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Tufts leverages campus electrification, renewable energy partnerships to advance net-zero goals

Dec 10, 2024 | tuftsdaily.com | Carly Cohen

Tufts’ participation in the Consortium for Climate Solutions pushes towards funding technologies with the goal of reducing carbon emissions. Through the Consortium for Climate Solutions, Tufts aims to achieve a 40% reduction in emissions. On Nov. 21, Tufts University announced an immediate 40% reduction in energy-related emissions on its Boston health sciences campus, a significant step toward the university’s goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Tufts political science professor examines complexity of Israel-Hamas war, over a year into the conflict

Nov 7, 2024 | tuftsdaily.com | Carly Cohen

Dr. Alon Burstein cautioned against oversimplifying the conflict as he discussed the Israel-Hamas war and its humanitarian, political and strategic implications. The Tufts Political Science Department hosted an event titled “One Year to the Israel-Hamas War” on Oct. 30, where Dr. Alon Burstein, a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and an Israel Institute Fellow, presented an overview of the ongoing conflict.
Rising rent around Tufts worries students, residents of host communities

Oct 17, 2024 | tuftsdaily.com | Carly Cohen

External ownership and limited housing supply contribute to affordability crisis in surrounding neighborhoods. Rent prices in neighborhoods surrounding Tufts are rising rapidly, raising concerns for students and local residents alike. In Massachusetts, a minimum wage worker must clock 120 hours per week to afford a two-bedroom rental home.
Tufts Health Service is now providing medication abortions. Here’s what that looks like

Oct 15, 2024 | tuftsdaily.com | Carly Cohen

Tufts Health Service has begun to provide medication abortions, a method for terminating pregnancies up to 11 weeks. “Essentially, medication abortion is the process of using … two different medications to end the pregnancy,” Dr. Marie Caggiano, medical director of Tufts Health Service, said. “Medication abortion is very, very safe and effective … up to [the] first trimester [of a] pregnancy.”Caggiano explained that the medication abortion procedure involves two different drugs.
Beaches need more regular water testing to keep all safe

Jul 5, 2024 | islandernews.com | Carly Cohen

Dear Editor:I enjoyed the recent Islander News coverage of Florida beaches making a top 10 list (“Two Florida beaches make Dr. Beach’s list of Top 10 Best beaches in US”). Sadly, data from past years shows that spending time in the water at these beaches can make our swimmers sick. In 2022, 70% of Florida beaches tested had potentially unsafe levels of fecal indicator bacteria on at least one day. Fortunately, Florida State Rep.
Search underway for new dean of the School of Arts and Sciences

May 17, 2024 | tuftsdaily.com | Shannon Murphy |Carly Cohen

The months-long process is being conducted by an outside search firm and a committee of Tufts faculty. Tufts has begun the search for a new dean of the School of Arts and Sciences to succeed Dean James M. Glaser. Glaser, who has been the dean of the School of Arts and Sciences since 2014 and a Tufts faculty member since 1991, will assume the position of executive vice president and provost at Santa Clara University in July.
H Mart to open in Davis Square

Apr 25, 2024 | tuftsdaily.com | Dhruvii Mehta |Carly Cohen

Store employees and filings indicate signs of development in the previous bfresh location. A new branch of the beloved Asian supermarket H Mart is expected to open in Davis Square, according to employees of company locations in both Burlington and Cambridge. Over the phone, one worker told the Daily over the phone that although the opening has been continuously delayed, she believes its doors will open this summer.
Q&A: Meet Saffiyah Coker, this year’s Wendell Phillips speaker

Apr 11, 2024 | tuftsdaily.com | Carly Cohen

Coker speaks with the Daily about civic engagement and what she hopes to share with the Tufts community. Saffiyah Coker, a senior studying economics and international relations, was selected as the winner of the Wendell Phillips award and will deliver an address at this year’s Baccalaureate Ceremony. The award, established in 1896, is named for the attorney, women’s and Native Americans’ rights activist, and abolitionist.
Q&A: Meet Saffiyah Coker, this year’s Wendell Phillips speaker

Apr 11, 2024 | tuftsdaily.com | Carly Cohen

Coker speaks with the Daily about civic engagement and what she hopes to share with the Tufts community. Saffiyah Coker, a senior studying economics and international relations, was selected as the winner of the Wendell Phillips award and will deliver an address at this year’s Baccalaureate Ceremony. The award, established in 1896, is named for the attorney, women’s and Native Americans’ rights activist, and abolitionist.
Here’s what to know about Fiona Hill, 2024 Commencement speaker

Apr 11, 2024 | tuftsdaily.com | Carly Cohen

Hill, currently chancellor of Durham University, served as advisor to three U.S. presidents. Fiona Hill, a former adviser to three U.S. presidentsand the current chancellor of Durham University, will deliver the commencement address to the Class of 2024. University President Sunil Kumar announced Hill as the speaker on March 27. Hill served as an adviser to presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump.