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- Nov 711:30 AMCivilian Response to Active Shooter TrainingBuilding: Jean Mayer Administration Building Campus Location: Grafton campus City: North Grafton, MA 01536 Campus: Grafton campus Location Details: Kohnstamm Conference Room #106 Open to Public: No Primary Audience(s): Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk Subject: Health/Wellness Event Sponsor (school, institute, center, etc.): Tufts University Event Sponsor Details: Office of Emergency Management Event Contact: ready@tufts.edu RSVP Information: Sign up through Tufts Learning Center 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. Avoid: Trust your instincts and don’t delay. Get away as quickly as possible. Deny: If you can’t flee, obstruct or deny the active shooter access to your area. Defend: If all else fails… fight as a last resort and only when your life is in imminent danger. This class is open to Tufts students, faculty, and staff.
- Nov 712:00 PM[ENVS Lecture Series] Finding Success Through Self Advocacy as a Black Woman in Toxics Use ReductionBuilding: 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__ZYdukw3TUGtNoOLp7CncA Clean Production Action's Kayla Powers' career path and accomplishments to date would not be possible without self-advocacy. Enacting this value has enabled her to find her own voice and power within environmental spaces which have not been historically inclusive to environmental justice communities and activists. Now, she uses her presence and her skillset to pave her own way forward in advancing environmental justice within corporate chemicals policy and the financial industry.
- Nov 89:00 AM2024 Team Science Summit: Collaborations at the Intersection of Climate and HealthBuilding: Aidekman Arts Center Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Alumnae Lounge & Balch Theater Lobby Open to Public: No Primary Audience(s): Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Conference/Panel Event/Symposium Subject: Engineering/Technology,Innovation,Medicine,Science,Sustainability/Climate Event Sponsor (school, institute, center, etc.): Tufts University Event Sponsor Details: Tufts OVPR, Tufts CTSI Event Contact: nicholas.moustakas@tuftsmedicine.org RSVP Information: Register at: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0xK8F8BPeqKXEFg Event Admission: Free Link: https://viceprovost.tufts.edu/2024-team-science-summit-collaborations-intersection-climate-and-health Understanding and responding to the complex threats to health posed by climate change calls for collaboration across disciplines and communities. This interdisciplinary symposium will showcase ongoing and emerging work in multiple departments and centers across Tufts. Join us for a day of presentations, discussions, and networking hosted by Tufts University Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
- Nov 89:00 AM2024 Team Science Summit: Collaborations on the Intersection of Climate and HealthOnline Location Details: Calendar invitation with Zoom link to be sent after registering Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Alumnae Lounge and Balch Theater Lobby 40 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA 02115 Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience(s): Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff Event Type: Conference/Panel Event/Symposium Subject: Science,Sustainability/Climate Event Sponsor (school, institute, center, etc.): Tufts University RSVP Information: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0xK8F8BPeqKXEFg Link: https://viceprovost.tufts.edu/2024-team-science-summit-collaborations-intersection-climate-and-health Understanding and responding to the complex threats to health posed by climate change calls for collaboration across disciplines and communities. Join us for a day of presentations, discussions, and networking hosted by Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Tufts CTSI) and the Tufts University Office of the Vice Provost for Research. The event will showcase ongoing and emerging work in multiple departments and centers at Tufts, Tufts Medicine, and a broad group of CTSI partner institutions. Team Science Summits are meant to increase awareness of translational research and opportunities for collaboration across scientific, engineering, and clinical research communities. To maximize knowledge exchange and opportunities for conversation, the program will include lightening talks on current projects or capabilities, panel discussions on cross-cutting issues, networking opportunities, and poster presentations.
- Nov 11All dayVeterans’ DayBuilding: Off Campus Campus Location: Off-campus City: Off Campus Campus: Off-campus Open to Public: Yes Event Type: University Holiday The university observes a holiday on this day.
- Nov 133:00 PMTisch College Solomont Speaker Series: Dr. Mona Hanna-AttishaOnline Location Details: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KTebLxYBQgSJT-6Jshotww#/registration Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus Location Details: DuBlois Auditorium Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk Event Sponsor Details: Tufts University School of Medicine Event Contact: Jessica Byrnes Senior Communications Manager jessica.byrnes@tufts.edu Link: https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/news-events/events/tisch-college-solomont-speaker-series-dr-mona-hanna-attisha Join a conversation with physician, scientist, and the activist who exposed the Flint water crisis, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. Dr. Mona is the associate dean for public health and C.S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and the founding director of the Pediatric Public Health Initiative, a public health program of MSU and Hurley Children’s Hospital in Flint, Michigan. Named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World and recognized as one of USA Today’s Women of the Century for her role in uncovering the Flint water crisis and leading recovery efforts, Dr. Mona has testified before the U.S. Congress and advocates for children in Flint and beyond.