Lounges
The Tufts AS&E GSC manages and operates two graduate student lounges on the Medford/Somerville campus. Both lounges are usually accessible 24 hours a day for all AS&E graduate students using their Tufts Graduate Student ID. If you do not have access, email accessrequest@tufts.edu.
If you have difficulty accessing the lounge using your Student ID, you may contact the TUPD non-emergency line at (617) 627-3030 and they can unlock the door remotely.
Free printing service is provided in both lounges. Drinks and snacks are available for purchase for a very low fee. Any inquiries regarding lounge condition and lounge assistant positions should be directed to gsc-vicepresident@tufts.edu.
The West Hall Lounge Conference Room or the Curtis Hall Lounge can be reserved with this online form.
Curtis Hall Lounge
474 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
Directions: Enter from the Boston Ave. street entrance (not the post office entrance) and head directly across the hall to the graduate lounge.
Amenities: Curtis Cafe (drinks and snacks), board games, meeting tables, couches, computers, a color printer, and wireless internet.
West Hall GSC Lounge
175 Packard Ave, Medford, MA 02155
Directions: Enter from the parking lot side to the basement level with student ID access. There are two rooms available: 001 and 002.
Amenities: West Cafe (drinks and snacks), conference room, meeting tables, couches, lockers (see below), computers, printers and a photocopier, wireless internet, and an LCD TV.
Lockers are provided free of charge (although we require a $10 deposit in person, reimbursed upon returning lock key). Lockers are available on a first come, first served basis by emailing gsc@tufts.edu.
Mission Hill Computer Lab
SMFA @ Tufts Mission Hill Building : Room C110
160 St Alphonsus St, Boston, MA 02120
Directions: Enter through the first floor entrance, make your immediate right, head to the back of the building and the Lab will be on the Right hand side.
Amenities: MAC workstations, B&W and Color Printing
Mission Hill Graduate Student Lounge
160 St Alphonsus St, Boston, MA 02120
Directions: Enter through the first floor entrance, Walk all the way to the other end of building, upstairs to the second floor, make a right towards the grad crit space then your first right afterwards, then a left, walk towards the end of the hall and the lounge will be on your right hand
side.
Amenities: Tables, Chairs,Couches, playing cards and board games, rotating artwork of grad
students
GSC Office
The GSC Office is located in Room 001A of the GSC West Hall Lounge. The staff is available to answer your questions about the lounge, take your suggestions, take locker requests, and more. The office is open and staffed during the fall and spring semesters. For hours of operation, please contact gsc-vicepresident@tufts.edu. The phone number for the office is (617) 627-3576.
Lounge Assistants
The GSC hires new lounge assistants on a semester basis. If you’re interested in the position, please email gsc-vicepresident@tufts.edu.