JUMBO DIGEST | April 12, 2026 | STUDENT LIFE EVENTS

Hello Jumbos!

Don't miss out on Tuftonia's Day next Saturday! Here's what's coming up.

Catholic Mass | 5 p.m. | Goddard Chapel

Buddhist Mindful Dialogue | 5 p.m. | Interfaith Center

Albanian Valle Workshop | 5:45 p.m. | 58 Talbot Avenue

Protestant Evening Worship | 7 p.m. | Goddard Chapel

Pasar Malam | 8 p.m. | Alumnae Lounge

Fall 2026 registration starts for AS&E (including SMFA and NEC) rising juniors in SIS

Sarabande show tabling | 10 a.m. | Mayer Campus Center

Tufts Bhangra Tabling | 11 a.m. | Mayer Campus Center

Gift of Life Tabling | 11 a.m. | Mayer Campus Center Table 3

Jumbo Vote Tabling | 12 noon | Mayer Campus Center

Civic Life Lunch – When Walls Speak: Art and Community in Minneapolis | 12 noon | Barnum Hall, Rabb Room

Midday Mindfulness with the Tufts Buddhist Mindfulness Sangha | 12 noon | Interfaith Center

Pulse Fundraiser Tabling | 1 p.m. | Mayer Campus Center

Resource Development Cookbook | 2 p.m. | Mayer Campus Center

Herb Garden | 5 p.m. | Asian American Center

EESA Senior Send-Off | 6 p.m. | Tisch Roof

MCAT Prep! | 7 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center, Room 140

JumboCast Presents: Adam Breneman | 7 p.m. | Cabot Hall, Room 205

KDSAP Speaker Event | 7:15 p.m. | Eaton Hall Room 273

KDSAP x PreMed Society Blood Pressure and Glucose Clinic | 7:30 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center, Room 160

BMES Paint & Sip | 7:30 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center, Room 180

IC x AAC Butter Mochi Tattoo Event | 8 p.m. | 112 Packard Avenue

BEI Memory Cafe | 8 p.m. | Eaton Hall, Room 171

Fall 2026 registration starts for AS&E (including SMFA and NEC) rising sophomores and continuing first-year students in SIS

Coffee Conversation with Parking and Transportation | 8 a.m. | Dowling Hall lobby, see featured events

Women's Rugby Bake Sale | 10 a.m. | Mayer Campus Center

Bhangra Tabling | 11 a.m. | Mayer Campus Center

Civic Life Lunch - Truth Under Fire: Journalism, Dissent, and Repression | 12 noon | Barnum Hall, Room 104

Red Cross Bake Sale | 1 p.m. | Mayer Campus Center

Meet Facilities Workers | 2 p.m. | Mayer Campus Center

MSA: Flowers & Friends | 2 p.m. | President's Lawn

Tufts Community Table | 5:30 p.m. | Breed Memorial Hall, 51 Winthrop Street, see featured events

Black Maternal Health Week: Flower Making | 6 p.m. | Eaton Hall, Room 225

BRG Career Panel | 6 p.m. | Tsungming Tu Complex, Robinson Wing, Room 253 (TTC Robinson)

CSO Roti Dance Workshop | 7 p.m. | Eaton Hall, Room 171

Game Night | 8 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center, Room 280

Second Session courses only: Last Day for Undergraduate AS&E Students to WITHDRAW from courses and receive a grade of W by 11:59 p.m. ET

Second Session courses only: Last day for Undergraduates to Select PASS/FAIL Option by 11:59 p.m. ET

National Championship Mock Trial | All Day | Washington, D.C.

Bake Sale | 11 a.m. | Mayer Campus Center

Bhangra Tabling | 11 a.m. | Mayer Campus Center

Tufts Democrats Tabling | 11 a.m. | Mayer Campus Center Table 1

StAAR Center x TCU Disability Senator Tabling Event | 12 noon | Mayer Campus Center, Upper Patio

Beyond Tufts: Personal Finance: Fundamentals of Budgeting, Saving & Employer Benefits | 12 noon | Cabot Center, Room 703

Multifaith Gathering for Peace | 12:15 p.m. | Goddard Chapel, see featured events

Open Tournament Tabling and Bake Sale | 1:30 p.m. | Mayer Campus Center

17th Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism: Audie Cornish | 5:30 p.m. | ASEAN Auditorium, Cabot Intercultural Center

Industry Insights from Litigator and Tufts Alumnus Christopher Valente | 6 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center, Lantern Room, see featured events

Tea Time: Language and Identity | 6:30 p.m. | Asian American Center

TCU Presidential Nomination Ceremony | 7 p.m. | Olin Hall, Room 7

Protestant Bible Study | 7 p.m. | Tisch Library, Austin Conference Room, Room 226

Tea and Community Care with the Buddhist Chaplaincy | 7 p.m. | Goddard Chapel

Journaling Workshop | 7:30 p.m. | Asian American Center

Tufts Open Case Event | 8:30 p.m. | ASEAN Auditorium, Cabot Hall, Room 302

Yale Africa Innovation Symposium | All Day | Yale University

TUGS Acadia National Park Field Trip | All Day | Acadia National Park

Humanitarian Fundraiser | 10 a.m. | Mayer Campus Center Table 4

Alt Protein Project Table | 12 noon | Mayer Campus Center

PERIOD Tabling | 12 noon | Mayer Campus Center Table 4

Drawing on Water Sharing in a Warming Cairo | 12 noon | Curtis Hall Multipurpose Room, see featured events

Voices for Peace and Light Choir Rehearsal | 12:10 p.m. | Goddard Chapel

Let's Talk with CHMS | 1 p.m | Tisch Library, Austin Conference Room, Room 226

Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program | 4:30 p.m. | Tisch Library, Austin Conference Room, see featured events

TSA Movie Night and Crafts | 5 p.m. | Mayer Campus Center, Room 219

Morir Bobando | 6 p.m. | Asian American Center

ISPE Industry Panel | 6 p.m. | Eaton Hall, Room 201

PSA Movie Night | 6:30 p.m. | Olin Hall, Room 12

Cocoa and Cram Study Night | 7 p.m. | Eaton Hall, Room 170

Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc., Informational Session | 7:15 p.m. | Eaton Hall, Room 112

German Club Easter Movie Night! | 7:30 p.m. | Olin Hall, Room 11

Harvard Aging Initiative x Tufts Biotech Club | 7:30 p.m. | Tichnor Lounge at Harvard University

Pre-Health Panel with Pre-PA, Pre-Med, & Pre-Dental | 8 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center, Room 265

Boba & Chill (Pre-Medical Society FREP Event) | 9 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center, Room 270

Pen Pals Spring Event | 9 a.m. | On Campus

China Care Big Spring Fundraiser | 11 a.m. | Mayer Campus Center, Upper Patio

US Fulbright Scholars Program | 12 noon | Zoom, see featured events

StAAR and CMHS: Tools for Transition | 12:15 p.m. | Dowling Hall, Milmore Room, see featured events

Jummah Prayers | 1 p.m. | Interfaith Center 

AAC Arts & Crafts Fest | 1 p.m. | Asian American Center

Jamnesty Charity Concert | 2 p.m. | Paige Hall, Crane Room

Coping with Loss Counseling Group | 3 p.m. | Counseling and Mental Health Service, 120 Curtis Street

Changing the Game: Queerness in Sports | 3 p.m. | Paige Hall, Crane Room

UMass Amherst APDA Debate Tournament | 4 p.m. | Amherst, MA

WMFO Bochella | 4 p.m. | Residential Quad

Keyboard Switch Lubing Workshop | 5 p.m. | TTC, Room 208

Robot Night | 6 p.m. | SEC/TTC, Room 212

Somos Issue 4 Launch | 6:30 p.m. | 574 Boston Avenue; 4th floor

Dogfight | 7:30 p.m. | Curtis Hall

Southeast Asian Formal | 8 p.m. | Sophia Gordon Hall

BEATs Final Show | 8:30 p.m. | Barnum Hall, Room LL08

TAST Formal | 9 p.m. | Breed Memorial Hall, 51 Winthrop Street

Sarabande Presents: OVERDRIVE | 9 p.m. | Cohen Auditorium

Public Harmony Spring Showcase | 9 p.m. | Goddard Chapel

NEAQ Trip | 10 a.m. | New England Aquarium

Pacbot Competition | 10 a.m. | RIT, 1 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY, 14623

Tisch College Scholar Capstone-INTERWOVEN: An Exhibition of Embodied Knowledge | 11 a.m. | Alumnae Hall

Tisch Scholars Capstone Project | 12 noon | Alumnae Hall

CSO Food Truck Event | 12 noon | Bromfeld Pearson Lawn

Tin Can Wind Chime and Natural Mobile | 12 noon | Mayer Campus Center, Lower Patio

Turbomania | 1 p.m. | 58 Winthrop Street

Pups and Pops | 1 p.m. | Academic Quad

French Lawn Games | 1 p.m. | Bromfield Pearson Lawn

Origami Stop-Motion Workshop: WIA Tufts x Origami Club Collab | 1 p.m. | SMFA, Room B113  (Animation Room)

Tuftonia's Day | 4 p.m. | Fletcher Field

Dancing with the Jumbos | 4 p.m. | Alumnae Lounge

Steel Bridge Regional Competition | 6 p.m. | Roger Williams University

Full Sound Spring Concert | 7 p.m. | Remis Sculpture Court

Dogfight | 7:30 p.m. | Curtis Hall

Cheese Ball (Cheese Club Formal) | 8 p.m. | Breed Memorial Hall, 51 Winthrop Street

Jackson Jills Spring Show | 8 p.m. | Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room

The Hidden Opponent Awareness Track and Field Meet | 9 a.m. | Ellis Oval

Central Massachusetts Robot Combat Club (CMRCC) Battlebots Competition | 9:30 a.m. | 208 Bemis Rd, Fitchburg, MA 01420, USA

WOMBAT | 10 a.m. | West Somerville Neighborhood School

Camp Kesem Spring Friends and Family Day | 12 noon | Academic Quad

Holi | 12 noon | Residential Quad

Mela | 1 p.m. | Curtis Hall, Multipurpose Room

Blender Texturing Workshop | 3 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center, Room 140

Plate Painting | 4 p.m. | Porter Square

The Parking and Transportation team wants to hear from you! Join us in the Dowling Hall lobby and share your transportation feedback on Tuesday, April 14, 8–10 a.m. Details on Parking and Transportation Advisories web page. 

Join the Tufts Table Planning Committee and the Prejudice to Pluralism Initiative on Tuesday, April 14, 5:30–7:30 p.m., for an evening of community building, storytelling, and great food! This event will highlight the important work of the Prejudice to Pluralism cohort and invite us to reflect on how we can productively engage across differences at Tufts. Guided by a pluralism framework, we will explore ways to strengthen relationships and collaborate on shared concerns.

We are here for you, Jumbos! Our Multifaith Gathering for Peace will run through April each Wednesday, 12:15 p.m.–12:45 p.m.  You can drop in, chat with a chaplain, have some tea, and light a candle for peace with us. You can always schedule a confidential conversation with a chaplain through the link below too. All are welcome. Contact the University Chaplaincy with any questions. 

Join the Tufts President’s Office and the Career Center on Wednesday, April 15, 6–8 p.m. in the JCC Lantern Room, 601 for a presentation featuring Chris J. Valente ’05, incoming President of the Tufts Alumni Council, experienced Litigator, and former Swim & Dive Team member. Chris is an international arbitration practitioner with a focus on commercial litigation and cross-border disputes. Chris also co-leads his firm’s Artificial Intelligence Solutions Group. Light dinner served.

Join us on Thursday, April 16 at 12 noon for a conversation on how residents of Cairo, Egypt respond to intensifying urban heat by drawing on long-standing traditions of water sharing. Tessa Farmer, Associate Professor at the University of Virginia, will explore how everyday water practices shape resilience in the city. We’ll raffle three copies of Tessa’s book Well-Connected: Everyday Water Practices in Cairo (2023) for the in-person audience. The talk will also be livestreamed and recorded.

The Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program offers three years of funding to pursue any graduate degree program at Stanford University, from a master's or doctoral degree to professional degree like a JD, MBA, or MD. Join Scholar Development and a representative from Knight-Hennessy to learn about the program, the application process, and the opportunities for leadership development! The information session will be Thursday, April 16 in the Austin Conference Room at Tisch Library at 4:30 p.m.

Interested in teaching, studying, or research abroad? Consider applying for the U.S. Student Fulbright Program! Join the Scholar Development team on Friday, April 17 at 12 noon on Zoom, and learn about the process of applying for a Fulbright through Tufts. 

StAAR and CMHS: Tools for Transition: Friday, April 17 12:15pm–1:15pm in Milmore Room, Dowling Hall. In this workshop we’ll focus on your “why." Through a hands-on activity, you will get the chance to reflect on your current values, which can help you explore your identity and motivations. Our resources are free and open to all undergraduates. Workshops are held in person on the Medford campus. To sign up, visit go.tufts.edu/tutorfinder. 

Students and Student Organizations can submit events to JumboLife! Add your event by Thursday at 12 noon each week, and we'll include it in the Jumbo Digest on Sunday.

AS&E rising sophomores register Tuesday, April 14 (check SIS for your registration time).

Drop-in Advising: The A&S and Engineering Senior Academic Advisors are available to answer
your advising questions. Visit Engineering or Arts & Sciences drop-in advising this week!

Each year, Tufts sends a delegation to the UN Climate Change Conference. The 2026 conference will be in Antalya, Turkey in November. All Tufts students are encouraged to apply by May 31. Tufts delegates gain important insight into the discussions that frame global climate change policy and action. Attendance at this event impacts faculty, staff, and student research. Please note that funding is not included in this opportunity. See website for full application details.

Experience the best of student living at Pachyderm Place, designed for Tufts juniors and seniors. Choose from fully furnished studio to 6-bedroom apartments with modern amenities including study spaces, fitness, and social areas, plus on-site laundry, bike storage, and retail. 

Coming Fall 2027. Applications open July 1. Visit the website and join the VIP list for updates and early access.

GIS in Talloires is an intensive two-week course at the Tufts European Center in Talloires, France (July 13-26). The course (GIS 101 / GIS 201 / ENV 107 / INTR 81) offers 3 credits and is open to both graduate and undergraduate students. Students live in private studios in the heart of Annecy and study at the historic Prieuré in Talloires, with direct access to Alpine landscapes, Lac d'Annecy, and nearby Geneva. Instructor: Sumeeta Srinivasan. Rolling admissions until the program is filled.