Tufts University Information Technology (UIT) early last month launched TechConnect, a new information technology service management (ITSM) tool that enables students, faculty and staff to check the status of their IT help requests online and to receive email notifications throughout the process.
Six researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering have created a new drug delivery system using silk-based microneedles that can make administering medicine painless.
Repeatedly ranked highly among educational institutions for its varied and engaging approach to social media, Tufts maintains a hub of networking services to stay digitally connected to the university community.
Founded in 1995, TNSF is funded by contributions from faculty and staff of the university and awards grants annually to nonprofit organizations that are located in or serve Tufts' host communities of Medford, Somerville, Grafton, and Chinatown and that have volunteers from the Tufts community.
Tufts' Scene Shop at 66 Colby Street, which is used to construct sets for Drama Department productions, regained its functionality as a welding space last month after strict enforcement of fire codes three years ago made the building unavailable for metalwork.
A woman was struck by a car while crossing the intersection of Powderhouse Boulevard. and Packard Avenue. shortly before 5 p.m. yesterday, the Somerville Patch reported.
In response to what they believe are improper work practices carried out by Tufts' management against Dining Services employees, students last month launched an online petition on Change.org calling for an investigation into the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) and Human Resources.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) last month announced a moratorium on all post office closures, including that of the Tufts University Post Office located at 470 Boston Ave., until mid-May.
Having studied chemistry as an undergraduate at Pennsylvania State University, Fuchs said that his in-depth knowledge of chemistry has helped him to see the various biological topics he studies in a different light.
For Tufts students passionate about contributing positive changes to a world of conflict, the Peace and Justice Studies Program (PJS) offers the opportunity to better understand global challenges and how to confront such issues pragmatically. An emerging field, PJS focuses on problems related to the broad concepts of peace, justice and conflict resolution.
While the Campus Sustainability Council, the university-wide body proposed in September by University President Anthony Monaco, is still in the process of being formed, its first meeting will likely take place early next semester, according to Executive Vice President Patricia Campbell.
Although the primaries to determine Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.) opponent in the 2012 elections won't be held until September, a small group of liberal students at Tufts have already thrown themselves behind someone they say is worthy — Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren.
A student plays notes on a digital piano as a peer looks on, trying to discover more about each keystroke he makes. As part of their senior electrical engineering project, seniors Erik Formella, Calvin Hopkins and Charlie Powell spend several hours in one of the Halligan Hall labs every day, experimenting with how quickly a computer can recognize when someone plays a note on the piano and attempting to make the computer process this faster.
Helicopter parents face a dilemma. While they believe they should be allowed to check on their college student children, these children are also college students, and the university also treats them as independent adults. Tufts is therefore required to protect their confidentiality if parental interference is undesired.
Members of the Occupy Somerville movement, including Tufts students, will hold a rally tomorrow in Davis Square in protest of the business practices of Bank of America Corporation and other major financial institutions.
Trunk, Tufts' learning management system, was restored to service yesterday at 1:30 a.m. after being down for approximately 13 hours.
"How dare the [Tufts Community Union] TCU Senate spend $25,000 on a statue?"
