Co-Presidents
Secretary
Treasurer
Activities Committee
Isaac Weinberg, Katja Kwaku, & Avalon Owens
Plan virtual meetings and activities for biology graduate students.
Graduate Student Invited Speaker (GSIS)
Bridget Re & Gayathri Kondakath
Polls graduate students for their choice of invited speaker and schedules speaker.
COVID-19 News Committee
Nick Woodward, Liangzi Li, & James Michielini
Works to stay up-to-date on the COVID policies that apply to graduate students and will make that information widely available.
DEI Committee
Jacqueline Clark Ludwig & Jessica X Wright-Lichter
Works with faculty and administrators to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Tufts Biology Department.
Social Justice & Community Outreach Committee
Maria Ostapovich & Jonah Levy
Works to develop strategies to work on social justice and equality
here in the biology department & communicates with faculty and community members to maintain a list of outreach opportunities.
Ecology Reading Group (ERGO) Directors
Adam Eichenwald & Isaac Weinberg
Coordinates ERGO’s meetings and discussion topics. Check out the ERGO Trunk site for events and updates. If you do not have access to the Trunk site, but would like access, email one of the co-directors!
Graduate Student Council (GSC) Representative
Jaylee Boer
Goes to monthly GSC meetings and reports back to BUGS on important events.
Website Committee
Daria Clark & Bridget Re
Updates this awesome website!
Committees are formed every Fall, come to the first BUGS meeting of the year to join! See student pictures and information on the department’s current graduate students page.