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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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Tufts launches Center For Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education

By Carly Cohen | September 24

Tufts recently announced the launch of the Tufts Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education, which is based in the Office of the President. Dr.Eitan Hersh, a professor in the Department of Political Science, helped create the center and serves as its director.

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Tufts department of psychology holds memorial to celebrate the life and career of Sam Sommers

By Anika Parr | September 23

Tufts’ Department of Psychology hosted an event on Sept. 20 in Cohen Auditorium to celebrate the career and achievements of Professor Sam Sommers, who passed away on March 16. Sommers’ colleagues, students and children spoke at the event, sharing memories and tributes in his honor.

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TCU Senate outlines new accountability policies, begins student organization funding

By Hannah Rajalingam | September 23

Editor’s Note: Kunal Botla is a former chair of the Daily’s editorial board. Botla was not involved in the writing or editing of this article. On Sunday, the Tufts Community Union Senate voted on its new attendance policy, discussed bylaw changes to increase student body input in Senate resolutions ...

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Tufts completes various campus renovations ahead of new school year, including improvements to Tisch, campus accessibility

By Zach Halverstam | September 22

The Medford/Somerville campus underwent a significant number of small and midsized renovations in advance of the 2025–26 school year. They go beyond the completed renovation of Blakeley Hall, now part of sophomore housing, and the start of construction on a new upperclassmen residence — both of which have been widely publicized.

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Private music lessons suspended for fall as director of applied music position remains unfilled

By Anika Parr | September 18

Private music lessons for students have been suspended for fall 2025. Instructors received news of the suspension in July, and students were notified in August. The main reason provided was that the position of director of applied music — responsible for overseeing and organizing the lessons — was left vacant.

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Tufts faculty weigh in on new Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education

By Yasmin Benitez | September 18

Tufts faculty members have voiced differing opinions about the newly announced Center of Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education, citing concerns over how it will be integrated with their teaching. The announcement of the center came earlier this month from University President Sunil Kumar and has ...

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Federal research funding cuts disrupt Tufts labs, student jobs

By Zoe Herrmann | September 16

Continued instability with Tufts’ inflow of federal funds has resulted in cuts to professors’ research, students losing lab assistant positions and administrative difficulties in choosing where to distribute limited finances.

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TCU Senate updates attendance policy, interviews trustee representatives

By Hannah Rajalingam | September 16

In their second meeting this semester, the Tufts Community Union Senate completed a number of important administrative tasks, including interviewing candidates for trustee representatives, updating the bylaws in regards to senator attendance and announcing approval for the TCU Senate Tuition ...

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Blakeley Hall reopens following renovation offering amenities and community for sophomores

By Amelia Sammons | September 12

Blakeley Hall, previously a dorm for graduate students in The Fletcher School, has reopened for the 2025–26 academic year as a sophomore dorm after a three-year renovation that was completed this summer.

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TCU Senate outlines policy changes and semester goals in first regular meeting of the year

By Shayna Levy | September 10

In its first weekly meeting of the year on Sunday, the TCU Senate introduced a new project list and implemented changes to student organization budgets, including a restriction on their ability to award prize money.

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BREAKING: Tufts announces free tuition policy for families earning up to $150,000 annually

By Anika Parr | September 9

Tufts University announced on Tuesday that U.S. undergraduate students from families earning less than $150,000 a year with typical assets will attend tuition-free, beginning in the fall of 2026. The new policy, referred to as the Tufts Tuition Pact, intends to make the university’s commitment to affordability more transparent and accessible.

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University announces updates to the Tufts International Travel Policy

By Amelia Sammons | September 8

On June 17, all Tufts faculty, staff and students received an email announcing new changes to the Tufts International Travel Policy, which went into effect July 1. While staff and students have long been required to register all Tufts-related travel in the registry, the new policy now makes registration mandatory for faculty members as well.

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Tufts adopts statement of institutional pluralism

By Josué Pérez | September 4

University President Sunil Kumar announced Wednesday afternoon that the university will adopt a position of institutional pluralism after nearly a year of considering a position of institutional neutrality. Tufts’ Institutional Neutrality Working Group made its final recommendation to the Board of Trustees, which affirmed the statement in August.

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Tufts pilots new faculty Mortgage Assistance Program

By Carly Hope | September 4

This summer, Tufts piloted a Mortgage Assistance Program in an effort to aid faculty in taking out a second mortgage on their home at a low interest rate. The program follows the recommendation of the Faculty Housing Task Force, formed in the spring of 2024 to improve access to pre-existing faculty housing benefits.