Tufts Events

Building: Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Room: Distler Performance Hall Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Performance Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences 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.

Online Location Details: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/15235878 Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Students (Graduate),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Training/Workshop Event Subject: Arts,Career Development Link: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/15235878 Do you hesitate to delete files from your video or audio project? Is your desktop cluttered with files? Join this workshop from Tisch Library's Digital Design Studio to learn more about project files vs. media files, media format types (.jpeg, .mov, .mp4, and more), and file management best practices for creative media projects!

Online Location Details: https://www.myfidelitysite.com/TuftsUniversity/tufts-university/8222 Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Faculty,Staff Event Type: Information Session/Open House/Orientation Event Subject: Financial Health Event Sponsor Details: Human Resources RSVP Information: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Apq0vA2qTzKgKqYEC5Tl0g#/registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Apq0vA2qTzKgKqYEC5Tl0g#/registration Starting November 1, 2025, Fidelity Investments will be the sole provider of administrative services for both the Tufts University-Funded Retirement Plan – 401(a) and the Self-Funded Retirement Plan – 403(b). Dan Shea and Matt Greeke from Fidelity will be hosting this virtual information session to review what the transition to Fidelity means and how it may affect you.

Building: Joyce Cummings Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: JCC first floor lobby Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Information Session/Open House/Orientation Event Subject: Innovation Event Sponsor: Gordon Institute Event Sponsor Details: Derby Entrepreneurship Center RSVP Information: No RSVP required Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Carol Denning Event Contact Email: carol.denning@tufts.edu Link: https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/tacos-fall25/ Come learn about the retail businesses that Tufts students, faculty, staff and alumni are building. Become a customer and support a Jumbo!

Building: Tisch Library City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Digital Design Studio (DDS), third floor Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Students (Graduate) Event Type: Training/Workshop Event Subject: Humanities Speaker Name: Kylie Burnham and Kaylen Dwyer Event Contact Name: Kaylen Dwyer Event Contact Email: kaylen.dwyer@tufts.edu Link: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/15311251 Are you interested in developing creative, alternative assignments for your classes? Whether you’re dreaming of a podcast, map, digital archive, exhibit, or multimodal publication, this workshop will walk through the basics of designing a digital project for your course. We will discuss a range of activities and projects, tools and technologies, how to match digital projects to your course objectives, scaffolding, and creative assessment. We welcome you to reach out to Kaylen Dwyer (kaylen.dwyer@tufts.edu) or Kylie Burnham (Kylie.Burnham@tufts.edu) at any time to discuss your classroom needs.

Building: Goddard Chapel City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: No Event Subject: Religion/Spirituality Event Sponsor: Tufts University RSVP Information: Tufts University Journaling can be a rich spiritual practice but in our busy days, it can be hard to find time and space to sit down with pen and paper. This drop-in space offers just that—a judgement-free zone where you can drink tea, nibble a snack, and see where the pen takes you. Weekly prompts will be provided but feel free to use this time as you see fit. For students, faculty, and staff, starting September 9.

Event Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy (Judaism) Begins at sundown on the first day listed. Day of Atonement, the conclusion of the Ten Days of Awe, Yom Kippur is the holiest and most solemn of all days in the Jewish year. It is characterized by repentance, fasting, and forgiveness. Observances may include limits to participation in academics or work and may include fasting. 

Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Staff,Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Training/Workshop Event Subject: Health/Wellness Event Sponsor: Tufts University Event Sponsor Details: Office of Emergency Management RSVP Information: Sign up through Tufts Learning Center Event Contact Name: Andre Watson Event Contact Email: ready@tufts.edu Link: https://tufts.myabsorb.com/#/instructor-led-courses/ec27b3f8-a435-4737-8518-1e12917102bc/ Tufts Public Safety will be offering Civilian Response to Active Shooter Training this semester to all members of the Tufts University community.  In these 60-minute sessions, participants will learn strategies if confronted with an active shooter situation. The training expands on the tools and techniques found in the Tufts University Emergency Response Guide found at https://emergency.tufts.edu/guide/.  NOTE: Session locations will be emailed upon registration.

Online Location Details: https://tufts.zoom.us/j/95122761558?pwd=z1zOug26VWYiJxu5EIUKO4e57pu8w9.1 Building: Pearson Chemical Laboratory City: Somerville, MA 02144 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Room P-106 Open to Public: No Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Chemistry department Speaker Name: Prof. Jianhan Chen, University of Massachusetts Amherst Event Contact Name: Marianne O'Connell Event Contact Email: marianne.o_connell@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 617-624-2649 Department of Chemistry - Fall 2025 Seminar Series Title: TBA

Building: Cabot Intercultural Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: ASEAN Auditorium Open to Public: Yes Nicholas Burns is the Goodman Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He is the Founder and Faculty Chair of the Future of Diplomacy Project and a Faculty Affiliate at Harvard’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Burns worked in the United States government for over three decades, serving six presidents and nine secretaries of state. Most recently, he served as the U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 2021-2025, leading public servants from forty-eight U.S. government agencies at the U.S. mission to China in overseeing one of America's most important bilateral relationships. Burns is Vice Chairman of the Cohen Group and Co-Chair of the Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum. He has received fifteen honorary degrees, the Presidential Distinguished Service Award, the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award, and other awards. He has a BA in History from Boston College and an MA in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Open to the Fletcher community.

Event Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy (Hinduism) A celebration of the triumph(s) of good over evil.

Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Staff,Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Training/Workshop Event Subject: Health/Wellness Event Sponsor: Tufts University Event Sponsor Details: Office of Emergency Management RSVP Information: Register through Zoom Event Contact Name: Andre Watson Event Contact Email: ready@tufts.edu Link: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DFWg8s5PQTCmg_eYjgeqSQ#/registration Tufts Public Safety will be offering Civilian Response to Active Shooter Training this semester to all members of the Tufts University community.  In these 60-minute sessions, participants will learn strategies if confronted with an active shooter situation. The training expands on the tools and techniques found in the Tufts University Emergency Response Guide found at emergency.tufts.edu/response-guide/.

Building: Curtis Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Room: Curtis Hall - Multipurpose Room Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Environmental Studies program RSVP Information: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-8Ys5YFoTnKa9hqIXEr6zQ Link: https://as.tufts.edu/environmentalstudies/news-events/hoch-cunningham-lecture-series#oct2 Environmental work is like any other work, except it faces a lot more impediments, given the makeup of our economy. It will feel like swimming against the current. Have you noticed how water finds its way? What can we learn from water? As examples, Kannan will explain the impediments and resolutions in some Eastie Farm projects, whether it's about acquiring land as a grassroots community organization or building a greenhouse powered by an energy source unfamiliar to us, i.e. geothermal. The impediments faced range from the mundane (e.g.: permitting) to systemic and cultural ones (e.g.: hyper-individualism vs collectivism). How to go after low-hanging fruit: Train the mind away from focusing on what’s hard How to move in multiple directions simultaneously: Bust silos How to start small: Fight that attraction to big How to deal with the current system while changing it: Start where you are How to sustain the work, through thick and thin: Shrink, don’t disappear

Building: Cabot Intercultural Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSegpC7jEBp3NmPyPLWjrElTpftZQVURE-BUyNP750YX-mI_bQ/viewform The Institute for Business in the Global Context team is excited to invite you to the IBGC Open House.  We combine this event with this semester's installment of Fletcher Reads the Newspaper—a beloved event series where we explore a current topic from the news and discuss it with experts. You can access past FRTN articles here. Please join us for the upcoming Fletcher Reads the Newspaper: Does the U.S. Need a Department of War or a Department of Defense? What’s Best for World Peace? Discussants Elliot Ackerman F03 – New York Times bestselling author and Marine Veteran Prof. Monica Toft – Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, the Fletcher School Prof. Bhaskar Chakravorti – Dean of Global Business at the Fletcher School  Prof. Alex de Waal - Research Professor, Executive Director, World Peace Foundation

Building: Cabot Intercultural Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Cabot 702 Open to Public: Yes The Institute for Business in the Global Context is excited to invite visitors to the IBGC Open House. Come and join us for lunch and learn more about our services and student experiential learning opportunities. 

Building: Fung House 48 Professors Row City: Somerville, MA 02144 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: First floor conference room Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Community Engagement,Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Humanities,Politics/Policy/Law,Sustainability/Climate Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Center for the Humanities At Tufts (CHAT) Event Sponsor Details: University Ecologies RSVP Information: No RSVP required Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Alex Blanchette Event Contact Phone: 203-763-9353 Link: https://humanities.tufts.edu/events/second-meeting-commons-and-commoning-study-group-102 The University Ecologies team invites you to join us for the second session of the Commons and Commoning study group on Thursday, October 2 from 1–3 p.m. at the Center for the Humanities at Tufts (48 Professors Row). Attached to the Mellon Foundation project, University Ecologies, and the Question of the Commons, this group will meet every 2–3 weeks to discuss some readings and host open discussions on how we might nurture university environments. Readings are brief, snacks are plentiful, conversation is welcoming and generous. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome. For copies of the readings, or for more information, please contact Modhumita Roy (modhumita.roy@tufts.edu) or Alex Blanchette (alex.blanchette@tufts.edu).

Building: Eaton Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Eaton Hall room 260 5 The Green Medford, MA Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Arts,Humanities,Religion/Spirituality Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Center for the Humanities At Tufts (CHAT),English department Event Sponsor Details: Center for Humanities at Tufts Speaker Name: Mark Irwin and Stephen Haven RSVP Information: Tufts University 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/poetry-reading-and-conversation-mark-irwin-and-stephen-haven-102 The English department and the Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT) invite the entire community to a special event with two visiting poets, Mark Irwin and Stephen Haven. Mark Irwin is the author of Once When Green, and also the winner of the Juniper Prize in Poetry. Stephen Haven, author of Flight From Meaning, is a finalist for England's International Beverly Prize for Literature. These poets will read from and discuss their new books with the Tufts audience. Irwin's and Haven's new collections explore the enduring spirit of life, imagination, and nature in a world bound by capitalism, technology, and violence—reminding us of what we still have that's worth living for. All are welcome. Please contact sara.akant@tufts.edu with questions.

Campus: Off-campus Location Details: Emerson College Bill Bordy Theater 216 Tremont St. Boston, MA 02116 Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Alumni and Friends,Faculty,Interns and Residents,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Conference/Panel Event/Symposium,Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Clinical Care,Health/Wellness,Innovation,Medicine,Research,Science Event Sponsor Details: Tufts CTSI RSVP Information: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eQVyHZ7ePPxaT6m Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Chloe Yang Event Contact Email: Chloe.Yang@tuftsmedicine.org Link: https://www.tuftsctsi.org/events/adapt2025/ Register now to join Tufts CTSI and the ADAPT Coalition for the 9th Annual ADAPT Community Health Symposium, “Rooted in Resilience: Looking Back to Look Forward.” This half-day, in-person only event will be held on Friday, October 3, 2025, from 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. EST, at the Emerson College Bill Bordy Theater (216 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02116). The symposium convenes researchers, community-based leaders and organizations, students, and representatives across sectors to discuss local community-prioritized health issues and solutions. Together, we will explore lessons learned from grassroots efforts to further the health of our local communities, as well as learn about innovative strategies local scholars and community-based organizations are implementing to advance their work across sectors. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) language interpretation will also be available for attendees.

Online Location Details: Zoom (Link to be posted) Open to Public: Yes Event Sponsor: Office of the Provost Event Sponsor Department / Area: Office of the Vice Provost for Research Event Contact Email: ovpr@tufts.edu Link: https://viceprovost.tufts.edu/ovpr-forum-0 Join us to learn about our units, explore our programs and initiatives, and engage in a Q&A session with our senior leadership.

Building: Barnum Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Rabb Room (Room 100), Barnum Hall  Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Undergraduate) Event Sponsor: Tisch College of Civic Life Event Sponsor Details: Tisch College of Civic Life and the Civic Studies Program RSVP Information: https://forms.gle/kp4tNnxpU3Z9g8ex5 Admission/Cost: Free Link: https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/news-events/events/civic-studies-community-social Register (In-Person Only) Are you currently co-majoring in civic studies (CVS), minoring in peace and justice studies (PJS) or entrepreneurship for social impact (ESI), or are interested in doing so? Join the civic studies program's first-ever community social to meet fellow CVS students, learn more about the program, enjoy snacks and treats, enter to win a raffle, and have fun with your CVS cohort. Undeclared students interested in co-majoring in CVS and/or minoring in PJS or ESI are welcome. Registration required.