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Tufts students volunteer at orphanage in Rwanda
September 5A group of 21 Tufts students this summer ventured to a Rwandan orphanage for a 10-day service trip - a journey that Tufts Hillel has sponsored since 2009 for students interested in social issues and community service.
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Students' stories left out of sexual assault gallery
April 29Due to issues of confidentiality, miscommunication and timing, an exhibit containing pictures of and quotes by four Tufts student survivors of sexual assault was not included earlier this month in a gallery for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Tisch Library, as had been previously planned.
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International students face challenges in bringing diversity to Tufts
April 29Tufts boasts a large and varied international community, making up 16 percent of the undergraduate population. These students come from over 65 different countries, ranging from China to Ghana to Moldova. Their experience at Tufts is quite different from that of the average American student, as many face significant academic and social challenges within the Tufts community with which American?born students do not have to contend.
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Tufts Africana Center works to achieve better understanding on campus
April 26The experiences of students within one or more of Tufts' minority communities offer a perspective on diversity on the Hill that an outsider - or perhaps even individuals within the Tufts bubble -- may not easily understand or even bother to observe. Members of the African and African American communities on campus often fall into conflicting dual roles as both Tufts students and students of color on campus.
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Bauer named dean of academic affairs
April 26Dean of Arts and Sciences Joanne Berger-Sweeney earlier this week announced the appointment of Associate Professor of Philosophy Nancy Bauer as dean of academic affairs in the School of Arts and Sciences beginning July 1. Bauer will replace current Dean of Academic Affairs for Arts and Sciences Andrew ...
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Senate passes free speech resolution
April 26The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate at its last meeting of the year on April 15 unanimously (24-0-0) passed "A Resolution Supporting Freedom of Expression," urging the university to "respect and protect freedom of speech and freedom of expression at Tufts University, now and forever."
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