Building: Barnum Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Rabb Room (100) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Information Session/Open House/Orientation Event Sponsor Details: Tisch College RSVP Information: https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/news-events/events/tisch-scholars-information-session-0 Admission/Cost: Free Link: https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/news-events/events/tisch-scholars-information-session-0 Join the 2025–2026 Tisch Scholars cohort! Applications are due by Monday, February 17 at 11:59 p.m. Tisch Scholars is a unique leadership development program that combines academic coursework, community-based learning, and critical reflection. Scholars acquire the knowledge, skills, and values needed to address pressing social issues and affect meaningful change—all while building a supportive community to strengthen civic engagement at Tufts University and beyond.

Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy In the northern tradition, it commemorates the parinirvana of the Buddha. In cultures of Southeast Asia, the buddha's parinirvana is remembered during Wesak. The dates and names of Buddhist celebrations vary significantly among cultures and communities.

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.

Building: Boston Campus City: Boston, MA 02111 Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus Location Details: OVPR Conference Room Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty Event Type: Community Engagement Event Sponsor Details: Office of the Provost Event Contact Email: provost@tufts.edu Link: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5osXWXZAtti9fQG Register for a 15 minute time slot for in-person office hours with Provost Genco.

Building: Fung House 48 Professors Row City: Somerville, MA 02144 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence,Health/Wellness,Humanities,Medicine,Politics/Policy/Law,Science,Social Justice/Human Rights Event Sponsor Details: Center for Humanities at Tufts Speaker Name: Daniel Sunshine RSVP Information: No RSVP needed Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Amanda Pepper Event Contact Email: amanda.pepper@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 2037639353 Link: https://humanities.tufts.edu/events/chat-fellow-presentation-enslaved-resistance-anatomical-theft-and-race-science-healing The Center for the Humanities invites the Tufts community to join us for a lecture with Postdoctoral Fellow Daniel Sunshine entitled "Enslaved Resistance, Anatomical Theft, and Race Science: Healing through Public History." Daniel Sunshine is a historian of race and slavery in the early United States. As a postdoctoral fellow, he contributes to public humanities projects, teaching, and research related to the Slavery, Colonialism, and their Legacies at Tufts University initiative. Currently, he is completing a book project entitled A Curse Upon Your Union: Crafting Black Freedom and Wartime Reconstruction in Appalachia. He is also involved with research and advocacy on behalf of an African American community group in Richmond, Virginia tied to the legacies of medical racism in the 19th century. He earned his PhD in history from the University of Virginia. All are welcome to attend. Contact humanities@tufts.edu with questions.

Building: Fung House 48 Professors Row City: Somerville, MA 02144 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Arts,Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence,Humanities,Social Justice/Human Rights Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Details: Center for Humanities at Tufts Speaker Name: Daniel Sunshine RSVP Information: No RSVP needed Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Amanda Pepper Event Contact Email: amanda.pepper@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 203-763-9353 Link: https://humanities.tufts.edu/events/chat-fellow-presentation-enslaved-resistance-anatomical-theft-and-race-science-healing The Center for the Humanities invites the Tufts community to join us for a lecture with Postdoctoral Fellow Daniel Sunshine entitled "Enslaved Resistance, Anatomical Theft, and Race Science: Healing Through Public History." Daniel Sunshine is a historian of race and slavery in the early United States. As a postdoctoral fellow, he contributes to public humanities projects, teaching, and research related to the Slavery, Colonialism, and their Legacies at Tufts University initiative. All are welcome to attend. Contact us at humanities@tufts.edu with any questions.