MONDAYResonances of Silence: Sounding against Nuclear Power in Post-Fukushima JapanDetails: Marié Abe, assistant professor of music at Boston University, will discuss the sounds of chindon-ya and its role in Japanese social movements after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.When and Where: 12 - ...
Tufts celebrated this year's Constitution Day on Friday afternoon with a lecture by Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts Carol Rose, who spoke about the lasting significance of the Constitution in American society. The talk, titled "Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: A Constitutional Update," took place in the Crane Room and was co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the School of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the President.
Erik Halvorsen started in his new role as senior director of technology transfer and industry collaboration in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research on Aug. 4. Halvorsen comes to Tufts after serving as the executive director of the Boston Children’s Hospital Technology and Innovation Development ...
Pinkberry's application to attain a special permit is pending approval by the Somerville Zoning Board of Appeals at a February hearing, according to junior Sherry Albert, a former Pinkberry intern. The Board denied Pinkberry's previous permit applications because of concerns about keeping Davis Square from being taken over by large chains, according to Albert.
The event, titled "Second Person Singular," was held at the Granoff Family Hillel Center and was sponsored by the Arts and Sciences Diversity Fund, the Center for Humanities at Tufts (CHAT), the Fares Center, the Department of German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literatures, the International Relations program, the Judaic studies program and the Middle Eastern studies program.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions last Thursday released its admissions decisions for Tufts' Class of 2016, which with an acceptance rate of 21 percent is the lowest in Tufts' history.This year's acceptance rate was the Office of Undergraduate Admissions' second consecutive record ...
Greitens is currently a Senior Fellow at the Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri and in the MBA Program at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Spurred by a recent increase in student demand for an undergraduate academic program in nutrition, a group of Tufts faculty has begun to explore the prospect of an interdisciplinary nutrition minor within the School of Arts and Sciences.Current Dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy ...
He was joined by Swedish diplomat PontusMelander, Russian economist Alexander Pilyasov and Lieutenant Governor of Alaska Mead Treadwell in the final event of a two−daydialogue between government, business and media leaders from the eight Arctic Council countries.
