Building: Barnum Hall Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Barnum 104 Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk Subject: Elections,Politics/Policy/Law Event Sponsor Details: JumboVote, Tufts Democrats, and cSPA Event Contact: Jessica Byrnes Senior Communications Manager jessica.byrnes@tufts.edu Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/massachusetts-ballot-questions-2024-what-you-need-to-know-before-you-vote-tickets-1004860132707?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm-source=cp&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing Massachusetts voters will decide five ballot questions this fall, including whether to legalize psychedelics, eliminate the MCAS graduation requirement, and resolve a stand-off between the legislature and the state auditor. Join a lunch and learn conversation with Evan Horowitz, executive director of Tisch College’s Center for State Policy Analysis (cSPA), as he shares key takeaways and analysis from cSPA's 2024 ballot question reports and answers your questions. Learn more about what's on the ballot this November and how it could impact you before you cast your vote. Lunch provided.

Online Location Details: Details provided via email Building: Jaharis Family Center for Biomedical and Nutrition Sciences Campus Location: Boston Health Sciences campus City: Boston, MA 02111 Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus Location Details: Behrakis Auditorium and Online Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: No Primary Audience(s): Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk Subject: Health/Wellness Event Sponsor (school, institute, center, etc.): Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy RSVP Information: No RSVP necessary Event Admission: Free Speakers: Psyche Williams-Forson, Professor and Chair, Department of American Studies, University of Maryland College Park in conversation with Salima Taylor, Friedman School PhD Student

Building: Fung House 48 Professors Row Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus City: Somerville, MA 02144 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Fung House 48 Professors Row Medford, MA Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience(s): Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk Subject: Arts/Media,Education,Humanities Event Sponsor (school, institute, center, etc.): School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Details: Center for Humanities at Tufts Event Contact: humanities@tufts.edu RSVP Information: No RSVP needed Event Admission: Free Link: https://humanities.tufts.edu/events/cinematic-empathy-chat-fellow-presentation-malcolm-turvey-102 The Center for Humanities would like to invite you for a CHAT Fellow presentation by Malcolm Turvey, Sol Gittleman Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Tufts. In his talk, Professor Turvey will be focusing on empathy’s moral limits and liabilities, and questioning whether film’s putative empathy-expanding power is as virtuous as many assume. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. 

Building: Curtis Hall Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Curtis Hall Multipurpose Room (474 Boston Ave., Medford, MA) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends Event Type: Academic Date/Deadline,Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk Event Sponsor Details: Environmental Studies Program Event Contact: Sinet Kroch sinet.kroch@tufts.edu RSVP Information: RSVP only needed for virtual attendants Link: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2xU-p8neTFKiUKvbGgHd2w Offshore of the Southeastern U.S. lies an extraordinary undersea plateau that hosts the largest deep-sea coral province on earth, the Blake Plateau. It is not only home to amazing marine life, it also holds significant cultural and historical meaning to the Gullah/Geechee people. Valerie Cleland, a senior manager who advocates for policies that protect and restore our oceans at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), will explore why we must conserve Blake Plateau—for the marine life and people who rely on it—before industry can harm this special place.

Online Location Details: https://tufts.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqdO-srzkqGNaq97Ll3M33IqV1jzcCTlGy Building: Barnum Hall Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: 100 Rabb Room Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk Subject: Elections,Politics/Policy/Law Event Sponsor Details: JumboVote, CIRCLE, and the Tufts Democrats Event Contact: Jessica Byrnes Senior Communications Manager jessica.byrnes@tufts.edu Link: https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/news-events/events/who-votes-and-why-deep-dive-american-voters What does polling data actually tell us? How do we measure voter enthusiasm? And how does the data change depending on age and gender demographics or educational level? This event will focus on reaching and understanding particular voters and their concerns, and it will feature guest experts Newhouse Director of CIRCLE, Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, and Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies and Principal Investigator of the Cooperative Election Study, Brian Schaffner, in addition to Louisa Terrell. Lunch provided.

Building: Barnum Hall Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Barnum Hall 08 Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk Subject: Arts/Media,Health/Wellness,Social Justice/Human Rights Event Sponsor Details: Tufts Hillel, Tufts Harm Reduction Education for Alcohol and Drugs (THREAD), and the Film & Media Studies Program Event Contact: Jessica Byrnes Senior Communications Manager jessica.byrnes@tufts.edu Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-beautiful-boy-tickets-1003893531577?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm-source=cp&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing Join a free film screening of the 2018 critically acclaimed film, Beautiful Boy, starring Timothée Chalamet, Steve Carell, Maura Tierney, and Amy Ryan. Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years. Chalamet earned nominations for his performance as Nic Sheff from the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, BAFTA Awards and Critics’ Choice Awards, among others.