Building: 177 College Avenue City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: JCC120 Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Alumni and Friends,Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Business,Innovation Event Sponsor: Gordon Institute Event Sponsor Details: Derby Entrepreneurship Center Speaker Name: Joyce Vyriotes RSVP Information: https://markitai.com/e/zcruki5Yvr Admission/Cost: Free Link: https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/cummingstalk25/ Join us for a fireside chat with Joyce Vyriotes, executive director of Cummings Foundation—one of the largest private foundations in New England—and learn why Cummings Properties donates all net income each year to Cummings Foundation, which supports 1400+ local organizations with their local grant program. Joyce Cummings and Bill Cummings, A58, H06, J97P, M97P, established Cummings Foundation, Inc. in 1986. Woburn-based Cummings Foundation has awarded $600 million in grants to greater Boston nonprofits alone. Its giving is concentrated in Middlesex, Essex, and Suffolk counties, plus several abutting communities in Norfolk county. Cummings Foundationit benefits a broad range of causes.

Online Location Details: Zoom link will be sent to registrants Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty Event Subject: Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence Event Sponsor: Office of the Provost RSVP Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfaJ99sGslxTAATnluH1Bj403BADIboky-3Az86pL0esXx9Ig/viewform?usp=dialog Event Contact Email: diversity@tufts.edu The goal of these monthly roundtable discussions is to build a supportive community where faculty can discuss timely issues and strategies. This conversation is being convened by the Office of the Vice Provosts for Institutional Inclusive Excellence, Faculty, Education, and Research, and the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching.

Event Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy (Jainism) This "Festival of Lamps" celebrates the attainment of Moksa by Lord Mahavira. A burning lamp symbolizes the "light of knowledge," which dispels the darkness of delusion and ignorance.

Building: Alumnae Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Alumnae Lounge Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Alumni and Friends,Interns and Residents Event Type: Community Engagement Event Subject: Education,Global Engagement,Public Service/Government Event Sponsor Details: Computer Science Speaker Name: Ming Chow RSVP Information: https://forms.gle/NQzkMkeManXXq91Z9 Event Contact Name: Ming Chow Event Contact Email: ming.chow@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 617-627-2225 This is a two-hour workshop day on cybersecurity where people can learn from Tufts University faculty, students, community, and industry leaders, in short sessions. This workshop day coincides with National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Each workshop will provide tangible knowledge that can be used immediately. This community workshop is a partnership between the Department of Computer Science and Tisch College. This event is free and open to the public. Neighbors, community partners, and small business owners in Medford, Somerville, and Boston are welcome to attend. Registration is required.

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.

Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Fletcher Russia & Eurasia Program 114 Curtis Street, Somerville MA Open to Public: Yes Stanislav Stanskikh: Political Repression in Russia—From Forced Mobilization to the Persecution of Navalny’s Supporters and Jehovah’s Witnesses Stanskikh will frame the conversation around the current state of political repression in Russia and how the country’s system of political control has evolved during the war—from forced mobilization and the criminalization of Navalny’s supporters to the ongoing persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses. He will examine the tools of repression used by the Russian government to suppress dissent and enforce ideological conformity. In addition, Stanskikh will share his experience as an expert witness in U.S. immigration courts, offering insight into how U.S. adjudicators approach Russian country conditions in asylum proceedings. He will also discuss the current position of the U.S. Department of State on human rights practices in Russia, situating his analysis within the broader international understanding of the country’s political climate. Stanislav Stanskikh is an expert on Russia’s constitutional system, human rights practices, and political repression. Affiliated with Harvard’s Davis Center and the University of North Carolina Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, he has combined his academic work with expert testimony on Russian country conditions in asylum cases before USCIS and U.S. immigration courts. Over the years, his research has focused on the mechanism of political repression in the USSR and contemporary Russia; evolution of Russia’s constitutional system, including its origins, model of justice, separation of powers, and federalism; as well as on the assessment of Russian legislation and practice of its implementation by international organizations, such as the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission and the European Court of Human Rights.