The White House last week named Tufts professors Karen Panetta and Peggy Cebe as recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring for their work with students from underrepresented groups.
Guys. We are but a day away from Thanksgiving break, and you know what that means. It's practice for the big one. It's time to get mildly reacquainted with our parents, siblings and pets before this fine university sends us careening out of its gates and into our childhood bedrooms for winter break. Where the heck did time go?
Members of the Tufts chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) fraternity this month are growing out their facial hair to participate in mustache November, or "Movember," a campaign to raise funds and awareness about men's health issues, including types of cancer specific to men.
Tufts students packed into the Alumnae Lounge on Friday night to attend a panel discussion titled "Cyber Security: Policy, Science, and Ethics" hosted by the Tufts Democrats.
Tufts Mail Services staff are working to mobilize students to join them in the fight to keep open the local United States Postal Service (USPS) branch, which services both the Tufts community and Somerville residents.
The Somerville Police Department (SPD) last night arrested an individual linked with several of the recent indecent assaults perpetrated against women in the Somerville and Medford area.
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate on Sunday approved a project to explore the possibility of sending periodic newsletters to students.
Unless you're an engineer or one of the few seniors who get into Math of Social Choice, you probably wouldn't consider registration "fun," per se. A new social order was established a few weeks ago when the registration times were released: Those with 8 a.m. registration times were the monarchs; 9−10:30 a.m. times characterized the nobles and gentry; knights and vassals occupied the 10:45 to noon slots, while the humble merchants and craftsmen shuffled in from 12:15 to 2 p.m.; finally, after 2 p.m., the serfs and peasants were allowed to scavenge what they could. The monarchs pranced about campus as if their registration times were bequeathed to them through divine right, while the less−fortunate wallowed in self−pity. Both these schools of people suck, and their antics shouldn't be tolerated.
The Junior Class Council last night hosted an "Occupy Boston Discussion Panel," a forum where panelists discussed the Occupy movement, describing their personal involvement as well as the goals and message of the protests.
The Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company (MBCR) this month entered negotiations with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to address health and safety violations recently cited against MBCR's Somerville maintenance facility.
Tufts' weekend shuttle service between the Medford/Somerville campus and Harvard and Porter Squares, which began running two weeks ago, has been plagued by overcrowding that has resulted in scheduling irregularities and inconvenience to riders.
When junior Albert Nichols last year created his website, Dabbut.com, he intended it to be a new, more truthful alternative to forums such as CollegeACB and JuicyCampus. However, Dabbut presents a host of potential privacy and cyber bullying−related issues that concern some Jumbos.
Lately we've heard quite a large amount of people discussing an issue that even the intelligent and resourceful students of Tufts University can't seem to figure out. What is that issue, you may ask? Some important political argument? Yesterday's email concerning the consequences of participating in NQR? Why, for some people, class registration never seems to go well? None of the above. Instead, we're setting out to address something the Tufts campus needs to set straight: pubic hair.
Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman sent an email to students and their families yesterday explaining that any student who participates in the Naked Quad Run (NQR) this year will face suspension for the spring 2012 semester.
Pakistani journalist Irfan Husain yesterday discussed his new book, "Fatal Faultlines: Pakistan, Islam, and the West," which focuses on the division between the west and the Muslim world.
The report released last month composed by the members of the Africana Studies Task Force offered three different possible approaches, rather than a single coherent recommendation, to Africana studies as an academic discipline at Tufts.
Members of the Tufts community will gather tonight in Cabot Auditorium for the second installment of the Tufts Idea Exchange (TEX), during which 10 speakers from across the Tufts community will deliver 10−minute talks about their ideas in fields such as philosophy, service work and engineering.
A group of student food−lovers are collaborating with Tufts Dining Services to bring a teaching kitchen to campus. The kitchen, which will open in Curtis Hall as early as next September, will serve as a communal space for students, groups and classes to explore the culinary arts.
Arts and Sciences faculty on Oct. 26 voted unanimously to approve a new applied mathematics major to be offered by the Department of Mathematics, which students can begin to pursue immediately.
