Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Fletcher Russia and Eurasia Program  114 Curtis Street Somerville, MA Open to Public: Yes Link: https://forms.gle/Pq4sYwYwxJjuGxBj8 Please join the Fletcher Russia and Eurasia Program at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University for a talk by Mikhail Troitskiy on the role of secrecy in negotiations to end the Russo–Ukrainian war.  While confidentiality often enables progress in international negotiations, the speaker will argue that, under certain conditions, a powerful mediator can overcome obstruction by strategically disclosing selected information about the positions that are preventing agreement—thereby increasing pressure to compromise and advancing the prospects for peace. Refreshments will be served. The event is open to the public but is in-person only.

Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Alumnae Lounge (40 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA 02155) Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Interns and Residents,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) RSVP Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7-uuxWvYu3f0KTlIkzTMGX_-JaMfeYrfKid4XGiID1-oNnA/viewform?usp=dialog Link: https://diversity.tufts.edu/elevator-program/ Calling all Tufts community members! Students, staff, and faculty are invited to join us for the ELEVATORs Opening Reception on October 16 from 1–2:30 p.m. in Alumnae Lounge. ELEVATORs (part of the ELEVATE initiative) is a learning community that focuses on daily practices to create a culture of inclusion. Participants can earn a micro-credential badge from Tufts, Inclusion Skills for Institutional Change, following completion of at least eight sessions throughout the year. Otherwise, come for one, or stay for all!

Building: Jaharis Family Center for Biomedical and Nutrition Sciences City: Boston, MA 02111 Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus Location Details: Jaharis Cafe/Lounge (adjacent to courtyard) Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Graduate) Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Abigail Rivera Event Contact Email: abigail.rivera_seda@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 857-800-2531 Join us for the annual Hispanic Heritage Month Fiesta hosted by Tufts' Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) chapter and the dean's office at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

Building: Aidekman Arts Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Conference/Panel Event/Symposium Event Sponsor: Tufts University Art Galleries Speaker Name: Jennifer Minniti, Michelle Finamore, and Beverly Semmes, moderated by Lynne Cooney RSVP Information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/panel-fashion-forward-tickets-1461675925039?aff=oddtdtcreator Link: https://artgalleries.tufts.edu/events/229-panel-fashion-forward Since the early 1990s, Beverly Semmes has created installations and sculptures of enormous dresses—some reaching over three-stories high, others taking over entire gallery spaces.  Since those early days, her relationship with fashion has grown and deepened—from sculptures and installations to an ongoing collaboration with fashion designer Jennifer Minniti—CarWash Collective—that creates wearable garments cut and patterned with Semmes’s images.  Join us for an open conversation with Semmes, Jennifer Minniti, and fashion curator Michelle Finamore, moderated by Lynne Cooney about the intersection of fashion and art. 

Building: 177 College Avenue City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: JCC301 Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Graduate),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Training/Workshop Event Subject: Innovation Event Sponsor: Gordon Institute Event Sponsor Details: Derby Entrepreneurship Center RSVP Information: https://markitai.com/e/y6ycxYh2vt Link: https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/pitch-pizza-oct25/ Pitch and Pizza is a fast-moving evening of ideas and inspiration where students develop and deliver an elevator pitch to solve a problem worth solving in 60 seconds. We will start with a 10-minute primer on how to deliver a perfect elevator pitch; you can work on your pitch over pizza with our support. You can then deliver your pitch to entrepreneurial coaches and fellow students and receive lightning feedback.

Building: Barnum Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Tufts University Barnum Hall, LL08 163 Packard Ave Medford Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Alumni and Friends,Faculty,Interns and Residents,Parents,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Film Screening Event Subject: Arts,Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Film and Media Studies program Event Sponsor Details: FMS 10th Anniversary Celebration Event Speaker Name: Khary Jones and Kyle Petty RSVP Information: RSVP not required Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Gina O'Connor Event Contact Email: gina.o_connor@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 6176273574 Featuring two faculty films and a post-screening Q+A with Khary Jones and Kyle Petty about the filmmaking process and their film festival experiences. About the films Night Fight  a new feature-length documentary Directed by Khary Saeed Jones It's been seven years since I was followed by a racist vigilante down back roads in rural Canada. During that time, I have sought to document — at first, unwittingly — the emergence of the versions of myself that were born on that day and in the weeks, months, and years afterward. As I return to Canada to find answers, I begin to question whether it is only me who has returned, and if "we" only want answers or something else? NIGHT FIGHT is a hybrid documentary—nonfiction wrapped in fiction—which charts my attempt to find answers to those questions and, ultimately, how to communicate these experiences and their meaning to my children. Night Fight details and trailer monolithic tenderness HD Video, 16mm to digital, ultrasound photographs - 07:18 - 4:3 - Stereo - United States - 2024 Directed by Kyle Petty A tessellating flicker film that seeks to undo the cold, impersonal architecture of the city by dousing it in organic and domestic forms. Featuring a collaged soundtrack of spam phone calls, pulsing synth chords, bagpipe drones, and a lullaby sung to my daughter while in-utero. Kyle Petty website and film details