Sunday, May 20, 2012
Eric Greitens will speak at today's commencement ceremony. Some Tufts athletes celebrated graduation early.
Eric Greitens, a Navy SEAL, Rhodes Scholar, humanitarian and author will give the commencement address at Tufts University this morning. Read more about Greitens here. Ceremonies begin at 9 a.m. on the Tufts University quad. Some graduating Tufts seniors celebrated their graduations early. Athletes from the women's softball team and men's lacrosse team will be playing in NCAA tournaments during commencement and had special ceremonies ahead of time, a Tufts tradition. The softball team earned a spot in the NCAA finals tournament in Virgina, and the lacrosse team is moving to the national semi-finals after a victory over RIT on Wednesday.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The Patriots linebacker and the Tufts University football team staged a simulated "draft day" for 8-year-old Riley Roman, who's undergone major brain surgery to treat a tumor.
New England Patriots linebacker Rob Ninkovitch visited Tufts University's Somerville campus Wednesday to help stage a special event for an 8-year-old boy whose life has been turned upside down by a brain tumor. Riley Roman, from South Hadley, was recently diognosed with a rare primitive neuroectodermal tumor, known as a PNET, which can spread quickly. The boy has undergone surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy at Children's Hospital Boston, and due to the severity of his treatment he's living at the Ronald McDonald House. Ninkovitch became friends with Riley during a visit to the hospital, and the two have remained in touch. Ninkovitch attended Riley's eighth birthday party, according Samantha and Amy McCarthy, Riley's aunts, and the…
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
A Tufts University junior was tied to a table with a towel on her face while another student poured water on her head.
Tufts University students conducted a symbolic waterboarding Wednesday evening to protest a visit on campus by former George W. Bush advisor Karl Rove. Rove spoke on campus for a lecture cosponsored by Tufts Republicans and the national Young America's Foundation. The talk was part of Young America's Foundation's Wendy P. McCaw Lecture Series. Outside the Cohen Auditorium, where the lecture took place, about 25 students held up signs, wore masks and chanted in protest, arguing Rove was complicit in what they considered torture because he was a leading member of the Bush administration, which used waterboarding and other so-called enhanced interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists. The lecture took place at 6 p.m. and was open only …
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Monday, April 23, 2012
The NBC news anchor spoke in Somerville Monday at Tufts University's Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism.
In the age of Super PACs, the roll of the media as "watch dog" over political advertising will become even more important, Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, told an audience at Tufts University in Somerville Monday. Williams, speaking at the Seventh Annual Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism, also talked about the upcoming presidential election, the state of network news, his reputation as a funny guy and his daughter, Allison Williams, who's making a name for herself as an actress on HBO and elsewhere. Here's some of what Williams said: Williams, who received criticism from Newt Gingrich when the NBC anchor told a Florida debate audience to remain quiet during the forum, defended his decision. In …
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Williams will discuss politics and election coverage on April 23. Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, "father of microcredit," will speak April 20.
Brian Williams, anchor of NBC Nightly News, will discuss politics and election coverage at the seventh annual Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism at Tufts University on April 23, according to an announcement from the university. The forum takes place at 12 p.m. at the Granoff Music Center, and it's free and open to the public. Muhammad Yunus, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, is considered a father of the microcredit movement and was named one of "the 12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time" by Fortune Magazine. He speaks at 4 p.m. on April 20 at the Aidekman Arts Center. Those interested in seeing Yunus should reserve free tickets by calling Heather Montana at 617-627-4230.
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Greitens will speak at the university's graduation ceremonies on May 20.
Editor's note: The following, provided by Tufts University, announces Eric Greitens as the university's 2012 commencement speaker. If you're curious about Greitens, check out this appearance he made on the Colbert Report. ---------------- Eric Greitens to Deliver Tufts' Commencement Address May 20 Humanitarian, Author and Navy SEAL to Receive Honorary Degree; Will Be Joined by Distinguished Educator, Biologist, Humanitarian, Social Entrepreneur MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. – Eric Greitens, humanitarian, award-winning author, and decorated Navy SEAL officer, will deliver Tufts University's commencement address on Sunday, May 20, 2012. Greitens was born and raised in Missouri. After graduating from Duke University, he was selected as a …
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
David R. Harris comes from Cornell University and previously served as a deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Thursday, March 29
Editor's note: The following comes from Tufts University: Tufts University Taps Cornell's David R. Harris as Provost MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass.-Tufts University today announced that David R. Harris, senior associate dean at Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences and a former deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will become Tufts' next provost and senior vice president, effective July 1, 2012. Harris, 42, is an expert on race and ethnicity, social stratification and public policy. In addition to his deanship, he has previously served as Cornell's vice provost, deputy provost and interim provost. He was associate chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan before …
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Students and faculty at Tufts have the people of Japan in their minds a year after the devastating March 11 earthquake.
The Tufts University Japanese Culture Club gathered 100 members of the Tufts community for these two photos. The first depicts the Japanese flag; the second forms the message "Tufts loves Japan." The photos were taken March 7, and all this week the university is commemorating the anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan last year. According to a message from the Japanese Culture Club, the Tufts community raised over $10,000 last year to help the people of Japan, and this year they've decided awareness and rememberance are important. They've scheduled a week of events and talks.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Speaking on SCATV, Anthony Monaco talked about his university, the state of higher education and how the Green Line extension would help Tufts.
Anthony Monaco, president of Tufts University, spoke on Somerville Community Access Television's recently about his increasingly competitive university and its place in the Somerville and Medford communities. Among other things, Monaco spoke about the cost of higher education and Tufts's growing reputation as a research institution. Speaking about the proposed Green Line extension, Monaco said, "We're very supportive of the extension of the Green Line." He said the Green Line, in providing better transportation access to the university and its students, could lead to economic development in the form of spurring small start-ups associated with the school's scientific research. "We have the engineering school; we have the technology," he …
Thursday, February 23, 2012
"I think that this coming spring we are going to see waves and layers of activism...this coming spring is going to be, I think, a magnificent flowering of awakening among young folks." -Cornell West
As candidates for the Republican nomination for president debated Wednesday evening, Cornell West spoke to a packed auditorium at Tufts University. “I've travelled this country every year for the last 32 years, I see magnificant intelligence, imagination and creativity among the American people,” West said. “How did we end up with these chaps? Something is wrong. Something is wrong.” West, a professor, scholar and activist, spoke to students and other members of the Tufts at Cohen Auditorium Wednesday as part of the Faculty Progressive Caucus American Democracy in Crisis Series. He spoke for over two hours, touching on a wide range of subjects. Here’s a few excerpts from what he said: On the Occupy Movement: "I think that this coming …
julie katz
12:02 pm on Saturday, April 28, 2012
I applaud the courageous actions of the Tufts activists. However modest the crowd, and quite apart from the presumed indifference of one of the modern era's most notoriously amoral political strategists, it is critically important for good people to publically condemn those who have used their power to dehumanize others. We must not forget, and we do not forgive. more ›