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Racing for a Cause

Racing for a Cause

[10-30-09] After a casual dinner conversation in the basement of the Granoff Family Hillel Center in 2005, the lives of hundreds of Rwandan orphans were changed for the better. And on Nov. 1, at the inaugural Race4Rwanda 5K run, the next chapter in a tale of continuing support for the victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide will be written. More...
 A Great Honor

A Great Honor

[10-29-09] Elaine Schuster, a notable philanthropist, parent of three Tufts graduates and grandparent of another, was nominated last month by President Barack Obama to serve as a U.S. representative to the 64th session of the General Assembly of the Union Nations. More...
Four Years, Infinite Possibilities

Four Years, Infinite Possibilities

[10-27-09] Senior year-as a freshman, it can seem light years away. But for members of the Class of 2010, the reality is beginning to sink in. More...
On the Right Note

On the Right Note

[10-26-09]

With the fall semester not yet behind them, it has already been a landmark year for the Tufts Amalgamates, the university's oldest coed a cappella group.

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Bringing the Community into the Equation

Bringing the Community into the Equation

[10-23-09] In the long-running network show "Junkyard Wars," contestants are asked to complete an engineering challenge using only materials found in a junkyard. At noon on Oct. 25, Tufts will host the Somerville Mathematics Fund in its own version of the television show, known as the Scrapheap Showdown. More...

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Louisiana justice of the peace Keith Bardwell found himself under the investigation of the Louisiana Judiciary Commission Oct. 16 after denying an interracial couple their marriage license, claiming he feared for their children. In 2003, Professor James Jennings discussed his own upbringing as half Latino, half African American and the blurring of racial lines due to immigration and interracial marriage.

>> (March 14, 2003)    America's Blurring Racial Distinctions

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Every year, students in the "Ghana Gold: A Corporate Social Responsibility" class travel to Ghana for two weeks, exploring the gold industry of the country. Meeting with various artists, businessmen and workers, students are challenged to think about strategies, resources and related skills that may improve the lives of people living in mining communities.

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Notable and Quotable

In recent years, texting has cropped up as a popular driving distraction, but the latest studies show that the growth of driving while eating may be a bigger problem. Anthropology Professor Stephen Bailey discusses the theory that people are time-starved as a common thread in the rise of this trend.

When we're multitasking, what we're thinking about is how important we must be to have to do all these things all at once... [And] the ultimate kind of multitasking is actually feeding yourself while you're doing other stuff.

Stephen Bailey
Professor of anthropology and nutrition
Boston Globe
October 14, 2009