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Tisch College hosts speaker series event titled 'Revolutionary Nonviolence: Organizing for Freedom'

By Elizabeth Zacks | March 10

The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life hosted another installment of its Solomont Speaker Series, titled “Revolutionary Nonviolence: Organizing for Freedom,” on March 7. The event featured Rev. James Lawson and Kent Wong, who spoke to the Tufts community about the philosophy of nonviolence and discussed their new novel, “Revolutionary Nonviolence: Organizing for Freedom.”

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Samuel Gebru joins Center for State Policy Analysis at Tisch College

By Spenser Walsh | March 10

Samuel Gebru, managing director of Black Lion Strategies, was recently named a nonresident senior fellow at the Center for State Policy Analysis within the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life. As cSPA’s first nonresident senior fellow, Gebru will help state lawmakers who do not have the tools to conduct state-level policy analysis on their own.

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Anti-mask, anti-vaccine group protest local Somerville brewery

By Emily Thompson | March 9

A group of at least a dozen protesters staged a sit-in protest at Aeronaut Brewing Company, a brewery in Somerville, on Feb. 20. The unmasked protesters refused to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination, violating the business’s COVID-19 policies.

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Engineers Week celebrates students, hosts speaker Leland Melvin

By Amelia Colafati | March 9

Tufts Engineers Week, a series of events held Feb. 17-25, featured networking opportunities, a design challenge and a lecture from Leland Melvin, an astronaut, NFL player, engineer and educator. A celebration of engineering, the events were organized in concordance with National Engineers Week. 

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Senior Biden climate advisor talks global energy policy and environmental justice

By Daniel Vos | March 9

Dan Kammen, senior advisor to the Biden administration on energy, climate and innovation, spoke about the evolution of international climate policy at an event sponsored by the International Relations Program on Wednesday.

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Controversial oncologist Dr. Vinay Prasad disavowed by dean, lectures to GSBS

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | March 8

Dr. Vinay Prasad delivered a virtual lecture to the Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences on Feb. 17 following GSBS Dean Daniel Jay’s disavowal of one of Prasad’s blog posts, which Jay characterized as antisemitic.

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TCU Senate debates community senator stipend proposal, hears supplementary funding requests

By Tess Harmon | March 8

The Tufts Community Union Senate debated a proposal calling for the compensation of community senators and heard supplementary funding requests in a meeting on Sunday night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room.

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Aminé to headline Spring Fling 2022, Tufts student Ella Jane to open

By Chloe Courtney Bohl and Maeve Hagerty | March 7

Aminé, Bia, Dayglow and Ella Jane will perform at Spring Fling Weekend, which Tufts University Social Collective is hosting April 28 to May 1. Spring Fling Weekend is returning in person this year after a three-year hiatus.

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Here’s what experts at Tufts are saying about the war in Ukraine

By Ella Kamm | March 7

As Russian forces continue to advance toward the Ukrainian capital, and food shortages, mass migration and fear continue ravaging the country, experts at Tufts spoke with the Daily about the history of the conflict, how the invasion is playing out and what it could mean for the international community going forward. 

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Masks will no longer be required indoors in Somerville, health board says

By Ethan M. Steinberg | March 7

The Somerville Board of Health voted unanimously on Thursday to end requirements for masking indoors, propelling the city into the next phase of the pandemic and aligning its policy with Medford, Cambridge and other municipalities in the Greater Boston area.

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This Week in COVID-19: Tufts announces testing-out policy

By Flora Meng and Alex Viveros | March 7

COVID-19 cases have declined on the Medford/Somerville campus after reaching their all-time high two weeks ago. The university reported 12 new cases on Friday and 148 in the week before.

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Medford lifts indoor mask mandate, vaccine requirement at large venues

By Ella Kamm | March 4

The Medford Board of Health voted unanimously to lift the city's indoor mask mandate for private businesses, effective Feb. 16.The decision comes in light of falling COVID-19 positivity rates in the community.

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Jesse Zhang (E'14) named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list

By Madeline Wilson | March 4

Jesse Zhang(E'14) was selected as a 2022 honoree of the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the social media category. Zhang is the co-founder of Beacons, a startup that provides the tools for content creators to generate a website with their information and other relevant links.

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New city-sponsored child care program promises affordability, accessibility to Somerville families

By Ariana Phillips | March 4

Somerville introduced its new Child Care Access and Affordability Program on Feb. 3. The program will provide families with financial assistance to send their children to daycare and preschool.

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Tufts community rallies in support of Ukraine

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | March 3

A crowd of Tufts students, alumni and community members gathered at the Mayer Campus Center on Wednesday to show their support for the people of Ukraine.

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Driver’s license bill for undocumented residents clears Mass. House

By Aaron Gruen | March 3

The Massachusetts House of Representativesapproved a bill on Feb. 16 that would allow undocumented residents to obtain driver’s licenses.The Work and Family Mobility Act, or H.4461,passed with 120 votes in favor of the bill and 36 against.

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Tufts Women in Computer Science revives mentorship program

By Elizabeth Zacks | March 3

Tufts Women in Computer Science (WiCS)has revived its mentorship program, which matches Tufts computer science alumni with current undergraduate students majoring in computer science.

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Tufts faculty, students collaborate with local organization to study community climate resilience

By Olivia Field | March 2

A team of Tufts students and faculty members is working with Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW), a Cambridge-based grassroots organization that helps communities prepare for climate change-induced severe weather, to survey Chinatown and Roxbury residents on their level of preparedness for extreme weather events. The aim of the survey is to examine how social connectedness within communities can help build climate resilience. 

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Somerville awards $2.7 million in Community Preservation Act funding

By Charlotte Chen | March 2

The City of Somerville awarded $2.7 million in Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding to various organizations in the area. This funding is funneled annually to organizations that work to preserve historic sites, maintain open spaces, develop outdoor recreation facilities or create affordable housing. Funding recipients include the Elizabeth Peabody House, the Somerville Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the Somerville Hispanic Association for Community Development and the Somerville Museum.

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Somerville to build new public safety complex on Washington Street

By Michael Weiskopf | March 2

The City of Somerville is moving forward with plans to build a new public safety complex at 90 Washington St. in East Somerville after stalling for more than three years. A virtual meeting was held on Feb. 16 to gather input on the project from members of the Somerville community.

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