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
[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...
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
[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...
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.
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