The Department of Public and Environmental Safety (DPES) has this semester revamped its safety escort service, revising the program's name and the guidelines for its use.
Tufts' first MiniHackathon, sponsored by the technology company Evernote, will take place today and give computer science students an opportunity to build their ideas using Evernote's programming interface.
The admissions process for prospective students at any university is chock full of flattering statistics, gratifying rankings and self?proclaimed assets. At Tufts, the undergraduate student body of 5,194 students ?? about 16 percent of whom are international ?? and a student to faculty ratio of nine to one may be among the most sought?after facts by prospective students and their parents. Yet when push comes to shove, the Office of Admissions ?? through its' employees, representatives and student surrogates ?? has one job: to sell Tufts. And that means looking past the statistics and numbers.
Whenever the work piles up, I head to Tisch Library out of instinct. But sometimes Tisch can be too much. The crowds are a bit too noisy, the lights a bit too bright and the atmosphere a bit too stressful. At times like that, I miss my neighborhood public library.
Tisch Library last week set in motion a project to upgrade its facilities, holding a series of focus groups that will determine the project's direction through student and faculty input.
The Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) is on the lookout for a life-sized papier-mache statue of a dairy cow that went missing from the Granoff Music Center lobby last week.
A number of students and community members are petitioning for the Athletics Department to reopen the Lunder Fitness Center in Cousens Gymnasium to the entire Tufts community, following this year's enactment of a policy that limits the weight room space to varsity sports teams.
The Tufts administration announced last week that a shuttle service has been added along Boston Avenue to improve transportation for students.
Director of Dance RenataCelichowska has discontinued the Sarabande Open Dance Class, which the student?run dance group hosted almost every Sunday night in the Jackson Dance Lab last year.
The Department of Public and Environmental Safety (DPES) announced on Sept. 13 that it plans to install a video security system on all three Tufts campuses for the purpose of crime deterrence, real-time incident awareness and post-crime investigation.The cameras will be used primarily to discourage ...
With the autumnal equinox this past Saturday, fall is officially in full swing. The nip may not be in the air quite yet, but students around campus are already preparing for the season's festivities.
Two campus discussion series, "A Look Within" and "Your Voice Matters," sponsored by the Office of Intercultural and Social Identities Programs (ISIP) will have their semester debuts later this week.
Tufts received a boost in college rankings recently released by two national magazines.
Tufts Dance Collective (TDC) has reduced its number of dances and participants this fall as part of ongoing efforts to address logistical and safety concerns.
