Tufts students and siblings Claire and Conor O'Brien earlier this month qualified independently for the 2013 World Irish Dancing Championships, which is scheduled to take place in Boston this spring.
Contrary to my own belief, the current site of our shiny new gym did not always house Tufts' athletic facilities. In fact, Cousens Gymnasium, the Gantcher Family Sports and Convocation Center and the Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center all sit on what used to be the George Luther Stearns Estate. Stearns earned a living as a prominent merchant during the mid?19th century and helped to organize the Medford portion of the Underground Railroad before and during the Civil War.
The City of Medford will this year host a farmers' market during the winter season for the first time.
For a school that prides itself on being open?minded and politically correct, name calling, graffiti and harassment based on race, gender, sexual orientation or ethnicity all occur frequently at Tufts. These acts constitute bias incidents and are dealt with through a variety of student and administrative channels.
Tanya Mitra (LA '10), whose joyful energy sparked team spirit at tae kwon do tournaments and whose nurturing personality bonded her to people and medicine, died suddenly at her home on Nov. 3. She was 24.
Reported incidents are reviewed by the Administrative Contact Team to determine whether they reflect bias according to definitions of bias from Massachusetts' anti?discrimination law and, from there, an appropriate response is decided, which may include investigation, judicial action or mediation.
Tufts Mock Trial (TMT) hosted 22 teams from 19 schools at the fifth annual Mumbo Jumbo tournament held Nov. 10 and 11 in Anderson Hall and Bromfield?Pearson.
I hate to out myself like this, but I have a confession: I am an aviation history nerd. One of my all?time favorite books is "Skyward" (1928), Richard Byrd's memoir of his historic attempt to complete the first flight to the North Pole. And here's another confession: one of the only things getting me through these final, hellish weeks of the semester is the thought of reading Charles Lindbergh's memoir of his transatlantic flight, "We" (1927), uninterrupted over winter break.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate last night passed a resolution in support of the implementation of additional safety measures at the intersection of Packard Avenue and Powderhouse Boulevard.
After a delay of longer than a year, the university has convened a search committee to locate and hire the next dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service.
The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy's ChildObesity180 organization recently received a $1.5 million grant from the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation to support its Healthy Kids Out of School program.
