In honor of the Independence Day (4th of July) holiday this year, Hirsh Library will be closed Saturday, July 3rd, through Monday, July 5th. This will mean that we will not be monitoring our live chat during […]

Watch John Denver play Garden Song on The Muppets Show!

Draw2Code: Low-Cost Tangible Programing for Young Children to Create Augmented Reality (AR) Animations By Hyejin Im, Master’s Student in Human Factors Engineering In April 2021, Hyejin Im, graduate student of Tufts Center for Engineering Education a […]

Creating Opportunities for Teachers through Virtual Programming Although Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) was still working remotely in spring 2021, we were still able to connect with […]

Technology, Science, and Engineering: How can STEM help make the next generation of changemakers In April 2021, Merredith Portsmore, director of Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) shared her experience running and […]

Acton Internship, Summer 2021Town of Acton, MAActon, MAApply by June 24th, 2021

Solar Energy Innovators FellowshipOak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)Various locationsEmail Kat Burnham with a […]

Originally published by Bloomberg in May 2021, reprinted by The Thirty Percent Coalition

Carlyle Group Inc. is the latest company to tie compensation of its chief executive officer to the firm’s performance on […]

by Garima Gupta and Mary Menzemer

It is perhaps surprising to note that among the world’s most advanced economies, Japan is one of the worst performers for gender parity in the workplace. Japan ranked 121 […]

By Jane Hirschi

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Editor’s Note:

Around the world, over a billion children and youth live in cities – many in low-income neighborhoods where schools face unusual cha […]

Review by Leah Harrigan

Book by Tony Hillery, Illustrated by Jessie Hartland

There’s a little patch of Earth in the middle of a Harlem block, right on 134th Street, where big things are happening. Once an […]

In the city, outdoor gardening space can be hard to find. Backyards are replaced by balconies, but this doesn’t mean you can’t still garden for pollinators. You just have to get creative about it. This Nat […]

Museums Celebrate JuneteenthOver the weekend, many people across the nation celebrated Juneteenth — a day made all the more special this year because it was finally made a national holiday, the first new one d […]

Stomaching the Problem: Could Your Pet Have Bilious Vomiting Syndrome? What is Bilious Vomiting Syndrome?  Bilious vomiting syndrome (BVS) is a term sometimes used to describe a condition where dogs vomit yellow […]

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I am constantly impressed by each cohort of students that enter and graduate from our program. It is great to see connections and friendships blossom over the course of the program. During our inaugural […]

Please help us in welcoming Iris Afantchao to the HHSL team!

Iris graduated from Smith College last year, and hopes to pursue an MLIS degree to become a community archivist. She has worked with collections […]

Podcast In the newly-released MyTERN Podcast, we engage in conversations about life before, during, and after incarceration. Through personal […]

On Tuesday, July 6th, we re-opened the Library Service Desk! For students who haven’t been to the library in a while (or at all), this will be an adjustment for us all. Our hours will be truncated while we t […]