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.

Campus: Boston SMFA campus Open to Public: No Join the directors of Tufts in London and Tufts in Paris to learn about semester and year-long options for SMFA students. Please RSVP by clicking "sign up".

Building: Fung House 48 Professors Row City: Somerville, MA 02144 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: CHAT Conference Room Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Alumni and Friends,Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Humanities,Politics/Policy/Law,Social Justice/Human Rights Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Center for the Humanities At Tufts (CHAT) Event Sponsor Details: Center for Humanities at Tufts Speaker Name: Daniel Sunshine RSVP Information: No RSVP required Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Amanda Pepper Event Contact Email: amanda.pepper@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 203-763-9353 Link: https://humanities.tufts.edu/events/chat-fellow-presentation-bidding-adieu-dixie-claiming-black-freedom-wartime-west-virginia Join us on October 8 at 4 p.m. to hear Center for Humanities at Tufts (CHAT) Postdoctoral Fellow Daniel Sunshine discuss his latest research into slavery and colonialism in America. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. Daniel Sunshine is a historian of race and slavery in the early United States. As a postdoctoral fellow, he contributes to public humanities projects, teaching, and research related to Slavery, Colonialism, and their Legacies at Tufts University initiative. Currently, he is completing a book project entitled A Curse Upon Your Union: Crafting Black Freedom and Wartime Reconstruction in Appalachia. He is also involved with research and advocacy on behalf of an African American community group in Richmond, Virginia tied to the legacies of medical racism in the 19th century. He earned his PhD in history from the University of Virginia. Please contact humanities@tufts.edu with any questions.

Building: Dowling Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Room 745A Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Information Session/Open House/Orientation Event Subject: Education,Global Engagement Event Sponsor Details: Tufts Global Education RSVP Information: Please RSVP for food-ordering purposes Event Contact Email: globaleducation@tufts.edu Link: https://students.tufts.edu/tufts-global-education/explore/semesteryear-programs/tufts-programs/tufts-chile Learn about Tufts in Chile from the program director and Tufts Global Education staff. Food will be served. Please RSVP by clicking "sign up". 

Building: Dowling Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Room 745A Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Information Session/Open House/Orientation Event Subject: Education,Global Engagement Event Sponsor Details: Tufts Global Education RSVP Information: Please RSVP for food-ordering purposes Event Contact Email: globaleducation@tufts.edu Link: https://students.tufts.edu/tufts-global-education/explore/semesteryear-programs/tufts-programs/tufts-madrid Learn about Tufts in Madrid from Tufts Global Education staff. Food will be served. Please RSVP by clicking "sign up". 

Building: Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Link: https://honkfest.org/2025-festival/conference-2025/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMxQ-pleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFBQXc2RUUxU3ZRaHc0VFNxAR6SSecVrT5SHZz3Bugz29rF1d7up3ssp5lzlY7b4200GT-57_MC5fhwIZFi2g_aem_PFl7Xum-I6z37x-no3IS8A Twenty years ago, the first HONK! Festival was held in Davis Square, Somerville, as a celebratory public dissent. Today, street music—as practiced by brass bands to promote community-building, art, and activism—is more important than ever. This one-day event, which includes presentations, hands-on workshops, and skill-sharing, aims to bring together a community of scholars, band leaders, artists, activists, and others to explore and engage in innovative and practical applications of brass band and other forms of street music.