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Katie Galligan

Features Editor

Katie is an editor for the features section of the Daily. She is a first-year studying international relations and child studies, and can be reached at katherine.galligan@tufts.edu.

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Features

Tufts Carillon: Musical history hidden in the Goddard Chapel bell tower

By Katie Galligan | January 15

In 1876, Eugene Bowen graduated from Tufts College known by peers and faculty as the most prominent bell ringer of his class. Goddard Chapel had not yet been built, and a single bell rang atop Ballou Hall. This bell’s historical record is wide-ranging, even including a memorable prank from the 1880s in which Tufts students tied a calf to the bell rope so the bell would ring for hours.

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Mentoring at risk: Tufts programs that work with children face funding cuts

By Katie Galligan | September 25

Dozens of Tufts student organizations volunteer directly with children in nearby communities acting as mentors. While these clubs receive support directly through Tufts’ Leonard Carmichael Society, many are also connected to larger national non-profits which run programs all over the country. Due to funding cuts and philanthropic changes, these organizations are struggling to stay afloat leaving Medford and Somerville children lacking vital services and harming the valuable mentor-mentee relationships.  

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On this day in Daily history: TARC’s newspaper archive

By Katie Galligan | February 25

The date is Feb. 25, 2025 and you are reading the Daily Week edition of The Tufts Daily. But, have you ever wondered, ‘what were students reading on this day decades ago?’ On Feb. 25, 1986, the Daily reported that the trustees had increased Tufts’ undergraduate tuition by 6.8% to a total of $15,960 –– if only they knew! A year later, the front page of the Feb. 25 edition in 1987 reported on a march against prejudice and violence at Tufts and beyond.

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What’s left unsaid?: How Tufts publications amplify student voices

By Katie Galligan | January 30

Take a walk around the Tufts campus and you’re bound to find at least one newspaper, magazine or journal lying around. Maybe it’s the satirical Zamboni scattered in your dorm’s common room. Perhaps it’s a new edition of the Tufts Observer magazine on the newsstands in the Mayer Campus Center. Or, of course, it could be a Tufts Daily paper left on a table in Tisch Library.

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Meet Pepper and Hayley, the Tufts Police comfort dogs

By Katie Galligan | November 12

Dog toys strewn across the floor. The pitter-patter of paws dashing around the halls. The excited panting of two labradors. When walking into the Tufts University Police Department, you might expect to be greeted by uniformed officers and the tinted black windows of their office space. Instead, there’s new energy in the TUPD office with the addition of a K9 unit.

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Arts

Ballerina Michaela DePrince dies at 29

By Katie Galligan | October 10

Michaela Mabinty DePrince, a Sierra Leonean war orphan turned ballerina, passed away suddenly on Sept. 10 at the age of 29. Her cause of death has not been revealed, but there has been an outpouring of reflections on the inspirational legacy she left behind.  DePrince’s story gained attention ...

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