Archive 2019

Oct 11
EWB

The Importance of Water by Aditi Periyannan (E’22)

by jtijssen

Tufts University’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders joined many Tufts clubs, as well as Somerville and Medford community groups, at the 17th Annual Tufts Community Day on September 22nd, 2019. The event is a great way for local residents to connect with Tufts students so that they can learn more about what is happening on campus.

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Oct 10
LAC

Fake News in Brazil's Elections by Piper Goeking(A’22)

by jtijssen

The Latin American Committee (LAC) held its first bi-weekly discussion of the semester as a discourse on the role of fake news in Brazil’s elections. The group explored the topic primarily through the lens of WhatsApp, given that the social media platform has increasingly been used as a vehicle to circulate fake news.

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Oct 02

Driving Change in Johnstown by Arjun Padalkar (A’21)

by cpinkerton

This past August, I traveled to Johnstown, Pennsylvania with two classmates, Carlos Irisarri and Elliot Lam. We had decided in the spring that we wanted to understand how cities and towns in the middle of the U.S. are continuing to cope (or not) with the loss of manufacturing jobs overseas, especially in the steel industry.

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