One way to make a splashOn March 14 at 12:11 p.m., Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) responded to a report of a chemical spill at 200 Boston Ave. An individual splashed ethidium bromide on their face and clothing. However, they were able to wipe away the chemical with minimal skin exposure. ...
The Consortium of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora (RCD) will now be able to hire new professors and faculty members after receiving a $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. According to the foundation’s website, the grant, titled “Professorships in Race, Colonialism, ...
The Office of the Dean of Student Affairs (DOSA) held a town hall meeting yesterday evening to discuss the futures of the Group of Five (G5), which includes the Africana Center, Asian American Center, Latino Center, LGBT Center and Women's Center. This meeting was prompted by an op-ed written ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof presented a lecture on immigration largely focusing on individual narratives yesterday night for the annual Tufts Hillel Merrin Moral Voices Lecture. The event, titled “Covering Immigration In The Trump Era: An Evening With Award Winning New York ...
Student activists and representatives from the Tufts Dining workers’ union updated a standing-room only crowd of students on the state of contract negotiations between the university administration and the workers last night in the Alumnae Lounge.Mike Kramer, the lead negotiator for UNITE HERE Local ...
Steve Locke, who is the City of Boston's artist-in-residence for 2018, explained his past and current projects during a Civic Life Lunchyesterday afternoon entitled “Monuments & Movements: The Art of Protest.” The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life hosted the lunch.Senior Director ...
Tufts has scheduled renovations for Bush, Tilton and Harleston Halls this summer, as well as 123 Packard Ave., the former house of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity, which the university purchased last month and will transform into a residence hall starting fall 2019.Christopher Hogan, construction ...
The university has recruited Donald K. Stern, a former U.S. Attorney for the district of Massachusetts, to review Tufts’ relationship to the Sackler family and its pharmaceutical company, Purdue Pharma, according to an email the Office of President Anthony Monaco sent this morning to the Tufts community.Tufts ...
Tufts’ Experimental College (ExCollege) announced the new courses for the fall of 2019 in a March 7 email to the Tufts community. According to ExCollege Board Member and Mechanical Engineering Professor of the Practice James Intriligator, the focus of this year's programming will be research ...
A$AP Ferg will headline this year's Spring Fling, with Rico Nasty and Marcela Cruz featured as opening acts, according to an announcement by the Tufts University Social Collective (TUSC) Concert Board. The concert will take place on April 28.Ferg, a Harlem, New York-based rapper, is famous for ...
Barnum Hall, which is currently undergoing renovations, will serve as shared space for new classes between the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) spring 2020, according Dean of the SMFA Nancy Bauer. Bauer said that both the School of Arts and Sciences and ...
MONDAY“Navigating the Internship/Job Search”Details: In the job and internship search season, the Women's Center will host Tufts Career Center directors Donna Esposito and Saqi Mehta for a discussion on how to navigate the job search. All identities are welcome.Where and when: Women's Center; 12–1 ...
As it stands, @TuftsUniversity one of the richest universities in Massachusetts but many of us have to work two jobs or spend nearly half our paycheck on healthcare. This needs to change. #1u#UnbreakableAtTuftspic.twitter.com/Nj8XD7vmax
Disclaimer: Shane Woolley is currently an editorialist at the Daily. Woolley was not involved in the writing or editing of this article.Tufts Housing League (THL) and Tufts Democrats hosted the Housing Rights Panel in the Terrace Room in Paige Hall last night. Panelists discussed the rights of students renting ...
As Tufts and Somerville negotiate a new partnership agreement, activists are pressuring the university to offer more robust financial contributions to its host communities.Two dozen community, labor and student groups signed a letter urging University President Anthony Monaco to “bargain in good ...
Tiffany Filler, a former doctoral student in her final year at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts, was expelled on Jan. 16 after a months-long investigation by the university into her alleged grade hackingin the 2018 spring and summer sessions, according to a TechCrunch article ...
Tufts began a partnership with the carpooling app miles2share on March 1 to implement an exclusive carpooling network for students, faculty and staff within the Tufts community, according to Shoshana Blank, the education and outreach program administrator for the Office of Sustainability.Miles2share ...
Tufts hosted the first annual Global Tufts Week from March 2–9, designed to highlight the global engagement of students, faculty and staff and promote dialogue between Tufts organizations and schools related to international issues, according to its website.Planning for the event first began ...
Former U.S. Senator Jeff Flake spoke at Tufts on Tuesday night in ASEAN Auditorium as part of Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life's Distinguished Speaker Series about his time in Congress and his experiences opposing President Trump's rhetoric. Flake, who served in the U.S. House for ...
Disclaimer: Mitch Navetta is a current social media editor and former executive social media editor at the Daily. Navetta was not involved in the writing or editing of this article.TEDxTufts hosted Mosaic in Motion on Sunday in Cohen Auditorium, a day-long event featuring talks from guest speakers, ...
