The Kiwanis Club of Medford will be hosting its 10th annual Taste of Italy -- Medford, which will feature 30 local restaurants, music and more at the Cousens Gymnasium’s Carzo Cage this evening from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. according to President of the Kiwanis Club of Medford Rita Cornelio.The attending eateries, ...
Kenneth Paul Tan, vice dean of academic affairs and associate professor at the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, hosted a lecture about Singapore’s current political situation and the outlook toward its future democratization process in an event titled, ...
Tufts Asian American Alliance (AAA) last week launched a #wearenotminor photo campaign, a month-long initiative that aims to explore, celebrate and reflect upon the Asian American experience.The campaign seeks to provide a forum for Asian American students to explore and share their experiences -- ...
Drugging lotAt 3:50 p.m. on Oct. 7, the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a call reporting the discovery of an empty syringe in the Edison Ave. parking lot. TUPD speculated that the syringe may have been used for ingesting illegal drugs.Roof HangoutAt 12:30 a.m. on Oct. 9, TUPD officers ...
Tufts began negotiations to create a new plan for the operation of its janitorial staff with DTZ, the contracting agency for its janitors. The plan will complement a new contract the university signed with DTZ during the summer, according to Vice President for Operations Linda Snyder.Whether ...
Tufts fraternity Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT)’s annual “Get on the Ball” philanthropy event to raise money for the Boston Children’s Hospitalkicked off last Wednesday and will continue through this Friday, according to ZBT President Jason Brillon and ZBT Vice President Bryan Dumond.Dumond, a senior, ...
Noah Rosenberg (LA '05), founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of Narratively, a web-based, narrative journalism platform, spoke about his career and the founding of the platform in a lecture titled "Human Stories Will Change the World," organized by Friends of Tufts Libraries for Parents ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate began its weekly meeting last night by briefly discussing problems students face when they remain on campus for Thanksgiving break, including closed dining halls and general “misery” on campus. Senate, along with Dean of Student Affairs Mary Pat McMahon, wants to begin to think about ways to bring students who stay on campus over this break together.
MONDAYWill Singapore Become a Liberal Democracy?Details: Kenneth Paul Tan, vice dean and associate professor at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, will discuss Singapore's political situation after the General Elections in 2011 and talk about the outlook ...
The Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Center recently launched a new "queer brunch convo series," called Qrunch, to discuss safer sex at Tufts. The first event of this semester will take place today at 12 p.m. in the LGBT Center.LGBT Center Director Nino Testa (G '13), who joined ...
Inge Milde (LA '95) was appointed interim director of the Entrepreneurial Leadership Studies (ELS) program in July, assuming the position previously occupied by James Barlow from 2012 to 2014.Mark Ranalli, executive director and associate dean of Tufts Gordon Institute, who joined Tufts earlier ...
“Nothing But Net: How Profits, Pundits and the Press are Changing Pro Sports,” took place yesterday night at 7:30 p.m. in the Crane Room. The panel covered major issues in professional sports including domestic violence, racism and gender inequality and how these issues interact with profits, media and the public. The event was sponsored by the Tufts Communications and Media Studies Program.
Politician and health advocate Carl Sciortino (LA ’00) returned to the Hill last night to discuss his work as executive director of AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts in a Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Center event titled, "PrEP, PEP, and the State of HIV Prevention: A Conversation ...
Three Tufts students -- junior Jack Margolin and sophomores Orlando Economos and Caitlin Thompson -- will travel to Norway from Oct. 20 to 22 for the annual Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF), a gathering of human rights activists, policymakers, leaders in education and journalists. The trip is sponsored by the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL).
Over 40 students attended the “Discussion of Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution," Tufts Global China Connection’s first event of the semester. The discussion, which took place yesterday in Braker Hall at noon, featured Michael Beckley, assistant professor of political science, and Ivan Rasmussen, ...
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter eight months of negotiations, representatives of Tufts and its part-time faculty reached a tentative contract agreement this Friday. The terms of the three-year contract will not be made public until all part-time lecturers vote to ratify the contract later this month, according ...
The Tufts health sciences campus in Boston completed a new system of signage last spring. The initiative, which was spearheaded by Marketing Communications, a part of the University Relations division, was intended to help visitors identify the campus and find their way around, according to Director ...
Sign StealerAt 7:55 a.m. on Oct. 3, an incident of possible vandalism at a residence on West Adams St. was reported to the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD). The owner of the residence stated that a “No Trespassing” sign and a “Keep Off Fence” sign had been removed during the night ...
Tufts Dining Services will host the 12th annual Station House Chili Fest in Carmichael Dining Center todayfrom 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., open to local police officers, firefighters and emergency medical services teams, as well as members of Tufts University Police Department, Tufts Fire Safety, Tufts ...
