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 ...
Daniel Santamaria officially assumed the position of director of Digital Collections and Archives (DCA) on Sept. 2, filling the position previously held by Anne Sauer (LA ’91, G ’98) before she left Tufts for a new position at Cornell University in early April. University Records Manager Eliot ...
Mickey Toogood assumed the position of judicial affairs administrator on Aug. 18, replacing former judicial affairs officer Veronica Carter, who announced in July that she was retiring from Tufts after 30 years of service. Toogood shared the position with Carter during a two-week transition period ...
Loren Sri-Jayantha, a student at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, advanced to the final round of the inaugural Veterinary Innovation Challenge in Philadelphia on Sept. 6 for his mobile application, PetSync.
Kappa Alpha Theta (Theta) sorority and Sigma Nu (SigNu) fraternity held a joint ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of their new shared house on 90-94 Curtis Street Sept. 12.
Tufts celebrated this year's Constitution Day on Friday afternoon with a lecture by Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts Carol Rose, who spoke about the lasting significance of the Constitution in American society. The talk, titled "Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: A Constitutional Update," took place in the Crane Room and was co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the School of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the President.
Students, faculty, alumni and staff came together yesterday for a 106-mile bike ride through Tufts' three campuses as part of the third annual Tufts Century Ride, which was led by Provost and Senior Vice President David Harris.
Six years after she was expelled, Wagatwe Wanjuki, who identifies as a survivor of campus sexual assault, could receive an honorary Tufts degree at the 2015 commencement ceremony in May. Wanjuki, a former student of Tufts Class of 2009, was nominated for the degree by senior John Kelly.When the ...
Tufts' second annual National Dialogue on Race Day, which featured a five-person panel discussion on racial inequality and public policy in the United States, took place on Monday night in Cabot Auditorium. The event was sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy (CSRD).This ...
The second annual Fall Gala on Sept. 6 was a considerable success, according to Office for Campus Life (OCL) Assistant Director David McGraw. Despite the event's relocation from the Academic Quad to the Gantcher Center, McGraw said that both students and the administration were satisfied with the ...
Mohamed "Moe" Zeidan, a fourth-year medical student at the Tufts University School of Medicine, was killed in a bicycle accident on Sept. 5 in Medford, Mass. Zeidan, who was originally from Minnesota, was 29 years old."He was a remarkable young man, from everything that I've read ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate held an election to fill openings on the freshman class council and the TCU Judiciary, and to select freshman members of the TCU Senate. Elections Commission Publicity Director Jamie Moore said that voter turnout was as expected for a fall election, with 51.11% ...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) spoke about her life, the economy and higher education at Tufts yesterday for the Alan D. Solomont Lecture on Citizenship and Public Service.Structured as a question-and-answer session between Warren, students and Solomont (A ’70), the Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Dean ...
