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- Oct 1612:00 PMCan International Mediation Tools Meet the Challenges of Today’s World?Building: Cabot Intercultural Center Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Room 702 Wheelchair Accessible (for in-person events): Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience(s): Faculty,Students (Graduate),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk Subject: International Affairs Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences,Tisch College of Civic Life Event Sponsor Details: World Peace Foundation, Fletcher School, IGL/Tisch Event Contact Name: Heather Barry Event Contact Email: heather.barry@tufts.edu RSVP Information: https://forms.gle/FeZXk1WimUZoLQHn9 Event Admission: Free Link: https://forms.gle/FeZXk1WimUZoLQHn9 A discussion and lunch on learning from Mozambique’s peace process with Ambassador Mirko Manzoni, Swiss ambassador to South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Mauritius, and Eswatini; former under secretary general and personal envoy of the UN Secretary General for Mozambique; and lead mediator for, and witness to, the Maputo Accord for Peace and National Reconciliation; and Neha Sanghrajka, senior conflict sensitivity advisor, UNOPS, founding member of Women Mediators Across the Commonwealth, and author of Back from the Brink: The 2008 Mediation Process and Reforms in Kenya.
- Oct 1612:00 PMCPR/AED TrainingBuilding: Tufts Center for Medical Education Campus Location: Boston Health Sciences campus City: Boston, MA 02111 Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus Location Details: Med Education, 812 (145 Harrison Ave.) Open to Public: No Primary Audience(s): Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Undergraduate) Subject: Health/Wellness Event Sponsor: Tufts University Event Sponsor Details: Office of Emergency Management Event Contact Name: Vanak Huot Event Contact Email: vanak.huot@tufts.edu RSVP Information: Sign up through Tufts Learning Center Link: https://tufts.myabsorb.com/#/dashboard Tufts University is offering CPR/AED classes in the fall semester designed to teach the lifesaving skills necessary to help a friend, family member, neighbor, and all community members in need. This is an instructor-led course that teaches adult, child, and infant CPR. Additionally, the course will teach the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AED). This class is open to Tufts students, faculty, and staff and is limited to 20 students per session.
- Oct 1612:00 PMThe Impacts of War on Health, Human Rights, and the EnvironmentOnline Location Details: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IaGW3Ch0QJe1D1GDmqIbbQ#/registration Building: Posner Hall Campus Location: Boston Health Sciences campus City: Boston, MA 02111 Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus Location Details: Posner Auditorium (200 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA 02111) and Zoom Open to Public: No Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends,Faculty,Parents,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk Subject: Medicine Event Sponsor Details: Tufts Center for Global Public Health & the Global Health Faculty Council Event Contact Name: Kim Burke RSVP Information: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IaGW3Ch0QJe1D1GDmqIbbQ#/registration Link: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IaGW3Ch0QJe1D1GDmqIbbQ#/registration This seminar will address the consequences of armed conflict on health, human rights, and natural and built environments. It will address related issues, including forced displacement due to war, diversion of resources for war, and the preparation for war. It will also address the prevention of the health consequences of war and the roles of health professionals.
- Oct 1612:15 PMFriedman School Speaker Series: Economic and Health Implications of Emerging US Policies, Including WIC and Infant FormulaOnline 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 (for in-person events): 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: Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy RSVP Information: No RSVP necessary Event Admission: Free Speakers: Di Fang, Associate Professor, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida Ben Chrisinger, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health, Tufts University Moderated by Yui Chang Chusan, PhD candidate, Food and Nutrition Policies and Programs (FANPP) at the Friedman School
- Oct 163:00 PMJ-1 Scholar OrientationCampus: Boston Fenway campus,Boston Health Sciences campus,Grafton campus,Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Information Session/Open House/Orientation Event Sponsor: Tufts University Event Sponsor Details: Tufts International Center RSVP Information: Register in Zoom Link: https://tufts.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEkcuCpqjIpH9Jt8YcrYH4mTtBEYvRUG9H-#/registration This orientation is hosted by an international center advisor to inform newly arrived J-1 scholars how to maintain status and discuss other practical matters while sponsored by Tufts.
- Oct 166:00 PMTisch College Solomont Speaker Series: Nic SheffBuilding: Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Distler Performance Hall Wheelchair Accessible (for in-person events): 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 Name: Jessica Byrnes, Senior Communications Manager Event Contact Email: jessica.byrnes@tufts.edu Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tisch-college-solomont-speaker-series-nic-sheff-tickets-1003947723667?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm-source=cp&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing Join Tisch College for a conversation on addiction, recovery, and mental illness with author, producer, advocate, and self-identifying recovering addict, Nic Sheff. Widely known for his New York Times bestselling memoir Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines and his father, David Sheff’s, novel Beautiful Boy, Nic’s struggle with substance use disorder and recovery are the subject of both books. They later inspired the film adaptation of Beautiful Boy, now a critically acclaimed movie starring Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell.