Rachel Liu is an executive photo editor at The Tufts Daily. She has previously served as editor in chief, associate editor and executive copy editor. Rachel is a senior studying biology, and you can reach her at ruirachel.liu@tufts.edu.
The Green Line Extension has provided a vital MBTA rail connection for the communities of Medford, Somerville and Cambridge since its 2022 opening. The Daily’s photographers set out on the GLX to capture some sights along the Medford Branch. Medford/Tufts Ball Square Magoun Square Gilman ...
Tufts students woke up on Halloween morning to a campus bedecked in pumpkins, mysteriously placed in the night. Here are some of the best ‘pumpkinings’ as captured by the Daily’s photographers on Thursday.
The Tufts University Social Collective organized the annual Oktoberfest senior event on Saturday. Students enjoyed festival foods catered by The Sausage Guy and live performances by The Oom Pa Pas, a local German music band, on the Academic Quad.
Making program history, the women’s rowing team won the NCAA Division III Championship on Saturday in Bethel, Ohio. Tufts’ first varsity eight rowed to a definitive victory, and the second varsity eight claimed second to secure the highest team score for the Jumbos.
Undeterred by rain, families and guests of the Class of 2024 turned out to Tufts’ 168th commencement ceremony on Sunday. After opening remarks by University President Sunil Kumar, students heard from this year’s keynote speaker, Durham University chancellor Fiona Hill. Shortly after the start of the ceremony, around 100 students walked out and assembled outside the event gates, leading chants and demanding that Tufts disclose its financial holdings and divest from Israeli companies.
Nearing the close of his first year in office, University President Sunil Kumar sat down with the Daily on April 29 to discuss all matters Tufts and reflect on the year marked by student activism and the university’s future.
Dear Class of 2024, friends and family, Today marks a key moment in your Tufts journey and a well-deserved waypoint of celebration. Your contributions have illuminated campus over the past several years as leaders, artists, scholars, advocates, friends and Jumbos.
Joel Omolade will be allowed to appear on the TCU presidential ballot after the TCU Judiciary overturned the Election Commission’s decision on Thursday to disqualify him, the Judiciary announced in an op-ed Monday afternoon. After two hearings on Sunday, the Judiciary voted unanimously to reinstate his candidacy, having found that ECOM failed to uphold due process in its investigation of campaign rule violations.
In the early hours of Monday, the Tufts Community Union Senate voted to approve three out of four resolutions formally calling on University President Sunil Kumar to recognize genocide in Gaza, for the university to divest from Israeli companies and for it to cease selling Sabra products in dining halls. It did not, however, pass a resolution calling on the university to end approval for study abroad programs at universities in Israel.
