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Building: Goddard Chapel City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences An evening celebrating the legendary guitarist Wes Montgomery’s groundbreaking work in jazz. Featuring big band arrangements of Montgomery’s classics as well as new interpretations that highlight his enduring influence on jazz and guitarists worldwide. Joel LaRue Smith, director.

Building: Aidekman Arts Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Sponsor: Tufts University Art Galleries RSVP Information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artist-tour-of-beverly-semmes-boulders-flag-flip-kick-tickets-1601871654239?aff=oddtdtcreator Link: https://artgalleries.tufts.edu/events/231-artist-tour-of-beverly-semmes-boulders-flag-flip-kick Join Tufts University Art Galleries to celebrate the closing of the exhibition Boulders / Flag / Flip / Kick with a tour with the artist, Beverly Semmes, in conversation with Jennie Jieun Lee, SMFA Professor of the Practice in Ceramics. 

Building: Aidekman Arts Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Room: Balch Arena Theater Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Performance Event Subject: Theater/Dance Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Contact Name: John Stark Event Contact Email: John.Stark@tufts.edu Link: https://www.tuftstdpstickets.com/ PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS Dave Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 is a groundbreaking musical that brings a fresh, electrifying twist to a classic story. Inspired by a dramatic slice of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, this innovative electropop opera follows the young and passionate Natasha Rostova as she arrives in Moscow, eagerly awaiting her fiancé’s return from war. But when she falls for the charming and reckless Anatole, her world is turned upside down. Caught in the middle is Pierre, a family friend struggling with his own sense of purpose, who must step in to help Natasha recover from scandal.  With its bold storytelling and genre-defying music, Great Comet has captivated audiences from its early days in New York’s Ars Nova to celebrated runs off-Broadway and on Broadway.

Building: Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Room: Distler Performance Hall Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences TCO performs Beethoven's 6th Symphony and Mendelssohn's Overture from A Midsummer Night's Dream under the direction of John Page.

Building: Olin Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: 011 Wheelchair Accessible: No Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Film Screening Event Subject: Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence,Global Engagement,Humanities Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Romance Studies department Event Sponsor Details: Department of Romance Studies Event Contact Name: Magdalena Malinowska Event Contact Email: magdalena.malinowska@tufts.edu Mexican Films in Spanish, movie #2: Hijo de monarcas. This is the second of a three movie series. The next one is on December 7.

Building: Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Room: Varis Lecture Hall Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Music department Event Contact Name: Anna Griffis Event Contact Email: anna.griffis@tufts.edu One hundred years after its composition, the most outrageous piece of the early 20th century is danced to by the Ballett Zurich. A look at the many incarnations of George Antheil's Ballet mécanique for percussion ensemble, siren, bells, airplane propellers, and 16 player pianos.

Building: Fung House 48 Professors Row City: Somerville, MA 02144 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT) Conference Room Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Humanities,Politics/Policy/Law,Research Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Anthropology department,Center for the Humanities At Tufts (CHAT),International Relations program,Urban & Environmental Policy and Planning department Speaker Name: Inna Leykin, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Political Science, and Communication at The Open University of Israel RSVP Information: No RSVP required Link: https://humanities.tufts.edu/events/book-talk-inna-leykin-caring-state-1117 Join us on November 17 for a conversation with Inna Leykin, discussing her new book, Caring Like a State: The Politics of Russia's Demographic Crisis. The post-Soviet Russian state is haunted by the fear of not having enough people. Despite its well-publicized pronatalist campaigns, Russia’s declining birth rates and rising mortality rates since the 1990s cast doubt on the state's ability to care for its population effectively. In this ethnography, anthropologist Inna Leykin examines the post Soviet Russian state's efforts and failures in population care. Inna Leykin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Political Science, and Communication at The Open University of Israel. Trained as a cultural anthropologist, she studies the cultures of intellectual expertise and policymaking, the cultural significance of statistical and demographic knowledge, postsocialist statecraft, and emerging practices of the self in contemporary Russia. She has recently embarked on new research focusing on the afterlife of Soviet agricultural development in postsocialist Mongolia. Her research has been published in academic journals including Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Medical Anthropology, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Sociology, Comparative Migration Studies, and Slavic Review. All are welcome to attend. This event is co-sponsored by The Center for the Humanities at Tufts, and the Departments of Anthropology, International Relations, and Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning.

Campus: Grafton campus Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Staff,Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Training/Workshop Event Subject: Health/Wellness Event Sponsor: Tufts University Event Sponsor Details: Office of Emergency Management RSVP Information: Sign up through Tufts Learning Center Event Contact Name: Vanak Huot Event Contact Email: ready@tufts.edu Link: https://tufts.myabsorb.com/#/instructor-led-courses/aaa669c9-a508-45a6-9a40-091d3d58d08f/ This training course for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) / Automated External Defibrillators (AED) is designed to teach the lifesaving skills necessary to help a friend, family member, neighbor, and all community members in need. This is an instructor-led course that teaches adult, child, and infant CPR. Additionally, the course will teach the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AED). This class is open to Tufts University students, faculty, and staff and is limited to 20 students per session.

Building: Goddard Chapel City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: No Event Subject: Religion/Spirituality Event Sponsor: Tufts University RSVP Information: Tufts University Journaling can be a rich spiritual practice but in our busy days, it can be hard to find time and space to sit down with pen and paper. This drop-in space offers just that—a judgement-free zone where you can drink tea, nibble a snack, and see where the pen takes you. Weekly prompts will be provided but feel free to use this time as you see fit. For students, faculty, and staff, starting September 9.

Building: Goddard Chapel City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: A reception in Eaton Hall 250 from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. will follow the public lecture. All are welcome. Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Religion/Spirituality,Social Justice/Human Rights Event Sponsor: Tisch College of Civic Life Event Sponsor Details: Sponsored by the University Chaplaincy and Tisch College with support from the Asian American Center and the Experimental College. RSVP Information: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9LyJehcVTgyOxSu Admission/Cost: Free Link: https://chaplaincy.tufts.edu/russell-lecture/ Register (In-Person Only) Join this year's joint Russell Lecture and Solomont Speaker Series event with Tufts alumnus, Varun Soni, A96! Soni is the Dean of Religious and Spiritual life at the University of Southern California, where he also served as the inaugural vice provost of campus wellness and crisis intervention. He is the first and only Hindu in American history to serve as the chief spiritual leader of a college or university. Dean Soni previously taught civil rights and constitutional law at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A prolific public speaker and scholar of religions, Dean Soni is a national interfaith leader and advocate for religious reconciliation. Outside of his role as Dean, Soni serves as a senior advisor for Religion of Sports, a production company founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, and Gotham Chopra, and he also advises the video game company Naughty Dog, where he contributed to the Uncharted and The Last of Us franchises. He's been a consultant for HBO, ESPN, Showtime, A&E, History Channel, Live Nation, and the Oprah Winfrey Network, and produced the graphic novel Tina’s Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary. This event is jointly hosted by Tisch College's Solomont Speaker Series and by the University Chaplaincy's Russell Lecture, the oldest lectureship at Tufts University. It is cosponsored by the Asian American Center and Experimental College at Tufts. Registration required. A reception in Eaton 260 from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. will follow the public lecture. All are welcome.  

Online Location Details: https://tufts.zoom.us/j/96229275364?pwd=bYlRCPEs8kuOFqLKWhzovhFedxWDu9.1&from=addon Location Details: https://tufts.zoom.us/j/96229275364?pwd=bYlRCPEs8kuOFqLKWhzovhFedxWDu9.1&from=addon Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Information Session/Open House/Orientation Event Subject: Education,Global Engagement Event Sponsor Details: Tufts European Center Event Contact Name: Kimberlee DeCrescenzo Event Contact Email: kimberlee.decrescenzo@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 617-627-3290 Link: https://europeancenter.tufts.edu/ Spend a summer in France! Join us to learn more about the 2026 Tufts in Talloires and Tufts in Annecy programs at the Tufts European Center in Talloires, France. No French required.

Building: Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Room: Distler Performance Hall Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Gems from the early 16th century by Josquin de Prez for Renaissance consort: Violas da gamba, lute, harps, recorders, krummhorns, harpsichord, voices and chamber organ. With guest artist Dan Meyers, recorder and voice. Jane Hershey, viola da gamba and Director. 

Event Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy (Judaism) Begins at sundown on the first day listed. Celebrated 50 days after Yom Kippur, especially in Ethiopian Jewish communities. 

Campus: Boston SMFA campus Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Staff,Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Training/Workshop Event Subject: Health/Wellness Event Sponsor: Tufts University Event Sponsor Details: Office of Emergency Management RSVP Information: Sign up through Tufts Learning Center Event Contact Name: Vanak Huot Event Contact Email: ready@tufts.edu Link: https://tufts.myabsorb.com/#/instructor-led-courses/aaa669c9-a508-45a6-9a40-091d3d58d08f/ This training course for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) / Automated External Defibrillators (AED) is designed to teach the lifesaving skills necessary to help a friend, family member, neighbor, and all community members in need. This is an instructor-led course that teaches adult, child, and infant CPR. Additionally, the course will teach the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AED). This class is open to Tufts University students, faculty, and staff and is limited to 20 students per session.

Location Details: via Zoom Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Undergraduate) The vibrant city of Oaxaca, Mexico awaits you this summer! Join Tufts Global Education and SMFA Faculty to learn about SMFA 194 - Special Topics: Fresco in Mexico! Attend an information session to learn more about the program logistics, academic credit, and exciting content!    Program Dates: Mid-May- Mid/End June2026 Application Deadline: Dec 1 Eligibility: 2.75 GPA and Good Standing. Recommended for intermediate to advanced-level undergraduate and graduate SMFA students, but this course is open to Tufts undergraduate students from all schools and disciplines. No prior Spanish language background required. International travel to Mexico is a required component of this program. Scholarships: Scholarships are limited and interested individuals are encouraged to meet with their financial aid counselor to explore access to any additional funding sources. This course is 4 SHUs.

Building: Tufts Center for Medical Education City: Boston, MA 02111 Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus Location Details: Hybrid: In-person (with food) in MedEd 216A (145 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111), and on Zoom Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Interns and Residents,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Clinical Care,Global Engagement,Health/Wellness Event Sponsor Details: The TUSM Global Health Faculty Council and the Tufts Center for Global Public Health Speaker Name: Paul Bolton RSVP Information: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K2QBViRVTICuIac2fe2DNA#/registration Event Contact Name: Kim Burke Event Contact Email: Kimberly.Burke@tufts.edu Link: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K2QBViRVTICuIac2fe2DNA#/registration Mental health has emerged as a major global health issue in the 21st century. This presentation will describe the current global situation with respect to mental health needs and services with a focus on low-income countries. Discussion will include how descriptions of mental health vary across populations and cultures; the need not only to address mental health for its own sake but also its impact on the effectiveness of humanitarian and development programming generally; and consequently, the need to integrate mental health into these programs. Paul Bolton is a senior scientist in the Department of Mental Health and the Center for Humanitarian Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. For more than three decades, he has worked at the leading edge of the field of global mental health, focusing on program design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. He has conducted research across several global settings including North America, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, Central and Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Caribbean. Much of this work has been with refugees and internally displaced persons in post-conflict and post-disaster contexts, as well as other adults and children living in difficult circumstances. Bolton has contributed to the development of layperson-delivered psychosocial interventions, including several randomized trials of these interventions in Africa and Asia.

Building: Eaton Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Eaton 201 Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Community Celebration,Politics/Policy/Law,Religion/Spirituality Event Sponsor: Office of the President Event Sponsor Department / Area: Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education RSVP Information: expandingviewpoints@tufts.edu Event Contact Name: Arik Burakovsky Event Contact Email: Arik.Burakovsky@tufts.edu Link: https://cevihe.org/fall2025lunchseries Can religion be remixed? Hosted by the newly established Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education (CEVIHE) at Tufts University, this weekly series explores politics and culture through three different formats: book conversations, timely current affairs discussions, and guest lectures by heterodox thinkers. Each week, participants will encounter sophisticated arguments associated with a diversity of ideological, religious, and cultural worldviews. Lunch will be provided. Please see the workshop schedule here for more details, and please contact us if you want to participate so we can add you to the Canvas site. Reading: Tara Isabella Burton. Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World. New York, NY: PublicAffairs, 2020. (Required: Chapter 1; Optional: Chapter 8) Discussant: Professor Ken Garden, Department of Religion

Online Location Details: https://tufts.zoom.us/j/95122761558?pwd=z1zOug26VWYiJxu5EIUKO4e57pu8w9.1 Building: Pearson Chemical Laboratory City: Somerville, MA 02144 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Room P-106 Open to Public: No Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Chemistry department Speaker Name: Prof. Wengong Jin, Northeastern University Event Contact Name: Marianne O'Connell Event Contact Email: marianne.o_connell@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 617-627-2649 Department of Chemistry - Fall 2025 Seminar Series Title: "Accelerating Biomolecular Design with Generative AI"

Building: Tisch Library City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: We will be located at tables in front of the leisure reading area just beyond the lobby on the main floor (second floor) of Tisch Library. Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Training/Workshop Event Subject: Research Event Contact Name: User Experience and Student Success Department Event Contact Email: tischuess@elist.tufts.edu Link: https://tischlibrary.tufts.edu/node/3565 Starting on October 1 and continuing every Wednesday through December 10, librarians at Tisch Library will be hosting weekly drop-in research consultations. You can stop by for research help, including but not limited to: Developing keywords and search strategies Identifying and searching for sources Evaluating information types Planning and organizing your research On the following dates, StAAR writing consultants will also be joining us to offer drop-in writing support: October 22 November 12 December 3 No appointment necessary! Stop by whenever you can.

Building: Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Room: Distler Performance Hall Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Students present works for strings, winds, brass, and piano.