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122-600: Rounder was founded by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton Levy. Nowlin and Irwin first met in 1962 as incoming freshman at Tufts University in the Boston suburb of Medford, Massachusetts . Exposure to The Greenbriar Boys , the Charles River Valley Boys , the Hillbilly at Harvard radio show, and fiddling conventions, as well as the musicians who performed at Club 47 , one of the first venues in

244-407: A nonsectarian institution of higher learning. Tufts remained a small liberal arts college until the 1970s, when it transformed into a large research university offering several doctorates . Tufts offers over 90 undergraduate and 160 graduate programs across ten schools in the greater Boston area and Talloires, France . It has the country's oldest graduate school of international relations,

366-543: A $ 10 million (~$ 12.4 million in 2023) donation over four years for the creation of the Allen Discovery Centers at Tufts and Stanford . The centers would fund research that would read and write the morphogenetic code. Tufts biologist Michael Levin will lead the center with research focusing on communications between cells and the causation of birth defects, cancer, traumatic injuries and degenerative diseases. In 2020, Tufts announced that it would pay

488-548: A 100-disc reissue series compiled by musicologist Alan Lomax whose archival project began in 1938 with the taping of Jelly Roll Morton, and ultimately included Lead Belly , Muddy Waters , Woody Guthrie , and many others. Steve Martin also released the first of his Rounder albums, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo in 2009. Releasing about 100 albums per year by the end of the decade, Rounder's catalog had grown to include Del McCoury , David Grisman ,

610-848: A 634-acre (2.57 km ) campus. The school also maintains the Ambulatory Farm Clinic in Woodstock, Connecticut and the Tufts Laboratory at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole on Cape Cod . Tufts has a satellite campus in Talloires, France at the Tufts European Center, a former Benedictine priory built in the 11th century. The priory was purchased in 1958 by Donald MacJannet and his wife Charlotte and used as

732-605: A Very Blue Moon , marked the "emergence of a major talent." Critically acclaimed, the album was the foundation for Griffith's 1993 success with the Grammy Award-winning Other Voices, Other Rooms (released by Elektra). Largely responsible for Rounder's A&R, Irwin listened to every demo tape that the label was sent. He first heard Alison Krauss in 1984 on a demo of the band Classical Grass, later known as Union Station , and Krauss—who mainly played fiddle and contributed vocal harmonies—sang lead on

854-570: A band that was playing the same club. By August, the NRBQ was Adams (keyboards), Ferguson (guitar), Spampinato (bass) and Frank Gadler (vocals) from The Seven of Us, and Tom Staley (drums). In December 1968, they began recording with Eddie Kramer at the Record Plant and by early 1969 were signed to a two-record deal with Columbia Records. Their self-titled debut album was released that year, with songs by both Eddie Cochran and Sun Ra , and

976-524: A catalog of over 500 records by artists including Sweet Honey in the Rock , Pete Seeger , and Doc Watson at the time of its acquisition. That same year, Krauss released the career retrospective, Now That I've Found You . The album charted at #2 on the country charts, and hit the top fifteen on the pop charts. It sold two million copies and received two Grammy Awards. In 1997, the founders appointed Rounder's first president and CEO, John Virant, who had been

1098-543: A deal with Provident Music Distribution to sell Rounder products to Christian retailers, and began marketing the recordings of jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis 's Marsalis Music label. Rounder Books was created in Spring 2004. The division's first releases were Nowlin's baseball biography Mr. Red Sox: The Johnny Pesky Story , and a book of collected fan essays, edited by Nowlin and Cecelia Tan. Nowlin, along with other co-writers, released another three Red Sox-themed books over

1220-433: A desire to bring roots music to a wider audience, and began to explore the idea of starting a record company. "We were all involved in radical politics, and the anti-war movement, and a lot of our inspiration for starting Rounder had to do with minority culture and wanting to represent music that we really liked, but that was not in the mainstream," Levy said in a 2015 interview. Financed with Irwin's savings of $ 1500, Rounder

1342-555: A family member what he intended to do with the land, he said "I will put a light on it." His 20-acre donation (then valued at $ 20,000) is still at the heart of Tufts' now-150-acre campus, straddling Somerville and Medford . It was also in 1852 that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts chartered Tufts College, noting the college should promote "virtue and piety and learning in such of the languages and liberal and useful arts as shall be recommended." During his tenure, Hosea Ballou spent

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1464-418: A few students were even taking [the entrance examinations]." By 1925 Tufts set an admission quota of 650 males; the examinations were of a similar length of the 1905 ones but the entry requirements decreased in size to a level comparable of that of the 1856 ones. Standardized testing, admissions interviews, and other features of current university admissions processes were in place by 1946. Students can pursue

1586-560: A five-year program with the New England Conservatory . The Cosmology department also offers joint seminars with MIT. Organized by Alan Guth and Alexander Vilenkin , the seminars are open to all students. The Fletcher School also operates dual degree programs with Harvard Law School , Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth , and UC Berkeley School of Law , among others. Several academic consortiums allow for research collaboration between local schools. Examples exist with

1708-684: A following from years of live shows. The band has been known to perform without a set list which makes the band, in the words of AllMusic's Mark Deming, "a stellar and wildly unpredictable live act." In addition to its own compositions, the band performs a broad range of cover material and audience requests. In their nearly 50-year history, NRBQ's records have been released by many record companies, including Columbia Records , Kama Sutra Records , Mercury Records , Virgin Records , Rhino Entertainment , Rounder Records , and more. Their song "Get That Gasoline Blues" (on Kama Sutra) reached No. 70 in 1974 on

1830-459: A formal ceremony on October 6, 2023. Tufts is organized into ten schools. Each school has its own faculty and is led by a dean appointed by the president and the provost with the consent of the board of trustees. The School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering are the only schools that award both undergraduate and graduate degrees. The schools offering undergraduate education are

1952-581: A gospel song. Irwin, taken with her voice, was interested in Krauss as a solo artist, and signed her to Rounder at 14. Once on the roster, Irwin brought Krauss (and her parents) to Nashville to find a producer for her Rounder debut. The album, Too Late to Cry , was released in 1987, when Krauss was 16. It was followed by the Union Station album Two Highways in 1989. Rounder released I've Got That Old Feeling , Krauss' second solo album, in 1990. It

2074-590: A list of relevant textbooks. By 1905 the admissions requirements became lengthier, and the examinations became more complex; the latter required students to write essays and translations. Julia Ryan of The Atlantic wrote that because students certified by the New England College Entrance Certificate Board, ones who attended private preparatory schools in New England, were exempt from the examinations, "perhaps only

2196-589: A long illness. Bobby Lloyd Hicks died of bronchiectasis on February 20, 2017. Joe Camarillo died on January 24, 2021, of a stroke after contracting COVID-19 . On April 27 and 28 of 2007, NRBQ gave a pair of "38th Anniversary" performances in Northampton, Massachusetts, the first public NRBQ shows since 2004. Both Anderson and Johnny Spampinato appeared in the line-up, along with "Whole Wheat Horns" Donn Adams and Jim Bob Hoke, and unannounced guest appearances by John Sebastian , original NRBQ drummer Staley and

2318-501: A musician and Rounder staff member, was recruited to produce Brown's debut for Rounder with Jim Bateman , and together they pushed Brown to record classic blues songs. The resulting album, Alright Again! , won the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album . It was Rounder's first Grammy. In the early 80s, Rounder once again broadened its focus, establishing a reggae imprint, Heartbeat and adding Klezmer , Cajun, Zydeco and Tex-Mex Conjunto musicians to its roster. Throughout

2440-524: A new library named Wessell Library. Additionally, the demand for more square footage prompted the expansion of Wessell. In 1995, with the addition of 80,000 square feet (7,400 m ), the library was renamed Tisch Library . Today the Tufts University Library System contains over three million volumes. The main library, Tisch Library, holds about 2.7 million volumes, with other holdings dispersed at subject libraries including

2562-488: A number of similarly wide-ranging original songs. The following year, the group collaborated with rockabilly legend Carl Perkins on an album titled Boppin' the Blues . Over the next three years, the band experienced personnel shifts, with the departure of Ferguson (replaced for one year by Ken Sheehan), Gadler, and Staley, and the arrival of two new members: guitarist/singer Al Anderson formerly of The Wildweeds, known for

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2684-468: A rarity in the bluegrass world, and in the early 70s released albums by Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard , who recorded as Hazel & Alice, and Ola Belle Reed . By 1974, Rounder had put out 22 records, including the label's breakthrough album, Norman Blake 's Home in Sulphur Springs . Realizing that Rounder was no longer a part-time pursuit, Irwin resigned from his job—he was a professor at

2806-524: A senior creative role. An attorney at the Nashville law firm Loeb & Loeb at the time, Strohm had been instrumental in developing the careers of Alabama Shakes , Sturgill Simpson , The Civil Wars , Dawes , and Bon Iver , among others. A guitarist, drummer, and songwriter, Strohm spent half of his career playing in critically acclaimed alternative bands including the Blake Babies, Antenna , and

2928-564: A solo artist and Union Station won five during the 1990s. In 1991, producer Ron Levy partnered with Rounder to create and distribute the Bullseye Blues label, releasing music from Lowell Fulson, Smokin' Joe Kubek and Charles Brown. In the winter of that year, the company merged with Rykodisc distribution's East Side Digital to form REP Co. along with Precision Sound. Rykodisc later restructured to form Distribution North America, which would handle many of Rounder's albums. Rounder acquired

3050-614: A summer camp site for several years before the MacJannets gave the campus to Tufts in 1978. Each year the center hosts a number of summer study programs, and enrolled students live with local families. The Tufts Summit Program is for American high school students during the month of July. Tufts in Talloires is a 6-week program for Tufts undergraduates that extends from the middle of May until the end of June. Additionally, Tufts in Annecy

3172-789: A tape by a 76-year-old banjo player, George Pegram, who had been a star of the Fiddlers Convention. It became Rounder's first release, Rounder 0001. Rounder 0002 was by the Spark Gap Wonder Boys; a local band, the album was recorded at the Harvard and MIT radio stations for "the cost of the tape." 500 copies of each record were pressed. Both were released on October 20, 1970. To boost the label's credibility—and get local record stores to stock their releases—Irwin, Nowlin, and Levy started distributing other small folk labels, and began selling albums at music festivals. In 1971,

3294-470: A trio, under the name "Baby Macaroni" and as the "Spaminato Bros.". After a number of months, Adams recovered well enough to tour with former drummer Staley and Japanese rockabilly group the Hot Shots. In June 2006, Adams and Ferguson released the album Louisville Sluggers (with Ardolino on drums, Pete Toigo on bass and other supporting musicians), and this album's line-up performed some live shows in

3416-775: A wide range of community service, civic engagement programs, research, and teaching initiatives across the university. The university runs on a semester-based calendar with most undergraduate students finishing within four years, however, Tisch College provides an innovative 1+4 Bridge year program where students have the opportunity to take a community service-based gap year before starting in Tufts. Current projects undertaken by Bridge Year Fellows involve serving as mentors and teachers to children, caring for rescued wild animals, contributing to renewable energy and sustainability projects. Current projects are based in Brazil, Nicaragua, and Spain. In

3538-524: A year travelling and studying in the United Kingdom. The methods of instruction which he initiated were based on the tutorials that were conducted in the University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh . Now more than 170 years old, Tufts is the third-oldest college in the Boston area. Having been one of the biggest influences in the establishment of the college, Hosea Ballou II became

3660-509: Is Stephen M. Babcock who developed the first practical test to determine the amount of butterfat in milk. Since its development in the college, the Babcock Test has hardly been modified. Expansion of the chemistry and biology departments were largely led by scholars Arthur Michael , who was one of the first organic chemists in the U.S., and John Sterling Kingsley , who was one of the first scholars of comparative anatomy. P. T. Barnum

3782-680: Is Carmichael Hall (1954), designed by Arland A. Dirlam. Dirlam also designed Bendetson Hall (1947) on the academic quad. Adjacent to both quads is the Cabot Intercultural Center designed by ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, Inc. one of the Fletcher School's buildings. Many points on the hill have noted views of the Boston skyline, particularly the patio on the Tisch Library roof. It has been ranked one of

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3904-579: Is a 4-week program which provides French language learners a chance to practice and learn the language. The site is frequently the host of international conferences and summits, most notably the Talloires Declaration which united 22 universities toward a goal of sustainability. The Talloires campus has been ranked as one of the best branch campuses by the National Association of Branch Campus Administrators. Tufts University

4026-434: Is an independent, privately supported, nonsectarian institution of higher education. Its official corporate name is The Trustees of Tufts College . The university is governed by up to forty-one trustees and no fewer than twenty-eight. The board is self-perpetuating, with trustees responsible for choosing their successors. In addition to the president, the university appoints charter trustees (up to 30 members) who are elected by

4148-487: Is considered the classic lineup of the group. Its current membership includes Adams, bassist Casey McDonough, guitarist Scott Ligon, and drummer John Perrin. Other members in the band's long history include guitarist Johnny Spampinato; drummer Tom Staley, and vocalist Frank Gadler. NRBQ began in late 1965 as a rehearsal band in the Shively, Kentucky , home of brothers Terry and Donn Adams, and they appeared on stage for

4270-644: Is doing." To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Rounder produced a concert at the Grand Ole Opry . Broadcast on PBS in March 2010, The Rounder Records 40th Anniversary Concert was released on DVD to benefit NARAS 's Grammy in the Schools Program. Performers included Krauss, Carpenter, Martin, Thomas, Fleck, and Peyroux. In 2014, Rounder moved from Cambridge to Nashville, Concord's base of operations. In April 2015, Concord merged its new acquisition,

4392-403: Is elected by the trustees, is the chief executive officer of the university. Assisting the president in administering the university are the provost, the executive vice president, the treasurer, and the secretary, all of whom are appointed by the trustees on the nomination of the president and serve at their pleasure. The 14th president, Sunil Kumar , became president on July 1 and was installed in

4514-720: Is the university's largest interdisciplinary minor program, which offers undergraduate majors and minors in film and media studies. It is affiliated with the Experimental College of Tufts University . Since 1997, FMS has awarded minors to nearly 1,000 students. Additionally, FMS supports student internships for academic credit at various global media companies. FMS also sponsors awards and events, such as The Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism , The Eliot-Pearson Awards for Excellence in Children's Media, and

4636-599: The Civil War the college actively supported the Union cause. The mansion of Major George L. Stearns which stood on part of the campus was a station on the Underground Railroad . In addition to having the largest classes spring up, 63 graduates served in the Union army. The first course of a three-year program leading to a degree in civil engineering was established in 1865, the same year MIT was founded. By 1869,

4758-604: The Connecticut and Massachusetts regional hit "No Good To Cry", and drummer Tom Ardolino . The Adams / Spampinato / Anderson / Ardolino quartet stayed together longer than any other incarnation of the band (20 years, from 1974 until 1994), and was often augmented by the Whole Wheat Horns (Donn Adams, Keith Spring and others). Starting in September 1989, NRBQ opened for R.E.M. on the "Acronym Tour" with

4880-569: The Crane Theological School was organized. Miner's successor Elmer Capen was the first president to be a Tufts alumnus. During his time, one of the earliest innovators was Amos Dolbear . In 1875, as chair of the physics department, he installed a working telephone which connected his lab in Ballou Hall to his home on Professors Row. Two years later Alexander Graham Bell would receive the patent. Dolbear's work in Tufts

5002-688: The Flat Five , based in Chicago .) In July 2013, NRBQ toured with drummer Joe Camarillo of The Waco Brothers and Hushdrops , where he recorded two songs on the Brass Tacks album: "Greetings from Delaware" and "I'm Not Here". Bobby Lloyd Hicks became the drummer from 2013 to 2015. He played on "Love In Outer Space" and "Let Go" from the 5-CD box set High Noon . John Perrin became the drummer in 2015. Steve Ferguson died of cancer on October 7, 2009. Tom Ardolino died on January 6, 2012, following

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5124-701: The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy . The largest school is the School of Arts and Sciences , which includes both the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University , which is affiliated with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . The School of Engineering offers an entrepreneurial focus through its Gordon Institute and maintains close connections with

5246-600: The Liverpool group who recorded "I Stand Accused"). He met Adams when the latter briefly joined Mersey-Beats USA to fill in for the regular keyboard player. After playing a few live dates in Louisville , Jimmy Orten (Soul Inc) was recruited on bass and vocals and the band left for Florida in late 1966. In Miami , early January 1967, NRBQ played six nights at The Cheetah. Soon after, Orten and Ferguson returned to Louisville. Adams stayed behind and joined The Seven of Us,

5368-543: The MBTA $ 2 million (~$ 2.32 million in 2023) over 10 years to rename the adjacent Green Line Extension station from "College Avenue" to " Medford/​Tufts ." The Medford Branch opened to Medford/Tufts on December 12, 2022. After twelve years as president, Anthony Monaco retired in 2023. Sunil Kumar , previously the provost of Johns Hopkins University , became the university's 14th president on July 1, 2023. On April 7, 2024, Tufts students joined other campuses across

5490-781: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum . The late-2022 opening of the Green Line Extension of the MBTA Green Line E branch light rail transit route offers a one-seat direct connection between the SMFA and the main campus of Tufts University in Medford. The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine is located in Grafton, Massachusetts , west of Boston, on

5612-528: The New England Conservatory , the College of Europe , and Sciences Po Paris . In the 1840s, the Universalist Church wanted to open a college in New England, and Charles Tufts donated 20 acres to the church in 1852 to help them achieve this goal. Charles Tufts had inherited the land, a barren hill which was one of the highest points in the Boston area, called Walnut Hill , and when asked by

5734-583: The Perseus Project , a digital library project that assembles digital collections of humanities resources. In addition to the Barnum Museum of Natural History , Tufts had established a permanent art collection which includes a wide range of art from antiquity to the present. The Collection comprises 2,000 works from ancient Mediterranean and pre-Hispanic cultures to modern and contemporary painting, sculpture, and photography. Notable highlights in

5856-1010: The Program on Negotiation , the ROTC , the Tufts-New England Medical Center , the Center for European Studies , and the School of Engineering. Several exchange programs allow students to study at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and the Sciences Po in Paris. Cross registration exists for undergraduate students with schools in the Boston Consortium. Fletcher and other graduate students may cross register with

5978-420: The University of Lowell —and Nowlin and Levy left graduate school to run Rounder full-time. In 1975, Rounder released the self-titled debut album by J. D. Crowe & The New South . One of the "most pioneering and influential records in the history of bluegrass,", it was commonly referred to by its stock number, Rounder 0044. The program notes from the 2016 Bluegrass Hall of Fame Induction ceremony stated that

6100-621: The original college . It is classified among " R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity " and is a member of the Association of American Universities . Tufts has a campus in Downtown Boston that houses the medical , dental , and nutrition schools and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences , affiliated with several medical centers in the area. Joint undergraduate degree programs are offered with

6222-726: The "first major university to try such a departure from the norm", Inside Higher Ed also notes that Tufts continues to consider the SAT and other traditional criteria. Tufts accepts illegal immigrant students with and without Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) . Undocumented students are not considered international students, but rather domestic students. In 1856, shortly after Tufts opened, its admissions application asked for statements of good character and for students to complete examinations in Greek, history, Latin, and mathematics. As part of these examinations, they were asked to study

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6344-439: The 2000s. In April 2010, Los Angeles, California–based Concord Music Group acquired Rounder Records, adding the latter's 3,000 titles to its own 10,000. Irwin, Nowlin and Leighton-Levy remained in creative and advisory roles. In an interview with The Boston Globe , Leighton-Levy said: "We felt this was better than simply trying to soldier on alone. It's not an exit strategy. Concord acquired Rounder wanting it to continue what it

6466-479: The 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking , Tufts ranked 37th in the nation. In 2022, Forbes ranked the undergraduate school 32nd among private colleges in its America's Top Colleges ranking, which includes 650 military academies, national universities, and liberal arts colleges. Tufts University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education . Tufts

6588-413: The Calvin Theater in Northampton, Massachusetts . The shows featured every former and current member of the band, as Ferguson, Gadler, Staley, Sheehan and Anderson came back for a NRBQ reunion. After the Halloween engagement at Shank Hall in Milwaukee in 2004, NRBQ went on hiatus. Adams had developed stage 4 throat cancer. During this time, Ardolino and the Spampinato brothers started playing shows as

6710-401: The Destroyer's second album, Move it on Over , in 1978. The title track, a Hank Williams cover, was released as a single and received heavy FM airplay. The album entered the American Top 40 and went gold, as did the band's debut. Irwin described Thorogood's success as a "watershed" moment for Rounder, stating that while it did not change the founder's interest or mission, it made clear that

6832-410: The Destroyers . In May 1977, Rounder released NRBQ's "All Hopped Up." Later that year, George Thorogood and the Destroyer's eponymous debut was released; although it was rooted in blues, it was more of a rock album than any of the label's previous releases. Within a year, the record sold more than 75,000 copies, a substantial achievement at the time for an independently distributed record. Rounder released

6954-630: The Hirsh Health Sciences Library on the Boston campus, the Edwin Ginn Library at the Fletcher School, and Webster Family Library at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine on the Grafton campus. Students have access to the academic libraries of institutions in the Boston Consortium. Tufts is also a member of SHARES, which allows students to have library access in participating members such as Brown , Columbia , Cornell , Caltech , Dartmouth , Johns Hopkins , Northwestern , Princeton , Stanford , UPenn and Yale . Furthermore, students may apply for privileges to Harvard's Library System . Tufts also runs

7076-440: The Lemonheads . He also released two albums as a solo artist, Vestavia in (1999) and Everyday Life in 2007. Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts , United States, with additional facilities in Boston and Grafton , as well as Talloires , France. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide

7198-423: The Mayer Campus Center and the Dewick Macphie Dining Hall. Administrative offices also occupy the surrounding neighborhoods and nearby Davis Square , where Tufts makes payments in lieu of taxes on some of its tax-exempt (educational) properties. The School of Medicine , Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences , School of Dental Medicine , and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy are located on

7320-404: The North Carolina–based label, Sugar Hill , with the Rounder Label Group. Founded in the late 1970s, the Sugar Hill catalog included records by Ricky Skaggs, Lee Ann Womack , Sarah Jarosz , Liz Longley, Corey Smith , Kasey Chambers , Sam Bush , moe. , and Bryan Sutton and Black Prairie. John Strohm , a musician and entertainment lawyer, became Rounder's president in 2017, as Virant moved to

7442-491: The Northeast to book African-American blues artists from the American south, fueled their interest in bluegrass, old-time, and other roots music. They were unable to find records by many of the artists they saw live: the records "just didn't exist." Nowlin and Irwin met Levy, then a student at Clark University , in 1967. An "unrepentant folkie," like Nowlin and Irwin, she moved to Boston to attend graduate school at Northeastern University . The three shared an apartment as well as

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7564-535: The P.T. Barnum Awards for Excellence in Entertainment. The Tisch College was founded in 2000 "to educate for active citizenship" with the help of a $ 10 million (~$ 16.8 million in 2023) gift from eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam. The school was renamed in 2006 after a $ 40 million (~$ 58.2 million in 2023) gift from Jonathan Tisch . It has been called the "most ambitious attempt by any research university to make public service part of its core academic mission". The college facilitates and supports

7686-451: The PolyGram Group Distribution affiliate handled more than a third of Rounder's titles. Less prominent titles were sold through distributors DNA and Bayside. In April 1999, the company signed an agreement with Liquid Audio, Inc. for digital distribution of its music over the Internet. By then, Mercury's parent company PolyGram had been acquired by Universal. Universal Music and Video Distribution unit sold Rounder's bigger titles. While polka

7808-548: The School of Arts and Sciences (the liberal arts college offering both the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree as well as the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts), the School of Engineering (which offers the Bachelor of Science degree), and the School of Special Studies. The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service and the Experimental College are non-degree granting. The Film and Media Studies program (FMS) , formerly known as Communications and Media Studies (CMS) ,

7930-468: The School of Engineering, when oversight of graduate engineering programs was transferred from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. As part of the same reorganization the Faculty of Arts and Science became the Faculty of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering (AS&E). Under President Larry Bacow , Tufts started a capital campaign in 2006 with the goal of raising $ 1.2 billion to implement full need-blind admission by 2011. As of December 10, 2010

8052-424: The Service Employees Union. As a result of their opposition to the union, relations between the employees and the founders were strained for several years. Although they were approached by less traditional roots artists following Thorogood's success, the founders signed artists that reflected the label's original mission. Among others, they signed Johnny Copeland and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown . Scott Billington ,

8174-416: The Tufts Board of Trustees voted "that the College be opened to women in the undergraduate departments on the same terms and conditions as men." Metcalf Hall opened in 1893 and served as the dormitory for women. At the same meeting, the trustees voted to create a graduate school faculty and to offer the PhD degree in biology and chemistry. In 1893 the Medical School opened and in 1899 the Boston Dental College

8296-437: The Tufts Boston Health Science campus in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston , adjacent to Tufts Medical Center , a 451-bed academic medical institution. All full-time Tufts Medical Center physicians hold clinical faculty appointments at Tufts School of Medicine. The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (SMFA) is located on the Tufts Boston Fine Arts campus in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston, next door to

8418-399: The Tufts Gordon Institute as the first educational institution created to foster entrepreneurship in the engineering fields. In 1991 the New England Association of Schools and Colleges accredited the institute to confer the degree of Master of Science in Engineering Management and in 1992 the Gordon Institute became part of the College of Engineering. In 1999, the College of Engineering became

8540-843: The U.S. and Japan as "The Terry Adams – Steve Ferguson Quartet" and "Rock & Roll Summit Meeting." Also in September 2006 came the release of a SpongeBob SquarePants album, The Best Day Ever , which included backing music by all four NRBQ members, as well as Anderson. The album, a collection of '60s-influenced pop/rock produced by Andy Paley , and co-written by Paley and the voice of SpongeBob, Tom Kenny, also included such musical luminaries as Brian Wilson , Tommy Ramone , James Burton , Flaco Jiménez and Philadelphia DJ Jerry "The Geator" Blavat. In November 2007, Adams formed "The Terry Adams Rock & Roll Quartet" with Scott Ligon on guitar and vocals, Pete Donnelly (of The Figgs ) on bass and Conrad Choucroun and Ardolino on drums. In March 2011, Adams posted an open letter to fans announcing that with

8662-515: The United States in protests and setting up encampments in protest against the Israel–Hamas war . The protestors demands included disclosure of University investments and divestment from Israel . The encampment ended after a month with Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine  rejecting what it called “a bad-faith deal” offered by the administration. More than 250 members of the graduating class threatened to boycott commencement and called for an end to "Tuft University’s financial complicity in

8784-666: The Whitstein Brothers, Madeleine Peyroux , and James King, as well as supergroups Dreadful Snakes (Jerry Douglas, Pat Enright, Bela Fleck, Mark Hembree, Blaine Sprouse, and Roland White) and Longview ( Dudley Connell , James King, Don Rigsby, Joe Mullins, Glen Duncan, and Marshall Wilborn), and the compilation Oh Sister . Artists including Robert Plant, Dolores O'Riordan , Ann Wilson , Fleck, Minnie Driver , Rush , Cowboy Junkies , Griffith, Laura Nyro , Fairport Convention , Linda Thompson , Boz Scaggs , Nelson, Skaggs, and Joe Diffie among others, recorded for Rounder during

8906-530: The Year (for " Please Read the Letter "), Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for "Rich Woman," and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for "Killing the Blues". Krauss was the sixth female artist to win five Grammys in a single night. Raising Sand was certified platinum in March 2008. In 2009, Rounder reissued a series of 1920s and 1930s Carter Family recordings. The same year, the label launched what would become

9028-543: The band's former road manager Klem Klimek on saxophone. Gadler, former lead vocalist, also appeared. The band's music is a blend of styles from rockabilly to Beatles -influenced pop to Thelonious Monk -inspired jazz . They have attracted fans as diverse as Bob Dylan , Paul McCartney , Elvis Costello , Keith Richards , The Replacements , John Sebastian , Dave Edmunds , Ira Kaplan and Penn & Teller . NRBQ songs have been performed by Bonnie Raitt , Los Lobos , and Dave Edmunds among others. Also,

9150-436: The board and alumni trustees (up to 10 members) who serve for up to five years. Generally, charter trustees are elected by majority vote of the members and alumni trustees are elected by alumni. The officers of the corporation include the chair of the board, three vice chairs, the treasurer, the secretary, the provost, the president, who serves ex officio, and the executive vice president. The president of Tufts University , who

9272-741: The campaign raised $ 1.14 billion. Tufts received the largest donations in its history since 2005, including a $ 136 million bequest to its endowment upon the dissolution of a charitable trust set up by 1911 alumnus Frank C. Doble, a $ 100 million (~$ 139 million in 2023) gift from eBay founder Pierre Omidyar to establish the Omidyar-Tufts Microfinance Fund , and a number of $ 40 million (~$ 60 million in 2023)-plus gifts to specific schools. Anthony P. Monaco , formerly of Oxford University, became Tufts' thirteenth president on October 21, 2011. As of October 15, 2015, Computer Science surpassed International Relations as

9394-569: The children's label, Music for Little People, in 1994. Renamed Rounder Kids, it functioned as a separate corporation within the Rounder Records Group. Artists including Raffi released records through Rounder Kids, which distributed labels 250 labels and 2200 titles. Rounder bought the Chicago-based Flying Fish Records in fall of 1995. The label, founded in 1974 by Rounder associate Bruce Kaplan, had

9516-562: The class of 2027, Tufts admitted 10% of 34,002 applicants. The number of places in the freshmen class is set at approximately 1,600 students. For the class of 2024, the interquartile range of SAT scores was 1420–1550 while for the ACT it was 33–35. Since 2006 Tufts has incorporated experimental criteria into the application process for undergraduates to test "creativity and other non-academic factors", including inviting applicants to submit YouTube videos to supplement their application. Calling it

9638-436: The country music she was associated with, on Rounder she released what many fans and critics regarded as the best albums of her career. Echoing the early achievements of Hazel Dickens and Alison Krauss, in the male-dominated field of bluegrass music, in 2007 Rounder released Crowd Favorites, a compilation of six albums by Claire Lynch . The album earned multiple International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) awards and Lynch

9760-438: The decade, the label released records by esoteric artists who were unlikely to garner mainstream recognition, including Ted Hawkins , Jonathan Richman , and Sleepy LaBeef . In 1984, Rounder acquired the traditional and folk music label Philo Records . Among others, the acquisition brought Utah Phillips , Dave Van Ronk , Christine Lavin , and singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith to the label. Griffith's Rounder debut, Once in

9882-459: The earliest buildings and was primarily built from the middle of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. One of Tufts' first buildings, Ballou Hall was constructed from 1852 to 1854 and was designed in the Italianate style by the well-known Boston architect Gridley James Fox Bryant . Ballou Hall was later restored by McKim, Mead, and White in 1955–56, and houses the offices of

10004-429: The engineering school include Bromfield-Pearson Hall (1893), Robinson Hall (1899), and Curtis Hall (1894). Boston architect George Albert Clough is responsible for the design of Curtis Hall and Goddard Hall. Additionally, Arland Dirlam is responsible for the designs of many buildings downhill. These include Cohen Auditorium (1950), Hodgdon Hall (1954), and Jackson Gymnasium (1947). Other notable buildings downhill include

10126-578: The episode " Take My Wife, Sleaze " and to perform Edmunds's cover of "Me & The Boys". The band also recorded a song entitled "Birdman" for an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast entitled " Pilot ". The group appeared in feature films, including Day of the Dead , Shakes the Clown , and 28 Days . Their cover version of " Down in My Heart " appeared in the series finale of Wilfred . NRBQ has

10248-670: The first concert taking place on the 27th at the University of Dayton Arena. The last stop on the tour was at the Shoreline Amphitheater at Mountain View in Mountain View, California on October 21. Rolling Stone' s Sam Freedman noted that the NRBQ played a compressed 30-minute club show. He also reported that both Mike Mills and Peter Buck of R.E.M. watched each of the NRBQ's opening sets during their portion of

10370-535: The first president in 1853, and College Hall, the first building on campus, was completed the following year. That building now bears Ballou's name. The campus opened in August 1854. President Ballou died in 1861 and was succeeded by Alonzo Ames Miner . Though not a college graduate, his presidency was marked by several advances. These include the establishment of preparatory schools for Tufts which include Goddard Seminary , Westbrook Seminary , and Dean Academy . During

10492-490: The first time in 1966. Along with drummer Charlie Craig, they made home tapes of their experiments. The first known reference to the band's name can be heard on one of these home tapes, with Donn announcing, "Here they are, the New Rhythm and Blues Quintet!" as though presenting them to a live audience. In late spring of 1966, guitarist Steve Ferguson was invited to join NRBQ after he quit Mersey-Beats USA (no relation to

10614-723: The graduate schools at Harvard and MIT. Tufts has offered study abroad programs with various universities for the past 40 years. Tufts has semester and year long programs with Pembroke College of the University of Oxford , University College London , Royal Holloway University of London , School of Oriental and African Studies , University of Paris , Sciences Po Paris , École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts , University of Tübingen , Zhejiang University , and University of Hong Kong . Every year more than 500 undergraduate students study abroad, with most doing it during their junior and senior years. Completed in 1908, Tufts' first library building, Eaton Memorial Library (now Eaton Hall),

10736-426: The group served as the unofficial "house band" for The Simpsons for the season 10–12 period in which NRBQ fan Mike Scully was head writer and executive producer. NRBQ allowed several of their songs to be used on The Simpsons , including "Mayonnaise and Marmalade", written specifically for the show. The band also appeared in animated form and on camera during the end credits to perform the show's theme song during

10858-466: The group was formed circa 1965. Adams disbanded it for a time, and the group re-formed in 1967. The quartet is known for its live performances, containing a high degree of spontaneity and levity, and blending rock , pop , jazz , blues and Tin Pan Alley styles. From 1974 to 1994, the band included pianist Adams, bassist Spampinato, guitarist Al Anderson , and drummer Tom Ardolino . This

10980-586: The label needed to expand both its staff and its distribution. Rounder recorded Thorogood's fourth record, Bad to the Bone , and released it through a joint venture with EMI . At the close of the decade, Rounder moved from their Somerville office to a larger office in Cambridge. In 1979, Rounder's employees decided to unionize, and Nowlin, Levy, and Irwin were strongly opposed. The workers voted to join Local 925 of

11102-719: The label released its first bluegrass album, One Morning in May, by Joe Val and the New England Bluegrass Boys . Over the next several years, they released bluegrass albums by old-time artists ( Snuffy Jenkins and Pappy Sherrill, Highwoods Stringband, and The Blue Sky Boys ), traditional bluegrass artists ( Don Stover , Ted Lundy, Del McCoury , The Bailey Brothers , Buzz Busby ), and progressive bluegrass artists, most notably by Country Cooking and Tony Trischka . Believing that "music doesn't discriminate," Nowlin, Irwin and Leighton-Levy sought out female artists, then

11224-450: The label's general counsel since 1992. Among other initiatives, Virant conceived of and oversaw the creation of a pop music imprint, Zoë, named for his daughter. Artists including Blake Babies , Juliana Hatfield , Kay Hanley and Sarah Harmer released records on the imprint. A distribution agreement with Polygram's Mercury Records was signed in 1998. Expected to increase the sales of new releases of artists such as Juliana Hatfield ,

11346-487: The largest major at the university, with 466 declared majors. On December 22, 2015, the university announced that it would acquire the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. The merger was completed on June 30, 2016. One of the key figures in the merger, Nancy Bauer , became the dean of the museum school. In December 2015, the university completed a reconstruction of the Memorial Stairs. A new Central Energy Plant

11468-525: The majority of the campus is in Medford, the Somerville line intersects it, placing parts of the lower campus in Somerville and leading to the common terms "Uphill" and "Downhill". The "Uphill" portion of the campus comprises the academic and the residential "Rez" quad (built on the former reservoir site) and is enclosed by a wrought-iron fence. Classes that contributed to the building of the fence are commemorated along its length. The academic quad contains

11590-465: The neuroscience and environmental science departments. The SEC joins the newly rehabilitated 574 Boston Avenue in the expansion of classroom and laboratory facilities for the engineering school. In the spring of 2022, the university plans to open the newly constructed Joyce Cummings Center, an interdisciplinary academic building which will house the computer science and economics departments, among others. In 2016, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen pledged

11712-471: The next six years. Other titles from Rounder Books included a children's book by Raffi, Everybody Grows , and the company's bestseller, Rush drummer/lyricist Neil Peart 's Roadshow: Landscape with Drums—A Concert Tour by Motorcycle . In 1986, although pursued by Rounder, Mary Chapin Carpenter chose instead to sign with Columbia Records. Twenty years later, in 2006, she signed with Rounder. Moving beyond

11834-479: The number of Teach for America volunteers it produces. Because of its continual growth as an institution, Tufts was ranked as the fifth "hottest school" of the decade from 2000 to 2010. Tufts was ranked the 450th top college in the United States by Payscale and CollegeNet's Social Mobility Index college rankings. U.S. News & World Report names Tufts' undergraduate admission as "most selective". For

11956-565: The ongoing devastation of Gaza". Tufts' main campus is located on Walnut Hill in Medford and Somerville , about 5 miles (8.0 km) from Boston on the site of the original farm of Charles Tufts, the university's namesake. This campus houses all undergraduates in Arts & Sciences and Engineering, the graduate programs at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and all of the graduate programs in Arts & Sciences and Engineering. While

12078-467: The opening of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy , the first graduate school of international affairs in the United States. The Fletcher School began as a joint effort between Tufts and Harvard University , funded by an endowment from longtime Tufts benefactor and alumnus Austin Barclay Fletcher. Tufts assumed full administration of the Fletcher School in 1935, and strong linkages between

12200-567: The permanent collection include works by John Singer Sargent , Albrecht Dürer , Isamu Noguchi , Auguste Rodin , Andy Warhol , Milton Resnick , Salvador Dalí , and Pablo Picasso among others. Exhibitions of the collection rotate annually in the Aidekman Arts Center. According to the Princeton Review the undergraduate student body is ethnically and socioeconomically diverse. The Advocate ranks Tufts as one of

12322-432: The president, the provost, and several vice presidents and deans. Other notable buildings include: Packard Hall (1856), East Hall (1860), West Hall (1871), Goddard Chapel (1882), Goddard Hall (1883), Barnum Hall (1884), and Eaton Hall (1908). The New York firm Whitfield & King was responsible for the design of Eaton Hall. The "Uphill" residential quad contains more modern buildings. The most notable building

12444-477: The prettiest college campuses in the United States. The "Uphill" portion can be accessed with the memorial stairs. Designed by the Olmsted Brothers in the 1920s, the memorial stairs form one of the main entrances to the university and allows direct access to the engineering school from the academic quad. The engineering school is part of the Tufts's "Downhill" portion of campus. Notable buildings around

12566-410: The programmatic rigidity of the old Left, and the more doctrinaire cultural rules of the folk revival itself." The lawyer who drew up Rounder's papers of incorporation did so in exchange for two Rounder albums. Irwin and Nowlin were introduced to fiddle music through a Folkways recording of the 34th Old Time Fiddlers Convention, and in late 1969 (sources differ), for $ 125., they bought the rights to

12688-403: The record "did much to chart the course of bluegrass for the balance of the 1970s and beyond." In addition to new music, Rounder re-released 78 rpm discs from the 1920s and 1930s. In the mid-70s, with a catalog of about 200 LPs by acoustic artists, the label expanded its Bluegrass focus to include folk, blues and other styles of music, notably signing NRBQ , Arlen Roth and George Thorogood and

12810-516: The release of the upcoming album, Keep This Love Goin' , this line-up would take on the NRBQ name. He also explained that while he did have tendinitis, the real reason for the hiatus was his treatment for cancer. In May 2012, the group released a live album, We Travel the Spaceways , on Clang! records. During September 2012, bassist Donnelly was replaced by Scott Ligon's friend Casey McDonough. (As of 2021, Ligon and McDonough are also members of

12932-445: The size of the endowment by a factor of 15. The College of Engineering added graduate study to its curriculum beginning in 1961, with master's degrees available in four departments. It added PhD programs in mechanical engineering in 1963, electrical engineering in 1964, engineering design in 1981, and civil engineering in 1985. In 1984, CEO and chairman of Analogic Corporation and NeuroLogica Corporation Bernard Marshall Gordon founded

13054-471: The top 20 gay-friendly campuses. Of those accepted for admission to the undergraduate Class of 2019, 27 percent are Asian, Hispanic, African American, or two or more races. There were 145 international students and 6 DACA students Of domestic students admitted, some 31 percent self-identified as one or more races other than Caucasian, including Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans. International students make up 15 percent of

13176-456: The tour from the edge of the stage "as if to endorse NRBQ for their fans". In 1994 Anderson departed the group: he would become an award-winning Nashville songwriter for many country and western acts. He was replaced in NRBQ by Joey Spampinato 's younger brother, Johnny Spampinato, who was (and still is) a member of power-pop band The Incredible Casuals . On April 30 and May 1, 2004, the group celebrated its 35th anniversary with concerts at

13298-591: The trustees voted to formally establish an undergraduate College of Engineering. The Jackson College for Women was established in 1910 as a coordinate college adjacent to the Tufts campus. In 1980 it was integrated with the College of Liberal Arts but is still recognized in the formal name of the undergraduate arts and sciences division, the "College of Liberal Arts and Jackson College". Undergraduate women in arts and sciences continued to receive their diplomas from Jackson College until 2002. Tufts expanded in 1933 with

13420-565: The two schools remain. During World War II , Tufts College was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission. Due to travel restrictions imposed by World War II, the Boston Red Sox conducted spring training for the 1943 Major League season at Tufts College. In 1955, continued expansion

13542-430: The undergraduate student population. Students come from all 50 states and represent 71 countries. The top 10 countries represented are China, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Turkey, Singapore, Canada, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam. NRBQ NRBQ is an American rock band founded by Terry Adams (piano), Steve Ferguson (guitar) and Joey Spampinato (bass). Originally the "New Rhythm and Blues Quintet",

13664-500: Was a mainstay of Rounder's catalog, in 2001 the company moved the musical style to the mainstream with the release of Jimmy Sturr 's Gone Polka album. "Unabashed polka fan," Willie Nelson, whose first bands played polka, often recorded on Sturr's albums, and four songs on Gone Polka featured Nelson's vocals, illustrating "the happy cross-cultural union between the Lone Star State and Eastern Europe." In 2002, Rounder signed

13786-423: Was founded in 1970 in the Somerville apartment, a living/working/political collective. The name Rounder was chosen for several reasons: the shape of a vinyl record, the nickname for a hobo, and the name of the folk band The Holy Modal Rounders . Levy, Irwin and Nowlin also self-identified as "Rounders", the name reflecting the "outlaw self-image of three romantics who positioned themselves in opposition to capitalism,

13908-552: Was her first album to hit the Billboard charts, and earned Krauss a 1991 Grammy Award—her first—in the Best Bluegrass album category. Over the course of the decade, Krauss would release a second solo album, 1999's Forget About It , and two albums with Union Station, Everytime You Say Goodbye (1992) and So Long So Wrong . (1997). Forget About It and So Long So Wrong were certified gold. Krauss won four Grammys as

14030-620: Was inducted into the Alabama Bluegrass Hall of Fame. In 2005, Lynn Morris, Alecia Nugent and Rhonda Vincent were honored by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America. The Robert Plant /Alison Krauss album, Raising Sand , in 2007, was one of Rounder's biggest hits both commercially and critically. It won five Grammys, including Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album, Record of

14152-514: Was integrated into the university . In 1890, the Department of Electrical Engineering was created, and in 1892–1893 the course of three-year program in civil engineering was extended to four years. With the advent of the four-year program the degrees granted were bachelor of civil or electrical engineering. Tufts College added the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering in 1894 and 1898, respectively. In 1898,

14274-569: Was later continued by Marconi and Tesla . Other famous scholars include William Leslie Hooper who in addition to serving as acting president, designed the first slotted armature for dynamos. His student at the college, Frederick Stark Pearson , would eventually become one of America's pioneers of the electrical power industry. He became responsible for the development of the electric power and electric streetcar systems which many cities in South America and Europe used. Another notable figure

14396-538: Was made possible with a donation from Andrew Carnegie . Carnegie's wife requested that the building be named after a Tufts graduate, Reverend Charles Eaton, who had presided over her wedding. The building received an extension in 1950 with the construction of the War Memorial Library in honor of the Tufts alumni who served in World War II . By 1965 the collection outgrew the building and was moved to

14518-556: Was named by Newsweek as one of the "25 New Ivies " in 2006. In The Princeton Review 's 2010–2011 "Best 363 Colleges", Tufts was ranked 14th for the happiest students and its study abroad program was ranked third in the country. According to the October 2010 rankings compiled by The Chronicle of Higher Education , Tufts ranked 12th in the country (tied with both Harvard and Johns Hopkins ) with 17 Fulbright scholars . Tufts also ranks fourth among medium-sized schools for

14640-481: Was one of the earliest benefactors of Tufts College, and the Barnum Museum of Natural History (Barnum Hall) was constructed in 1884 with funds donated by him to house his collection of animal specimens and the stuffed hide of Jumbo the elephant, who would become the university's mascot. The building stood until April 14, 1975, when a fire gutted Barnum Hall, destroying the entire collection. On July 15, 1892,

14762-494: Was reflected in the change of the school's name to Tufts University, though the corporate name remains as 'Trustees of Tufts College'. The university experienced some growth during the presidency of Jean Mayer (1976–1992). Mayer established Tufts' veterinary, nutrition, and biomedical schools and acquired the Grafton and Talloires campuses, at the same time lifting the university out of its dire financial situation by increasing

14884-510: Was under construction and set to finish in the summer of 2016. It will replace an aging 60-year-old plant and provide new efficiency boilers which in addition to providing the university directly with electricity, heated and chilled water, will help the university cut emissions. The university also completed construction of the Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) in 2017. The SEC features laboratories and fosters interdisciplinary research between

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