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.
