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funding only provides enough to build three rental units.

“In relation to the larg er housing problems in Somerville, this is really a small amount of money,” Shomon Shamsuddin, an associate pro fessor of social policy at Tufts, explained. “It’s not enough to really engage in any kind of large-scale development or housing production.”

According to Davidson, the city’s funds will make the

by Aaron Gruen Executive News Editor

The TCU Senate unanimously called on Tufts to divest from fossil fuels and commit to carbon neutrality by 2030 at its weekly meeting on March 12.

Resolution S. 23-3, titled “A Resolution Calling on Tufts University to Commit to Institutional Climate Justice,” was proposed by members of Tufts Climate Action. It formally calls on the university to create “a transparent, actionable plan with benchmarks and an associated timeline” for divestment from fossil fuels, revisit its investment policy pertaining to fossil fuels and bring the university’s deadline for carbon neutrality forward 20 years from its original goal of 2050.

The authors of the resolution requested a response from President Anthony Monaco, Peter Dolan, chairman of the Board of Trustees, the Investment Office and

Office of Sustainability within 2 weeks.

The Senate then approved 16 supplementary funding requests.

Students for Justice in Palestine received $10,249 for their upcoming Palestinian Solidarity Concert with 24 senators voting in favor, none opposed and three abstaining.

Tufts Robotics received $533 for transportation and lodging to the Norwalk Havoc Robot League competition with the funding passing by acclimation.

Tufts Sino-U.S. Relations Group Engagement requested $500 in transportation and gifts costs for speakers and panelists for an upcoming event. Funding was passed by the allocations board.

Black Students in Computer Science received $1,005 in group funding, which the Senate approved by acclamation.

Tufts Club Cheer received $19,839 for equipment and