This year’s Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) colloquium will explore Russia in the 21st century.The course is run through the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) and takes place over two semester. It will span a wide range of topics, including the society, culture, ...
The Tufts Effectiveness in Administrative Management (TEAM) Initiative will launch Tufts Support Services (TSS), a new organization that will centralize human resources and financial services, this December to improve administrative efficiency and expertise.University President Anthony Monaco and Executive ...
The Office of Graduate Admissions, formerly a part of the Office of Graduate Studies, was officially launched under the initiative of Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Lee Coffin on July 1, and will be run by the new Director of Graduate Admissions Karen Richardson.The Office of Graduate Admissions ...
iSIS is no more. While the actual system remains intact, the Integrated Information system (iSIS) returned to its former name of Student Information System (SIS) this semester. iSIS, which debuted in March 2013 as a replacement for the original SIS, is Tufts' online system of recording student ...
Two former members of Congress, Milton Robert "Bob" Carr and Ann Marie Buerkle, are visiting Tufts Sept. 28 - 30 as part of the Congress to Campus program, organized by a three-way partnership between the Stennis Center for Public Service Leadership, the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress and Tufts, according to Associate Director of the Stennis Center William “Brother” Rogers.
The 25th Anniversary Conference of the Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies (CSAIOS) kicked off last Friday with its Anniversary Keynote Lecture, titled "Is there Anything Special about South Asian Studies?" by Amartya Sen, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and professor of ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate passed a resolution urging the university to rename Columbus Day as Indigenous People’s Day, elected two new members to its Allocations Board (ALBO) and allocated funds to several student groups at its first meeting of the semester last night.The resolution to ...
On Sept. 30, the City of Somerville's Legislative Matters Committee will consider an ordinance to increase regulation of off-campus housing occupied by Tufts students. The ordinance, proposed by Board of Aldermen President Bill White, would require the university to submit a list of off-campus ...
Turkish and Vietnamese language classes will make their debut at Tufts this fall through the Tufts Student Language Exchange (SLE), a new student organization dedicated to promoting underrepresented cultures on campus through informal, peer-led, non-credit classes.SLE is a nation-wide network that ...
Martin Dahinden, director general of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and designated Swiss ambassador to the United States, presented a lecture yesterday evening, titled "Old And New Challenges To Humanitarian Action In Armed Conflicts."Admiral James Stavridis, dean of The ...
Business leader and entrepreneur Mark Ranalli joined the Tufts Gordon Institute (TGI) as its new executive director, associate dean and professor of the practice earlier this month, replacing Robert Hannemann, former director of TGI and professor, who stepped down earlier this year after seven years.
The Office of Residential Life and Learning (ResLife) has restructured its former system of ten part-time Residence Hall Directors (RDs) in favor of a new system that replaces the RDs with four full-time Area Residence Directors (ARDs) starting this year.
In the wake of racial conflict in the city of Ferguson, Mo., Tufts’ Center for the Study of Race and Democracy hosted a discussion, titled "Ferguson as Metaphor: Racial Equality in the 21st Century," examining ongoing movements toward racial equality last night.About 30 students and faculty ...
The MBTA is halfway through its pilot program for late-night service, which began on March 28, extending service on all subway lines and the 15 most popular bus routes by 90 minutes on Friday and Saturday nights.This spring, the MBTA will decide whether to permanently extend weekend hours. Budget implications ...
Associate Professor of Anthropology Sarah Pinto has taken over the role of program director for Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS), replacing former program director and Associate Professor of English Sonia Hofkosh.Pinto, who has been a WGSS Faculty Committee member for eight years, said ...
Tufts officially launched the Consortium of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora (RCD), an interdisciplinary program linking Africana Studies, American Studies, Asian American Studies, Colonialism Studies and Latino Studies, this summer. The program's Inaugural Celebration and Plenary, featuring ...
Bruce Sacerdote, Richard S. Braddock 1963 Professor in Economics and chair of the Department of Economics at Dartmouth College, presented a lecture to Tufts students, faculty and staff yesterday afternoon in the Lincoln Filene Center Rabb Room at 4:30 p.m. as part of the Economics Department Seminar ...
Fraternity BrawlOn Sept. 13 at 1:46 a.m. officers from the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) responded to an incident at 100 Packard Ave., the house of fraternity Theta Chi. A Tufts student met the officers and explained that three young white males had entered into the house and were causing ...
Tufts professors came together last night to present "Palestinian Faculty Perspectives on Gaza," a series of three speeches on their research and personal views on the current conflict in the Gaza Strip. The event, which was sponsored by Tufts Arabic Program and the the Middle Eastern Studies Program, ...
Tufts Technology Services (TTS) announced several new services for students and faculty at the beginning of this semester. The offerings range from a new encrypted wireless network to tools for collaboration, according to a statement from TTS.“Input and feedback from our community shape our service ...
