Building: Barnum Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Barnum 216 Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends,Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Conference/Panel Event/Symposium Event Subject: Arts,Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence,Education,Humanities,Politics/Policy/Law,Social Justice/Human Rights,Sustainability/Climate RSVP Information: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ezf2cZGS2aMf7aC Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Robert Hitchner Event Contact Email: robert.hitchner@tufts.edu The Department for Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora (RCD) is hosting a two-day symposium in celebration of the fifth anniversary of the department. Taking place on Thursday, February 27 and Friday, February 28, this symposium will bring together faculty and students from across the university to share new research and recent projects, make connections and foster new collaborations, and build our community. Faculty and students will present recent works examining the interconnections of race, indigeneity, gender, and sexuality as forms of governance and sites of struggle in the United States and beyond. Drawing on methods including archival research, formal architectural analysis, ethnographic observation, and visual analysis, presenters will offer critical accounts of global colonialism, imperialism, and ongoing resistance. Thursday, February 27, 2025 9–10 a.m. | Breakfast 10–11:30 a.m. | Film and performance 12–1 p.m. | Unsettling Colonial Ecologies, Removal, and Ruin (Hoch Cunningham Lecture) 1–2:15 p.m. | Lunch 2:30–4 p.m. | Art History, Built Environment, and Material Culture Friday, February 28, 2025 8:30–9:30 a.m. | Breakfast 9:30–11 a.m. | Literature, Genealogy, and Print Cultures 11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Race, Empire, and Social Movements Participating Panelists  AB Huber, Adriana Zavala, Courtney Sato, Daniel Waqar, Diana Martinez, Dorothy Wang, Freeden Blume Oeur, Jovonna Jones, Kamran Rastegar, Kareem Khubchandani, Kendra Field, Manjari Mukherjee, Mary McNeil, Matt Hooley, Sarah Robbins, Sonal Sharma, Walter Johnson, Wenxuan Xue, and more.

Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy Celebrates the birthday of Sri Ramakrishna, teacher of Swami Vivekananda.

Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy In Orthodox churches, the first day of Lent marks the beginning of the Great Fast, the final six weeks of a 10-week period leading up to Holy Week and Easter (Pascha). In the churches that follow the Gregorian calendar, Lent is a six-week observance (40 days excluding Sundays) beginning with Ash Wednesday and culminating in Holy Week. It is a time of repentance and sacrifice in preparation for Easter. Observance(s) during this time may include fasting.

Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy A special day of repentance observed by Protestant and Roman Catholic Christians to mark the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period (excluding Sundays) of prayer, repentance, and self-denial preceding Easter. The name derives from the practice of marking of the faithful with ashes to signify penitence. Observances may include limits to participation in academics or work and may include fasting. 

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(s): Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk Event Subject: Education,Engineering/Technology,Innovation,Science,Sustainability/Climate Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences 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_059hzDZjQDCeUjbOG-itjQ Global climate change is a key driver of biodiversity loss, and the clean-energy transition is crucial to reducing carbon emissions and subsequent impacts on global biodiversity. Offshore wind energy has emerged as a pivotal player in the transition toward clean energy, and this is particularly true for dense urban coastal cities such as those found on the East Coast of the U.S. where access to other sources of renewable energy are more constrained. As the American leader in offshore wind and recognizing that no large-scale energy project is without potential impacts to wildlife, Ørsted is shaping an industry that can successfully coexist with marine wildlife. Ørsted's principal avian and bat biologist will discuss how Ørsted and other developers are using the mitigation hierarchy approach to strive towards “no net loss” and, in Ørsted's case, towards meeting its ambition to have a net-positive impact on biodiversity for all renewable energy projects commissioned by 2030 or later.

Building: 75 Kneeland Street City: Boston, MA 02111 Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus Location Details: 75 Kneeland, 9th Floor, OVPR Conference Room Open to Public: No Primary Audience(s): Faculty Event Type: Community Engagement Event Sponsor Details: Office of the Provost Event Contact Email: provost@tufts.edu Drop-in coffee hours with Provost Genco