Co-Presidents

Secretary

Ben Tidswell

Treasurer

Jaylee Boer

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.