Event Type: Multifaith Observance Begins at sundown on the first day listed. Passover commemorates the deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. It is celebrated for eight days with special prayers and symbolic foods at home, starting with the Seder, a ritual meal that re-enacts that ancient deliverance and emphasizes the freedom of the Jews under the guidance of God. The first two and the last two days are holidays. Observances may include limits to participation in academics or work.

Event Type: Multifaith Observance Celebrates the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, marking the beginning of Holy Week that culminates in Easter or Pascha. In some churches, Palm Sunday is combined with the anticipation of Christ's death and so is also known as "Passon Sunday." Orthodox Christians often observe this Sunday on a date different from the date on which Protestant and Roman Catholics observe it.

Event Type: Multifaith Observance Occurs on the first day of the solar year. It is primarily an agricultural festival, celebrating the harvest, and is especially important in North India. It is named after the month Vaisakh. For Sikhs, it is also the anniversary of the creation of the Khalsa (the "Brotherhood of the Pure") in 1699 by Guru Gobind Singh. Observances may include limits to participation in academics or work.

Online Location Details: https://tufts.zoom.us/meeting/register/MzGKAqPKQUCbJ9kBkC_yZg Building: Barnum Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Rabb Room (100) 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 Subject: Career Development,Innovation,Social Justice/Human Rights Event Sponsor Details: Tisch College Speaker Name: Brian Hamilton and Lawrence Carpenter RSVP Information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1225711007619?aff=oddtdtcreator Admission/Cost: Free Link: https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/news-events/events/civic-life-lunch-inmates-entrepreneurs Meet Brian Hamilton and Lawrence Carpenter of Inmates to Entrepreneurs, an organization dedicated to reducing recidivism through entrepreneurship and education. Brian Hamilton, a successful entrepreneur and co-founder of Inmates to Entrepreneurs, and Lawrence Carpenter, Inmates to Entrepreneurs chairman of the board and business owner, will share their journeys, the transformative power of entrepreneurship, and how financial stability is essential for lasting, systemic change. The conversation will explore the intersection of criminal justice reform, business innovation, and civic responsibility. Attendees will gain insights into how entrepreneurial opportunities can empower individuals and strengthen communities.

Building: Dowling Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Milmore Room Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Staff,Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Health/Wellness Event Sponsor Details: Office of Emergency Management Event Contact Email: ready@tufts.edu Link: https://emergency.tufts.edu/training/civilian-response-active-shooter-course This training course is designed to provide tools and techniques on how to react to an active shooter/active threat. This training expands upon information found in the Tufts University Emergency Response Guide. This platform is modeled around the Avoid, Deny, Defend response to an active shooter.

Building: Alumnae Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Aidekman Arts Complex 40 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA 02155 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 Subject: Business,Engineering/Technology,Global Engagement,Health/Wellness,Innovation,International Affairs,Medicine,Politics/Policy/Law,Public Service/Government,Science,Social Justice/Human Rights,Sustainability/Climate Speaker Name: Jamie Metzl RSVP Information: https://rsvp.tufts.edu/event/SegalLecture2025/ Event Contact Name: Cyndi Stone Event Contact Email: cynthia.stone@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 617-627-3425 Attend the Dr. Maurice S. Segal Lecture to hear Jamie Metzl's talk, "Superconverging Technologies, Killer Applications, Global Governance, and the Future of Humanity."

Event Type: Multifaith Observance Commemorates the institution of the Lord's Supper/the Eucharist by Jesus prior to his arrest and execution. "Maundy" is derived from the Latin text of John 13:34, in which Jesus gives a mandatum novum ("new commandment"). The date observed by Protestants and Roman Catholics often differs from the date observed by Orthodox Christians, but in 2025 the dates are the same for Holy Week and Easter.

Building: Curtis Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Curtis Hall Multipurpose Room (474 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Education,Engineering/Technology,Innovation,Tufts Talks Openly Event Sponsor Details: Environmental Studies Program RSVP Information: RSVP only needed for virtual attendants Event Contact Name: Sinet Kroch Event Contact Email: sinet.kroch@tufts.edu Link: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JJgPHJc_SO-oexp8KzsWUQ Learn how Tufts students are preparing to use drone technology in diverse applications within the environmental, engineering, and urban planning fields, broadly speaking. This interactive discussion will address some questions such as: What makes the liberal arts context the perfect context for understanding drone technology? And what do students learn in our drone courses?

Event Type: Multifaith Observance Commemorates the Passion of Jesus Christ, i.e., his death by crucifixion. Observances may include limits to participation in academics or work and may include fasting. 

Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: No Link: https://tufts.app.box.com/s/pez8sv6jxhceh34dulqzdvqrg2o4vtqj Isis Settles is professor of psychology and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan. She received her BA from Harvard College and her PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan. Dr. Settles taught at Michigan State University for 15 years in the Department of Psychology. Using an interdisciplinary, intersectional framework, her research focuses on two related processes: the experiences, perceptions, and consequences of unfair treatment directed at devalued social group members, especially Black people and women; and protective factors and coping strategies used by members of devalued social groups to counteract experiences of mistreatment, especially those protective factors related to group identity (e.g., racial identity). Two major research projects she is currently working on are an examination of the experiences of faculty of color in academia and the role of diversity in interdisciplinary team dynamics.

Event Type: Multifaith Observance Celebrates the resurrection from death of Jesus Christ. It is the oldest and most important festival in the Christian year and initiates the 50-day period culminating in Pentecost. Protestant and Roman Catholic Christians often observe Easter on a different date than Orthodox Christians, but in 2025, the date is the same. Observances may include limits to participation in academics or work.

Event Type: Multifaith Observance Commemorates the 12 days that Baha'u'llah spent in the Garden of Ridvan in the last days of his exile in Baghdad, during which time he proclaimed himself as the one announced by Bab. Work is suspended for the first, ninth, and twelfth days. Observances may include limits to participation in academics or work.

Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus,Boston SMFA campus,Grafton campus,Medford/Somerville campus,Off-campus Open to Public: Yes Event Type: University Holiday The university observes a holiday on this day.

Event Type: Multifaith Observance Begins at sundown on the first day listed. Holocaust Memorial Day. Memorializes the six million Jews who died as victims of the Nazis during World War II and emphasizes respect for human dignity. Its observance is not limited to Jews. 

Building: Tisch Library City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Digital Design Studio Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Arts,Engineering/Technology,Humanities Event Contact Name: Kaylen Dwyer Event Contact Email: kaylen.dwyer@tufts.edu Link: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/14062093 “Crafting with Data” explores data analysis and visualization from a data feminist perspective, examining methods for critical making and physicalization through arts and crafts. Data physicalizations create tangible, embodied representations of data, engaging both creators and audiences in the labor behind the data, its contents, and presentation. The workshop will guide participants through the basics of zines as a potential medium for data collection, inquiry, visualization, and sharing in community. We will have supplies for zine-making, but you are welcome to bring your supplies. You can join us or do your own thing and explore visualization through felting, crochet, drawing, or whatever interests you. The workshop is scheduled until 1:30 p.m., but we will stick around for open creative time. Please bring a laptop.

Building: Curtis Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Curtis Hall Multipurpose Room (474 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Community Celebration,Education,Social Justice/Human Rights,Sustainability/Climate Event Sponsor Details: Environmental Studies Program RSVP Information: RSVP only needed for virtual attendants Event Contact Name: Sinet Kroch Event Contact Email: sinet.kroch@tufts.edu Link: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rqxgr1glRUudRegzk1sVrw Gabriel Cira will present a series of recent investigations in the material, technical, and social dimensions of nature-based infrastructure for urban coastlines—growing marsh grass in biomass substrates. The work presented will focus on The Emerald Tutu research group and their network of allied community collaborators in East Boston, demonstrating how this approach of weaving together academic and community partnerships has helped fill missing gaps and bring projects beyond the pilot scale.

Online Location Details: Zoom Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Speaker Name: Lucy Deckard, Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC Event Contact Name: Anna Dalby Event Contact Email: Anna.Dalby@tufts.edu Link: https://viceprovost.tufts.edu/research-development-events-and-workshops Lucy Deckard, founder and president of Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC, will lead a two-hour online proposal development workshop for early career faculty who are new to pursuing grant funding to support their research and scholarship. The workshop will cover strategies for developing a research agenda, understanding funding agencies, identifying and analyzing funding opportunities, creating a funding plan, and recruiting mentors and collaborators. This workshop is open to investigators from all fields, and participants will be provided with materials and resources, including example sections of successful proposals.

Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Field F (Parking available in Cousens Lot) Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Community Engagement Event Subject: Community Celebration Event Sponsor Details: Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts Athletics RSVP Information: https://tinyurl.com/jumbosportsday2025 Admission/Cost: FREE Event Contact Email: francis.roche@tufts.edu Community Sports Day (April 27) is an opportunity for the local community to spend a fun a time on campus with Tufts student-athletes, student groups, and local community organizations. The event is FREE and families can visit whatever activities they are interested in. Sports, lawn games, contests, prizes, & more!

Building: Olin Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Rm 011 Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar,Performance Event Subject: Arts,Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence,Education,Global Engagement,Humanities,Social Justice/Human Rights Event Sponsor Details: Department of Romance Studies Event Contact Email: magdalena.malinowska@tufts.edu Films in Spanish is a series of films that focus on a different DEIJ topic each semester. Spring 2025 gives visibility to the many challenges faced by Hispanic immigrants in the United States. Film #3: The Infiltrators This semi-documentary focuses on a group of dreamers who infiltrate a detention center for undocumented immigrants to reveal mistreatment.

Building: Tisch Library City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Tisch Library, Austin Room or Zoom (register via LibCal for Zoom link) Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Faculty,Students (Graduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Education,Humanities Event Contact Name: Kaylen Dwyer Event Contact Email: kaylen.dwyer@tufts.edu Link: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/14062380 Tisch Library is hosting a Digital Scholarship Conversations series, a monthly brownbag open to faculty and graduate students. Each conversation will focus on a different topic, helping us share ideas and build community around the intersection of digital technology and our research and teaching. Discussion topic/guest speaker TBA. This event will be hybrid. Join us onsite at Tisch Library in the Austin Room.