Dec 8, 2024, 2pm EST

Join the TUAG Student Programming Committee for a crochet workshop with Leslie Rogers, SMFA at Tufts professor of the practice in sculpture. Taking inspiration from Tomashi Jackson’s use of fibers, knitwear, and woven elements in Across the Universe, Rogers will teach participants some basic techniques. Together, we can knit community via shared artmaking.

Building: Aidekman Arts Center
Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus
City: Medford, MA 02155
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Location Details: Tufts Art Galleries, Aidekman Arts Center, Medford
Wheelchair Accessible (for in-person events): Yes
Open to Public: Yes
Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends, Faculty, Parents, Postdoctoral Fellows, Staff, Students (Graduate), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Community Engagement, Exhibition, Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk
Subject: Arts/Media, Education, Humanities
Event Sponsor: Tufts University Art Galleries
Event Sponsor Details: Generous support for Tufts University Art Galleries programming is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
RSVP Information: Event is free and open to all. Please register here: www.eventbrite.com…
More info: artgalleries.tufts.edu…

Nov 21, 2024, 6pm EST

Join us in experiencing The Fight for Black Lives, a powerful documentary that explores whether the persistently higher rate of Black maternal and infant mortality is inevitable because it is “located in the inferior body of the negro” or preventable because it is located in “inferior social conditions.”

Panel discussion with experts to immediately follow.

Register now!

Building: Tufts Center for Medical Education
Campus Location: Boston Health Sciences campus
City: Boston, MA 02111
Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus
Location Details: Room 114
Wheelchair Accessible (for in-person events): Yes
Open to Public: Yes
Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends, Faculty, Parents, Postdoctoral Fellows, Staff, Students (Graduate), Students (Postdoctoral), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Community Engagement, Conference/Panel Event/Symposium, Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk
Subject: Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence, Education, Health/Wellness, Medicine, Politics/Policy/Law, Science, Social Justice/Human Rights, Theater/Dance
Event Sponsor: School of Medicine
Event Sponsor Details: Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice
Event Contact Name: Judith Jeanty
Event Contact Email: Judith.Jeanty@tufts.edu
Event Contact Phone: 617-636-3847
RSVP Information: secure.touchnet.net…
Event Admission: In-person or virtually
More info: secure.touchnet.net…

Nov 21, 2024, 12pm EST

This workshop will explore data analysis and visualization from a data feminist perspective, exploring methods for critical making and physicalization through arts and crafts. Data physicalizations create tangible, embodied representations of data, engaging both creators and audiences in the labor behind the data, its contents, and presentation.

Participants of all experience levels with data analysis, visualization, and craft are welcome to join this interactive workshop and discussion where we will examine datasets from a data feminist framework before exploring data physicalization through weaving, felting, drawing, and more.

Please bring a laptop to the workshop. If you are a crafty person and would like to bring your own tools for experimenting (such as knitting needles, a crochet hook, embroidery), you are welcome, but we will have supplies on hand.

Building: Tisch Library
Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus
City: Medford, MA 02155
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Location Details: Tisch Digital Design Studio (DDS)
Open to Public: Yes
Primary Audience(s): Faculty, Staff, Students (Graduate), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk
Subject: Humanities
Event Contact Name: Kaylen Dwyer
RSVP Information: tufts.libcal.com…
More info: tischlibrary.tufts.edu…

Nov 18, 2024, 6:30pm EST

Join Tisch College for a private screening of a new documentary based on the groundbreaking work and leadership of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Frances Hesselbein. A true "pioneer for women, volunteerism, diversity, and opportunity,” Hesselbein was one of the most important figures in the leadership movement, where her influence extended from nonprofit management to corporate boards to the U.S. Army. Defining Moments shares the extraordinary impact of Hesselbein’s work, while exploring how her ideas can help leaders today safeguard a democracy under threat.

Building: Barnum Hall
Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus
City: Medford, MA 02155
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Location Details: Barnum LL08
Wheelchair Accessible (for in-person events): Yes
Open to Public: Yes
Event Contact Name: Jessica Byrnes, Senior Communications Manager
Event Contact Email: jessica.byrnes@tufts.edu
More info: www.eventbrite.com…

Nov 18, 2024, 12pm EST

This seminar is part of the Animal Matters Seminar Series presented by Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy.

Housing insecurity for tenants has increased in severity in the last several years as rents have skyrocketed and eviction rates have, in many cities, climbed higher than even pre-pandemic levels, according to a 2024 Harvard study. Today, more renters than ever are experiencing at least moderate rent burden as unaffordability in the rental market hit an all-time high in 2022.  Housing insecurity directly impacts peoples' ability to acquire and keep pets for life. There is a small, but growing body of research to better understand the impact of rental housing conditions on pets, pet owners, and animal shelters in the U.S. and how this issue relates to broader affordable housing and tenants’ rights social justice advocacy.

This presentation will share the results of three research projects, co-authored by our guest speaker Lauren Loney, a licensed attorney, researcher, and advocate crafting policies and lobbying on a variety of issues at local, state, and federal levels. Her talk will address the impact of restrictive pet policies in rental housing on pets, animal shelters, and the tenants who love them. Join us to learn about trends in pet relinquishment due to housing issues and several programmatic tools that may be most useful to mitigate the flow of these pets into animal shelters.

Online Location Details: tufts.zoom.us…
Building: Agnes Varis Campus Center
Campus Location: Grafton campus
City: North Grafton, MA 01536
Campus: Grafton campus
Location Details: Agnes Varis Auditorium (AVA), Joining remotely? Register in advance here., After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Open to Public: Yes
Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends, Faculty, Parents, Postdoctoral Fellows, Staff, Students (Graduate), Students (Postdoctoral), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk
Subject: Education, Health/Wellness, Humanities, Politics/Policy/Law, Public Service/Government, Social Justice/Human Rights, Veterinary Medicine
Event Sponsor: Center for Animals and Public Policy, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Event Sponsor Details: Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy
Event Contact Email: capp@tufts.edu
Event Admission: Free
More info: go.tufts.edu…

Nov 13, 2024, 6pm EST

In conjunction with Across the Universe, join TUAG in collaboration with the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies for an interactive screening and conversation with exhibiting artist Tomashi Jackson, associate professor Kareem Khubchandani (LaWhore Vagistan), and a special guest—multidisciplinary performer and director of opera and theater Alexander Gedeon from the LA Philharmonic. Featuring One Night Only with Tommy Tonight, a rare live performance of Jackson as Tommy Tonight lip-syncing the Doobie Brothers with a soundtrack directed by Gedeon, the event will discuss the ways drag and kinship are linked, through intergenerational support, grief, and memory, and how participants’ artistic practices allow them to mourn and process loss.

Building: Aidekman Arts Center
Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus
City: Medford, MA 02155
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Location Details: Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center, Medford
Wheelchair Accessible (for in-person events): Yes
Open to Public: Yes
Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends, Faculty, Parents, Postdoctoral Fellows, Staff, Students (Graduate), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Conference/Panel Event/Symposium, Exhibition, Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk, Performance
Subject: Arts/Media, Community Celebration, Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence, Humanities, Music, Theater/Dance
Event Sponsor: Tufts University Art Galleries
Event Sponsor Details: This program is supported by the Tufts AS&E Diversity Fund. Generous support for Tufts University Art Galleries programming is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
RSVP Information: Event is free and open to all. Please register here: www.eventbrite.com…
More info: artgalleries.tufts.edu…

The IWMW 2006 Web site was created. [2005-06-28]

For those interested in Web 2.0 technologies information on the use of microformats on the IWMW 2006 Web site is now available. [2006-05-26]

A Creative Commons licence for IWMW 2006 publicity materials is now available. [2006-05-28]

The workshop is fully subscribed. Email events@ukoln.ac.uk is you would like to be added to the waiting list. [2005-05-23]

Why is it that so many web projects within public institutions are delivered late and fail to stay within budget? In this session we discuss the challenges faced by institutional Web site managers and look at specific techniques to address issues such as design by committee, scope creep and internal politics. The session was facilitated by Paul Boag.

Scott Wilson, CETIS, Ben Ryan, KaiNao, Manchester Metropolitan University and Vashti Zarach, CETIS will invite attendees to critique the XCRI concept and comment in particular on the challenges and opportunities for implementing XCRI in their own organisations.

Paul Boag has written a guest blog post for "Brian Kelly's UK Web Focus: Reflections On The Web" blog [2007-06-04]

An IWMW2007 group has been created on Facebook. Join up now! [2007-06-11]

Paul Boag, from Headscape, considers how social participation is the cornerstone of the web 2.0 movement and has been spearheaded by sites such as digg.com. One of the underlying principles of these sites is that peer to peer recommendations carry more weight than those from either a search engine or from corporate advertising. The commercial sector has been quick to adopt this peer review mechanism with customer reviews and ratings. This talk proposes to explore how social participation can be applied to the process of recruiting new students and what lessons can be learnt from the approach adopted by the commercial sector. We will also look at what institutional barriers exist that prevent this approach and how these can be overcome.

Philip Wilson, University of Bath will ask how do people make use of the data you publish on the Web? If you publish a staff directory, how do people currently add contact details to their address books? Copy and paste has had its day, Microformats are a way of making the data you already publish not only useful, but re-usable and re-purposable for relatively little effort. This session considers how these data formats can help you solve specific data problems on your site.