Building: Dowling Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Millmore Room 740P Open to Public: No Are you first-generation and/or low-income and interested in study abroad opportunities? Join the FIRST Center and Tufts Global Education teams to learn more about studying abroad on financial aid! Dinner will be provided, so please register in advance for an accurate catering order. 

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.

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: Sophia Gordon Hall City: Somerville, MA 02144 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Sophia Gordon 100 Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Global Engagement,Politics/Policy/Law,Sustainability/Climate Event Sponsor Details: Office of the Vice Provost for Education RSVP Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFafVka4fsd-sFPDo-8PCexcRPBt9ff5bx4IgbwlgdfxDTGw/viewform?usp=header Event Contact Name: Christine Hollenhorst Event Contact Email: christine.hollenhorst@tufts.edu Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFafVka4fsd-sFPDo-8PCexcRPBt9ff5bx4IgbwlgdfxDTGw/viewform?usp=header Ever wondered what it’s really like inside the UN Climate Change Conference (also known as COP)? This year’s summit is happening in Belém, Brazil—but you don’t need a passport to join the action! Come watch a live-streamed session straight from COP, and get a behind-the-scenes look at global climate negotiations. Free lunch (because climate conversations are better with snacks). Registration appreciated so we can make sure there’s enough food for everyone!

Building: Dowling Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Dowling Hall 740P 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: Aidekman Arts Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Room: Cohen Auditorium Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Join the 220-voice Tufts Third Day Gospel Choir as they present their fall concert under the direction of David Coleman.

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.

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.

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.

Building: Goddard Chapel City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences An evening celebrating the legendary guitarist Wes Montgomery’s groundbreaking work in jazz. Featuring big band arrangements of Montgomery’s classics as well as new interpretations that highlight his enduring influence on jazz and guitarists worldwide. Joel LaRue Smith, director.

Building: Aidekman Arts Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Sponsor: Tufts University Art Galleries RSVP Information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artist-tour-of-beverly-semmes-boulders-flag-flip-kick-tickets-1601871654239?aff=oddtdtcreator Link: https://artgalleries.tufts.edu/events/231-artist-tour-of-beverly-semmes-boulders-flag-flip-kick Join Tufts University Art Galleries to celebrate the closing of the exhibition Boulders / Flag / Flip / Kick with a tour with the artist, Beverly Semmes, in conversation with Jennie Jieun Lee, SMFA Professor of the Practice in Ceramics. 

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.

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 TCO performs Beethoven's 6th Symphony and Mendelssohn's Overture from A Midsummer Night's Dream under the direction of John Page.

Building: Olin Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: 011 Wheelchair Accessible: No Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Film Screening Event Subject: Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence,Global Engagement,Humanities Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Romance Studies department Event Sponsor Details: Department of Romance Studies Event Contact Name: Magdalena Malinowska Event Contact Email: magdalena.malinowska@tufts.edu Mexican Films in Spanish, movie #2: Hijo de monarcas. This is the second of a three movie series. The next one is on December 7.

Building: Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Room: Varis Lecture Hall Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Music department Event Contact Name: Anna Griffis Event Contact Email: anna.griffis@tufts.edu One hundred years after its composition, the most outrageous piece of the early 20th century is danced to by the Ballett Zurich. A look at the many incarnations of George Antheil's Ballet mécanique for percussion ensemble, siren, bells, airplane propellers, and 16 player pianos.

Building: Dowling Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Milmore Room (room 740P) Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Staff Event Type: Community Engagement Event Subject: Community Celebration,Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence Event Sponsor Details: Office of Institutional Inclusive Excellence (IIE) RSVP Information: https://forms.gle/ezsCeAuyYktt3CT98 Event Contact Name: Deborah Donahue-Keegan Event Contact Email: deborah.donahue_keegan@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 617-448-1949 Link: https://diversity.tufts.edu/events/ Tufts staff and administrators are invited to join the Office of Institutional Inclusive Excellence (IIE) for monthly gatherings of community, connection, and joy. Drop-in for a quick visit or stay the whole time! Coffee, tea, and dessert will be provided. Mondays, 3–4 p.m. on the Medford/Somerville campus November 17 | Milmore Room, Dowling Hall (room 740P) January 26 | Alumnae Lounge, Alumnae Hall (room 106), 40 Talbot Avenue February 23 | Milmore Room, Dowling Hall (room 740P) March 23 | Alumnae Lounge, Alumnae Hall (room 106), 40 Talbot Avenue April 27 | Chase Center, Carmichael Hall

Building: Fung House 48 Professors Row City: Somerville, MA 02144 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT) Conference Room Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Humanities,Politics/Policy/Law,Research Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Anthropology department,Center for the Humanities At Tufts (CHAT),International Relations program,Urban & Environmental Policy and Planning department Speaker Name: Inna Leykin, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Political Science, and Communication at The Open University of Israel RSVP Information: No RSVP required Link: https://humanities.tufts.edu/events/book-talk-inna-leykin-caring-state-1117 Join us on November 17 for a conversation with Inna Leykin, discussing her new book, Caring Like a State: The Politics of Russia's Demographic Crisis. The post-Soviet Russian state is haunted by the fear of not having enough people. Despite its well-publicized pronatalist campaigns, Russia’s declining birth rates and rising mortality rates since the 1990s cast doubt on the state's ability to care for its population effectively. In this ethnography, anthropologist Inna Leykin examines the post Soviet Russian state's efforts and failures in population care. Inna Leykin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Political Science, and Communication at The Open University of Israel. Trained as a cultural anthropologist, she studies the cultures of intellectual expertise and policymaking, the cultural significance of statistical and demographic knowledge, postsocialist statecraft, and emerging practices of the self in contemporary Russia. She has recently embarked on new research focusing on the afterlife of Soviet agricultural development in postsocialist Mongolia. Her research has been published in academic journals including Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Medical Anthropology, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Sociology, Comparative Migration Studies, and Slavic Review. All are welcome to attend. This event is co-sponsored by The Center for the Humanities at Tufts, and the Departments of Anthropology, International Relations, and Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning.

Campus: Grafton 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: Vanak Huot Event Contact Email: ready@tufts.edu Link: https://tufts.myabsorb.com/#/instructor-led-courses/aaa669c9-a508-45a6-9a40-091d3d58d08f/ This training course for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) / Automated External Defibrillators (AED) is designed to teach the lifesaving skills necessary to help a friend, family member, neighbor, and all community members in need. This is an instructor-led course that teaches adult, child, and infant CPR. Additionally, the course will teach the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AED). This class is open to Tufts University students, faculty, and staff and is limited to 20 students per session.

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: Goddard Chapel City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: A reception in Eaton Hall 250 from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. will follow the public lecture. All are welcome. Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Religion/Spirituality,Social Justice/Human Rights Event Sponsor: Tisch College of Civic Life Event Sponsor Details: Sponsored by the University Chaplaincy and Tisch College with support from the Asian American Center and the Experimental College. RSVP Information: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9LyJehcVTgyOxSu Admission/Cost: Free Link: https://chaplaincy.tufts.edu/russell-lecture/ Register (In-Person Only) Join this year's joint Russell Lecture and Solomont Speaker Series event with Tufts alumnus, Varun Soni, A96! Soni is the Dean of Religious and Spiritual life at the University of Southern California, where he also served as the inaugural vice provost of campus wellness and crisis intervention. He is the first and only Hindu in American history to serve as the chief spiritual leader of a college or university. Dean Soni previously taught civil rights and constitutional law at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A prolific public speaker and scholar of religions, Dean Soni is a national interfaith leader and advocate for religious reconciliation. Outside of his role as Dean, Soni serves as a senior advisor for Religion of Sports, a production company founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, and Gotham Chopra, and he also advises the video game company Naughty Dog, where he contributed to the Uncharted and The Last of Us franchises. He's been a consultant for HBO, ESPN, Showtime, A&E, History Channel, Live Nation, and the Oprah Winfrey Network, and produced the graphic novel Tina’s Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary. This event is jointly hosted by Tisch College's Solomont Speaker Series and by the University Chaplaincy's Russell Lecture, the oldest lectureship at Tufts University. It is cosponsored by the Asian American Center and Experimental College at Tufts. Registration required. A reception in Eaton 260 from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. will follow the public lecture. All are welcome.