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Car RaidAt 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 16, a student alerted the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) of the theft of some items from his car. On Oct. 12, the student parked the car behind 134 Professor's Row. When the student returned to his car on Oct. 16, he noticed that a faceplate and a subwoofer ...


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Theta Chi hosts first Zombie Run fundraiser

Tufts fraternity Theta Chi hosted its first-ever Zombie Run, a 4 km fundraising run starting from Fletcher Field, winding through campus and ending at the Res Quad, to raise money and awareness for the Jimmy Fund of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute this past Sunday.The event attracted over 100 ...


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LCS Vegas raises over $5,000 for local nonprofits

Tufts’ Leonard Carmichael Society (LCS) hosted its 19th annual semi-formal Las Vegas-themed fundraiser LCS Vegas at the Hilton Boston Back Bay Hotel on Friday night.This year, funds raised from the LCS Vegas event will benefit RESPOND, a local domestic violence agency, and the Community Action ...


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Theta hosts first large-scale Thetathon fundraiser

Sorority Kappa Alpha Theta hosted its first annual Thetathon, a four-hour dance marathon, on Saturday night at the Cousens Gymnasium’s Carzo Cage. The event raised money for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), an organization that designates volunteers to protect children as they go through ...


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Culture Crawl showcases international cuisines

Tufts Culinary Society hosted its third annual Culture Crawl, an event featuring foods from a variety of cultural organizations on campus, on Saturday night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room. Thirteen different culture clubs and houses provided dishes to over 400 students, according to Tufts Culinary ...


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Tufts Medical Center implements new protocols for Ebola

Tufts Medical Center (MC) has recently implemented a number of preventative measures and protocols in response to the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which has also received much attention in the United States following a few reported cases, the most recent of which was diagnosed on Thursday ...



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Students launch Tufts chapter of nationwide UAID organization

Two students, Christopher Kuhner and Yimin Zhang, recently launched a Tufts chapter of United Against Inequities in Disease (UAID), a nationwide organization that seeks to empower "students and communities to eliminate health inequities," according to its website.Sophomores Kuhner and Zhang spearheaded ...



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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 ...