Zika virus. The lead crisis in Flint, Michigan. Soaring rates of childhood obesity. Climate change.

These are just some of the headlines we encounter every day that remind us of how  critical a robust and […]

Use of a Documentation Tool at Imagination Station in New Zealand by Susan Bitetti Through my work at the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, for the month of January 2016, I was given the amazing […]

Written by Amanda Franklin, Biology Ph.D. Candidate
Last week was spring break. And it is actually starting to feel like spring! The crocuses are coming up, the weather is getting warmer–slowly)–and the days […]

The recently formed Tufts Food Rescue Collaborative is looking for student volunteers to help package food donations for Food for Free at Dewick and Carmichael dining halls! This rescued surplus will be used to […]

Preventive Conservation
June 18 – July 1, 2016
Staatsburgh State Historic Site, Staatsburgh, NY
Instructors: Genevieve Bieniosek, John Childs, Catherine Coueignoux, Cathy Mackenzie, Kirsten […]

Collections & Education Intern
Boothbay Railway Village, Boothbay, ME
REPORTS TO: Education Director & Curator TERM: 40 hours per week, 10 week minimum commitment STATUS: Unpaid Internship, free private […]

Play Ambassador
Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Boston, MA
This volunteer program engages park-based ambassadors that can interact with children and adult visitors, providing guidance, activities, and […]

Creative Services/Graphic Design Intern – Summer 2016
Description:
Title: Creative Services/Graphic Design Intern – Summer 2016
Department: Marketing
Reports To: Creative Services Manager
Type of […]

43C was the ‘A’ chick (first hatched) of three chicks in monitored nest 14H321 on Appledore Island Maine.
Dave Adrien provides daily sightings and photos of gulls banded at Appledore and at other sites.  Since […]

Last week, a number of current and former Museum Studies students took part in a workshop put on by the Museum Studies Department and led by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko, President and CEO of the Abbe Museum. “The Art […]

Both photos of Herring Gulls availing themselves of fresh water puddles at Hampton Beach are by Charlee Breen.

M82 was an adult when banded on Appledore Island in May of 2012; that infers an age of eight […]

Hello again! Hirsh Library would like to announce another weekend of extended hours!

This Saturday, April 2nd, and Sunday, April 3rd, the Hirsh Library Service Desk will be open 10 am to 10 pm.

We will also […]

by Abigail, Tufts 1+4 Participant

Every morning I walk four blocks to work.

I walk out of the little sidewalk that leads to my house. Most often I’m greeted by tricicleros shouting “¿nos vamos?” because I’m pret […]

The photo of U10 was taken by Cindy Robinson Roper at Plum Island, MA on November 29, 2015.  Thanks to Jon Worthen for forwarding the photo and the sighting report.

U10 is an adult Herring Gull in winter […]

Amir Farmers serve as garden-educators at one of our partner camps during the summer, building productive gardens and farms with campers. Leveraging Amir’s educational curriculum, Amir Farmers use the garden space […]

The Department of Earth and Environmental Studies at Montclair State University invites applications for a full-time (10-month) tenure-track Assistant Professor  position in Sustainability Science.

Application […]