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Tufts issues declaration supporting lawsuit against the Department of Energy’s new rate cap policy
By Josué Pérez | April 15On Monday,Tufts issued a declaration supporting a lawsuit filed by several universities against the Department of Energy over its decision to implement a 15% cap on indirect costs for existing and future research grants to universities and colleges. The Department of Energy announced its decision on Friday.
Federal government appeals permanent injunction in NIH case
By Josué Pérez | April 15On April 4, U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley ordered a permanent injunction on the National Institutes of Health,preventing the cuts on indirect medical research costs from taking effect nationwide. However, four days later, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the NIH, filed a Notice of Appeal. The case is now in the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Tufts confirms second student visa terminated by federal government
By Samantha Eng | April 14The visas of two Tufts graduate students have been terminated by the federal government, including the visa of Rümeysa Öztürk. As of April 11, seven post-completion Optional Practical Training participants at Tufts have had their SEVIS records or F-1 visa status terminated.
BREAKING: 2025–26 TCU Senate election results announced
By Josué Pérez | April 12The Tufts Community Union Elections Commission announced the incoming senators for the 2025–26 academic year on Saturday, shortly after voting concluded at 12 p.m. According to junior Luca O’Neil, the treasurer of the Election Commission, approximately 16.2% of students voted in the election, down from last year’s approximately 20%.
Rümeysa Öztürk describes detainment, poor conditions at ICE detention center in declaration
By Samantha Eng | April 11On Thursday, Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal counsel filed a motion to the United States District Court for the District of Vermont for her immediate release or, alternatively, her return to Vermont. The government’s counsel argues that Öztürk’s petition remains improperly filed and that the only court with the proper jurisdiction over her case is in Louisiana, where she is currently detained. In a Vermont hearing on Monday, the district court will consider its jurisdiction over Öztürk’s case.
ECOM hosts meet-and-greet with TCU Senate candidates
By Zoe Herrmann | April 11On April 9, the Tufts Community Union Senate Elections Commission hosted their annual meet-and-greet event with candidates running for seats on the Senate, the Judiciary and the Committee on Student Life. The event offered Tufts students the opportunity to speak with candidates prior to TCU elections, which are occurring from April 10 to Saturday at noon.
Tisch College hosts Rep. Seth Moulton
By Amelia Sammons | April 11On Monday, the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life hosted Democrat Seth Moulton, the representative forMassachusetts’s 6th congressional district. This event was co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science, Tufts ACTION, the Tufts Federalist Society and the Tufts Democrats.
Russian, Slavic and Central Asian Culture House to pause next year
By Marlee Stout | April 10The Office of Residential Life & Learning notified students on Feb. 25 that the Russian/Slavic and Central Asian Culture House will pause for the next academic year.“ Interest in the house is very low and Residential Life isn’t able to offer the Russian, Slavic, and Central Asian Culture House next year,” ResLife wrote in an email to students who had been offered a place in the house next year.
Tisch College welcomes Cong Tony Sun as first executive administrative dean
By Anika Parr | April 10On March 3, the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life welcomed Cong Tony Sun as the new executive administrative dean. As the first executive administrative dean of Tisch College, he is at the forefront of developing the institution’s administrative and financial policies.
Tisch College hosts conservative economist Oren Cass
By Hannah Rajalingam | April 9The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life hosted Oren Cass, conservative economist, author and founder ofAmerican Compass, to give a talk cosponsored by the Tufts Federalist Society and Tufts Republicans on Tuesday.
Tufts confirms second student visa terminated by federal government
By Samantha Eng | April 7The visas of two Tufts graduate students have been terminated by the federal government, including the visa of Rümeysa Öztürk. The university confirmed on Monday that the federal government terminated the visa of a second graduate student on Thursday but did not disclose their identity.
Tisch College holds annual symposium on restorative justice, higher education
By Varya Karpinskaya | April 7Tufts University Prison Initiative of Tisch College held its fourth annual symposium on restorative justice and higher education on March 31. The event featured formerly incarcerated students, graduates and Tufts undergraduate students who work as teaching assistants in prisons and as program assistants in the Tufts Education Reentry Network program. The speakers addressed the importance of revolutionizing higher education, as well as the vulnerability and healing process that happens in the classroom.
UPDATE: Judge denies government motion to move Rümeysa Öztürk case to Louisiana
By Samantha Eng | April 4U.S. District Judge Denise Casper ruled to move Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk’s case to Vermont on Friday, denying the government’s motion to dismiss Öztürk’s habeas corpus petition and request to transfer the case to Louisiana, where Öztürk is currently held.
Lawyers take to District Court to argue Mass. jurisdiction over Rümeysa Öztürk detention
By Samantha Eng and Matthew Sage | April 4In a U.S. District Court hearing in Boston Thursday afternoon, lawyers for Rümeysa Öztürk argued over the presiding Massachusetts judge’s jurisdiction over Öztürk’s case while a lawyer from the Department of Justice argued it should be transferred to a court in Louisiana, where Öztürk is currently being held.
Students form non-partisan political discussion group called The Political Union
By Shayna Levy | April 4Tufts first-year students Jesse Kitumba and Thomas Yi founded The Political Union, a campus club that will serve as a forum for structured, nonpartisan academic debate. “We exist to discuss and debate political issues today, and we want it to be a space where we can academically and intellectually challenge ourselves and others,” Yi said. “We’re going to be more confined to the political [topics].”
Tufts Democrats, Voters of Tomorrow Boston hold call event for Rümeysa Öztürk
By Dylan Fee | April 3Tufts Democrats and Voters of Tomorrow Boston held an event Tuesday evening, bringing students together to directly call elected officials to demand support for Rumeysa Öztürk, a graduate student who was detained on March 25. Apart from this event, students and other supporters have taken several paths to advocate for her release, from participating in protests to signing petitions to donating money to her legal fund.
Tufts community gains free access to all Harvard museums
By Zoe Herrmann | April 3Beginning in March, all Tufts students and faculty gained free access to every Harvard museum through a program offered by Harvard to local universities for an annual fee.
