Building: Curtis Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: 101 Multipurpose Room Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Postdoctoral Fellows,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Global Engagement,Sustainability/Climate Event Sponsor Details: Office of the Vice Provost for Education, Office of Sustainability, Sustainability CORE Fellows, and Groundwork Somerville RSVP Information: https://forms.gle/LAxtBjfqxD1LVMGe7 Event Contact Name: Christine Hollenhorst Event Contact Email: christine.hollenhorst@tufts.edu Join the Office of the Vice Provost for Education, Office of Sustainability, Sustainability CORE Fellows, and Groundwork Somerville to work together to translate international climate commitments into practical, place-based solutions, grounding global goals into our community.  We will: Problem solve with Groundwork Somerville Connect local urban agriculture efforts to COP30 Link global problems to local solutions Enjoy lunch from Oasis Brazilian Restaurant You don't need to be a climate expert! Just bring your ideas, creativity, and passion for change!

Building: Aidekman Arts Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Remis Sculptor Court Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Alumni and Friends,Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Training/Workshop Event Subject: Innovation Event Sponsor: Gordon Institute Event Sponsor Details: Derby Entrepreneurship Center RSVP Information: https://markitai.com/e/1nK4_dmQ54 Admission/Cost: Free Link: https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/smbhackathon25/ Join us in this mini-hackathon where you will meet and form teams with people like you, come up with a small business idea, and leverage AI to take it all the way to a business pitch in just a few hours.

Online Location Details: https://tufts.zoom.us/j/93437098832?pwd=j8t1KbxHJwGnQYj1MtO46ZhEbcb1FL.1&from=addon Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Alumni and Friends,Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Information Session/Open House/Orientation Event Subject: Education,Global Engagement Event Sponsor Details: Tufts French department and Tufts European Center Event Contact Name: Kim DeCrescenzo Event Contact Email: kimberlee.decrescenzo@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 617-627-3290 Link: https://www.tapif.org/ Join us to learn more about the TAPIF Program (Teaching Assistant Program in France), sponsored by the Tufts French department and the Tufts European Center.

Building: Dowling Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Dowling Hall 730A Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Undergraduate) The vibrant city of Oaxaca, Mexico awaits you this summer! Join Tufts Global Education and SMFA Faculty to learn about SMFA 194 - Special Topics: Fresco in Mexico! Attend an information session to learn more about the program logistics, academic credit, and exciting content!    Program Dates: Mid-May- Mid/End June2026 Application Deadline: Dec 1 Eligibility: 2.75 GPA and Good Standing. Recommended for intermediate to advanced-level undergraduate and graduate SMFA students, but this course is open to Tufts undergraduate students from all schools and disciplines. No prior Spanish language background required. International travel to Mexico is a required component of this program. Scholarships: Scholarships are limited and interested individuals are encouraged to meet with their financial aid counselor to explore access to any additional funding sources. This course is 4 SHUs.

Building: Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Room: Distler Performance Hall Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences The Tufts Concert Choir and Chamber Singers perform Vaughan Williams's Serenade to Music and works by Gimon, Stanford, D. MacDonald, Harris, and more. Jamie Kirsch, director; Thomas Stumpf, piano; Sarita Uranovksy, violin   

Building: Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Room: Distler Performance Hall Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Students studying in this program present a unique evening of classical, jazz, and original compositions.

Building: Tisch Library City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Room 304 Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Humanities Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: History of Art and Architecture department Event Sponsor Details: Margaret Henderson Floyd Memorial Fund Speaker Name: Robert Bork, Professor, Iowa College of Art and Design Link: https://as.tufts.edu/art-architecture/news-events/lecture-series Lecture with Robert Bork, Professor of Gothic architecture and geometry in art

Event Type: University Holiday The university observes a holiday on this day.

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.

Building: Fung House 48 Professors Row City: Somerville, MA 02144 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: First floor conference room Wheelchair Accessible: No 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: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Center for the Humanities At Tufts (CHAT),Film and Media Studies program Speaker Name: Malcolm Turvey RSVP Information: No RSVP required Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Amanda Pepper Event Contact Email: amanada.pepper@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 203-763-9353 Link: https://humanities.tufts.edu/events/faculty-book-talk-film-art-and-limits-science-malcolm-turvey-1112 Join us on November 12 at noon for a conversation with Malcolm Turvey about his newest book, Film, Art, and the Limits of Science: In Defense of Humanistic Explanation, which explores the boundaries of scientific analysis in the arts. There is currently a vigorous debate in film studies and related disciplines about the extent to which scientific paradigms like evolutionary psychology and neuroscience can explain the cinema and other artforms. This debate tends to devolve into extreme positions, with many film scholars and other humanists insisting that science has little or no role to play in the study of the arts, while a minority contends that it is always needed to fully account for cultural phenomena like film. Malcolm Turvey is the Sol Gittleman Professor of the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Tufts University. He is also the director and founder of Film and Media Studies Program. All are welcome. Light will be refreshments served.

Building: Eaton Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Eaton 201 Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Clinical Care,Health/Wellness,Medicine,Politics/Policy/Law,Science Event Sponsor: Office of the President Event Sponsor Department / Area: Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education RSVP Information: expandingviewpoints@tufts.edu Event Contact Name: Arik Burakovsky Event Contact Email: Arik.Burakovsky@tufts.edu Link: https://cevihe.org/fall2025lunchseries What are the limits of trust in science and medicine? Hosted by the newly established Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education (CEVIHE) at Tufts University, this weekly series explores politics and culture through three different formats: book conversations, timely current affairs discussions, and guest lectures by heterodox thinkers. Each week, participants will encounter sophisticated arguments associated with a diversity of ideological, religious, and cultural worldviews. Lunch will be provided. Please see the workshop schedule here for more details, and please contact us if you want to participate so we can add you to the Canvas site. Reading: Marty Makary. Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health. New York, NY: Bloomsbury, 2024. Discussant: Professor Keren Ladin, Department of Community Health

Building: Olin Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Olin 106  Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Information Session/Open House/Orientation Event Subject: Education,Global Engagement Event Sponsor Details: Tufts European Center Event Contact Name: Kimberlee DeCrescenzo Event Contact Email: kimberlee.decrescenzo@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 617-627-3290 Link: https://europeancenter.tufts.edu/ Spend a summer in France! Join us to learn more about the 2026 Tufts in Talloires and Tufts in Annecy programs at the Tufts European Center in Talloires, France. No French required.

Building: Tisch Library City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: We will be located at tables in front of the leisure reading area just beyond the lobby on the main floor (second floor) of Tisch Library. Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Training/Workshop Event Subject: Research Event Contact Name: User Experience and Student Success Department Event Contact Email: tischuess@elist.tufts.edu Link: https://tischlibrary.tufts.edu/node/3565 Starting on October 1 and continuing every Wednesday through December 10, librarians at Tisch Library will be hosting weekly drop-in research consultations. You can stop by for research help, including but not limited to: Developing keywords and search strategies Identifying and searching for sources Evaluating information types Planning and organizing your research On the following dates, StAAR writing consultants will also be joining us to offer drop-in writing support: October 22 November 12 December 3 No appointment necessary! Stop by whenever you can.

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,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Humanities,Religion/Spirituality,Sustainability/Climate Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Center for the Humanities At Tufts (CHAT),Environmental Studies program Speaker Name: Fern Thompsett RSVP Information: No RSVP required Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Amanda Pepper Event Contact Email: amanada.pepper@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 203-763-9353 Link: https://humanities.tufts.edu/events/chat-fellow-presentation-slipspace-fern-thompsett-1112 Join us November 12 at 4 p.m. for a special conversation about alternate lifestyles in the Pacific Northwest, brought to us by Fern Thompsett.  Fern Thompsett is a sociocultural anthropologist whose research is based in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Her book project, tentatively titled Civilization's Discontents: Building Worlds at the End of the World in Cascadia, takes up questions of how people endeavor to live together in alternative multispecies communities, motivated by the climate crisis and anti-colonial critique. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Society for Economic Anthropology. She earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2025.  You may join this event in person or on Zoom.

Building: Cabot Intercultural Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: ASEAN Auditorium Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Humanities,Politics/Policy/Law Event Sponsor: Office of the President Event Sponsor Department / Area: Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education Event Contact Name: Arik Burakovsky Event Contact Email: Arik.Burakovsky@tufts.edu Link: https://cevihe.org/musaalgharbi How can a society that celebrates equality keep producing deeper inequality? The Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education (CEVIHE) at Tufts University welcomes you to a presentation, conversation, and Q&A with sociologist Musa al-Gharbi, author of We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite (Princeton University Press, 2024). As part of the Center's 2025-2026 headliner events on The Future of the American Left and Right, the conversation will explore the ideas and tensions shaping today's progressive movements. Learn more and register here.

Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: No Spend five unforgettable weeks in Pavia, Italy, where your learning of computer science meets the beauty of Italian tradition. Tufts Global Education, in conjunction with the School of Engineering and the Program of Italian Studies, operates a 5-week program in Pavia, Italy, aimed at providing students the opportunity to immerse themselves in the rich and historic culture of Italy while earning credits in Data or Computer Science. Classes are hosted in the vibrant city of Pavia, a hub of history and innovation just 30 minutes from Milan. Pavia’s dynamic university atmosphere and stunning medieval architecture provide a wonderful and manageable setting for learning and exploration. Outside the classroom, practice your Italian over a cappuccino in a bustling piazza or while strolling along the ancient streets of this charming city. This program is designed for all students with an interest in Computer Science and an eagerness to learn about Italy. Open to undergraduate students from all schools. No background in Italian language or Computer Science is needed. Join us at an upcoming info session or visit the Tufts in Pavia website to learn more! Program Dates: May 23 - June 27, 2026 Application Deadline: Dec 1 Scholarships: Scholarships are limited and interested individuals are encouraged to meet with their financial aid counselor to explore access to any additional funding sources. (this program is open to students from other institutions)

Building: Aidekman Arts Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Room: Balch Arena Theater Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Performance Event Subject: Theater/Dance Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Contact Name: John Stark Event Contact Email: John.Stark@tufts.edu Link: https://www.tuftstdpstickets.com/ PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS  Dave Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 is a groundbreaking musical that brings a fresh, electrifying twist to a classic story. Inspired by a dramatic slice of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, this innovative electropop opera follows the young and passionate Natasha Rostova as she arrives in Moscow, eagerly awaiting her fiancé’s return from war. But when she falls for the charming and reckless Anatole, her world is turned upside down. Caught in the middle is Pierre, a family friend struggling with his own sense of purpose, who must step in to help Natasha recover from scandal.  With its bold storytelling and genre-defying music, Great Comet has captivated audiences from its early days in New York’s Ars Nova to celebrated runs off-Broadway and on Broadway.

Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Training/Workshop Event Subject: Health/Wellness,Research Speaker Name: Shayesteh Jahanfar Admission/Cost: $350 Event Contact Name: Shayesteh Jahanfar Event Contact Email: shayesteh.jahanfar@tufts.edu Link: https://tinyurl.com/SysRevNov Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to: Describe the steps required to critically appraise original research studies Describe the process used to collect and extract data from reports of original studies Work with cloud-based screening software Covidence Describe the process of analyzing, presenting, and interpreting the results of meta-analyses Enter and analyze data for a systematic review using the Cochrane Collaboration’s RevMan software Identify and resolve questions and challenges encountered during the completion of a Cochrane systematic review

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_iZKBJ35ZRBWu6REcROcQDw Link: https://as.tufts.edu/environmentalstudies/news-events/hoch-cunningham-lecture-series#nov13 Critical minerals containing concentrations of lithium and rare earth elements are essential for the Green Energy Transition, and recently have become the subject of a lot of geopolitical news. In this lecture, Dr. Vantongeren will review what defines a “critical mineral” and what geologic processes concentrate them into extractable quantities. She will also discuss ongoing research in her group to characterize large deposits of lithium that were formed right here in New England during the uplift of the Appalachian Mountains and the opening of the Atlantic Ocean.

Open to Public: No Prepping for the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition? This workshop will help you strengthen your presentation skills ahead of the Graduate Student Council’s (GSC) 3MT Competition. You’ll gain tips on audience engagement, clear messaging, and confident performance. If you are unsure what 3MT is, this video explains it. Students may participate in the workshop whether you are participating in the GSC's 3MT or not. Register today! A light lunch will be served. The GSC's 3MT Competition will take place on November 21st from 4:30-7:30pm at 574 Boston Avenue, Room 401. Abstracts due November 14th. For more information, email gsc@tufts.edu.