Campus news

As the summer comes to an end, campus improvements and construction projects are wrapping up.

On May 21, the university awarded 1,492 undergraduate degrees and 2,152 graduate degrees. Television and film writer Kenya Barris told graduates to remain true to themselves in a time of turmoil.

Facilitated by Associate Professor Valencia Koomson, who is the symposium's Technical Program chair, Tufts will host the 60th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems from August 6-9.

Bobby Dutton, E04, founded college concert production company GrooveBoston while he was a computer engineering student at Tufts.

Registration is now open for Tufts Summer Session. Tufts offers over 170 courses this summer, from web programming to recombinant DNA techniques and more.

Join the Department of Computer Science on April 11 for a conversation with Andy Youniss of Rocket Software. The talk is titled "From the Garage to the Main Stage: Building a Long-Lasting Software Company."

In the annual Reverse Science Fair, Tufts graduate students — including four engineering Ph.D. candidates — visited Medford High School to share their own research and learn about the high school students' science and engineering projects.

The Tufts chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) was recently awarded the organization's Outstanding Collegiate Section Gold Award, which is the highest-level SWE award for a collegiate section.

From February 19-25, Tufts School of Engineering is celebrating National Engineers Week. See the Engineering Student Council website for the full schedule of panel discussions, events, and competitions.