Tisch Library Roof Replacement Summer 2026

Posted: Thu, May 7th 2026

Library operations will be curtailed this summer due to expected noise and odor from the Tisch roof replacement project. While some impacts are still to be determined, you should plan for reduced access to Tisch Library from May 18 through August 15.

Open hours will be noon–9 p.m., Monday–Friday, and 10 a.m.–9 p.m. weekends during summer sessions.

If you are looking for study space, here are some options on the Tufts Medford/Somerville campus:  

Writing your NSF Data Management and Sharing Plan (+ new Research.gov tool)

Applying for NSF funding? Join Tisch Library for a Zoom workshop on NSF Data Management and Sharing Plans, including recent changes to NSF data sharing policies.

All NSF proposals must include a Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP), outlining how your research data will be managed, shared, and preserved. On April 27, 2026, the NSF will be implementing a new webform for DMSPs which should be used by all plans submitted after that date. 

New subscription: The Atlantic Monthly

Posted: Wed, Apr 8th 2026

We are pleased to offer a full subscription to The Atlantic, providing access to all articles published in the monthly magazine as well as content produced exclusively for the Atlantic website.

Founded in 1857 and long associated with Boston’s publishing history, The Atlantic has been one of our most frequently requested titles and is now second only to institutional access to The Boston Globe.

Connected Corpus

The Connected Corpus is a living collection of annotated digital texts. The annotations describe philosophical connections between different texts and authors, and they connect you to those texts in translation and the original language. The goal of The Connected Corpus is to deepen your philosophical engagement with a focal text by identifying similar ideas in other texts; criticisms or new perspectives; alternative arguments or counter-arguments; or shared philosophical terminology. The connections may or may not indicate historical transmission of ideas.

Environmental Storytelling

Students in a class of 60+ worked in teams of four to create a StoryMap on an environmental biology topic. A requirement of the assignment was that the story must engage in the science of the topic and find ways to make complex ideas accessible. Peer review was assigned mid-semester, final projects were assessed using a rubric and reflection papers incorporated assessment of their groupmates as well as their own work throughout the semester.

Video Remix in Children and Media Studies

In a class of 21 students, groups of 3 or 4 students make 5 minute video remixes using a excerpt provided. The goals for the video remix are: 1) To show how race/ethnicity/gender/age have been used to portray otherness, but how they might be portrayed more equitably in children’s media 2)To find visual/aural ways of teaching children about stereotyping in media, 3) To demonstrate how shifts in editing can affect storytelling. Assignment was assessed with a reflection paper and rubric connected to assignment objectives.

Podcast in Earth and Climate Sciences

In groups of 3-4 students make a 10 minute podcast as a final project. The podcasts are written for a general/non-scientific audience, but include an in-depth exploration of a technical scientific paper on one of the mass extinctions. The goals for producing podcasts are to research a narrow mass extinction related topic in detail, practice science communication, and have fun.

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