Tufts Relay For Life will host its kick-off event today at 8 p.m. in the Game Room of the Mayer Campus Center, rather than Hotung Cafe, where it has been held in previous years. The event will feature discounted registration for the final April 10 event as well as performances by Tufts student ...
Above is a live stream of midterm election coverage from ABC News. Refresh the page and check back below for live updates!12:52am - Baker will speak at 1:00 am to his supporters still gathered at campaign watch party. NBC, ABC have called race for Baker.12:05am - Coakley will not concede to Baker ...
Tufts' second annual Ethics Bowl, a debate-style competition covering complex ethical issues, took place on Saturday, in Miner Hall, with the final round of the event held in the Crane Room.Tufts Department of Philosophy and the Experimental College co-sponsored the event, according to Senior ...
Tufts Dining hosted an official opening and naming celebration for the Pax et Lox Glatt Kosher Deli last Tuesday to commemorate the addition of the new venue to dining options on campus. The deli supplements other take-out dining choices offered by Tufts, such as Hodgdon On-the-Run and Hotung Café.The ...
In the lead-up to this Election Day, campus groups have been working hard to ensure that Tufts students are registered to vote and politically engaged.Vote Everywhere Ambassadors are part of an initiative of theAndrew Goodman Foundation to support voting rights on college campuses through spreading ...
Tufts senior Summer Morrill was awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation by astronaut Kathyrn Thornton in an official ceremony on Oct. 17.The Astronaut Scholarship is a tuition grant that was started by the Mercury 7 astronauts, a group of astronauts who strive to fund ...
The Tufts administration is currently in the process of conducting a Learning Spaces Planning Study, which aims to gather data on possible improvements to the university’s learning spaces on the Medford/Somerville campus.Director of University Space Management and Planning Lois Stanley and Dean of ...
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Donald Kaberuka presented a lecture on economic growth in Africa, titled "Inclusive Growth: Ensuring Prosperity Reaches Africa’s Bottom of the Pyramid," at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Cabot ASEAN Auditorium on Oct. 30 sponsored ...
MONDAYResonances of Silence: Sounding against Nuclear Power in Post-Fukushima JapanDetails: Marié Abe, assistant professor of music at Boston University, will discuss the sounds of chindon-ya and its role in Japanese social movements after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.When and Where: 12 - ...
The Association for College and University Religious Affairs (ACURA), a national collegium made up of chaplains, deans and directors of religious and spiritual life in higher education, held its annual conference at Tufts last week from Sunday, Oct. 26 to Tuesday, Oct. 28.
During a relatively brief Sunday night meeting, the Tufts Community Union Senate (TCU)approved funding for five different clubs and listened to a report on new clubs on campus.TCU Treasurer Adam Kochman, a junior, began the Treasurer’s Report with a request for funding from the Tufts Association of ...
The Leonard Carmichael Society (LCS), along with the American Red Cross, sponsored a blood drive last week in Carmichael Hall.This month's drive brought in a successful turnout from donors, according to Zoe Lazarus, the Blood Drive's administrative coordinator. "One-hundred thirty-seven units ...
Tufts Interfraternity Council (IFC) and Inter-Greek Council (IGC), together with the Women’s Center and the Tufts administration, launched a Halloween safety initiative this week that aims to increase awareness regarding racial and misrepresentative Halloween costumes and protect students against ...
The Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) two weeks ago announced the appointment of Michael Peznola as its executive director, a new position. As the first executive director of the IGL, Peznola will focus on handling administrative tasks associated with the institute and the more than 20 programs under ...
Mattress raised above their heads, four female Tufts students hoisted uphill the bed that one had slept in the night before."Well, that was my exercise for the month," senior Ruby Vail quipped as she set the mattress down inside Tisch Library.A #CarryThatWeight poster tacked on its side, the ...
Megan Andelloux, or Oh Megan, spoke to Tufts students in Cohen Auditorium on Monday. The event, sponsored by Tufts VOX, focused on sexual consent, communication and cultural norms. Oh Megan discussed the pros and cons of hormonal birth control, as well as hookup culture and the need for sex positivity ...
Venture for America (VFA), a two-year program that places graduates into entrepreneurial settings, recently selected senior John Docal and second-year master's candidate Michael Weinstein as fellows. Docal said that he and Weinstein are the first Tufts students so far who will participate in ...
Tufts' second fall hackathon, PolyHack, brought over 200 participants to 196 Boston Ave. on Friday evening. The 24-hour event was organized by seniorsSam Purcell, James Downer and Brendan Conron and sophomoreTom Wang.One of the primary goals of the hackathon is the building of applications, ...
Several Somerville polling locations have changed for six of the 21 voting precincts for the upcoming Election Day on Nov. 4. According to Elections Department Chairman Nicholas Salerno in a Sept. 30 Somerville Journal article, locations were changed to adapt to the increase in the number of registered ...
Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius spoke about her role in implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in Cabot Auditorium last night as part of the Tisch College Distinguished Speaker Series.Sebelius answered questions predominantly about the ACA from Alan ...
