Graduating senior Drew Latimer may be a Greek and Latin major, but he has also been taking many different courses outside of the Department of Classics. Having been a member of the Tufts Debate Society since his first year, Latimer has worked to broaden his knowledge base while in college through ...
On Jan. 18, the New York Times published an article titled “Some Colleges Have More Students from the Top 1 Percent than the Bottom 60,” in which Tufts University was ranked 10th in the United States on the list of colleges with the highest wealth disparities.The Times piece showed that this lack ...
Many students entering college experience a degree of excitement, anxiety and uncertainty. For students recovering from substance abuse, however, there is an added concern regarding how to sustain their recovery on a college campus.In order to provide these students with the support that they need, ...
Hiring a new faculty member in spring 2016 proved to be more complicated than initially expected for the drama and dance department. Housed in Aidekman Arts Center, the department needed to find additional office space for the new faculty member, which appeared to be nonexistent in Aidekman. “[Aidekman] ...
When Tufts acquired the School of the Museum of Fine Arts on July 1, 2016, the staff at Tufts' Office of Community Relations knew that they would need to build positive relationships with Boston's Mission Hill and The Fenway neighborhoods, where the SMFA at Tufts is located.The Office ...
In an attempt to influence policies surrounding the issue of sexual assault on college campuses, various bills have been introduced throughout the past year in both national and state legislatures.One such bill is H.R. 3403, also known as the Safe Campus Act of 2015, which was introduced in the House ...
On July 30, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine was granted $5 million from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the 2016 fiscal year. The Cummings School, located in Grafton, Mass., has received money from the Commonwealth for years, and recent budget negotiations have prompted a debate ...
Recognized by the faculty as the basis of a liberal arts education regardless of one’s major, two semesters of college writing holds its essential place as one of the three Foundation Requirements for College of Arts and Sciences students. Even though this requirement is generally completed in the ...
For any student transitioning to college for the first time, challenges are bound to arise. But for international students, there are unique difficulties that accompany navigating a new country and culture. To help ease the transition for these students, the PASSPORT program matches international students ...
On a single night in January 2014, 21,237 people experienced homelessness in Massachusetts, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2014 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress. In an attempt to lower this number, the Somerville-Arlington Continuum of Care (CoC) coordinates ...
