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First-years launch student organization to foster connections among minority groups on campus

By Zoe Kava | February 24

Three first-year students launched Tufts Jumbos for the Advancement of Minorities at the start of the semester, a student organization that aims to create connections between different minority groups at Tufts and beyond. The organization will also provide students with an established network of resources to help reach their academic potential and launch their post-college careers, according to the founders. 

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Tisch College Distinguished Speaker Series headlined by notoriety, diversity in spring 2021

By Jack Adgate | February 23

In addition to Pelosi, Fauci and Abrams, this year's Distinguished Speaker Series includes Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, conservative political commentator and former Republican politician Michael Steele and Obama White House staffer and co-host of Pod Save America Dan Pfeiffer.

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Residential Life botches housing lottery number assignment for 2021–22

By Sam Klugherz | February 23

The Office of Residential Life and Learning (ORLL) assigned incorrect lottery numbers to some students applying for 2021–22 on-campus housing earlier this month. Many of the numbers assigned incorrectly were not even compatible with students' class years. 

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TCU Senate launches COVID-19 Communication Project, partners with Dr. Jordan, Dr. Caggiano

By Sara Renkert | February 23

Meeting on a biweekly basis, TCU Senate members Sarah Wiener, Sharif Hamidi and Mathew Peña will work closely with Jordan and Caggiano to best present the latest updates regarding COVID-19 to the Tufts community each week.

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Recent drop in campus COVID-19 cases follows January surge

By Coco Arcand | February 22

Student and faculty COVID-19 cases skyrocketed after students began returning to campus in mid-January. Though numbers are now dropping, the surge raised concerns about how well students are abiding by the guidelines put in place by the administration to limit the spread of COVID-19 on campus.

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TCU Senate prepares for hearing, hears supplementary funding requests

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | February 22

TCU Parliamentarian Taylor Lewis discussed the upcoming hearing against members of the Judiciary. The Senate is holding the hearing in response to allegations from four Tufts community members claiming that the TCU Judiciary exhibited bias in its handling of the Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine referendum last semester.

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Tufts announces recommendations from university-wide anti-racist initiative

By Sarah Sandlow | February 18

The current state of anti-racist work at Tufts was evaluated and areas of success that the university should build upon were identified. Additionally, opportunities for the university to improve its pursuit of becoming an anti-racist institution were brought forward.

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Office of the Provost hosts ‘Envisioning an Antiracist Institution: A Virtual Tufts Table’ event

By Peri Barest | February 18

The event featured keynote speaker Abi Williams, professor of the practice of international politics at The Fletcher School and director of the Institute for Global Leadership, and a speech from Tufts student René LaPointe Jameson. The event is part of a larger conversation about anti-racism at Tufts.

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Tufts announces ban of direct investments in coal, tar sands companies

By Alicia Zou | February 18

Other promises from Tufts include investing $10 to $25 million to climate change-related positive impact funds in the next five years and, to increase transparency, creating a dashboard that reports on the progress of the actions, according to the email.

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Somerville City Council votes to decriminalize entheogenic plants

By Michael Weiskopf | February 16

“As our community confronts record-shattering opioid abuse, depression, and suicide, decriminalization represents a huge step forward for public health and criminal justice," a group of Somerville residents wrote in a letter to the City Council in support of the resolution.

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Medford Public Schools launches pooled COVID-19 testing program

By Jack Hirsch | February 16

“Pooled testing will provide Medford and Somerville with a reliable way to quickly and accurately detect early infection in students, teachers, and staff while costing only about one-third as much as individual testing," Sedore wrote in an email to the Daily.

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TCU Senate discusses upcoming initiatives, hears supplementary funding requests

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | February 16

TCU President Wiener discussed ongoing planning for Wellness Week, which is scheduled to take place during the week of March 22 when students would ordinarily be on spring break.

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New coronavirus variants prompt concern from Tufts health officials

By Sarah Sandlow | February 12

The potential presence of highly transmissible variants in the community is something the university remains conscious of. Caggiano and Jordan mentioned that the samples collected through surveillance testing and provided to the Broad Institute do not provide information as to whether an individual is infected with a variant.

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STOP Spillover project, led by Tufts experts, begins work

By Marianna Schantz | February 12

The $100 million project works to understand and address the risks posed by zoonotic diseases, which are transmissible from animals to humans, that can spill over and cause epidemics. 

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Tufts examines relationship with online degree providers

By Anton Shenk | February 12

At the center of that concern has been Tufts’ relationship with online program management providers, including Noodle and 2U. Both programs have been essential in assisting faculty and administrators to launch Tufts’ new online degree offerings.

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Monaco issues statement condemning 'unacceptable' interruption of Zoom meeting

By Madeleine Aitken | February 10

“We will work with law enforcement to ensure the perpetrators are appropriately charged, and if they are members of our community, they will also be held to account through our disciplinary processes,” Monaco wrote in the email.

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Venerable Priya Sraman, Buddhist Chaplain, leaves Tufts for Emory

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | February 10

Dreher, a senior, said that Venerable Sraman made himself accessible to students who had questions about topics ranging from Buddhist practices and spirituality to problems in their daily lives. 

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The Women's Network to launch chapter at Tufts

By Bella Preneta | February 10

Vinick created the network to address inequities that women often face in the workplace, particularly in achieving leadership positions.

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Tufts announces results of investigation into Jumbo statue mask incident

By Madeleine Aitken and Alexander Janoff | February 8

Tufts University announced the conclusion of a five-month-long investigation into an incident that occurred on Sept. 1. The Tufts University Police Department was dispatched to the Jumbo statue where a group of three women of color were hanging a mask on the statue as part of a Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life initiative to promote JumboVote and Healthy@Tufts.

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CIRCLE poll finds increased youth engagement, participation in 2020 election

By Sarah Sandlow | February 8

Young people who voted for former President Donald Trump saw restoring law and order as a high priority, while young people who voted for President Joe Biden saw combating violence against people of color as a higher priority for the administration.

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