The Tufts administration will provide a free weekend shuttle service from campus to Harvard Square in order to mitigate the impact of the impending Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Red Line repairs, according to Executive Vice President Patricia Campbell.
Tufts' sororities and fraternities will today host the annual Greek Block Party, open to the entire Tufts community, at 1 p.m. on Professors Row between Curtis Street and Packard Avenue.
Tufts will launch an external review of its interdisciplinary studies programs beginning in March 2012, according to Dean of Arts and Sciences Joanne Berger−Sweeney.
Tufts University Dining Services (TUDS) held its first Taste & Tell Dinner, a recipe sampling event, last night in Dewick−MacPhie and Carmichael Dining Halls.
Recent initiatives by both the City of Somerville and the Tufts community have worked to make the city more bike−friendly by increasing bike infrastructure and bike−share programs.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) will begin construction later this fall on a new Orange Line T station in Somerville's Assembly Square.
This one is for the ladies. We suggest that men with weak stomachs put this down and enjoy your ignorance unless you're willing to learn a lot more about the women you know and love. No one really wants to talk about them (let alone have to go through them), but gynecological exams are an important part of women's health. The horrors of a doctor poking around down there have become common material in movies and television. I'm supposed to let some random person just go exploring down there? Excuse me? Sounds pretty awful.
When the Hindu Festival of Lights, Diwali, hits the Hill tomorrow, Hinduism will once again return to the spotlight at Tufts. And when it does, it'll be in full force — the Hindu religion at Tufts, while small in numbers, is solidly represented by a close−knit community who worship both individually and as part of student organizations such as the Hindu Students Council (HSC).
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate earlier this month voted unanimously to endorse a project of Senator Yulia Korovikov to research means of editing and distributing the Tufts Ivory Book, a pocket−sized book containing university history and traditions.
Dozens of Tufts students, janitors and union representatives marched to Ballou Hall yesterday afternoon to protest the hiring practices of UGLUnicco, Tufts' new campus−cleaning contractor.
Students and representatives from six organizations on Friday discussed education inequality and reform in an open forum held in the Rabb Room of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service.
The School of Dental Medicine last month completed the first stage of its renovation by unveiling its newly designed second floor for student, staff and patient use, according to Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs James Hanley.
Amid pomp, circumstance and a resounding verse of "Tuftonia's Day," Anthony Monaco was inaugurated as Tufts' 13th university president on Friday. "If we focus on shared goals and integrate our activities across schools, we can greatly amplify Tufts' impact on society," he told the crowd of students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the Board of Trustees.
Anyone who has spent more than 10 minutes on Tufts' campus has heard about the school's global focus and emphasis on diverse points of view. In fact, even the mission statement posted on the website for the School of Arts and Sciences includes "a dedication to globalism and active citizenship [and] a commitment to humanitarianism and diversity in its many forms…are deeply held ideals."
Artists, peacebuilders, students and educators gathered last night in Distler Performance Hall for the Boston premiere of "Acting Together on the World Stage," a documentary about artistic groups around the world who use creativity in the performing arts to address conflict resolution.
So I was watching the Tufts women's rugby game against the United States Coast Guard Academy when I remembered that I had to write this column. Deadlines? More like dreadlines.
A research team headed by Professor of Chemistry David Walt last month published a method of using the bacteria Escherichia coli (E. coli) to encode, deliver and decode messages that they said could lead to the evolution of methods in the area of secret message encoding.
Sol Gittleman, the Alice and Nathan Gantcher university professor who served as provost from 1981 to 2002, last night delivered a lecture taking an audience of students, faculty and alumni through a history of the Tufts presidency.
For those of you who have recently stirred from a coma and are perusing this column from your hospital bed, you ought know that this past weekend was Homecoming. Fans filled about two−thirds of the Zimman Field Stadium, outnumbering the players for the first — and no doubt last — time this season. Their inebriated support made all the difference, yielding a major defensive accomplishment for the Jumbos who lost by a margin that was far narrower than usual. It was Tufts' one opportunity to do what big state schools do every Saturday — minus the really good football team, the actual tailgate and the really huge, awesome and super−fun parties that don't get broken up by the cops by 1 a.m. Valiant effort, Tufts — I raise my glass.
