Tufts Mock Trial (TMT) hosted its annual Mumbo Jumbo Invitational Tournament, a two-day on-campus event that hosts mock trial teams from all over the country, from Nov. 15 to Nov. 16. This year, the tournament consisted of 22 teams, including Harvard University, the University of New Mexico and ...
Over 100 students came together on Wednesday night for an open group meeting called “#BlackLivesMatter / Tufts Community Town Hall Meeting: Mobilizing for #IndictAmerica & Ferguson Aftermath," in Alumnae Lounge.The meeting was part of a series of actions this week, organized by a group of ...
JumboDreams, a philanthropic group created by the fall 2014 Experimental College class "EXP 46: Philanthropy, Nonprofits, and Community," raised over $1,250 from its Basic Needs Drive which took place from Nov. 10 to Nov. 21 during November's National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. Funds ...
The Crafts Center received a grant of $6,718.20 from the Tufts Community Union (TCU)Senate on Nov. 9 to overhaul its supplies for the remainder of the academic year. The managers of the center hope to use this grant to ensure the sustainable, long-term existence of the center at Tufts.Junior Charlie Wiebe, ...
Tufts Amnesty International will hold their annual Write for Rights event on Tuesday, Dec. 8, during which students will be able to sign or write letters for 10 different human rights cases.The event is part of Amnesty International’s 17-day letter writing campaign, which kicked off on Monday, and ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Judiciary recently amended its bylaws to include more stringent regulations on student group recognition, with the new process to take effect at the beginning of the spring semester.The Judiciary implemented the changes in light of a rapidly increasing number of ...
One year after its launch last fall, the Tufts Threat Assessment and Management (TTAM) program remains dedicated to supporting Tufts’ violence free university policy statement, which maintains that members of the Tufts community should be able to learn, work and live on campus without threat of violence or intimidation.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh joined Tufts community members for a conversation on his personal history with public service, the importance of civic engagement, the continued unrest in Ferguson, Mo. and his vision for Boston yesterday morning in the Alumnae Lounge.Walsh, a Boston native, began his service ...
Tufts Dining Services will open the rebranded Commons Marketplace on Jan. 14, when students return to campus for the start of the spring semester, according to Director of Dining and Business Services Patti Klos. The eatery was originally supposed to reopen during fall semester, but was pushed ...
The Tufts University Refugee Assistance Program (TU-RAP) and Tufts United for Immigrant Justice collaborated to sponsor a winter clothing drive for recently settled refugees in the greater Boston area and unaccompanied minors in the Somerville school district from Nov. 12 through Dec. 4.The organizations ...
Sk8er BoyOn Nov. 13 the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) responded to a report of a marijuana scent emanating from a room in Miller Hall at 9:30 p.m. The Resident Assistant of the hall reported that he had just engaged in a verbal altercation with the resident of the room from which the odor ...
The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine has begun accepting applications for the fall 2015 semester to its new Master of Science in Infectious Disease and Global Health program.
Approximately 30 Tufts students came together for an action in Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center around 12:30 p.m. yesterday. The students formed to speak out against racial injustice both on Tufts' campus and beyond.The students entered the dining center repeatedly chanting, "Black lives matter."[video ...
Peaceful protesters, including over 80 Tufts students, marched through Boston on the night of Tuesday, Nov. 25, shutting down Roxbury streets before clashing with police at the I-93 ramp by the South Bay House of Correction. The protesters joined thousands across the country who took to the streets ...
Tufts Community Union (TCU) Judiciary will be reviving its Judicial Advocacy Program next semester, which pairs students in violation of the Tufts Code of Conduct with a trained student advisor to advocate on their behalf during meetings and hearings and help them navigate the judicial process.The ...
MONDAY"Granoff Music Center Colloquium Series: Large-Scale Formative Processes in Ostinato Music"Details: Michael Tenzer, professor of music at the University of British Columbia, will present the final colloquium of the semester.When and Where: 12 - 1:30 p.m., Perry and Marty Granoff Music ...
Massachusetts State Senator Stan Rosenberg spoke about youth outreach and plans for his upcoming term as senate president in the Rabb Room of the Lincoln Filene Center last Tuesday.Alan Solomont(A ’70), the Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public ...
Tufts faculty, staff and students came together at noon on Tuesday, filling Goddard Chapel, to reflect on yesterday's announcement of Missouri grand jury's decision not to indict Darren Wilson. Wilson, a 28-year-old white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., shot and killed Michael Brown, an 18-year-old ...
Tufts administration released an announcement on "Custodial Services at Tufts" on Nov. 21, which outlined the current status of the recently signed contract between Tufts and DTZ, the outside contractor for Tufts janitors. The plan DTZ is developing in accordance with the new contract was ...
Tufts United for Immigrant Justice (UIJ) has recently taken major steps to pressure the university into providing clear and accessible support for undocumented students in the application process and throughout their time at Tufts.UIJ’s "Resolution to Establish Equal Opportunity for Undocumented ...
