The Experimental College (Ex College)−sponsored "A Taste of Tufts: A Sampling of Faculty Research" lecture series continued last Friday, with Associate Professor of Music David Locke at bat. At the lecture, Locke presented his multimedia research on the drumming of the Dagomba, an ethnic group in Ghana.
The Race and Ethnicity Working Group has been meeting regularly this semester to discuss the creation of a new interdisciplinary program on the study of race, ethnicity, diversity, disparity and identity.
Following up on President Barack Obama's call in his State of the Union address for improvement in American higher education, the White House last week unveiled a draft "College Scorecard" to provide potential college students with vital statistics about prospective colleges.
Jumbos will proudly admit their devotion to bringing about social change through active citizenship. Members of the Tufts Generation Citizen chapter, however, are not only working with this devotion in mind but are also motivating low−income students throughout the greater Boston area to do the same.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate at their meeting last night passed a resolution and allocated money to student groups.
Tufts' chapter of BrandHaiti, a student−led nonprofit organization seeking to transform the negative cultural images and perceptions of Haiti, on Saturday hosted its second annual Business Symposium, "Investing in Haiti: Challenges, Strategies, Opportunities." The event featured several prominent entrepreneurs and panels discussing entrepreneurship, investment and economic development in Haiti.
Jill Zellmer in November became the new director of the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO), filling a position that was left vacant for seven months prior.
The winners of Rooftop Comedy's Tufts University Talent Search (Max Cohen, Ian Donovan, Haydn Forrest, Bradley Frizzell, Clay Grable, Matthew Nazarian, Aliza Small and Sam Zuckert) will go on to compete against Emerson College at Improv Boston on Tuesday, March 27 in the TBS National College Comedy Competition.
During the spring of my freshman year, May 2010, there was a huge water main leak in Weston, Mass. A pipe with a diameter of 10 feet was leaking eight million gallons of water an hour into the Charles River. The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority declared a Boil Water Notice, and for three days, the campus turned into a refugee camp. Those days, you showered fewer times, brushed your teeth with care, and lived in fear of what you were digesting. In Dewick, we ate cold cuts on paper plates, while drinking small plastic cups of boiled water from a cooler.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) officials yesterday issued a measles alert for anyone in attendance at last week's Super Bowl Village festivities in downtown Indianapolis, Ind.
Jonathan Ebel, an assistant professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champlain, last night addressed a crowd of Tufts students and faculty about his interpretation of the American military as a type of civil religion, while casting soldiers who betray the soldierly ideal as modern-day Judases.
With the receipt of a $6.9 million grant, the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy has publicly launched ChildObesity180, a multi−sector organization aimed at supporting research on and the implementation of childhood obesity prevention strategies.
Associate Professor of Psychology Sam Sommers tonight will do a brief reading from his new book, "Situations Matter: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World," which was released on Dec. 29, and then host a question−and−answer session and book signing.
Visitors to the Mayer Campus Center over the last few weeks have likely noticed a new addition, in the form of a recycling machine that offers students the opportunity to earn a little small change or do some good while recycling.
Tufts Students for Elizabeth Warren, an unofficial student group organized to help elect Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate and Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren, will today run voter registration drives as part of a statewide College Day of Action sponsored by the Warren campaign in an effort to register students to vote for her next fall.
Following on the heels of former University Chaplain David O'Leary's abrupt retirement last semester, the university is beginning a search for his replacement. But finding another University Chaplain who can live up to the reputation O'Leary built for himself may be difficult.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) last month announced that starting July 1, alcohol advertisements will be prohibited from appearing on all of its property, including in subway cars, trains and buses.
In response to the service cuts and fare increases recently proposed by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Somerville and Medford residents will be able to give their input at two public meetings scheduled for this month.
There were a record 185 participants in last month's sorority recruitment, reflecting a growing interest in Greek life over the past several years at Tufts. That figure is up from 172 in 2011 and 166 in 2010, according to Director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Su McGlone.
