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Tufts Alumni Association honors 2020 alumni awardees

By Marianna Schantz | March 9

The Tufts Alumni Association recognized 13 alumni for their vivid engagement, career successes and contributions to the university in an awards ceremony on Feb. 27. The awards included a Young Alumni Achievement Award, a Young Alumni Service Award, Distinguished Achievement and Distinguished Service Awards, Active Citizenship and Public Service Awards, a Career Services Award and Service Citations. 

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Judiciary member alleges discrimination, garners national attention; members of SJP, TCU Senate face harassment

By Jessica Blough and Chloe Courtney Bohl | March 8

Tufts Community Union Judiciary member Max Price alleges that he was discriminated against and that his place in student government was threatened due to his Jewish identity, in a months-long conflict between arms of the TCU government and activist group Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine. The conflict has attracted national attention and led to the harassment of members of both the TCU government and SJP.

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TCU Senate passes million dollar treasury resolution, discusses future of student government disciplinary hearings

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | March 8

The trust will be used to restore and enhance post-pandemic university traditions that were canceled during the COVID-19 pandemic. Half of the fund will go towards post-pandemic celebrations for the classes of 2020 and 2021, while the other half will be used to augment Homecoming, Spring Fling and Tuftonia’s Day, among other future events.

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University report provides sweeping recommendations to address racism, discrimination

By Anton Shenk | March 5

The workstream's steering committee included 26 committee members from across the university, including faculty, staff and students. The committee’s members conducted interviews, policy reviews and data analyses to inform its recommendations. The report began by chronicling incidents of bias and racism experienced by members of the university.

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The Sink, losing business due to COVID-19 restrictions, has plans to draw back customers

By Jack Hirsch | March 5

In another effort to make up for lost business, The Sink plans to start selling merchandise by early March. According to Gabra, there has been demand for apparel in the past, but it was only available to The Sink employees. Soon it will be available for customers to purchase as well. 

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Public Art workstream recommends commissioning new artwork to represent Tufts' diversity

By Bo Johnson | March 4

The report examined the demographics of the subjects and artists on display on the Medford/Somerville campus and revealed a massive underrepresentation of marginalized groups. In particular, of the 47 portraits on view representing historical university figures, 100% of the subjects are white and 98% are men.

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Students on Boston and Grafton campuses continue to face restrictions, Boston students receive vaccinations

By Ria Agarwal | March 4

The third-year and fourth-year students at the Tufts University School of Medicine have been offered vaccines, and according to third-year Tara Ahmadi, most accepted. She said the school also has plans to vaccinate first- and second-year students soon. 

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Shari Redstone talks law school, business ventures in lecture hosted by Women Entrepreneurs at Tufts

By Ella Kamm | March 4

Shari Redstone (J'75), ViacomCBS chairwoman and president of National Amusements, was hosted by Women Entrepreneurs at Tufts to talk about her career as a woman in business and share advice on being successful and giving back. Redstone was named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2020.

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TCU Senate releases Fall Exit Survey report, administration reviews recommendations

By Aditya Acharya | March 3

The report outlines survey results on academics, physical and mental health services, COVID-19 protocols, financial aid and employment, housing, dining halls and food services, the Tufts University Police Department and safety, transportation, campus life, campus spaces and commencement.

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Compositional Diversity workstream recommends initiatives to diversify Tufts

By Yiyun Tom Guan | March 3

The members of the work stream were divided into four subgroups. Each group was tasked with assessing the compositional diversity of faculty, staff, students or administrative and academic leadership, and developing proposals accordingly.

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Early Decision applicants to Tufts up 19%, more diversity in applicant, accepted pools

By Jack Maniaci | March 3

"Over the [last two years], we have seen a 51% increase in first-generation-to-college applicants, a 43% increase in international applicants, a 54% increase in Black applicants, a 46% increase in Latinx applicants, and overall a 30% increase in Early Decision applications from US students of color," Dean of Admissions JT Duck wrote in an email to the Daily.

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Campus Safety and Policing workstream highlights possibilities for TUPD reform, arming status to be revisited

By Rebecca Barker and Alex Viveros | March 2

The report addressed the presence and role of TUPD officers on campus. Along with the recommendations regarding the arming status of police officers on campus, the section advocated for the outsourcing of current TUPD responsibilities to non-police-officer personnel.

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Act On Mass proposes amendments to increase transparency in Massachusetts State House

By Zoe Kava | March 2

The amendment, filed by Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven of Somerville, was voted down, but would have ensured committee votes and testimony be made public. The results of the vote came as a disappointment for Act On Mass, who had been pushing for three amendments to State House rules, including this one. 

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Tufts releases Equity and Inclusion workstream report, recommends anti-racist educational programs

By Michael Weiskopf | March 1

“Specifically, this effort will consider training programs for faculty and staff as well as revised curricula, new education programs, and strengthened academic and support services for all our students within and outside the classroom,” Aubry wrote. “Such programs will help ensure that issues of equity and inclusion are addressed in our classrooms and all non-classroom learning spaces, and throughout our community.”

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In appeal to suit against Barstool Sports, Somerville Mayor alleges he was secretly recorded

By Alex Viveros | March 1

Curtatone originally sued Barstool in June 2019 after Minihane posed as Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen, a friend of Curtatone's, during a phone interview with the Somerville mayor. Curtatone gave Minihane permission to record the conversation under the impression that he was speaking to Cullen, and Minihane later posted the interview in its entirety on Barstool’s website.

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TCU Senate discusses canceled hearing, hears proposals for two new resolutions

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | March 1

The hearing against members of last semester’s Judiciary has been canceled after the members of Students for Justice in Palestine who filed the complaint withdrew it. The complainants’ decision came after their names were shared with the members of the Judiciary against whom they had filed their complaint, citing privacy and security concerns. 

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi talks Capitol Hill riots, next four years with Biden

By Alexander Janoff | February 26

Her talk, held on Zoom, was the Alan D. Solomont Lecture on Citizenship & Public Service and over 3,000 individuals registered for the event. Pelosi and Solomont’s discussion began with the recent riots on Capitol Hill.

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Vaccinated students expected to follow all COVID-19 guidelines for foreseeable future

By Alex Viveros | February 26

University health officials have suggested that although vaccines are capable of preventing serious complications from COVID-19, it is still unclear to what extent vaccinated individuals may still become infected and spread the virus.

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CIRCLE releases study on Pre-K–12 civic education in Massachusetts

By Ria Agarwal | February 26

Director of CIRCLE Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg said that the findings showed signs of equitable implementation and that educators in both low-income and high-income districts have the commitment to implement civic education.

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RAs met with mixed response after presenting concerns to Residential Life

By Matthew McGovern | February 25

Due to financial and legal limitations, ORLL cannot grant all the requests the RAs made in their email. For instance, ORLL is restricted in its ability to accommodate calls for increased compensation, prioritization for the COVID-19 vaccine and communication of COVID-19 statistics in residence halls.

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