Julieta Grané

Tufts undergraduates tackle multilingual disparities through senior honors theses

The Thesis Honors Program at Tufts allows seniors to lead an in-depth investigation into an area of research within their major. Over the course of two consecutive semesters during their senior year, students conduct an independent study of their choosing. Undergraduates from across all majors and disciplines undertake senior honors theses. Graduating seniors Ashley Lopez and Nikita Bhatnagar dedicated their theses to multilingual research.

Feed the Algorithm

Long before Gigi Hadid sent fans racing to buy tomato paste and red pepper flakes for her namesake pasta, Julia Child introduced Americans to crêpes. Child’s legions of fans, tuning in every week for her newest episode of “The French Chef,” sprang to culinary action. Cooking supply stores strained to meet the sudden demand for crêpe pans. Among the millions of fans rushing to try their hand at the thin pancake: the mother of Denise Drower Swidey, a culinary producer and an ExCollege professor. “My mom is a terrific home cook, and she made terrific meals for our family,” Swidey said. “Julia Child was her inspiration.”

‘Community Conversations Dinner’ spotlights Tufts University Prison Initiative accomplishments

The Tufts University Prison Initiative at Tisch College of Civic Life held its Community Conversations Dinner on Nov. 14. The event featured TUPIT students and welcomed community partners to learn more about the work being done by the Tufts Education Reentry Network, or MyTERN, program. 

Tufts Beelzebubs showcase range, artistry on ‘Delirium’

The Tufts Beelzebubs debuted their 33rd studio album release on Oct. 11. With a run time of 39 minutes and featuring 11 songs, “Delirium” is a project two years in the making. The Beelzebubs, also known as the Bubs, are a nationally acclaimed a cappella group founded in 1963. In addition to live performances on and off-campus, the Bubs produce an album roughly every two years.

Mini Crossword: November 12, 2024

In Photos: Día de los Muertos

The Tufts Latinx Center and Mexican Culture Club held a Día de los Muertos celebration with the Tufts University Social Collective on Saturday. The event in Curtis Hall featured food, live mariachi music and dances by Ballet Folklórico. Guests could place a photo and ofrenda on an altar to honor the memory of loved ones who have passed.

Battle for the Senate: Nine key races

Thirty-four Senate seats are up for grabs today. Democrats currently hold a slim majority in the Senate, where they sit in seven of the nine most competitive seats. Democrats must win seven of these seats and the presidency in order to achieve a majority.

Tufts dance program spotlights novel practices in inaugural artist residency

From Oct. 15–17, the Tufts Dance Program hosted an artist residency in collaboration with several other departments, including the Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora. Maria Bauman, a multi-disciplinary artist and director of the New York-based dance company, MBDance, held three different events over the course of the three-day residency.

Mini Crossword: October 4, 2024

Miranda Lawson showcases solo work at Tufts’ Dances at Noon Series

Boston-based movement artist Miranda Lawson performed in the Jackson Dance Lab for Tufts Dance Program’s Dances at Noon series on Friday. The series is put on by the Tufts Dance Program, a part of the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies. In 2013, Senior Lecturer Daniel McCusker founded Dances at Noon as a way to connect the dance program to the larger Boston area dance scene.