Michael Quinn, professor of economics and associate director of Ph.D programs at Bentley University, led a discussion last night on the economic conditions and current political situation of the European Union (EU). The lecture, titled "EU After the Great Recession," was hosted by the Fletcher ...
Members of Tufts Delta Tau Delta (DTD) fraternity will participate in the annual Light the Night walk for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) this evening on the Boston Common alongside other Tufts students.DTD Philanthropy Co-Chair Mark Meiselbach explained that the goal of the walk ...
Ten Tufts students will have the opportunity to spend the night at the Royall House and Slave Quarters in Medford as participants in the Slave Dwelling Project tomorrow.The students, led by Joseph McGill, who founded the project, will spend Friday night sleeping in the slave quarters where they ...
Miriam Nelson, director of the John Hancock Research Center on Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention and professor of nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, was recently named the new associate dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public ...
Team IMPACT (Inspire, Motivate, and Play Against Challenges Together), a nonprofit organization that invites students with life-threatening illnesses to play with college athletics teams, received the 2014 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Tufts Athletic Department at their awards night on Sept. 26.
David Dapice, associate professor of economics and chief economist at the Harvard Kennedy School's Myanmar Program, presented a lecture on economic development in Myanmar last night at 6:00 p.m. in Goddard Hall. The lecture, titled "Against the Odds: Economic Development in Myanmar," ...
The Four Planning Schools (4P) and Massachusetts American Planning Association (MassAPA) Annual Conferencewill take place today at 4:30 p.m. in Cabot ASEAN Auditorium. This year's conference, titled “Securing Affordable Housing in Hot Market Areas,” will feature the research of Rachel Bratt, ...
Kathleen DeBoer, deputy head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Washington Center, hosted a discussion on economic relations between the OECD and China last night at 8 p.m. in Cabot Intercultural Center. The lecture, titled "Economic Cooperation Between the ...
Igor Sokolov, the Bernard M. Gordon senior faculty fellow and a professor of mechanical engineering, received a $408,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) award in August to be used for research on the mechanics of biological cells at the nanoscale.Sokolov explained that with the grant, the team ...
Tufts Technology Services (TTS) announced the acquisition of a new license for MathWorks’ MATLAB software package on Sept. 11. The MATLAB software supports high-level numerical computation, visualization and application development to analyze data, develop algorithms or create models and applications, ...
Check Scam On Sept. 25 a student reported to Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) at 11:30 p.m. that he had been attempting to sell a pool table on Craigslist for $300. He had been in contact with two people who wanted to buy the table, and he eventually decided to sell it to one of them. However, ...
Researchers at the Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) and the School of Dental Medicine released the results of a study that surveyed caregivers of adults with developmental disabilities (DD), following up on a 2012 study that determined that adults with DD suffer from oral health problems ...
Jonathan Tisch (LA '76), co-chairman of the board and member of the Office of the President of Loews Corporation, delivered a lecture yesterday afternoon on his personal experience in business. The lecture took place in Mugar Hall at 12:30 p.m. and was sponsored by The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Congressman Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) led a discussion last night in Distler Performance Hallon federal education policy. The lecture, titled "With Test Resistance Rising Nationwide, What’s Next for Federal Education Policy?" was sponsored by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship ...
The 12th annual Community Day at Tufts, co-sponsored by the Office of Community Relations and the cities of Medford and Somerville, was held on the Academic Quad yesterday afternoon with student performances, food, activities and table displays by local and on-campus groups.“It’s really just a ...
The Internal Communications Working Group, led by Christine Sanni (LA '89), executive director of Advancement Communications and Services, and Michael Baenen, chief of staff in the Office of the President, conducted a survey among Tufts faculty and staff across all schools last spring to gauge how effective Tufts is at relaying relevant information to its employees in a timely fashion.
The Consortium of Studies in Race, Colonialism and Diaspora hosted its inaugural workshop, titled "Comparative Colonialisms: Approaches to the Global Humanities," on Saturday in Alumnae Lounge. The event, which featured four individual sessions and a keynote lecture, covered a variety of topics ...
When and Where: 4:30 - 7 p.m., Cabot ASEAN Auditorium
In its second meeting of the academic year, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate allocated funds to several student organizations and approved a resolution supporting a pay model for part-time faculty, which would mimic how full-time lecturers are paid.The resolution, which is specific to part-time ...
The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service will host a Civic Learning and National Service Summit in partnership with the White House to discuss civic engagement and active citizenship on Oct. 16.
