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A Classic Event
The Classics Department's annual outdoor reading of ancient literary works has been drawing a following for nearly two decades.
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Video: The Art and Ethics of Translation
2007 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellow Peter Cole delivered the keynote address at this March 6 symposium that kicked off the Center for the Humanities at Tufts.
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Fishing For Success
While Ezra Furman and the Harpoons have risen from their on-campus beginnings to become a promising band on the national rock scene, the Tufts seniors in the band remain true to their roots.
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Noise vs. News: The State of Political Coverage
On Apr. 14, veteran news anchor and NBC special correspondent Tom Brokaw moderated the third annual Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism, addressing the topic "Noise vs. News: The State of Political Coverage."
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Bon Anniversaire!
Over the years, several Tufts students have passed through "the Priory," as the Tufts European Center in Talloires, France, is often known. In April 2008, the university community celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Center. View a selection of photos from the Priory's history provided by Gabriella Goldstein, director of the Tufts European Center.
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Open Leaders: Washington, Lincoln and FDR
On Apr. 3, David Hackett Fischer, Warren professor of history at Brandeis University, was the eighth speaker in the Richard E. Snyder President's Lecture Series, delivering a lecture entitled "Open Leaders: Washington, Lincoln and FDR."
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A New Way To Think About Hardware
On Mar. 31, Barry Trimmer, Henry Bromfield Pearson Professor of Natural Sciences and Professor of Biology at Tufts, discussed his research into biomimetic robots for the spring installment of the Dean's Faculty Forum series. Richard Wlezien, Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, served as the discussant.
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The United States and the Middle East:
What Comes Next After Iraq?
On Mar. 27-28, The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies sponsored an international conference exploring the relationship between the U.S. and the Middle East.
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This New House: Living Deliberately in the 21st Century
On Mar. 27, Professor of International Environmental Policy and Director of the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy William Moomaw spoke at The Fletcher School about the energy-neutral home he and his wife Margot have constructed.
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Discovering Ghana
In Jan. 2008, six Tufts undergraduates traveled to Ghana as part of "Ghana Gold: A Corporate Social Responsibility Tour." Led by Associate Professor Pearl Robinson, the group spent two weeks traveling around the African country in a mini-bus, meeting with artists, educators, government officials and leaders from Ghana's gold industry.
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A Question of Access: Merit and Need-Based Aid In Our Colleges and Universities
The Action Center for Educational Services and Scholarship (ACCESS) and Tufts University hosted a moderated discussion on Feb. 29, 2008, featuring a panel of experts including Tufts President Lawrence S. Bacow, who explored how public and private institutions of higher education are dealing with the difficult balancing act between merit- and need-based aid and how it affects students and academic institutions.
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Friends of the Tufts Libraries: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Prince of Asturias Professor of History Felipe Fernandez-Armesto spoke at a Friends of the Tufts Libraries Authors Talk event on Feb. 13, 2008, about his book "Amerigo: The Man That Gave His Name To America."
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The VisWall in Action
Senior Kyle Maxwell demonstrates the application of the Center for Scientific Visualization for the virtual reality surgical simulation he is working on with Assistant Professor Caroline Cao.
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Hoop Dreams
The Tufts women's basketball team has already made history, but as they head toward the 2007-08 postseason, they're not resting on their laurels.
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Energy and Climate Forum: A Proposal for a US Carbon Tax Swap
On Feb. 6, 2008, Tufts Professor of Economics Gilbert Metcalf presented a talk entitled "A Proposal for a US Carbon Tax Swap: An Equitable Tax Reform to Address Global Climate Change" as part of the monthly Energy and Climate Forum series.
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The "War on Terrorism": Where Do We Stand?
On Jan. 25-26, 2008, The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies sponsored this conference aiming to assess the current state of the "War on Terrorism" -- its causes, impacts, and proposed solutions.
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Youth Movement
Through Tufts' community music education and mentoring programs, local youth are gaining additional exposure to the world of music. Take in the sounds and sights from a typical Saturday morning at the Granoff Music Center.
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The Most Interesting Vitamin
On Jan. 28, 2008, Robert M. Russell, MD, the outgoing director of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts, spoke about Vitamin A.
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Films For Social Change
Every semester, students in Tisch College's "Producing Films For Social Change" class produce short documentaries focusing on a range of social issues. View videos from previous semesters.
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Life is a 'Cabaret'
Take a look behind the curtain and get a sneak peek at how the fall 2007 undergraduate production of "Cabaret" came together.
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2007 Isner Lecture: Dr. Judah Folkman
On Nov. 7, 2007, the late angiogenesis pioneer Dr. Judah Folkman, Andrus Professor of Pediatric Surgery at Harvard Medical School and director of the vascular program at Children's Hospital in Boston, delivered the second annual Isner Lecture at Tufts School of Medicine.
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Dean's Faculty Forum: Alexander Vilenkin
On Nov. 7, 2007, Alexander Vilenkin, professor of cosmology, spoke at the Fall 2007 Dean's Faculty Forum on "Many Worlds in One."
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A Tribute to 'Coach'
Don Megerle, who coached the Tufts swimming team for more than three decades, received the Athletics Department's Distinguished Achievement Award on Oct. 5, 2007.
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Community Day 2007
Tufts' fifth annual Community Day celebration brought students, faculty and staff together with members of the community for fun, food and a sample of the research and education taking place across the university.
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Remembering Gerald Gill
On Sept. 24, 2007, hundreds of members of the Tufts community gathered to remember Professor Gerald Gill, who died unexpectedly on July 26, 2007, at the age of 59. The memorial is available online in three parts via streaming video: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
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Matriculation 2007
In fall 2007, more than 1,300 students arrived on Tufts' Medford/Somerville campus as the newest members of the Tufts community. Learn more about matriculation through the perspectives of an incoming student, a parent and an admissions officer.
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Welcome to Arada Vieja
Jonny Crocker (E'07), former president of Engineers Without Borders, talks about the group's water filtration project in a village in El Salvador.
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Wave Goodbye
For many members of the Class of 2007, the days leading up to Commencement were packed with activities and gatherings where students shared laughter and memories with friends and professors.
Tufts senior Bic Leu, an art history major, shared with us her experiences during her final days at Tufts.
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Commencement 2007
A rainy morning didn't dampen the spirits of more than 2,400 graduates assembled on the Academic Quad with their faculty, friends and family to say goodbye to Tufts and hear New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg deliver the commencement address.
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Senior Service Day 2007
On May 14, 2007, more than a hundred members of the Class of 2007 worked in Medford Square as part of Senior Service Day activities. There, they helped restore a historic mural, planted flowers to beautify the area near City Hall and organized a community jazz concert.
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Spring 2007 Dean's Faculty Forum: Maryanne Wolf
On Apr. 30, 2007, Maryanne Wolf, John DiBiaggio Professor in Citizenship and Public Service, Professor of Child Development and Director of the Center for Reading and Language Research, spoke at the Spring 2007 Dean's Faculty Forum on "When the Brain Reads -- 'Endless Thoughts Most Wonderful'"
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2007 Tufts President's Marathon Challenge
In this video feature, Tufts graduate Steve Eliopoulos (A'89) glimpses into the lives of members of the Tufts President's Marathon Challenge team and the regimen and motivation that drives them.
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2007 Light on the Hill award winner: Peter Gallagher
Cohen Auditorium was packed on Apr. 5, 2007, when Tufts graduate Peter Gallagher (A'77) returned to campus to accept the "Light on the Hill" award.
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2007 Murrow Forum
On Apr. 9, 2007, former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather keynoted the second annual Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism on the Tufts campus. He also moderated a panel of distinguished media professionals on how the press covers war and conflicts.
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2007 Snyder Lecture: Lawrence H. Summers
On Mar. 14, 2007, Lawrence H. Summers, former president of Harvard University, delivered the sixth installment of the Richard E. Snyder President's Lecture Series on "Rethinking Undergraduate Education."
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'The Promise of Peace'
In the 2007 Issam M. Fares Lecture, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says that diplomacy depends on learning from history and valuing open dialogue.
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Hitting a High Note
The Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center is a state-of-the-art facility that affirms Tufts' commitment to the arts, both on campus and in the community.
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Special Delivery
One of the features of the Granoff Music Center is the arrival of 12 new Steinway grand pianos, including one that may be the best in New England.
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A Guided Tour
Unable to make it to campus? Curious about the new facility? Let Tufts musicians accompany your tour of the Granoff Music Center's many special features.
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Deliverance
Getting orphans and children living on the streets in Lima, Peru, to kick a soccer ball around was just the start for Joe Donroe. Listen as he narrates a glimpse into his work.
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Type cast
Alex Holman is a student at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences and a member of the Boston Typewriter Orchestra.
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Producing Films for Social Change
Watch films produced in an intensive hands-on, editorial and production course in which students pitch their ideas and then research, report, produce, shoot, write, and edit their own short documentary films on social issues affecting Tufts, the local community, the U.S., or the world.
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Showtime!
Spirit of Color -- a popular student dance troupe at Tufts with nearly 80 members -- held their annual fall show, entitled "Uproar." Experience the energy of the performance and the preparation in this audio slideshow.
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2006 Synder Lecture: Shelby Steele
Author Shelby Steele delivered the the Richard E. Snyder President's Lecture Series at Tufts. Steele's most recent book is titled "White Guilt: How Blacks & Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era." His lecture is available online in two parts: Part 1 | Part 2
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A Caretaker In The Community
As caretaker of the historic Brooks Estate in Medford, Mass., Tufts graduate student Josh Berkowitz is helping to preserve a community treasure.
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Making Magic On Stage
Each summer, Tufts' Magic Circle Theater gives young actors a chance to take center stage in a production at Tufts' Balch Arena Theater.
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Art From Around The Corner
This summer, the Tufts University Art Gallery hosted its Third Annual Summer Exhibition, featuring 11 artists from Medford and Somerville.
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Sophia Gordon Hall: Students' Reaction
This fall, fourth-year students oohed and aahed as they moved into Sophia Gordon Hall, Tufts' new 126-bed, "green" dormitory.
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Moving In: One Student's Experience
Share the experience of Samina Hossain, a native of nearby Lexington, Mass., as she moved to Tufts on Matriculation day to begin her freshman year.
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Matriculation 2006
With ambitions and luggage in tow, the Class of 2010 made its way to Tufts' Medford/Somerville campus last week. More than
1,280 men and women settled onto the Hill, ready to start the next
chapter in their lives.
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Alumni Service Day 2006
The fourth annual Alumni Service Day focused its efforts on improvements to the boathouse of the Boys and Girls Club of Middlesex County along the Mystic River in Somerville.
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Commencement 2006
Multimedia features include an audio-visual slideshow, photo gallery, audio interviews with parents and complete audio of Lance Armstrong's address.
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Kids' Day 2006
On Apr. 8, local children flocked to the Medford/Somerville campus to enjoy this fun-filled event organized by the Leonard Carmichael Society, featuring the theme "Jumbo's Magical Kingdom.
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2006 President's Marathon Challenge
For the fourth straight year, Tufts fielded a crop of hardy marathoners to tackle Boston's famed 26.2-mile course, and all for a worthy cause. See photos from the race.
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Lorenzo Vidino: The Roots of Terrorism
First year Fletcher School master's student and terrorism expert Lorenzo Vidino talks about the state of Islamic fundamentalism in Europe, the progress of the United States in the war on terror and the future of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terror network.
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Edward R. Murrow Symposium: What Would Murrow See Now? The U.S. Press and the World
Discovery Channel Managing Editor Ted Koppel moderated a panel discussion between former NBC News president Neal Shapiro (A'80); Louise Lief, Deputy Director, International Reporting Project; Keith Richburg, Foreign Editor, The Washington Post; and Crocker Snow, Director, Murrow Center, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. The lecture was webcast live and the video is archived here.
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Snyder Lecture: Tim Berners-Lee
The Spring 2006 Richard E. Snyder Presidential Lecture, delivered by MIT professor and World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, was entitled "Web Design and Web Use: Hopes and Fears." The lecture was webcast live and the video is archived here.
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"Heads or Tails?"
In April 2006, the Tufts Department of Drama and Dance staged the English-language debut -- and first college-student performance -- of Chinese director Meng Jinghui's play "Heads or Tails?" View images from rehearsals and cast gatherings as director and Assistant Professor of Drama Claire Conceison talks about the play.
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Art, Activism, and Community: Visual Art and Social Change
In fall 2005, University College Student Programs Manager Mindy Nierenberg taught this course in the Experimental College, showing Tufts undergraduates and Tufts/School of the Museum of Fine Arts dual-degree students ways to use art as a vehicle of social change.
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Tufts Symphony Orchestra concert for Medford schoolchildren
On Jan. 9, 2006, the orchestra performed for more than 1,000 children from the Brooks and Roberts Elementary Schools in Medford. Selections included the "Star Wars" theme, Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" and Aaron Copeland's "Lincoln Portrait."
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Response and Recovery, In Retrospect
Peter Walker, director of the Feinstein International Famine Center at the Friedman School, looks back at a year where significant disaster struck both in the United States and around the world.
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Building Blocks
"Engineering and the Construction Process" is a class in which a bustling construction site on Tufts University's Medford/Somerville campus doubles as an interactive classroom. Watch a video tour of the construction site.
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A Jumbo Retrospective
Former Tufts athletic director Rocky Carzo talks about Jumbo and spirit at Tufts. See images of Tufts athletics from the past century.
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"Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator"
Tufts University Art Gallery director Amy Ingrid Schlegel discusses a fall 2005 exhibit, touching on the vision of the gallery for the future.
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Homecoming 2005
It was muddy and rainy, but Tufts students and alumni didn't let the weather stop them from celebrating.
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Parents Weekend 2005
On the weekend of Oct. 14-16, 2005, parents flocked to the Medford/Somerville campus to attend talks, enjoy performances, tour exhibits and learn more about the University.
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Community Day 2005
Tufts' third annual Community Day on Oct. 2, 2005, at the Medford/Somerville campus drew thousands of neighbors to campus, for performances, expert talks, food, fun and games.
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Red Sox Nation, Tufts Chapter
Wherever you go at Tufts, you are likely to find some hardcore Red Sox fans. Learn about some of them in this photo slideshow.
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Faculty react to Hurricane Katrina
On Sept. 8, 2005, the University College of Citizenship and Public Service sponsored a panel discussion about Hurricane Katrina featuring faculty from across the university.
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Matriculation 2005
Missed something in the blur of orientation events? Relive the arrival of the Class of 2009 in our audio slideshow.
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Commencement 2005
Watch a multimedia presentation of highlights from the 2005 graduation ceremonies.
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