The Tufts Daily

The Tufts Daily, often referred to as The Daily by students, serves as the official student newspaper for Tufts University located in Medford, Massachusetts. It debuted its first issue on February 25, 1980. The publication focuses on a variety of topics, including news, arts, and sports, both within the campus and the broader Boston region. Additionally, it provides an opportunity for Tufts community members to contribute op-ed articles on various campus and global topics. Notably, Tufts holds the distinction of being the smallest college or university in the U.S. to publish a daily student newspaper.

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Op-ed: Under attack from above and within

2 weeks ago | tuftsdaily.com | Neil Osborne

Museums, libraries and arts institutions that hold our living and breathing story as a nation are under attack. On March 27, President Donald Trump engaged in this attack by signing an executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” These attacked organizations make up our cultural heritage like a patchwork quilt stitched together from diverse fabrics, each representing contributions from different communities.
Tufts’ offshore wind development programs react to presidential memorandum suspending leases

1 month ago | tuftsdaily.com | Shannon Murphy

Tufts will continue to be a leader in the offshore wind industry in the face of adversity from the federal government. A presidential memorandum signed by President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 suspended the leasing and permitting of federal spaces for offshore wind development, rattling faculty and students in Tufts’ offshore wind energy engineering programs at the graduate level.
Career Center funds Jumbos’ unpaid internships

2 months ago | tuftsdaily.com | Rachel Liu

The program permits students to explore nonprofit, entrepreneurial fields. Who pays for unpaid internships? Students certainly do, in the form of their labor. So does the Tufts Career Center — through its summer internship grant program. The $4,500 grant covers full-time internships at nonprofit, public and certain private-sector organizations.
Satire meets musical theater in ‘Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song’

2 months ago | tuftsdaily.com | Jeremy Stern

‘Forbidden Broadway’ returns to Boston for the first time since the ’80s. “Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song” is not your typical musical. One could call it a comedy, a musical performance, a spoof or a satire and all would apply to this charming piece.
Full-time lecturers rally for higher salaries during 2 day walkout

2 months ago | tuftsdaily.com | Samantha Eng

Over 150 students, faculty and local officials gathered in support of the Arts and Sciences full-time lecturers. Unionized full-time lecturers in the School of Arts and Sciences rallied on Monday and Tuesday during a two-day walkout, following 10 months of negotiations with the Tufts administration.
Coalition for Palestinian Liberation continues calls for divestment in first protest of semester

2 months ago | tuftsdaily.com | Samantha Eng

Protesters marched from the Mayer Campus Center to the JCC, where building access was temporarily shut down. Coalition for Palestinian Liberation at Tufts reiterated their demands for Tufts to divest from Israeli corporations in a protest on Wednesday, three days after a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect. Drawing roughly 30 protestors, the protest was announced by CPLT in a joint Instagram post with Somerville for Palestine and Medford for Palestine on Jan. 18.
Can Trump do what Biden could not regarding Venezuela?

2 months ago | tuftsdaily.com | EVAN WANG

Every president makes mistakes while in office, no matter the overall achievement of their term. Former President Barack Obama famously left office having failed in his campaign promise to close the Guantanamo Bay facility, and former President Woodrow Wilson exited the White House unable to convince the United States to join the League of Nations, which he created. Now after four hard years at the helm, former President Joe Biden has also left office with a black mark on his record:Venezuela.
The Round-off Roundup: Yul Moldauer’s suspension for whereabouts violations

Jan 22, 2025 | tuftsdaily.com | Sarah Firth

The biggest news of this week is certainly that 2020 Olympian Yul Moldauer has been suspended for 16 months due to three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period. As one of the top gymnasts in the United States, Moldauer is part of the USADA’s Registered Testing Pool. Athletes in this pool are required to declare their location for one hour each day between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m., ensuring they are available for random out-of-competition drug testing without prior notice.
Civic Semester fellows spend first-year fall semester in Peru, Thailand

Jan 17, 2025 | tuftsdaily.com | Rachel Liu

Students returning from Tisch College program reflect on experiential learning. While most first-years began their Tufts education last fall in classrooms on the Hill, 23 Civic Semester fellows boarded flights to Peru or Thailand instead. These students chose to study abroad during their first semester of college, joining an immersive learning program through the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.
Squash teams take down Denison in San Diego to start 2025 with a win

Jan 15, 2025 | tuftsdaily.com | Josh Solomon

The men swept 9–0 and the women won 8–1 heading into a busy January stretch. As students made their way back to campus during the final days of winter break, the Tufts men’s and women’s squash teams headed to San Diego to play against Denison University. The men and women alike saw lots of success on Saturday, with the men taking home a clean 9–0 sweep and the women only dropping one match, winning 8–1.