorority recruitment is experiencing an upward trend, with 310 potential new members going through recruitment this semester, according to Panhellenic Director of Recruitment Victoria Sengstack. But although recruitment is up, the total number of new members is down, with about 48 new members per sorority, ...
Tufts University's three campuses closed Tuesday and Wednesday due to Winter Storm Juno, a blizzard that the National Weather Service reports brought as much as two feet of snow to the region.A second email alerting the community to Wednesday's closing went out at 6:33 p.m. tonight, noting ...
Through the Tisch Fund for Civic Engagement, the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service is beginning to offer mini-grants to Tufts students engaging in student activism and raising awareness of issues involving race and discrimination.According to Alan D. Solomont, the Pierre ...
The Palo Alto-based food delivery startup DoorDash brought its services to Somerville residents and Tufts students this week. The website and accompanying app, founded in Jan. 2013 by three students at Stanford University, acts as a medium between customers and small restaurants without sufficient ...
