Summer Guest Guide Medford / Somerville Campus 2 Notes Welcome to Tufts 3

Summer Guest Guide Medford / Somerville campus 2 Notes Welcome to Tufts 3

Welcome!

Thank you for visiting Tufts University in Medford/Somerville. Tufts University is a renowned international leader in education and research, and our campuses provide an ideal location for Boston-area meetings and functions.

Tufts University offers personalized services for conferences, workshops, and educational programs. Your needs are handled by professionals to ensure a stress-free, enlightening and overall gratifying experience during your stay on campus.

I hope you enjoy the many advantages of attending a seminar, conference, or meeting at Tufts University!

Sincerely,

Adam Cotton Director Tufts University Conference and Event Services 4

Table of Contents

1 Welcome Message ...... Page 3

2 Front Desk Services ...... Page 5

3 On Campus Amenities ...... Page 6

4 Self-Guided Tour ...... Page 7

5 Map ...... Page 8

6 On Campus Dining Options ...... Page 10

7 WiFi & Computer Lab Access ...... Page 11

8 MBTA Subway Map ...... Page 12

9 Local Area ...... Page 13

10 University Rules and Regulations ...... Page 14

11 Campus Services & Emergency Information ...... Page 15 5

Front Desk Services

CHECK-IN & CHECK-OUT PROCEDURES ITEMS AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL OR Check-in time is 2:00 pm. Check-out time PURCHASE is 10:00 am unless special arrangements to Various items are available for loan or extend occupancy have been made. Residence purchase at the front desk including stamps, halls are open 24 hours to accommodate all postcards, alarm clocks, umbrellas, fans, arrival and departure times. Housing fees hair dryers, irons, ironing boards and sports must be paid before or at the time of arrival. equipment including bicycles. We cannot Keys and meal cards must be returned at guarantee that all items on this list will be the end of your stay. There is a $55 charge available at any given time. for unreturned keys and a $10 charge for unreturned meal cards. HOUSEKEEPING Supplies for cleaning your own room may be LAUNDRY AND LINENS borrowed from the front desk. Common areas Coin-operated washers and dryers are and bathrooms are maintained by Tufts staff. located in each residence hall. Detergent and clothes hangers are available free of charge at JUMBOCASH the front desk. The linens and towels provided JumboCash is a prepaid, stored-value in each sleeping room may be also exchanged account that can be used on campus. It is a and the front desk. As part of our campus- convenient, cashless way to pay for most of wide conservation efforts, we encourage your purchases including dining centers and guests to reuse towels and linens. laundry machines.

MAIL AND MESSAGES Mail is delivered to residence halls Monday Name of Guest – Friday. Guests will receive an email Title of Conference notification for any mail that is delivered. Conference and Event Services Stamps can be purchased at the front desk. Tufts University South Hall Address mail like this.  30 Lower Campus Rd Somerville, MA 02144 USA 6

On Campus Amenities

MAYER CAMPUS CENTER PARKING Mayer Campus Center is a central spot on Guests may request a parking pass at the campus to visit an ATM, the bookstore, while front desk when checking in. Parking passes enjoying comfortable lounges and a few dining are valid on all streets and lots designated options. as Tufts Visitor, Commuter, Resident or Staff/ Faculty. There is a $10 fee for an unreturned Monday-Thursday: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm parking pass. Friday: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Guests should follow all marked regulations Saturday/Sunday: Closed when parking on Somerville/Medford streets. Please note that most parking on Somerville/ BOOKSTORE Medford streets is limited to resident permit Located in the Mayer Campus Center, the parking. Tufts University Bookstore stocks a wide variety of books, souvenirs, clothing, and RECREATION sundries. The Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center, Hamilton Pool, squash courts, playing fields Monday-Thursday: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm and lighted outdoor tennis courts are open Friday: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm to all conference participants using their Saturday/Sunday: Closed conference identification card. Some sports equipment is available for loan from the Front TISCH LIBRARY Desk. Guests have access to the library upon presentation of conference identification RELIGIOUS SERVICES cards. While there are no on campus services during the summer, the Tufts University Chaplaincy Monday-Thursday: 8:00 am - 10:00 pm located in Goddard Chapel is open. You may Friday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm also inquire at the front desk for information Saturday/Sunday: 2:00 pm - 10:00 pm about services in the local area. Self Guided Tour 7

1. ACADEMIC QUAD 7. TISCH LIBRARY The Academic Quad is where students bustle Notice the group study spaces, the Tower between classes, sit under a tree to study on Café, and the nearly 1 million available books. beautiful days, matriculate and graduate. Head to the eco-friendly green roof and check out the Boston skyline. 2. GODDARD CHAPEL The University Chaplain provides interfaith 8. MAYER CAMPUS CENTER services in Goddard Chapel and around An epicenter on campus for students to eat, campus. The building also hosts a cappella attend performances, or shop at the campus performances, panels, and alumnae bookstore. weddings. 9. DEWICK-MACPHIE DINING CENTER 3. THE CANNON Tufts is consistently ranked among colleges If Tufts students want to tout a team, with the best food. Decide for yourself at advertise an event, or celebrate a birthday, Dewick, a buffet-style dining center. they paint this cannon at night and guard it until sunrise lest another student group paint 10. AIDEKMAN ARTS CENTER and GRANOFF over their masterpiece. MUSIC CENTER Granoff is home to the music department’s 4. JUMBO STATUE library, classrooms, rehearsal spaces, the Our mascot, Jumbo, was once the most World Music Room, and two new music halls. famous animal in the world, star of Barnum’s Aidekman Arts Center holds the Drama and circus. When Jumbo died, Barnum had him Dance Departments, Balch Arena Theater, stuffed and donated. The building that held and Cohen Auditorium. Jumbo’s hide was destroyed in 1975 (Jumbo’s ashes rest in a peanut butter jar in the athletic 11. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING department). This full-scale statue stands on Tufts’ engineering school offers degrees the quad to show school spirit. in biomedical, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, and mechanical 5. WEST HALL engineering, and computer science, as well You’re looking at the oldest residence hall on as many minors. campus. Students live on campus for at least two years, in dorms, suite-style buildings, or 12. TISCH SPORTS AND FITNESS CENTER theme houses. 42,000 ft2 center is open to all conference guests, and houses state-of-the-art 6. PRESIDENT’S LAWN equipment, fitness class space, lockers, and Tufts’ President Anthony Monaco lives on space for varsity athletes. campus in Gifford House. His backyard is the President’s Lawn, a great place for studying, sledding in the winter and the annual Spring Fling concert. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

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8 Campus Map 9

B  Science and Technology Center Davis Square  B Bello Field Spicer Field

C C Huskins Field BOSTON AVENUE Kraft Field

Ellis Oval

COLLEGE AVENUE D  Granoff Music Center D  Tisch Library  Aidekman Arts Center  Steve Tisch  Cousens Gym Sports & Campus Center  E Fitness Center E

 Goddard Chapel PROFESSORSROW Dowling Hall  Bookstore  TALBOT AVENUE

F Bendetson Hall   Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center F

 Barnum Hall

G G BOSTON AVENUE PACKARD AVENUE PACKARD AVENUE

PROFESSORSROW

H H

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CAPEN STREET J  51 Winthrop St. J

CURTIS STREET CURTIS STREET K CURTIS STREET K WINTHROP STREET

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BUILDINGS + OFFICES Africana Center Blakely Hall H11 Conference and Gantcher Center D4 Huskins Field (Baseball) C7 Paige Hall D9 Tilton Hall F16 Dining Center F14 (Capen House) D12 Bookstore E13 Event Services G15 Gifford House Interfaith Center L2–3 Pearson Chemical Tisch College of Citizenship Hodgdon Hall F15 Aidekman Arts Center D14 Braker Hall E9 Cousens Gymnasium E6 (President’s Residence) G12 International Center I15 Laboratory E14 and Public Service Hotung Café Alumnae Lounge Bromfield-Pearson Distler Auditorium Goddard Chapel E10 Kraft Field (Soccer) C15 Police (Lincoln Filene Hall) D9 (Mayer Campus Center) E13 (Aidekman Arts Center) D14 C10–11 (Granoff Music Center) D14 Granoff Music Center D14 Lane Hall G7 (Dowling Hall, first floor) E7 Tisch Library D11 Mugar Café Anderson Hall C10–D10 Bush Hall E15 Dowling Hall E7 Halligan Hall D6 Latino Center Psychology Building C9 Voute Tennis Courts H12 (Mugar Hall) H11 Art Gallery Cabot Auditorium East Hall E9 Haskell Hall E16 (Bolles House) D12 Richardson House D12 West Hall F8 Pax et Lox Glatt (Aidekman Arts Center) D14 (Cabot Intercultural Eaton Hall E10 Health Services I14 Latin Way E16 Robinson Hall D10 Women’s Center E13 Kosher Deli E13 Asian American Center Center) G10 Ellis Oval Hill Hall G6 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Science and Technology Wren Hall I6 The Rez Café (Start House) F13 Campus Center E13 (Football) and Dussault Hillel Center H7 Transgender Center Center B10–11 (Mayer Campus Center) E13 Athletics Carmichael Hall I7-9 Outdoor Track D14 Hillside Apartments F6 Lewis Hall F16 Sophia Gordon Hall D12 DINING FACILITIES Tower Café (Steve Tisch Sports Carpenter House K8 Experimental College Hillside House Bolles House D12 South Hall D16 (Tisch Library) D11 Brown and Brew D9 and Fitness Center) D4–5 Cohen Auditorium (95 Talbot Ave) F13 (For Commuting Miller Hall G8 Spicer Field (Softball) B6 Campus Center Commons Ballou Hall F10 (Aidekman Arts Center) D14 Financial Aid Students) C11 Miner Hall D10 Steve Tisch Sports and (Mayer Campus Center) E13 Barnum Hall F10–G10 Collaborative Learning (Dowling Hall) E7 Hodgdon Hall F15 Olin Center for Language Fitness Center D4–5 Carmichael Hall J8–9 Bello Field and Innovation The Fletcher School of Law Houston Hall G9 and Culture Studies G9–10 Stratton Hall D12 Dewick-MacPhie (Field Hockey, Complex (CLIC) B11–12 and Diplomacy G11 Packard Hall F8–9 Lacrosse) B6–9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

A A

8 Campus Map 9

B  Science and Technology Center Davis Square  B Bello Field Spicer Field

C C Huskins Field BOSTON AVENUE Kraft Field

Ellis Oval

COLLEGE AVENUE D  Granoff Music Center D  Tisch Library  Aidekman Arts Center  Steve Tisch  Cousens Gym Sports & Campus Center  E Fitness Center E

 Goddard Chapel PROFESSORSROW Dowling Hall  Bookstore  TALBOT AVENUE

F Bendetson Hall   Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center F

 Barnum Hall

G G BOSTON AVENUE PACKARD AVENUE PACKARD AVENUE

PROFESSORSROW

H H

I I

CAPEN STREET J  51 Winthrop St. J

CURTIS STREET CURTIS STREET K CURTIS STREET K WINTHROP STREET

L L

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DEWICK-MACPHIE DINING CENTER, 25 Latin Way Enjoy a real meal with friends and colleagues in the welcoming atmosphere of Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center. Meals are served from food stations that have a wide variety of hot entrees (including vegetarian selections), accompanied by seasonal vegetables and side dishes that our culinary team prepares fresh and often to your request. Pastries, cookies, cakes, and pies are made daily in the Tufts Bake Shop and served at every meal.

Monday-Friday Sunday Breakfast 7:00 am – 9:00 am Brunch 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Lunch 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Dinner 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Dinner 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

THE COMMONS DELI & GRILL, Mayer Campus Center, 44 Professors Row An array of meals and snacks awaits you at the Commons Deli & Grill located in the Mayer Campus Center. The Commons serves cold cereals and freshly baked muffins, bagels, and croissants daily. Favorites include signature hot-pressed sandwiches and customized wraps made to order, grilled burgers and grilled chicken sandwiches. Many ready-to-eat items including packaged salads and a variety of snacks and chips are also available.

Monday – Friday 10:30 am – 2:00 pm

HOTUNG EXPRESS MAYER CAMPUS CENTER, 44 Professors Row This modern café, located in the lower level of the Mayer Campus Center, features a full menu of Starbucks® hot and iced coffee, espresso-based drinks, Tazo® teas, Tropicana® juice, and Aquahealth® purified water. Grab a drink, or stop in for breakfast and lunch at this hip coffee bar open weekdays.

Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

BROWN & BREW COFFEE HOUSE, 474 Boston Avenue Relax inside on upholstered chairs or outside on the umbrella-shaded patio and sip hot or iced barista-brewed artisan coffee and espresso drinks, organic teas, ice-cold fruit smoothies, and creamy blended frappes. Brown & Brew sells a large selection of Tufts Bake Shop pastries as well as an assortment of gourmet sandwiches and salads, ice cream sundaes, yogurt parfaits, freshly-baked cookies, bottled sodas, snacks, and chips.

Monday – Thursday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Friday 8:00 am – 2:00 pm WiFi & Computer Lab Access 11

EATON COMPUTER LAB The main entrance of the Computing Center is located on the first floor of Eaton Hall, at the top of the hill just on the academic quad.

To use a computer station, sign in using the following username and password:

Username: conf2016 Password: C0nference$ (case sensitive - that is a zero, not the letter ‘o’)

Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 9:00 pm Saturday 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Sunday 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm

CONNECT TO WIFI Internet access during your stay is available through the tufts-guest wireless internet network. You do not need a password to connect. 12 MBTA Subway Map Local Area 13

Somerville’s Davis Square is located less than a mile from Tufts, making it a popular off-campus destination for students and visitors. You can find banks, a pharmacy and a post office in this eclectic neighborhood. Catch a movie at the Somerville Theater, enjoy flatbread pizza while candlepin bowling or enjoy some delicious BBQ.

DIRECTIONS FROM DOWLING HALL

Walking to Davis Square Exit Dowling Hall and walk across the footbridge. Continue straight onto the quad and turn left. Walk down the Memorial Steps to College Avenue and turn right. Follow College Avenue to the rotary (Powder House Square). Follow College Avenue out of the rotary (3rd exit). Continue on College Avenue into Davis Square (less than 10 minutes).

Driving to Davis Square Exit the Dowling Hall parking garage and turn right onto Boston Avenue. At the intersection, turn right onto College Avenue. Follow College Avenue to the rotary (Powder House Square). Follow College Avenue out of the rotary (3rd exit). Continue on College Avenue into Davis Square (0.5 miles).

Directions to I-93 Exit the Dowling Hall parking garage and turn left onto Boston Avenue. Turn right onto Winthrop St. Turn right onto Mystic Valley Parkway. Keep left at the fork, following signs to I-93. To make your way to Logan Airport or South Station, follow signs to I-93 South.

Davis Square Somerville Boston Avenue Medford

Amsterdam Falafelshop 248 Elm St. Danish Pastry House 330 Boston Ave. Anna’s Taqueria 236 Elm St Espresso Pizza 336 Boston Ave. Boston Burger Company 37 Davis Square Helen’s Roast Beef & Pizzeria 321 Boston Ave. Dave’s Fresh Pasta 81 Holland St. Nick’s House of Pizza 372 Boston Ave. Diesel Café 275 Elm St. Pranzi’s Pizza 352 Boston Ave. Diva Indian Bistro 246 Elm St. Five Horses Tavern 400 Highland Ave. Ball Square Somerville Flatbread Company 45 Day St. Posto 187 Elm St. Ball Square Café 708 Broadway Redbones BBQ 55 Chester St. Sound Bites 704 Broadway Joshua Tree Bar & Grille 256 Elm St. The Painted Burro 219 Elm St. 14

University Rules & Regulations

ALCOHOL The alcohol policy at Tufts University complies with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. For anyone over the age of 21, alcohol may be consumed only in residence hall sleeping rooms or at sponsored functions on campus. Alcoholic beverages may not be consumed in any residence hall lounge areas, hallways or other common spaces.

IDENTIFICATION CARDS All guests are issued identification cards, which should be presented to gain access to athletic facilities and university libraries. You should keep your card with you at all times during your stay.

SECURITY The front door of each dormitory is locked between the hours of midnight and 7:00 am. Guests must use their assigned key fob to enter the building during those hours.

SMOKING Smoking is not permitted in campus buildings including sleeping rooms or residence hall balconies. Guests must stand at least 20 feet away from any buildings when smoking.

EMERGENCY AND HEALTH SERVICES The Tufts Police Department is on call 24 hours a day. The blue lights located around campus indicate a campus phone connected directly to Tufts Police for emergencies. Emergency contact information can be found on the following page. 15

Campus Services & Emergency Info

Tufts Athletics Tufts Health Services www.gotuftsjumbos.com (617) 627-3350 (617) 627-3232 124 Professors Row, Somerville, MA 02144 Monday – Friday: 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Tufts Bookstore tufts.bncollege.com Local Hospital (617) 627-3468 Lawrence Memorial Hospital (781) 306 6000 Tufts University Police 170 Governors Avenue, Medford, MA publicsafety.tufts.edu/police Non-emergency line: (617) 627-3030 Feedback? Emergency line: (617) 627-6911 Please visit conferences.tufts.edu/feedback Tufts Conference and Events Services conferences.tufts.edu (617) 627-3568 [email protected]