News from Tufts Now
- The Big Teeth That Can Cause Big TroubleThese molars don’t bring wisdom. But they can leave you smarting if not properly managed

- Shai Tratt’s Hope for Argentina’s Stolen ChildrenAn internship in Buenos Aires led to a deep connection with a movement to help families torn apart by military dictatorship

- Breaking Down Silos to Advance Infection and Immunity ResearchA two-day research convergence on the Boston and Grafton campuses brought industry leaders and Tufts researchers together for strategic discussions around infectious disease

Tufts Events
- Apr 1All day[ENVS] 2026 Annual Undergraduate Environmental Photo ContestOpen to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Undergraduate) Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Environmental Studies program Link: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ext5QMvzEyQhx0q The Tufts University Environmental Studies Program has supported this annual contest for over a decade, and your photo could be next on display in Barnum Hall! The top 3 photos win prizes, and the 10 selected works will be exhibited on the second floor of Barnum Hall. Deadline to submit is Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at 11:59 PM. Check out previous years' winners for inspiration. Submission Guidelines: • Up to 5 photos (300 dpi minimum; .jpeg, .png, or .tiff) • 1–5 sentence description per image (location, names, context, impact) • Signed Environmental Photo Contest Release Form • Photo Subject Release Forms for anyone pictured (parent/guardian signature required if under 18)
- Apr 1–9Passover/PesachEvent Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy (Judaism) Begins at sundown on the first day listed. Passover commemorates the deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. It is celebrated for eight days with special prayers and symbolic foods at home, starting with the Seder, a ritual meal that re-enacts that ancient deliverance and emphasizes the freedom of the Jews under the guidance of God. The first two and the last two days are holidays. Observances may include limits to participation in academics or work.
- Apr 112:00 PMBook Talk with Elizabeth Hunter: Acting the PartBuilding: Fung House 48 Professors Row City: Somerville, MA 02144 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Conference room 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,Humanities,Theater/Dance Event Sponsor Details: Center for the Humanities at Tufts Speaker Name: Elizabeth Hunter RSVP Information: No RSVP required Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Amanda Gary Pepper Event Contact Email: amanda.pepper@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 203-763-9353 Link: https://humanities.tufts.edu/events/book-talk-elizabeth-hunter-acting-part-41 CHAT invites the Tufts community to join us on April 1 at noon for a special event. We will be joined by Elizabeth Hunter from Washington University in St. Louis, who will share her new book, Acting the Part: Audience Participation in Performance. This event will be co-sponsored with the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. Acting the Part offers a paradigm for understanding how audiences participate in immersive theater, from physical spaces like the Globe in London to digital spaces like social virtual reality. Reading across twenty-first century productions of ancient Greek tragedies and William Shakespeare’s plays, E. B. Hunter proposes the concept of “enactivity” to describe the positionality audiences inhabit when their participation is critical to the narrative but cannot alter its intended course. This positionality is that of the archetype, the enactment of which is shaped by four production conditions: a historically resonant site, a canonical source, an immersive space, and a production-specific economy that incentivizes some behaviors and discourages others. All are welcome. Please contact humanities@tufts.edu with questions.










