Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Announcements & Alerts

Updated January 24, 2026 at 5:45pm

The university (all campuses) will be closed beginning at 12pm on Sunday, January 25 through Monday, January 26.

For details including academic policies and other weather closure procedures, please see below.

Inclement Weather Policy

When the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) is closed, classes are canceled and the GSBS offices, the library and the fitness center are closed.

Laboratories will be open and if you can safely travel to campus via walking or public transportation (assuming that it's running), and you have time-sensitive experimental work, you may go to your laboratory. If safe travel is not possible, please do not put yourself or others at risk. In that case, let your advisor know that you will not be able to come to campus.

To determine if GSBS will be closed during weather emergencies, please check the links below. Due to the possibility of power outages in weather emergencies, email is not always a reliable way to communicate this information.

Weather Closing Information 

If the university or individual campuses close due to snow, it is announced through: 

These are the only official sources of a snow closing announcement. 

Weather Closing Alerts 

Students, faculty, and staff may also subscribe to weather-closing notices through TuftsAlerts. This system is strictly opt-in, and you will receive a text message only if you sign up.

GSBS Closure and Delay Announcements

If GSBS is closed (or the opening is delayed), the announcement could be ANY of the following:

  1. Tufts University all campuses
  2. Tufts University-Boston Campus
  3. Tufts Health Sciences Campus
  4. Tufts Medical School or Tufts University School of Medicine

Please note that in some cases, classes may be cancelled or delayed only on the Grafton or Medford campus due to the track of the storm and the announcement will specify only the campus(es) that are closed.

For more information about preparing for winter storms and other weather-related emergencies, please visit the Tufts Office of Emergency Management website.