Amy Comey Barrett was questioned by Senate Judiciary Committee, early voting has caused problems, and Johnson & Johnson paused an important COVID-19 vaccine trial.
After some students reported an excess of 30 hours a week of coursework in intro-level computer science courses — and the faculty concern that followed — the Tufts computer science department impaneled a task force to review the department’s curriculum, according to computer science Department Chair and Professor Kathleen Fisher.
The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) revealed in a June poll that youth engagement is higher in the 2020 election cycle, than in 2016 and 2018. Researchers from CIRCLE discussed the large impact of the poll in the days leading up to the November election.
Tufts will lead a $100 million project called Strategies to Prevent Spillover (STOP Spillover). The five-year program was launched by the U.S. Agency for International Development and aims to address the impact of zoonotic diseases, which are transmitted from animals to humans.
The $100,000 prize, given by the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, will be split evenly among the three recipients.
Testing began yesterday and will be available to neighbors living in areas roughly bounded by George, Main and Harvard streets in Medford and Powder House Boulevard and North Street in Somerville.
Jordan is an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at the medical center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Public Health and Community Medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM).
As a result of ongoing developments surrounding air travel and entry restrictions, it is not safe to send students abroad, according to Mala Ghosh, senior director of Study Abroad and Global Education.
The effort will determine whether the nasal swab sampling widely used for COVID-19 surveillance testing can be studied in batches.
ECOM is concerned that students' lack of interest to run for an open position in the Oct. 1 election will correlate with a low-interest level in the bylaw-required election on Oct. 16.
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The decision was approved during a faculty senate meeting on Friday. Faculty also voted to extend the transfer of credit policies they enacted for 2020, according to Dean of Undergraduate Studies Carmen Lowe.
Residential advisors (RA) claim they have seen a lack of guidance from the university regarding the implementation and enforcement of the residential cohort system. The Office of Residential Life and Learning (ORLL) maintains they provided RAs with a variety of resources in an effort to help them navigate the new system.
The new center, called the StAAR Center, provides writing support, academic coaching and is responsible for approving student accommodations and ensuring that barriers to student learning are reduced.
Sevigny has worked in the field of education since 2003 and has served in various departments related to student conduct and residential life at institutions including Johnson & Wales University, Assumption College and Eastern Connecticut State University, in addition to Northeastern University.
Laird began the conversation by playing a clip from the television series “Black-ish" (2014–), and asked the audience to consider why the characters featured, despite having different leanings on social issues, dislike the Republican Party.
U.S. Representative Joe Kennedy III spoke to the Tufts community in a webinar on Tuesday, Oct. 6, as part of the Tisch College Distinguished Speaker Series.
Tufts has traditionally offered free flu shots to students through Health Services. However, this may not be possible this year, as a result of COVID-19-related guidelines.
Matt Hildreth, executive director of RuralOrganizing.org, a national organization that advocates for progressive causes in rural America, spoke to the Tufts community in a webinar on Monday. The event was part of the Civic Life Lunch series hosted by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, and was moderated by Jessica Byrnes, program administrator at Tisch College.
Lorlene Hoyt, executive director of the Talloires Network, remarked that the updated mission is a more accurate representation of what the Talloires Network has already embraced.
