Editor's note: The original version of this article was published on Feb. 28. This version has been updated to reflect ongoing developments.Last week, the university identified the members, including two undergraduate students, who will comprise the Responsible Investment Advisory Group (RIAG), ...
Matthias Scheutz, a professor of computer science and director of the Human Robotic Interaction Lab, and Vasanth Sarathy, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science and cognitive science, became one of four grand prize winners this month in a highly selective National Science Foundation (NSF) competition.The ...
The Boston Globe endorses Warren for PresidentThe Globe's Editorial Board on Wednesday endorsed Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren's candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president, citing what they praised as a wealth of robust policy proposals, consistent advocacy for her consumers ...
The Tufts Elections Commission (ECOM) will evaluate its use of the application, Voatz, to conduct student government elections following the publication of a report detailing significant security concerns with the app as well as limited voting accessibility to students in a recent election.ECOM has ...
New funding is now available to support initiatives on campus aimed at preventing and treating addiction and substance abuse, which Provost and Senior Vice President Nadine Aubry and Vice Provost for Research Caroline Genco announced in an email sent out to the Tufts community on Feb. 10.Both explained ...
Burning bean burritoOn Feb. 18 at 11:14 a.m., a fire alarm was activated at 12 Dearborn Road. The Somerville Fire Department responded to the scene. Upon investigation, it found an overcooked bean burrito in a microwave to be the source of the burning. No injuries or damages were reported. Beware barrier On ...
The Center for State Policy Analysis (cSPA)launched on Feb. 13, housed within the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Barnum Hall. As the name implies, the new center will focus its work on state-level policymaking in the commonwealth.Evan Horowitz, the center’s inaugural executive director, ...
The Tufts Office of Sustainability announced the seven winners of this year’s Green Fund earlier this month. In one of two such grants awarded to the Medford/Somerville campus, winners Alicia Bellido and Bayley Koopman plan to renovate the rooftop garden on top of the Tisch Library in order to improve ...
The Women’s Center held its ninth annual Gender and Culture symposium titled “Sex and Accessibility” on Friday, at which student and guest speakers explored issues surrounding sexual education, comprehensive healthcare and more.The event, held in Dowling Hall, began with a panel titled "Queering ...
Social and political activism have been integral parts of Tufts' campus culture for generations. Since its founding in 1980, the Daily has been covering campus activism in its many forms for various issues throughout the years. In commemoration of its 40th anniversary issue, the Daily is highlighting ...
Significant construction and capital projects have transformed the face of Walnut Hill, home to Tufts' first buildings and the nexus of the Medford/Somerville campus, since the Daily's founding. The following is an overview of the Daily's coverage of construction on the Hill since 1980, ...
The Daily is constitutionally mandated to be Tufts’ newspaper of record, striving to capture Tufts’ history for future generations to look upon. From overhauls of academic requirements to a mass resignation in student government, the following is a selection of developments from Tufts' history ...
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) passed four supplementary funding requests and discussed two abstracts for future resolutions in its meeting last night in the Sophia Gordon multipurpose room.The Filipinx Student Union requested $2,426 to host a martial arts workshop, which the Allocations Board (ALBO) ...
MONDAY"TUPIT Screening: 'True Justice'"Details: The Tufts University Prison Initiative of Tisch College (TUPIT) will host a free screening of the documentary "True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight For Equality" (2019), which relates historical injustices of the U.S. prison ...
Holocaust survivor Ludwik Szymanski visited Tufts on Wednesday evening, retelling his life story which began with his familysurviving the Holocaust in his native Poland to his eventual career as a pediatric psychiatrist and professor at Harvard Medical School.The Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) fraternity partnered ...
Ayse Parla, an assistant professor of anthropology at Boston University, discussed her personal accounts in and research on the influence of hope and privilege on migration patterns and trends in Turkey in a book talk at 48 Professors Row on Wednesday evening.Parla holds a Bachelor's degree in Social ...
The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life will provide two special summer fellowship programs to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the college's founding, funding student work for election-related campaigns in addition to four students' trips to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions.Students ...
A city ordinanceprohibiting the sale of plastic straws and stirrers at Somerville businesses went into effect on Feb. 9. The ordinance, passed by the Somerville City Council last May, aims to reduce waste and pollution caused by single-use plastics.Under the ordinance, businesses in the city can no ...
My Morning Jacket's "Steam Engine" (2003)On Feb. 15 at 2:45 p.m., a hot water leak occurred in Carmichael Hall. A heat pipe burst, causing rooms to fill with steam and hot water. The steam set off a fire alarm, and Medford Fire Department (MFD) and the Tufts University Police Department ...
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Advising Carol Baffi-Dugan, replaced by Matthew Bellof (LA'06, AG'09), began her transition from the department on Feb. 3. According to an email sent to the Tufts community on Jan. 31, Baffi-Dugan will continue in a part-time capacity as the director of pre-health ...
