The School of Engineering last week celebrated its 4th annual Engineering Week (E−week) which featured a series of events to promote engineering throughout the university and embrace camaraderie among different fields of engineering.
The Department of Facilities Services on Feb. 9 during a routine inspection of the Bartol House, commonly known as the Arts Haus, discovered split floor joists, forcing students living in the residence to move out the next day.
Four genocide survivors and the descendant of a survivor gathered at the second annual Survivors Speak panel discussion on Monday night to recount their experiences to the Tufts University community.
University President Anthony Monaco was at bat last Friday at the Experimental College's ongoing lecture series, "A Taste of Tufts: A Sampling of Faculty Research." His lecture, entitled "Genes for Walking, Genes for Talking: 25 years of Human Molecular Genetics," focused mainly on his studies involving Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and specific speech impairments. During the presentation, he gave a summary of his involvement with genes that have been linked to these disorders.
Back in my day, we didn't have Google. In fact, that's probably true for you readers as well. It's hard to remember now, but indeed there was an Internet (back then, it was so novel that people capitalized it) before Google. In order to reflect on how the Internet has changed, one has to start off by talking about what it was and, at its heart, still is.
Tufts Friends of Israel (FOI) this week is wrapping up its second annual Israel Peace Week in an effort to support peace in the Israel−Palestine conflict.
Is it realistic for Tufts students to make an international weekend getaway? If you're going to Montreal, it's not only feasible, but the city's numerous attractions and restaurants will also make it an unforgettable weekend.
The house formerly occupied by the Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) fraternity at 114 Curtis St. this spring will be converted from a residential space into office property for use by the Feinstein International Center (FIC).
Boeing's brand−new 787 Dreamliner on Sunday made its debut flight to Boston Logan International Airport as part of its worldwide promotional Dream Tour.
The Tufts chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) last week hosted its first annual Israeli Apartheid Week, an international initiative aimed presenting Palestinian narratives, examining Israeli policies toward Palestinians and fostering discussion among the Tufts community.
Both students and members of Tufts' Department of Facilities Services report enjoying an easier winter due to reduced snowfall in the Boston area this year.
Tufts last Thursday through Saturday hosted the third annual Barack Obama and American Democracy conference, which focused on national and global dialogue about issues of race, civil rights and democracy.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate at its meeting last night passed a resolution (25-1-0) calling for a comprehensive plan to lower the cost of attending Tufts University.
Promoting active citizenship is often cited as one of the major assets of a Tufts education. But few courses provide students with the immediate knowledge and the financial resources to be active citizens in the surrounding communities. The Experimental College course "Experimenting with Philanthropy" breaks that mold and gets students involved immediately.
After winning the biggest game of their college lives, the women's basketball players were, understandably, a bit giddy.
Exposure, a photojournalism, documentary studies and human rights student group sponsored by the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL), is working to produce a documentary called "Our Day" that will highlight the diverse experiences of the Tufts community through one-minute video submissions.
International alumni will gather on the Hill this weekend to commemorate an important year in the history of Tufts' international community. The 60, 40, 20 Anniversary Celebration Event marks 60 years of the International Center, 40 years of the International House and 20 years of the Oliver Chapman Award.
The City of Medford earlier this month was chosen for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council's (MAPC) new program dedicated to helping communities build long-term efficient energy plans.
The Tufts National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) on Feb. 17 won $1,500 from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)-USA in its fifth-annual online engineering video scholarship award competition for highlighting the creativity and problem-solving nature of engineering.
The headliner act chosen for this semester's Spring Fling will not be one of the five acts that students voted on in the fall survey, according to a Concert Board press release emailed to the Daily on Tuesday night.
