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Shirley Mark named Tisch College assistant dean of diversity and inclusion

By Maggie Monahan | March 16

After nearly 20 years of serving the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life as director of community partnerships, Shirley Mark has assumed the newly-created role of assistant dean for diversity and inclusion. Mark will oversee Tisch College’s work in the areas of diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in addition to continuing her responsibilities as director of community partnerships.

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Political Science Professor Eitan Hersh selected as Emerson Collective Fellow

By Simran Patel | March 15

The Emerson Collective announced the selection of Tufts Professor of Political Science Eitan Hersh as its newest fellow on Jan. 25 . The Emerson Collective is a for-profit organization that seeks to create social change through philanthropy, advocacy and investment.  They partner with entrepreneurs, experts, policymakers, advocates and creatives to promote equality and justice.

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Tufts community reacts to Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS nomination

By Aaron Gruen | March 15

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden on Feb. 25. If confirmed by the Senate, Jackson will fill the seat currently held by Associate Justice Stephen Breyeronce he retires at the end of the current judicial term.

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TCU Senate votes on community senator stipend proposal, hears election timeline

By Madeline Wilson | March 15

The Tufts Community Union Senate heard a presentation from the Election Commission and voted on a proposal calling for the compensation of community senators in a meeting on Sunday night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room.

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Working Group on TUPD Arming to announce recommendations by end of semester

By Rebecca Barker | March 14

Tufts’ Working Group on TUPD Arming anticipates releasing new recommendations regarding TUPD’s arming status this semester, Executive Vice President Mike Howard confirmed in an email to the Daily. 

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Tufts Climate Action calls on Tufts administration to completely divest

By Olivia Field | March 14

Tufts Climate Action staged a protest outside of Ballou Hall on Friday, calling for the university’s complete divestment from fossil fuel holdings. The protest complements the work TCA has been doing since its founding in 2012.

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This Week in COVID-19: Tufts maintains mask mandate as Medford, Somerville, Mass. lift restrictions

By Flora Meng and Alex Viveros | March 14

While Massachusetts recently lifted its mask mandate for K-12 schools and both Medford and Somerville have removed their indoor masking requirements, Tufts continues to enforce a mask mandate.

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Faculty Senate hears presentation on faculty compensation, discusses need to improve faculty retention

By Skyler Goldberg | March 11

Tufts administration and faculty are reviewing policies for faculty compensation and promotion, with a focus on hiring and retaining talented faculty members. Mike Howard, the executive vice president of Tufts, and Kim Ryan, vice president for human resources, delivered a presentation on the topic to theUniversity Faculty Senate at its February meeting.

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Tufts to maintain its mask mandate as Medford, Somerville, Mass. ease theirs

By Fernando Cervantes Jr. | March 11

Tufts will continue its mask mandate despite the state of Massachusetts dropping its mandate for K-12 schools and Medford and Somerville eschewing their mandates entirely.

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Global Tufts Month kicks off, highlights effects of climate change

By Michael Weiskopf | March 10

Tufts is hosting its third annual Global Tufts Month, a month-long series of activities and events across the university’s schools and centers this March. This year’s theme is “A Call to Action: Global Perspectives on Climate Change.”

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Tisch College hosts speaker series event titled 'Revolutionary Nonviolence: Organizing for Freedom'

By Elizabeth Zacks | March 10

The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life hosted another installment of its Solomont Speaker Series, titled “Revolutionary Nonviolence: Organizing for Freedom,” on March 7. The event featured Rev. James Lawson and Kent Wong, who spoke to the Tufts community about the philosophy of nonviolence and discussed their new novel, “Revolutionary Nonviolence: Organizing for Freedom.”

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Samuel Gebru joins Center for State Policy Analysis at Tisch College

By Spenser Walsh | March 10

Samuel Gebru, managing director of Black Lion Strategies, was recently named a nonresident senior fellow at the Center for State Policy Analysis within the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life. As cSPA’s first nonresident senior fellow, Gebru will help state lawmakers who do not have the tools to conduct state-level policy analysis on their own.

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Engineers Week celebrates students, hosts speaker Leland Melvin

By Amelia Colafati | March 9

Tufts Engineers Week, a series of events held Feb. 17-25, featured networking opportunities, a design challenge and a lecture from Leland Melvin, an astronaut, NFL player, engineer and educator. A celebration of engineering, the events were organized in concordance with National Engineers Week. 

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Senior Biden climate advisor talks global energy policy and environmental justice

By Daniel Vos | March 9

Dan Kammen, senior advisor to the Biden administration on energy, climate and innovation, spoke about the evolution of international climate policy at an event sponsored by the International Relations Program on Wednesday.

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Controversial oncologist Dr. Vinay Prasad disavowed by dean, lectures to GSBS

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | March 8

Dr. Vinay Prasad delivered a virtual lecture to the Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences on Feb. 17 following GSBS Dean Daniel Jay’s disavowal of one of Prasad’s blog posts, which Jay characterized as antisemitic.

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TCU Senate debates community senator stipend proposal, hears supplementary funding requests

By Tess Harmon | March 8

The Tufts Community Union Senate debated a proposal calling for the compensation of community senators and heard supplementary funding requests in a meeting on Sunday night in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room.

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Aminé to headline Spring Fling 2022, Tufts student Ella Jane to open

By Chloe Courtney Bohl and Maeve Hagerty | March 7

Aminé, Bia, Dayglow and Ella Jane will perform at Spring Fling Weekend, which Tufts University Social Collective is hosting April 28 to May 1. Spring Fling Weekend is returning in person this year after a three-year hiatus.

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Here’s what experts at Tufts are saying about the war in Ukraine

By Ella Kamm | March 7

As Russian forces continue to advance toward the Ukrainian capital, and food shortages, mass migration and fear continue ravaging the country, experts at Tufts spoke with the Daily about the history of the conflict, how the invasion is playing out and what it could mean for the international community going forward. 

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This Week in COVID-19: Tufts announces testing-out policy

By Flora Meng and Alex Viveros | March 7

COVID-19 cases have declined on the Medford/Somerville campus after reaching their all-time high two weeks ago. The university reported 12 new cases on Friday and 148 in the week before.

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Jesse Zhang (E'14) named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list

By Madeline Wilson | March 4

Jesse Zhang(E'14) was selected as a 2022 honoree of the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the social media category. Zhang is the co-founder of Beacons, a startup that provides the tools for content creators to generate a website with their information and other relevant links.

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