Tilton Hall, which houses an all first-year option, features a Scholar-in-Residence who coordinates weekly discussions about courses, acclimation to college life and overall well-being at Tufts.
Want to stock up on Tufts t-shirts or stuffed Jumbos? Need to get your coursebooks, or just catch up on The Hunger Games trilogy? This is the place to be.
First-year students and their families gather on the President's Lawn for lunch on the first day of orientation, just before the Matriculation ceremony.
Upon arriving on campus, first-year students participate in a Matriculation ceremony here -- an assembly not to be reprised until graduation four years later.
Tufts Dining Services strives to be environmentally and socially responsible by purchasing local, organic and fair-trade products and serving cage-free eggs & sustainable fish.
This is one of many places where you can purchase JumboCash, a cashless way to pay at over 20 dining and service locations for everything from food and drink to laundry and school supplies..
The Office of Campus Life and the Parents Program will be hosting day-long open houses here from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 31.
On Matriculation Day, you may pick up any packages you mailed to campus between 7:30 a.m.and 5:30 p.m. Mail services will have extended hours during Orientation Week.
If you were not able to upload your ID photo prior to your arrival at Tufts, then you must have your ID picture taken at the Tufts Police Station located on the first floor of Dowling Hall.
Want to start the year right by staying fit? The Cousens Gym facility is home to the Lunder Fitness Center, Hamilton Pool, indoor track and tennis courts, and more.
Brown and Brew often plays hosts to acoustic concerts by musicians in the Tufts community, so keep an eye (and ear) out for upcoming shows.
A campus landmark. If you're a Tufts student, you will likely end up here at 3 a.m. with a can of spraypaint, at some point.
Designed by the descendants of famed Boston landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in the late 1920s. Good for quick access between uphill and the Cousens/Eliot-Pearson area, or for cross-training.
This spot is known to some as the "echo circle," due to the auditory phenomenon created by its parabolic shape. More here: http://tntufts.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/parabolas/
Your gateway to Boston! The Joey comes here directly from campus. Once on the Red Line (take Ashmont or Braintree trains), it's less than 20 mins.to downtown Boston or less than 10 to Harvard Square.
The lab is open until 4 a.m. Sun. through Thu. It features 84 computers (58 PC, 26 Mac) with a wide range of available software. More: http://ase.tufts.edu/its/labeaton.htm
