Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)won the 2020 Collaboration Award as part of the Office for Campus Life’s (OCL) annualstudent organization awards ceremony on April 22, prompting swift disapproval by University President Anthony Monaco and other members of the Tufts administration.
Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)announced last week a proposed ballot referendumcalling on the university to stop sending campus police officers on military training trips abroad.The referendum, which the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate discussed at its March 2 meeting, is part of SJP’s ...
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), ...
Members of Tufts Climate Action (TCA) rallied yesterday ahead of today's day of action by activists from over 50 colleges across the U.S. to demand that their universities divest their endowments from the fossil fuel industry.TCA activists gathered outside of the Mayer Campus Center during open ...
Eight faculty members at the Tufts University School of Medicinesued Tufts over the medical school's revised compensation plan and research space allocation guidelines, which they allege violate their lifetime work contracts and threaten to force them out from the school.According to the official ...
Tufts University decided last week to convene an investment advisory committee, which will review Tufts’ investments in the fossil fuel industry and advise the Board of Trustees’ Investment Committee on its findings.The decision to activate the Responsible Investment Advisory Group (RIAG), which ...
Tufts University decided this week to convene an investment advisory committee which will review Tufts’ investments in the fossil fuel industry and advise the Board of Trustees' Investment Committee on its findings.The decision to activate the Responsible Investment Advisory Group (RIAG), which ...
Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) launched a seven-day action calling attention to various disturbing elements of police exchange programs between the United States and Israel, according to a press release from the group.The action, which started on Nov. 13 and will continue through Nov. ...
Tufts announced that it has joined 164 other public and private universities and colleges in signing an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the roughly 700,000 young immigrants who came to the United States as children and who hold Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status on ...
Responding to the recent spike in vaping-related lung diseases, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker declared a public health emergency on Sept. 24, banning the sale of electronic cigarettes and vaping products. The ban will last through Jan. 25, 2020.The declaration comes on the heels of a spate of ...
