The United Labor of Tufts Resident Assistants and the Tufts facility workers’ union, 32BJ Service Employees International Union, have begun bargaining sessions with the university, seeking higher pay and a variety of additional benefits and protections in their new contracts.
Governor Wes Moore of Maryland visited Tufts on April 16 for an invite-only event with students. The event, preceded by a meeting with University President Sunil Kumar, was moderated by Alan Solomont, former dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life and U.S. ambassador to Spain and Andorra, and featured questions from students.
The Tufts Community Union Elections Commission hosted a debate on Wednesday night between three candidates running for TCU president: Brendan French, Michael Glueck and Defne Olgun.
In another lengthy meeting last Sunday, the Tufts Community Union Senate passed its budget for the 2027 fiscal year and received several appeals from clubs.
Over the last six months, the Daily has collected evidence of concerns among the Tufts student body and faculty regarding financial aid. These concerns include continuous midyear cuts, sudden decreases in financial aid packages, a lack of communication between students and administrators and difficulties in the appeal process.
Tufts Dining has reduced work hours for all student dining employees at Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center following budget cuts, leaving students concerned about future reductions.
The Massachusetts Land Court upheld Somerville’s efforts to create a 26-bed, low-barrier shelter at First Church Somerville on April 6. The new shelter, hosted by the Somerville Homeless Coalition, is set to open on May 19.
The professors of the practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts alleged in a March 19 Instagram post that the SMFA administration rejected a union proposal to compensate PoPs for taking on additional review boards.
In the coming months, Tufts Technology Services will be leading focus groups to evaluate the Student Information System, aiming to refresh the site to enable more intuitive and functional use for students and faculty.
A federal appeals court overturned a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit against the Saving on Valuable Education student loan repayment plan on March 9, which was created by the Biden Administration. This decision will increase strain on borrowers, including those in the Tufts community.
CNN anchor and senior analyst Audie Cornish visited Tufts on April 15 as the keynote speaker for the 17th Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism, an annual event that brings leading voices in journalism to campus to discuss contemporary issues facing the industry. There, she shared her thoughts on critical challenges facing journalists, including artificial intelligence and political polarization.
Dr. Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts graduate student who was arrested and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last spring, will return home to Turkey following a settlement between her lawyers and the government over removal proceedings.
On March 26, Somerville Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Rubén Carmona asked the district to prepare for a funding reduction of up to $1 million to account for a projected $5.3 million city budget deficit. The reduced city budget — attributed to a slowing economy and federal funding cuts — will affect multiple city departments, including the school district. According to the Somerville Educators Union, these reductions would put the school budget “well below level-service.”
The Medford Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion received a nearly $90,000 grant from the Massachusetts Office on Disability to review the city’s compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act , city officials announced on April 1.
On Friday, Tufts’ Office of Residential Life and Learning sent an email to all remaining students in the random housing pool informing them that they had not yet been placed for the 2026–27 school year. Students will now have to wait until May 8 for updates on their fall housing situation.
The City of Somerville hosted a community design workshop Monday evening at East Somerville Community School to discuss sustainability considerations for a proposed new school building at 115 Sycamore Street.
In an over four-hour-long meeting on Sunday, the Tufts Community Union Senate heard from Reverend Elyse Nelson Winger, the university chaplain, about a new institutional fund for religious holiday celebrations. The Senate also approved a resolution establishing a new community senator seat for religious and philosophical student organizations and passed sweeping changes to the Treasury Procedures Manual.
The Tufts Community Union Senate held its reelections for the fall semester this past weekend, with voting running from April 9 to April 11. A total of 904 students, or 13.1% of the student body, voted in the election, similar to the fall semester, which saw a participation rate of 13%.
A state court ruled in favor of eight Tufts School of Medicine basic science faculty members earlier this month in a lawsuit over compensation plans that were determined to have violated tenure’s promises of “economic security,” ordering the university to pay nearly $4 million in damages.
Tufts Community Union student leaders are expressing frustration with the stagnant Student Activities Fee, which is currently $396. The Student Activities Fee is added to all students’ tuition and managed by the TCU Treasury for all student activities on campus, from clubs to campuswide events put on by students.
