Inside Out

A REAL YET RANDOM, PLAYFUL YET SERIOUS SPIN AROUND CAMPUS—AND JUST BEYOND

NEW FOODIE SPECIAL INTEREST HOUSING: TUFTS IS KNOWN for its special interest houses. Beginning their second year, our students can live in themed communities with like-minded people. Be they language, culture, identity, or interest, there are options to excite every student. And now there’s one more! Designed for students who just love food and cooking, the Foodie House is set to open in the near future. Get your housing applications (and stomachs) ready!

JOYCE CUMMINGS CENTER/GREEN LINE: GOOD NEWS! The extension of the T (what we call the Boston-area subway and train system) to Medford is set to be completed this year! The new Green Line stop will be right next to the recently completed Joyce Cummings Center. The Cummings Center is home to our economics, math, and computer science departments in addition to the Gordon Institute, which focuses on entrepreneurship, technology leadership, engineering management, and innovation.

A picture of the Charlie Card, which you use to ride the T

INSTAGRAM POST AHEAD OF THE Massachusetts Climate Summit at Tufts, Senator Ed Markey met students and toured the Tufts Pollinator Initiative Gardens. Awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Tufts in 2019, Senator Markey’s connection to our community is strong. Students were excited by the opportunity to talk climate with one of the leading environmental advocates in the Senate and discuss how local action can affect global change, right here on campus.

Tufts students stand with Senator Ed Markey in front of the Jumbo statue.

GLOBAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROGRAM: WANT TO spend your summers traveling to incredible locations while doing fascinating research? Do we have something for you! Interested Tufts undergraduates can apply to support research around the world in a variety of fields. This summer, students are assisting research on the bioinformatics of coral reefs in French Polynesia, historical earthquake data analysis in Greece and Hungary, and reproductive health of immigrant women in Malaysia, among others.

A beautiful beach shot from above

WHAT WE’RE READING: AMERICAN REBELS BY NINA SANKOVITCH ’84: TUFTS ALUM, author, and historian Nina Sankovitch ’84 recently released her latest award-winning book on the Revolutionary War and how various families helped make it happen. Sankovitch provides incredible detail on how the men and women of the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy families shaped the American Revolution and the roles their personal and family lines played in their search for liberty and opportunity.

EXCOLLEGE HIGHLIGHT: A BOY AND HIS TIGER: DO YOU LOVE Calvin and Hobbes? Serialized in American newspapers from 1985–1995 and written and drawn by Bill Waterson, this beloved comic strip holds a nostalgic place in many people’s hearts. What is the deeper meaning of a comic strip with two philosophers named in the title? Current student Liam Scanlon designed a course to explore just that. This fall, students led by Liam will investigate the intersections of art, philosophy, and popular culture, with students’ work culminating in the creation of their own four-panel comic strip.

A picture of a stuffed tiger reminiscent of Hobbes.

SMFA VIRTUAL EXHIBITIONS: YOU DON’T NEED to visit campus to get a feel for what the student artists at SMFA are getting up to (though you definitely should if you have the chance!). The pandemic led to the pioneering of virtual exhibitions so that anyone can access the inspiring work of our student artists. Check out the senior thesis program to see what our students can do.

One image from the virtual exhibition by Eva Bibas '22 titled "Meditation on Transformations, Migrations, Physicality, and Spirituality: Tactility, Home, Histories, Mysteries א"