Online Location Details: Zoom Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Speaker Name: Lucy Deckard, Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC RSVP Information: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_50CSRsBMxGicPVs Event Contact Name: Anna Dalby Event Contact Email: Anna.Dalby@tufts.edu Link: https://viceprovost.tufts.edu/research-development-events-and-workshops Tufts OVPR is sponsoring a two-hour online NSF CAREER Awards workshop that will focus on the specific requirements for a CAREER proposal and tips for developing a compelling education plan. Led by Lucy Deckard, president and founder of Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC, this workshop will provide time for hands-on exercises to jumpstart your writing. All participants will be eligible for a consultation with OVPR’s Strategic Research Development team about their proposal, and those working on resubmissions for an NSF CAREER will be able to request a one-on-one consultation with Lucy and her team.

Building: Anderson Auditorium City: Boston, MA 02111 Campus: Boston SMFA campus Location Details: 230 Fenway, Boston, MA 02115 (Anderson Auditorium) Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Sponsor Details: Thanks to Robert Nagel, Tufts University Art Galleries, the MFA Graduate Program, and the Department of Graphic Arts for their continued support of the visiting artist series. Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Sophie Cloherty Event Contact Email: sophie.cloherty@tufts.edu Please join us at the SMFA for a talk and Q&A by visiting artist Chitra Ganesh! Across a twenty-year practice, Chitra Ganesh has developed an expansive body of work rooted in drawing and painting, which has evolved to encompass animations, wall drawings, collages, computer generated imagery, video, and sculpture. Through studies in literature, semiotics, social theory, science fiction, and historical and mythic texts, Ganesh attempts to reconcile representations of femininity, sexuality, and power absent from the artistic and literary canons. She often draws on Hindu and Buddhist iconography and South Asian forms such as Kalighat and Madhubani, and is currently negotiating her relationship to these images with the rise of right wing fundamentalism in India. Open to Tufts university students, faculty, and staff.

Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: No Link: https://tufts.app.box.com/s/pez8sv6jxhceh34dulqzdvqrg2o4vtqj Tara Mandalaywala is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University. Her research examines how young individuals make sense of and cope with the complex social world around them. Mandalaywala is interested in how people from low socioeconomic status (SES) families exhibit resilience even in the face of adversity.

Building: Joyce Cummings Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: JCC270 Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Science Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Details: Department of Mathematics Speaker Name: Nick Trefethen Link: https://math.tufts.edu/news-events/colloquium-series Abstract: Approximation by rational functions used to be mainly a theoretical subject, but with the introduction of the AAA algorithm in 2018, it became computationally practical and indeed easy. The implications for what we can do numerically are enormous. This talk will outline the algorithm and demonstrate its application to a collection of problems. We can also use it to demonstrate the potential theory that underlies the theory of rational approximation, a topic that goes back to Joseph Walsh at Harvard nearly a century ago.

Building: Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Distler Performance Hall Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Alumni and Friends,Faculty,Parents,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Performance Event Subject: Arts,Music Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Details: Tufts Music Admission/Cost: Free; no tickets required Event Contact Name: Anna Griffis Link: https://as.tufts.edu/music/news-events/events/calendar Music by Jacob Kremberg, Johann Schenk, and J.P. Rameau with Pamela Dellal, voice, Catherine Liddell, Baroque lute and theorbo, Frances Conover Fitch, harpsichord, and Jane Hershey, viola da gamba.

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 (Graduate),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 Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Jenna Logue Event Contact Email: Jenna.Logue@tufts.edu Link: https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/news-events/events/tisch-scholars-information-session 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.