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2 weeks ago | tuftsdaily.com | Matthew Winkler

Light splashes the vinyl floor of a ballet studio. Silhouettes of tree branches flicker in striated patterns as bodies pirouette, sway and plié atop the light and shadow in abstraction. The dancers’ faces are obscured as the movements of their legs and feet fill up the frame. A new composition forms as a vertical foot ‘en pointe’ freezes. The foot stands in graceful defiance of human anatomy, proudly facing the audience as if a painting to be admired.

3 weeks ago | tuftsdaily.com | Matthew Winkler

As a child, Frank Lehman’s favorite gifts were tape cassettes of classical and film music.“Kid Stuff” was a standout. The tape compiled recordings of film composer John Williams leading the Boston Pops through film scores: “The Wizard of Oz,” “Pink Panther” and plenty of “Star Wars.” The young Lehman listened in a vacuum of innocence devoid of hierarchy: Williams’ villainous “Imperial March” from “Star Wars” stood as an equal to the symphonies of Antonín Dvořák in the ears of the second grader.

1 month 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.

2 months 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.

Feb 13, 2025 | 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.