Event Type: Multifaith Observance In Orthodox churches, the first day of Lent marks the beginning of the Great Fast, the final six weeks of a 10-week period leading up to Holy Week and Easter (Pascha). In the churches that follow the Gregorian calendar, Lent is a six-week observance (40 days excluding Sundays) beginning with Ash Wednesday and culminating in Holy Week. It is a time of repentance and sacrifice in preparation for Easter. Observance(s) during this time may include fasting.

Building: Eaton Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Eaton 112 Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Humanities,Religion/Spirituality Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences,University Chaplaincy Event Sponsor Details: Department of Religion, Center for the Humanities at Tufts, and Tufts University Chaplaincy Speaker Name: Richard Higgins Event Contact Email: religion@tufts.edu Richard Higgins will discuss his new book, Thoreau’s God, from the University of Chicago Press, which explores Thoreau's spirituality, his perception of God in nature, and his sense of the sacred in the ordinary. Thoreau was a harsh critic of Christianity in his day, but he was religious to the bone and had a profound sense of the holy. Richard presents Thoreau as a religious thinker who tried to separate the universal religious impulse from its 19th-century institutional context. In essence, Thoreau was a mystic who, while firmly moored to the earth, was on a quest to commune with a divine mystery that was both immanent in the natural world and transcendent.

Building: Joyce Cummings Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Room 122 Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Conference/Panel Event/Symposium Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Details: Experimental College Speaker Name: Denise Swidey Event Contact Name: Oluwatobi Pitan Event Contact Email: opitan01@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 6176273384 Join us for a dinner and alumni panel with moderator and instructor of EXP-0015: An Insider's Guide to the World of Food Media, Denise Drower Swidey, A90, followed by a networking event with class alumni.

Event Type: Multifaith Observance A special day of repentance observed by Protestant and Roman Catholic Christians to mark the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period (excluding Sundays) of prayer, repentance, and self-denial preceding Easter. The name derives from the practice of marking of the faithful with ashes to signify penitence. Observances may include limits to participation in academics or work and may include fasting. 

Online Location DETAILS: https://tufts.zoom.us/meeting/register/nzg7__u2TuaAtRTLvQlQLQ Building: Barnum Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Barnum 104 Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Alumni and Friends,Faculty,Parents,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Sponsor Details: Tisch College Speaker Name: Catalina Lopez-Ospina and Adriana Mendes-Sheldon RSVP Information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1225696805139?aff=oddtdtcreator Admission/Cost: Free Link: https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/news-events/events/civic-life-lunch-ending-hunger-our-communities-project-bread Hear from Vice President of Engagement Catalina Lopez-Ospina and Director of Community Partnerships Adriana Mendes-Sheldon at Project Bread, a leading nonprofit working to end hunger in Massachusetts. Understand the challenges of food insecurity, its intersections with health and equity, and innovative approaches to creating systemic change. This conversation will spotlight Project Bread’s advocacy for accessible food resources and their commitment to supporting community-based organizations by providing platforms and resources to ensure the anti-hunger community in Massachusetts stays connected, informed, and equipped with the latest knowledge. Additionally, Project Bread will share how they are centering their work around the voices of people with lived experiences.

Online Location DETAILS: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3f_qEVRzSduDq7O8IEt8MA#/registration Building: Tufts Center for Medical Education City: Boston, MA 02111 Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus Location Details: Room B09 (145 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111) Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Global Engagement,Health/Wellness Event Sponsor: School of Medicine Event Sponsor Details: The TUSM Global Health Faculty Council and the Tufts Center for Global Public Health Speaker Name: Gregg Gonsalves Link: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3f_qEVRzSduDq7O8IEt8MA#/registration Over the past six weeks, the world has witnessed rapid and unprecedented changes in the field of global health, including the dismantling of much of the work performed by USAID, the world’s largest source of foreign assistance. These actions have sent shockwaves across the global health community, and led to interruptions in care provision for HIV, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, and many other conditions. At the same time, personnel changes in the U.S. government have led to concerns about the future of U.S. domestic public health and funding of medical research. In this talk, Professor Gregg Gonsalves will provide his thoughts on the path forward, informed by his decades of experience as an activist, advocate, and academic in global and domestic public health.