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Tufts faculty, students collaborate with local organization to study community climate resilience

By Olivia Field | March 2

A team of Tufts students and faculty members is working with Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW), a Cambridge-based grassroots organization that helps communities prepare for climate change-induced severe weather, to survey Chinatown and Roxbury residents on their level of preparedness for extreme weather events. The aim of the survey is to examine how social connectedness within communities can help build climate resilience. 

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Somerville awards $2.7 million in Community Preservation Act funding

By Charlotte Chen | March 2

The City of Somerville awarded $2.7 million in Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding to various organizations in the area. This funding is funneled annually to organizations that work to preserve historic sites, maintain open spaces, develop outdoor recreation facilities or create affordable housing. Funding recipients include the Elizabeth Peabody House, the Somerville Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the Somerville Hispanic Association for Community Development and the Somerville Museum.

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Somerville to build new public safety complex on Washington Street

By Michael Weiskopf | March 2

The City of Somerville is moving forward with plans to build a new public safety complex at 90 Washington St. in East Somerville after stalling for more than three years. A virtual meeting was held on Feb. 16 to gather input on the project from members of the Somerville community.

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Vernon Miller named director of new Indigenous Center

By Coco Arcand | March 1

In a Tufts Community Union Senate meeting on Feb. 6, TCU Diversity Officer Jaden Pena announced the creation of a seat for the newest senator of the Indigenous Center. In addition, Student Life sent out an email on Feb. 10 introducing the new Indigenous Center director, Vernon Miller.

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US Ambassador Brian Nichols speaks on DEI and diplomacy

By Rohith Raman | March 1

The Fletcher School hosted a conversation about diversity, equity and inclusion in diplomacy with Brian A. Nichols (LA '87) on Feb. 24. Nichols, U.S. assistant secretary of state for western hemisphere affairs, previously served as a U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe.

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TCU Senate hears supplementary funding requests, Black Legacy Month presentation

By Tess Harmon | March 1

The Tufts Community Union Senate heard supplementary funding requests and a presentation on Black Legacy Month in a meeting in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room on Sunday night. 

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Ayanna Pressley addresses challenges to democracy, Russian violence, SCOTUS at Speaker Series event

By Daniel Vos | February 28

Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts' Seventh Congressional District spoke to the Tufts community about the path to building a multiracial democracy on Feb. 24 as part of Tisch College's Solomont Speaker Series. It was thesecond time in recent years that Pressley has been featured in a Tisch College event, with the first coming just months after she first assumed office in 2019. 

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Booster shot requirement goes into effect amid COVID-19 surge

By Madeline Mueller | February 28

Tufts’ COVID-19 booster shot requirement for students, faculty and staff went into effect on Feb. 15. As announced on Dec. 16, 2021, all community members who were eligible to get a booster shot before Jan. 15 are expected to have uploaded proof of their additional vaccination, or documentation of a valid medical or religious accommodation, to the online health portal.

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This Week in COVID-19: Case numbers go down following Valentine's Day spike

By Flora Meng and Alex Viveros | February 28

COVID-19 case numbers have shown noticeable signs of improvement after they peaked following Valentine’s Day. The university reported 21 new cases on Thursday and 171 in the week before, which are much lower than the record-breaking spike set in just the last two weeks.

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CMHS keeps up with pandemic demand, brings on additional providers

By Ella Kamm | February 25

Amid a nationwide college mental health crisis, Tufts Counseling and Mental Health Services reports that students are being scheduled to see counselors in a timely fashion, aided in part by the addition of two counselors from outside provider Mantra Health. 

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Tufts Digital Collections and Archives unveils 124 years of student media at Tufts through new collection

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | February 25

Tufts Digital Collections and Archives launched Newspapers @ Tufts, a digital collection of thousands of issues of the Tufts Weekly, the Tufts Observer and the Tufts Daily, in January 2022. The collection documents 124 yearsof university history through the lens of student media.

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Daily veteran Robert Kaplan discusses the role of journalism in a community

By Chloe Courtney Bohl | February 25

One of Robert Kaplan’s first assignments for The Tufts Dailywas an article about an invasive beetle that was wreaking havoc upon Somerville’s ash trees in fall 2018. He remembers the story piquing his interest in journalism.

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Tufts must take action to increase gender diversity in leadership, report finds

By Alexis Enderle | February 24

Tufts ranked number 50 out of 130 universities in the Eos Foundation's 2022 study, "The Women's Power Gap at Elite Universities: Scaling the Ivory Tower," which measured gender parity among elite university leadership.

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CIRCLE analysis finds young women of color are leaders in civic, political engagement

By Elizabeth Zacks | February 24

Young women of color report higher levels of political and civic engagement than their peers, according to a recent analysis of a 2020 web survey by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life's Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE). 

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Senior Josh Hochberg publishes paper on voter ID laws in USF Law Review

By Rohith Raman | February 24

Senior Josh Hochberg published a paper on voter ID laws in the University of San Francisco Law Review in January and received widespread attention on campus and beyond.

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Mods near full capacity, COVID-19-positive students isolate in Homewood Suites hotel

By Flora Meng | February 23

COVID-19 positive Tufts students are being sent to the Homewood Suites hotel in Arlington for isolation as the Mods neared their full capacity last Tuesday. Patrick Collins, Executive Director of Media Relations, revealed how capacity and maintenance issues in the Mods lead Tufts to assign COVID-19 positive students to an alternative isolation location.

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Tisch College announces spring 2022 speaker series

By Carl Svahn | February 23

The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life announced their spring 2022 Susan and Alan Solomont Distinguished Speaker Series lineup on Feb. 4, featuring U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley, Senator Tim Scott and more slated to give their perspectives on the future of American politics.

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TCU Senate hears supplementary funding requests

By Tess Harmon | February 23

The Tufts Community Union Senate heard supplementary funding requests and updates on the theme for the Class of 2024 Prom in a virtual meeting on Monday night. 

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Starbucks will open in the Joyce Cummings Center this summer

By Ethan M. Steinberg | February 22

Construction is underway for a new Starbucks location set to open on the first floor of the Joyce Cummings Center as early as this summer, Tufts' Director of Auxiliary Services Jason McClellan confirmed in an email to the Daily. 

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Josh Hartman steps down as director of Office of Residential Life and Learning

By Madeline Wilson | February 22

Josh Hartman, senior director of the Office of Residential Life and Learning, will step down from his position on Feb. 25 after nearly four years at Tufts. He will transition into a new role as director of immersive experiences for Hillel International.

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