Professor Fiorenzo Omenetto of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) joined some of the world's foremost leaders and thinkers at the TED2011 conference, presenting his research developing new applications for silk technology.
Dozens of students last night engaged in a partially nude run around the Res Quad in a peaceful, sober protest against University President Lawrence Bacow's decision to end the annual Naked Quad Run (NQR), typically held in mid-December to celebrate the end of classes.
Harvard University earlier this month agreed to officially recognize the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) on its campus for the first time since the Vietnam War era in response to the government's repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) policy.
Given the amount of chalking on this campus, and the fact that it's 2011, I'm still trying to figure out which of my two most recent experiments is the more foreign of the pair among Daily readers — street art or good, old, traditional dating.
The university will no longer sanction the annual Naked Quad Run (NQR) due to concerns over participants' safety and the risk of student death, the Daily has learned.
Tufts' seventh-annual Emerging Black Leaders Symposium on Saturday drew a diverse range of speakers to discuss disciplinary practices in schools and the criminalization of African-American and Latino young men.
Daniel Dennett is a busy man. Considered one of the "four horsemen of New Atheism," Dennett has contributed to numerous books and spoken all over the world on topics ranging from religion to evolution to cognition. Between public appearances, Dennett is the Austin B. Fletcher professor of philosophy and co−director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts.
In a rare move not seen since the closing passages of "The Odyssey," the sun agreed to wait an extra hour before rising on Sunday. Interesting strategy, Cotton.
Student organizers are planning the most ambitious edition of the annual Tufts Energy Conference, including big?name speakers and its first?ever student energy?project contest this year.
The Feb. 28 article, "Young women's squad splits two scrimmages against Div. II schools," and yesterday's article, "Tufts must bounce back from tough end to 2010," inaccurately reported that senior tri?captain Lily Colahan had sustained a tear to ligaments in her leg. In fact, Colahan has a fractured hand.
Ever notice the Jumbos on campus who put more into their wardrobes than a momentary thought about which pair of sneakers doesn't clash with their sweatpants? We have, and some of their sartorial styles caught our eye. For more pictures from the shoot, head over to Jumbo Slice.
Tufts recently began the process of seeking bids for a new contractor to provide janitorial services for the university, sparking action from union representatives and concern from Tufts' Jumbo Janitor Alliance (JJA) about preserving the employment and benefits of existing janitorial staff.
The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service has temporarily suspended its search for a new dean, members of the search committee have confirmed.
University Information Technology (UIT) and Student Services staff on July 1 will begin an almost two-year project to create a replacement for the current Student Information System (SIS) in an effort to link Tufts' campuses under one new uniform technology for functions like class registration, transcript requests and billing.
Located in a small storefront on the edge of campus beside the Brown and Brew café in Curtis Hall, Tufts' United States Postal Service (USPS) branch remains unnoticed by many — but those who do frequent the branch may soon be looking for a new place to buy stamps.
What I'm about to say might get me labeled as a Jumbo−hater, but I promise I'm not. I love Jumbo and think our pachyderm poster−child is a wonderful mascot. I just think, well, there have been numerous times in Tufts' history where he has been really overhyped.
Students last night discussed sustainable policy ideas to improve the country in the next 30 years in a forum hosted by the Tufts chapter of the Roosevelt Institute. The ideas sparked by the discussion will later be fleshed out into policy proposals and submitted for inclusion in the Mass2040 Blueprint for the Millennial Massachusetts, a platform that showcases policy issues and facilitates student collaboration on future policy.
Nicholas Stern, of the London School of Economics, right, last night accepted the annual Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought along with fellow winner Martin Weitzman, left, a professor of economics at Harvard University. Tufts' Global Development and Environment Institute recognized the two economists' contributions to the field of study relating to the economic feasibility of reducing greenhouse gases. See full coverage of the event in tomorrow's Daily.
Bob Woodward, part of the pair of reporters who broke the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post in the early 1970s, will next month deliver this semester's Richard E. Snyder President's Lecture, according to James Glaser, dean of academic affairs for arts and sciences.
