As Italy grapples with the worst outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Europe, some Tufts students studying abroad at pre-approved non-Tufts-affiliated programs have been forced to leave their respective programs.Nadia Sbuttoni and August Moore, both juniors, were studying abroad in Italy ...
Cyntoia Brown-Long discussed her experiences and problems with the criminal justice system and her current initiatives for prison reform as part of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life's Distinguished Speaker Series on Thursday in Breed Memorial Hall. Alan Solomont, dean of Tisch College, ...
Medford and Somerville were awarded nearly half a million dollars in Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Action Grants on Feb. 5, as part of an approximately $1.2 million grant package awarded to the Resilient Mystic Collaborative, a group of 18 municipalities of which Medford and Somerville ...
MONDAY"Irishness, Celtic Culture and Magical Whiteness in the 21st Century"Details: Sean Williams, a professor of music at Evergreen State College who specializes in ethnomusicology, will deliver this week's Granoff Music Center Colloquium, focusing on Irish music and culture from an ethnomusicological ...
In response to recent difficulties among students in receiving their absentee ballots, the Mail Services Department initiated a new process for voting-related mail. This initiative was launched in coordination with JumboVote to ensure ballots are not mishandled.“Since the mail room became aware of ...
Noel Twagiramungu, a fellow at the World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation, gave a talk on Monday titled "Transnational Conflict." The panel examined the conventional wisdom regarding African regional ...
The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life hosted Rhonda Y. Williams,author and professor of history at Vanderbilt University, during a Civic Life Lunch on March 3 in Barnum Hall’s Rabb Room. Williams presented her most recent research and writing, in a talk titled "Black Power and Rethinking ...
The Tufts University Chaplaincy began the hiring process this semester for two new part-time community associates to serve the Africana and Hindu spiritual communities on campus.The Buddhist, Catholic, Humanist, Jewish, Muslim and Protestant communities are already represented in the Chaplaincy's ...
Davis Square bank robber pleads guiltyThe man who robbed the Middlesex Federal Savings Bank in May last year, Daniel Rosado, has pleaded guilty on all counts. Rosado, who is 32 according to Boston.com, faces 10 years to life in prison.The affidavit to his case, filed by John Oliviera of the Somerville ...
On Feb. 24 at 2:45 p.m., a staff member reported to the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) that their university laptop was stolen in California. The victim also reported the incident to the local police in the district where it was stolen.On Feb. 26 at 7:20 p.m., TUPD joined the Tufts Emergency ...
Two Medford residents withdrew their appeal for an enforcement action against the Tufts’ Joyce Cummings Center last week just hours before a Wednesday session of the Medford Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) that would have resolved the matter.Laurel Ruma and Mike Korcynski,two Burget Street residents, ...
Tufts ranked 12th most generous to students with financial need in a list of private 958 colleges published at the end of January by the Chronicle of Higher Education, based on 2017–18 data of private nonprofit colleges in the United States.Ruth Hammond, who was a senior editor at the Chronicle of ...
Mindy Nierenberg, the senior director of programs at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life since 2002, will retire from Tufts later this spring, leaving behind a legacy of student programs that have provided thousands of Tufts students with transformational learning experiences. Nierenberg’s career ...
A 2014 study on the status of learning spaces on the Medford/Somerville campus found that over 200 classrooms and other spaces needed renovations over five years. In the years since, however, only 68 have been upgraded due to the available budget, according to Senior Campus Planner Heidi Sokol.Sokol ...
The Tufts Lawyers Association and Tufts Career Center partnered to invite alumni and interested students to attend the 18th Law Day on the Hill last Thursday evening in the Alumnae Lounge.The annual event allowed current students to explore career prospects in law and learn from alumni who work in the ...
More than 1,000 delegates will be allocated in today's primary elections that are being held across 14 states in addition to American Samoa. Here are the latest polling and polling averages for some of the states in which the remaining candidates will compete for the Democratic nomination for president.California ...
TUESDAY“Civic Life Lunch – Black Power & Rethinking U.S. History”Details: Professor Rhonda Y. Williams, the John L. Seigenthaler Chair in American History at Vanderbilt University, will visit Tufts today to discuss her prolific research on the history and experiences of low-income black women ...
More than 100 community leaders, students and administrators gathered to discuss the relationship between the university and local organizations at the 18th annual Presidential Symposium on Community Partnershipshosted by University President Anthony Monaco at 51 Winthrop St. on Wednesday morning.Monaco ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate discussed a proposed ballot referendum from Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and heard 12 supplementary funding requests and Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) budget requests in their meeting last night in the Sophia Gordon multipurpose room.The proposed referendum ...
Rhode Island reports first COVID-19 caseThe state reported its first “presumptive positive” case of the novel coronavirus yesterday, meaning the case has been identified by local testing centersbut not yet verified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Boston Globe reported ...
