Tufts Health Service next month will launch a campaign that will focus on raising student awareness of the importance of sleep and educating the community about good sleep habits, as well as the physical and emotional repercussions of lack of sleep.
The Tufts Democrats on Saturday hosted the College Democrats of Massachusetts (CDM) annual Winter Summit for the second consecutive year.
Two student groups' buffer funding requests were approved at Sunday night's Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate meeting.
Maybe I'm six years old, but the words "banana" and "gasser" make me giggle. Put them together, though, and that could be your job description! What exactly is a banana gasser? You may well ask. As the name implies, you flood bananas with gas — specifically ethylene — to control the ripening process.
Last Wednesday kicked off the 27th Annual Norris and MargeryBendetson Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) International Symposium. This year's program -- which is sponsored by the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) -- focused on the theme of "Conflict in the 21st Century." The five-day-long event brought a series of student-moderated panels to the Hill featuring international experts debating issues like drone warfare and last year's controversial "Mr. Y" article. Read the highlights below.
The symposium concluded on Sunday afternoon with a final discussion panel, "Post-Conflict Challenges and Building Peaceful Societies."
Founded in 1984 by former Tufts students Joanne Cohen (LA ‘87), Craig Everett (LA ‘89) and David Wiley (LA ‘89), the Tufts Amalgamates were the university's first co-ed a cappella group. Although many a cappella groups on campus are often overshadowed by the Beelzebubs' success and popularity, the Amalgamates have been able to establish themselves as not only a premier a cappella group at Tufts, but also around the country.
At last Friday's installment of the Experimental College-sponsored "A Taste of Tufts: A Sampling of Faculty Research" lecture series, Edith Balbach, senior lecturer and director of the community health program, spoke about her research on the marketing and political behaviors of the tobacco industry.
Speakers discussed the impact of environmental challenges on global conflict at Saturday's 2 p.m. panel, titled "Resource Wars and the Changing Climate of Conflict."
Saturday night's panel "The Media and Warfare," as well as the entire EPIIC International Symposium this year, was dedicated to photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed on Apr. 20, 2011 while reporting on the Libyan civil war.
An expert-led panel discussion exploring power transitions in the 21st century last night kicked off the 27th Annual Norris and MargeryBendetson Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) International Symposium. The program is sponsored by the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) and this year is focusing on the theme of "Conflict in the 21stCentury."
The Office of Residential Life and Learning (ResLife) announced earlier this month that it is now offering open housing, more commonly known as gender- neutral housing, in some roomes in Bush Hall and Latin Way. This program is an option for students who feel more comfortable living with someone of another gender.
Hollywood veterans and Tufts alumni Prudence Fraser Sternin (J '77) and Robert Sternin (A '77) gave a talk yesterday afternoon about their careers in the television industry, which have included developing or producing close to a dozen series, including "Three's Company" (1977-1984), ...
