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Class of 2023 looks to carve space in job market shaped by lofty layoffs, low unemployment

By Ethan M. Steinberg | May 21

Members of the Class of 2023 are expanding their job-search horizon as they get set to graduate into a labor market that is simultaneously desperate and reticent to welcome them. A survey from the college recruiting platform Handshake showed that 47% of college students in its network are applying to more jobs in response to economic uncertainty, while 36% are opening their job search to more industries.

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Cover to cover: Class of 2023’s 4 years on campus, reviewed

By Ethan M. Steinberg | May 20

Editor’s note: The 2019–20, 2020–21 and 2021–22 recaps in this article are reprinted from the 2022 Commencement Issue of the Daily, with light edits.

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Faculty split on using ChatGPT as university prepares to confront AI boom

By Ethan M. Steinberg | February 16

A surge of new artificial intelligence tools is stirring concern among some faculty while others embrace it as university administrators move to address the new reality marked by chatbots capable of spitting out code and writing assignments in mere minutes.

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Seventh bomb threat in 9 days targets Medford/Somerville, Boston campuses

By Julia Shannon-Grillo, Ethan M. Steinberg and Chloe Courtney Bohl | December 15

Tufts received its seventh bomb threat in nine days at 7:01 a.m. In addition to naming seven buildings on the Medford/Somerville campus, one building on the Boston campus and the Boston Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the threat also targeted the Greater Boston Health Center branch of Planned Parenthood.

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The Boston Pops bring cheer to the holiday season

By Ethan M. Steinberg | December 12

Symphony Hall was buzzing on Dec. 9 as the Boston Pops took the stage for the eighth time in as many days, in a tradition that now dates back nearly half a century. The Boston Symphony Orchestra offshoot, performing in a string of holiday concerts now through Christmas Eve, showed no signs of fatigue in their first of two concerts on Friday, as they played through the two hour show with gusto and holiday glee.

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Some undergrad TAs paid thousands more than others as stipends, hourly rates inconsistent among departments

By Ethan M. Steinberg | May 22

A day before classes began this semester, junior Nina Collins received an email from her former boss. It was part-time lecturer Thomas MacIntyre, whom she had worked with in the fall.

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University seeks to control enrollment, admits fewer students this year

By Ethan M. Steinberg | April 15

Jana Dia has never been to the United States before, but she knows she wants one of her first stops to be Medford, Mass.

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California man arrested after threatening calls prompted manhunt

By Ethan M. Steinberg | April 6

A California man who claimed to be carrying a pistol in a female student’s dorm room last May was arrested on Thursday, U.S. Attorney Rachel Rollins’ office said, following an investigation from federal prosecutors that lasted more than 10 months.

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Tufts accepts record-low 9.7% of applicants to Class of 2026

By Ethan M. Steinberg | March 30

Tufts University offered admission to 9.7% of applicants to the undergraduate Class of 2026, the admissions office announcedTuesday, marking the lowest acceptance rate in university history.

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Masks will no longer be required indoors in Somerville, health board says

By Ethan M. Steinberg | March 7

The Somerville Board of Health voted unanimously on Thursday to end requirements for masking indoors, propelling the city into the next phase of the pandemic and aligning its policy with Medford, Cambridge and other municipalities in the Greater Boston area.

Class of 2023 looks to carve space in job market shaped by lofty layoffs, low unemployment

Cover to cover: Class of 2023’s 4 years on campus, reviewed

Faculty split on using ChatGPT as university prepares to confront AI boom

Seventh bomb threat in 9 days targets Medford/Somerville, Boston campuses

The Boston Pops bring cheer to the holiday season

Some undergrad TAs paid thousands more than others as stipends, hourly rates inconsistent among departments

University seeks to control enrollment, admits fewer students this year

California man arrested after threatening calls prompted manhunt

Tufts accepts record-low 9.7% of applicants to Class of 2026

Masks will no longer be required indoors in Somerville, health board says

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