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Tufts plans groups for orientation to foster community among first-years

By Amelia Sammons | October 23

Tufts is introducing changes to its undergraduate orientation next year, implementing a plan to place students into randomly assigned groups. The format will mimic that of the university’s pre-orientation program and will be led by student leaders who will aim to provide a more welcoming and close-knit environment for new students through various events and bonding activities.

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Tufts Climate Action hosts banner drop for Make Polluters Pay

By Sophie Herron | October 22

Tufts Climate Action hosted a banner drop in support of Make Polluters Pay on Oct. 3. The campaign aims to raise public and legislative support for climate superfund bills. Organized with student groups Sunrise Smith, Sunrise UMass and Sunrise Harvard, the banner drop was preceded by the gathering ...

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TCU Senate discusses project updates, Treasury spending

By Shayna Levy | October 22

On Sunday, the Tufts Community Union Senate shared project updates from each General Board Committee and reviewed Treasury spending thus far.

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New H-1B visa fees raise concern among international students

By Amaani Jetley | October 21

A substantial increase in the H-1B fee, issued by President Donald Trump on Sept. 19, may significantly affect the ability of international students at Tufts to work in the United States after graduation. The new one-time fee of $100,000 upon submission of any new H-1B visa applications, applies to all petitions filed after Sept. 21.

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UPDATE: Canvas, Piazza back online after hours-long outage

By Josué Pérez | October 20

Canvas shut down early Monday morning due to an ongoing failure of Amazon Web Services. Piazza, a forum utilized for out of class questions between students and professors, is also out of service.

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CARE introduces Community Integrity Program

By Amelia Sammons and Neveah Joseph | October 15

This year Tufts’ Center for Awareness, Resources and Education is rolling out the CARE Community Integrity Program, an educational initiative geared toward helping students who have caused, or are concerned about causing, harm to another member or group in their community. CCIP is a revised version of the national Science-based Treatment, Accountability and Risk Reduction for Sexual Assault program, which was created for people found in violation of sexual misconduct law, opting for a more personalized approach. 

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Tufts Public Safety to offer civilian response training for active shooter scenarios

By Eli Brigham | October 14

On Wednesday from 10–11 a.m., Tufts Public Safety will host a training session on civilian responses to an active shooter. The training, which has been offered every semester since 2022, equips students with strategies to address and reduce the risk of a potential active shooter situation.

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Update: Charges dropped for one of two students arrested at Pro-Palestine protest in Boston

By Dylan Fee | October 8

Two Tufts students are among the 13 people arrested on Tuesday in the Boston Common after a 300-person pro-Palestine protest ended in a brawl with police officers, four of whom were reportedly injured.

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Tufts faculty work to create identity statement for School of Arts and Sciences

By Yasmin Benitez | October 7

A group of faculty members inside Tufts’ School of Arts and Sciences Strategic Plan Committee, led by Kasso Okoudjou, professor and department chair of mathematics, and Natasha Warikoo, professor of sociology, is crafting a guiding statement for the School of Arts and Sciences that articulates its distinctive identity.

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Professors shift many essay-based assessments to in-person exams amid AI concerns

By Lucas Berman | October 3

Tufts professors have increasingly decided to shift their assessments from take-home essays to in-class exams due to the rise of artificial intelligence and large language models. 

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Federal judge rules Trump administration violated First Amendment when targeting pro-Palestine students for deportation

By Josué Pérez | October 2

On Tuesday, a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled that the Trump administration had illegally used the threat of deportation to silence noncitizens in higher education who protested the war in Gaza in support of Palestine. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge William G. Young reiterated evidence and information surrounding the government’s decision to revoke several F-1 student visas, including that of Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk. 

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Tufts humanities faculty research disrupted by federal funding changes

By Carly Hope and Zahra Brady | October 2

Faculty research at Tufts has been limited by the cancellation of grants and the withdrawal of research funding across the country since President Donald Trump took office last winter. These changes, following the shuttering of federal agencies and shifts in research priorities by the federal administration, have left faculty members in humanities departments are facing uncertainty with limited institutional support.

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SMFA faculty members launch Save the SMFA campaign amid ongoing changes to school’s structure

By Eli Brigham and Bella Jin | October 1

A group of faculty members at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University has launched a “Save the SMFA” campaign, which lists a variety of grievances and demands regarding changes at SMFA.

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Price changes at SMFA Café cause confusion among students

By Zoe Herrmann | October 1

The SMFA Café, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts’ only Tufts dining location, made changes to its pricing method, increasing the overall cost of food. Items that had been priced according to weight will now be charged through a fixed box price with two size options.

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Fall 2025 TCU Senate election results announced by ECOM

By Hannah Rajalingam | September 30

The Tufts Community Union Elections Commission announced the newly elected senators for the 2025–26 school year this weekend. According to senior and Election Committee Chair Luca O’Neil, 920 students — approximately 13% of the student body — voted in the TCU Senate election. This semester’s turnout is about 3% lower than the previous election, which saw 16.2% student participation.

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TCU Senate welcomes Class of 2029 senators, reviews proposed bylaw changes

By Shayna Levy | September 30

On Sunday, the newly elected Class of 2029 senators and disability senator attended their first Tufts Community Union Senate meeting. TCU reviewed proposed changes to the bylaws and elected new first-year members to the Allocations Board. 

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BREAKING: JCC Starbucks to close this Saturday

By Josué Pérez | September 25

The Starbucks located in the Joyce Cummings Center is set to close this Saturday. Employees were informed Thursday before their shifts that the Starbucks would be closing just two days later.

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Tufts custodial workers allege mistreatment by C&W following layoffs, longtime supervisor fired

By Zach Halverstam and Julian Glickman | September 25

A series of layoffs and schedule changes from Cushman & Wakefield Services, the facility services company contracted by Tufts for custodial work, has caused significant consternation among workers, including a longtime supervisor who was fired following months of rising tensions.

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Students, faculty unpack significance of Tufts Tuition Pact

By Estelle Anderson | September 25

The recent announcement of the Tufts Tuition Pact, a program that will cover tuition for U.S. students from families who earn less than $150,000 per year, has received many responses from the university’s community. While some concerns exist over the program’s timeframe and level of comprehensiveness, the Tuition Pact has received overall positive feedback due to its ability to make attending Tufts more affordable for middle-income families.

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Tufts community responds to death of Charlie Kirk

By Amaani Jetley | September 25

The Sept. 10 assassination of Charlie Kirk, a 31-year-old right-wing activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, has led to shock across Tufts’ campus, along with reconsiderations of political discourse within the university.

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