After an almost five-month long confirmation process, Gina McCarthy (G '81), a Tufts alumna and Boston native, became the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 19, replacing former administrator Lisa Jackson.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will visit the university on Oct. 2 to speak on interpreting the constitution as part of the Richard E. Snyder President's Lecture Series, the university announced last week.
The Somerville Fire Department responded to its fifteenth fire call in Somerville since June 27 yesterday afternoon. The incident, at 486 Medford Street in Somerville, is part of an ongoing arson investigation south of the Tufts campus.
Seven candidates competed for spots on the Tufts Community Union Judiciary and the Committee on Student Life (CSL) during last nights TCU Senate Candidates Forum held in the Hotung Cafe.
Two students will this Wednesday unveil PartyBus, an updated Joey-tracker application for smartphones, with the release of the new iOS 7 Apple operating system.
After multiple failed attempts to secure a permit for the location, frozen yogurt franchise Pinkberry on Sept. 6 opened a new branch in Davis Square, joining two other frozen yogurt restaurants in the vicinity.
Bruce Reitman (A '72, AG '83), who has been in the Tufts community for 30 years, began the transition into a new position as the first dean of campus life and student leadership on July 1, after serving as the dean of student affairs since 2001.
This summer, after the Office of Undergraduate Admissions released its college supplement questions for the class of 2018, one prompt in particular ignited a frenzy in the media, among publications including the Huffington Post, Good Morning America, The Atlantic and TIME Newsfeed.
Students celebrated Tufts first annual National Dialogue on Race Day with a panel presentation in Cabot Auditorium last night at 7 p.m.
After a stable first year following its inception last fall, the Africana studies program has returned to the Hill for its second year with a new advisor, a planned introductory course and increased support.
Glamour Magazine, the New England Wildlife Center, Google, J.P. Morgan Chase, NASA, the AARP these are only a handful of the prestigious companies and nonprofits where Tufts students have held internships, both paid and unpaid.
Despite initial resistance to changes surrounding the first school-sponsored event of the year, organizers and attendees alike generally considered last Friday evenings Fall Gala a success.
A revised university policy designed to limit judicial consequences for students under the influence of drugs or alcohol who require medical assistance for themselves or others took effect at the beginning of this year.
Kelly Sims Gallagher, associate professor of energy and environmental policy at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, took over the position of Director of the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy (CIERP) this summer from Professor of International Environmental Policy William Moomaw after he stepped down in June.
Ray Jackendoff, co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and Seth Merrin professor of philosophy, was named the 2014 recipient of the David E. Rumelhart Prize on Aug. 2. Jackendoff is the first theoretical linguist to win the prize awarded by the Cognitive Science Society.
Just a stones throw from the Tufts campus, Stop & Shop opened a new store location at 105 Alewife Brook Parkway, its second in Somerville, on June 21.
Tufts announced on Aug. 1 that Rave Alert has replaced Send Word Now as the new Tufts Emergency Alert System due to the formers more reliable and user-friendly features, according to Director of Emergency Management Geoffrey Bartlett.
WMFO News Director and DJ Dean Wallace passed away last month at age 70 after more than a decade of broadcasting to the Tufts and wider WMFO community.
