Wizard rock (or Wrock ) is an evolving type of novelty rock music and filk music themed around the Harry Potter franchise. The music was largely prevalent in the United States in the early 2000s. Wizard rock initially started in Massachusetts with Harry and the Potters , though it has grown internationally.
116-567: Leading bands in this genre include Harry and the Potters and Draco and the Malfoys . Although most listeners of the genre are fans of Harry Potter , some bands have attracted listeners outside of the books' fanbase. Wizard rock songs are often written from the point of view of a particular character in the books, usually the character who features in the band's name. In contrast to mainstream bands that have some songs incorporating literary references among
232-533: 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
348-799: 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
464-600: A bigger sound and with the assistance of recording veteran Kevin Micka. While in the earlier albums the band's musical style was goofy inept pop-punk, the EP Scarred for Life became musically darker reflecting the penultimate book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , as it takes as its central conceit a Harry Potter who has started a hardcore rock band. Paul and Joe departed from their proud DIY home recording and sought
580-533: A biotech firm as a chemical engineer. Paul had recently graduated from Tufts University . Outside the lab, Paul was a musician whose indie band—The Secrets—had toured in the northeast from 2001 to 2002. To promote his band, Paul co-founded a small indie label called Eskimo Laboratories. One of the other bands in Eskimo’s stable of talent included an act called Ed in the Refridgerators [ sic ], which
696-483: A cult following within the Harry Potter fandom . The band is often backed up by musicians such as Ernie Kim, Andrew MacLeay, Brad Mehlenbacher, John Clardy, Mike Gintz, Jacob Nathan, Ben Macri, Phillip Dickey, Jason Anderson and Zach Burba. The band's most recent songs feature drummer Mike Harpring and bassist Paul Baribeau. Since 2002, Harry and the Potters have released three studio albums, five extended plays, and
812-549: 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
928-418: 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
1044-550: 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
1160-455: 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
1276-452: A guest vocalist. Parts of this album were recorded in a studio, and others were recorded at the Lawrence, Kansas public library. On April 23, 2019, the band unveiled a Kickstarter to help recoup the cost of recording the album, which they revealed was named Lumos . Backers could also choose rewards that include an additional album entitled Mostly Camping , as well as a vinyl single called
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#17330846309541392-566: 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
1508-423: A nearly lost opportunity, while waiting hopefully for a band to show, Harry and the Potters came into existence over the next hour when the two brothers wrote seven Potter -themed songs. They performed that first concert as Harry and the Potters for six people who remained of their audience. Of those seven backyard songs, five were to make it onto the band's first album in 2003. After recruiting drummer Ernie Kim,
1624-511: 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
1740-457: A series of images and eventually to a forum, which contained much speculation concerning the nature of Unlimited Enthusiasm. Unlimited Enthusiasm ended up being the name of their Summer 2008 tour alongside bands Uncle Monsterface and Math The Band . Harry and the Potters undertook a summer tour, Unlimited Enthusiasm, with Math the Band, Uncle Monsterface and Jason Anderson. One of the stops in that tour
1856-590: A show of quirky egalitarianism, both brothers play the role of Harry Potter and dress almost identically; Paul is older and to conform to the character’s persona, he is Harry of Year 7; while Joe is the Harry of Year 4. During May and June 2004, the band worked on their next album, Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock! , in the DeGeorge family shed. Following the release, the band toured heavily. The two brothers drove 13,000 miles across
1972-516: A single. The duo founded the independent record label Eskimo Laboratories, and appeared in the documentary films We Are Wizards and Wizard Rockumentary . They also co-founded charity organization The Harry Potter Alliance , and formed the Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club, an extended play syndicate. Their origin was quite accidental. In Cambridge, MA , Paul DeGeorge was developing vaccines for
2088-533: A small but active wizard rock scene. Notable events include the Wrock from Home and O.W.L. Fest online music festivals; the annual Wizard Rock Sampler compilation series; and websites such as Wizrocklopedia and the Facebook group "Wizard Rock Revival" see much activity, with dozens of active musical acts and thousands of fans. Bandcamp currently features many wizard rock releases from past and current bands. Harry and
2204-609: A studio for Scarred for Life (as well as their split EP with the Zambonis), and consequently feel that the songs on the Scarred for Life are among their "most badass". By 2007, Harry and the Potters and their unexpected fan based indie music genre of wizard rock have grown into an international phenomenon. Recently, the band has engaged in charity side-projects and activism within the Harry Potter community. In January 2007, Harry and
2320-599: 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
2436-767: 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
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#17330846309542552-633: A wider repertoire of music (notably Led Zeppelin to The Lord of the Rings ), wizard rock bands take their inspiration entirely from the Harry Potter universe. When performing live, wizard rock bands often cosplay , or dress as, characters from the novels. Some bands perform at fan conventions. The earliest Harry Potter-themed song is conventionally traced to 2000 when the Los Angeles-based pop-punk band Switchblade Kittens released an "Ode to Harry" from
2668-560: 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
2784-503: 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
2900-651: 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
3016-561: 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
3132-545: Is a hallmark of the genre. In turn, because of their active promotion of literacy, young-adult and teen librarians have been promoting the band. While Harry and the Potters would become notable for making libraries their primary venue, Joe DeGeorge did not see a future in the modest venues: "I think we thought we'd play a few libraries." Paul added, "We thought it would be short-lived. We weren't like super fans, so we didn't understand this whole (Harry Potter) subculture when we started." As The Washington Post wrote, "wizard rock
3248-568: Is an escape into a different world – a world of non-judgmental fun where grown-ups dress as wizards, evil is vanquished by song, and reading is cool." The peculiar success of Harry and the Potters has led Paul to "sense a growing affection for us amongst other musicians" and at home. The Boston Phoenix has called Harry and the Potters the " Pink Floyd of Potterdom." In 2005 there was a tidal wave of new wizard rock bands. The brothers' do-it-yourself musical ethos has caught on with bands forming as fellow Potter fans are picking up instruments for
3364-434: 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
3480-520: Is contingent on the lasting success and popularity of a book series. "In some ways", said Paul, "we want to tie things off and consider it a done deal. We've always viewed this as a project that had a finite life and end point." 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
3596-403: 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
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3712-700: 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
3828-581: 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,
3944-553: 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
4060-539: 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
4176-656: The Middle East Downstairs in Cambridge , Massachusetts, in December 2005 attracted an audience of 600 with 200 turned away at the door The previous year was the watershed when a simple joke between two brothers had developed into something they had never imagined. The band continued its odd success and toured early in the year with a new wave 'sock puppet rock band' called Uncle Monsterface who opened for in March 2006. During
4292-786: 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
4408-514: 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
4524-569: 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
4640-954: 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
4756-521: The Vancouver Public Library to see Harry and the Potters. ABC News reported that the band usually charge $ 5 to $ 10 for tickets to their shows, though some performances are free. Harry and the Potters said 600 people turned out for a July 10, 2007 show in Portland, Oregon . In February 2008, Harry and the Potters launched a website called "Unlimited Enthusiasm". The website led users through
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4872-601: 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
4988-558: The "Harry Potter Boogie." Harry and the Potters couple their rough-edged music with themed lyrics, which define the band as much as the costumes. The straight-forward but quirky presentation of adolescent concerns and direness in the simplest of worries gives an easily likable quality to fans. They poke fun at awkward situations from the books. For example, in the song "The Human Hosepipe", they sing, "Maybe you shouldn't have brought up Cedric Diggory / Because I'd rather not talk about your dead ex-boyfriends over coffee." Two other examples of
5104-719: 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
5220-469: 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
5336-537: The Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act. The Harry Potter Alliance raises awareness for these projects by holding wizard rock concerts and by selling memorabilia to help fund these campaigns. Harry and the Potters have also collaborated the Harry Potter Alliance compilation album Rocking Out Against Voldemedia , with a song entitled "Don't Believe It". The purpose of the album was to achieve
5452-504: The Deathly Hallows at Harvard Yard . The festivities became an excuse for a meet-up of a number of wizard rock bands including The Hungarian Horntails and their nemesis Draco and the Malfoys which all played to a large crowd of Harry Potter fans in the Cambridge, Massachusetts college venue. Harry and the Potters resumed their tour which finally wound-up in late August. In Vancouver on July 7, 2007, hundreds of people crowded outside
5568-516: The Flying Car, wizard chess, platform nine and three-quarters , The Burrow , the three-headed dog Fluffy , Mrs. Norris , the basilisk , The Marauder's Map , various spells and incantations, and the Invisibility Cloak . Harry and the Potters with its strong persona or theme is as much a performance art project as it is a rock band. Musically, they sound much like other indie rock music with
5684-871: 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
5800-423: 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
5916-399: The Order of the Phoenix – came out that summer and on June 21, 2003, the highly anticipated day of release, the band played five sets in a span of 24 hours. The library gigs drew crowds of mostly children and their parents. The brothers played a show at the library in Dorchester, Massachusetts , that August where they noticed the children in the audience singing along. Joe said, "Paul forgot
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#17330846309546032-535: 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
6148-420: The Potters Harry and the Potters are an American rock band known for spawning the genre of wizard rock . Founded in Norwood , Massachusetts, in 2002, the group is primarily composed of brothers Joe and Paul DeGeorge, both of whom perform under the persona of the title character from the Harry Potter book series. Harry and the Potters are known for their elaborate live performances, and have developed
6264-493: The Potters created the Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club, a mail order subscription club that released an extended play by a different wizard rock band each month. Reflecting wizard rock's literacy focus, the club raises funds for First Book , a non-profit organization that gives children the ability to read and own their first new books. In 2007, the Club raised over $ 13,000 for the organization. They released their first extended play The Enchanted Ceiling in 2007. May 2007
6380-461: The Potters enjoyed more tongue-in-cheek critical success from respectable quarters. The web based music ’zine Pitchfork Media even hailed Harry and the Potters as having one of the best five live shows in 2005, quipping that " The Decemberists wish they could lit-rock like this." In the fall of 2005, Joe entered Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts . While Harry and the Potters play infrequently at rock clubs and other venues—a Yule Ball at
6496-399: The Potters released the EP Hedwig Lives for digital download, which included the tracks "The Great Motorcycle Explosion of ’97" and "Ridin' in the Night". At a live show on March 30, 2018, the band debuted songs from their forthcoming fourth studio album that will be about The Deathly Hallows . They later announced that the album would also feature the anti-folk musician Kimya Dawson as
6612-461: The Potters to play at an all-Harry Potter show at his Rhode Island home. That night, Maggiacomo made his debut as The Whomping Willows , and his friends, Mehlenbacher and his brother, Brian Ross, played for the first time as Draco and the Malfoys . There were also festivals focused on the genre such as Wrockstock , which was first held in 2007 in the United States and ended in 2013 after six editions. In 2015, Mexican band Velvet Darkness released
6728-532: The Rock! tour, Paul and Joe DeGeorge received a letter from Warner Bros. that stated that the brothers were breaking copyright laws. Although Paul sent a letter to Warner Brothers in an attempt to smooth things over, Marc Brandon, the company representative, asked to speak to Paul personally. The two later settled upon a gentlemen's agreement that, in essence, would allow Harry and the Potters to continue to sell music online and tour, but all other merchandise could only be sold at live shows. The following winter,
6844-548: 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) ,
6960-468: 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
7076-416: 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
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#17330846309547192-437: 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
7308-399: 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
7424-401: The U.S. and into Canada in their "Potter Mobile", a silver 1998 Ford Windstar minivan with a black lightning bolt emblazoned on its hood. In live concerts, Paul and Joe used pre-recorded backing tracks for much of the tour, but during the second half, Joe called on his childhood friend and former bandmate Andrew MacLeay to join the band temporarily as drummer. During the Voldemort Can't Stop
7540-515: 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
7656-474: The Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club in 2009, and as a member of the club, they released their third extended play The Yule Ball EP , which featured a CD and a DVD of their performance at the Fourth Annual Yule Ball. In April 2010, the group announced a series of shows in the Midwestern United States , Scandinavia , and Ireland for July and August. In Summer 2011, Harry and the Potters embarked on another summer tour entitled, Ride The Lightning. The tour
7772-485: The band began their first overseas tour. In February 2005, they toured the United Kingdom – playing London, Manchester , Milton Keynes , Chester , and Liverpool – and then followed it by playing some gigs in the Netherlands to coincide with the release of the Dutch translation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which took place in November 2005. In the Netherlands, they played one of their earliest songs "Platform Nine and 3/4" in Dutch. In late 2005, Harry and
7888-399: The band is to put enough energy and spirit into their songs to make them fun. The band is not musically polished. Paul has joked that, if they had known of the band’s popularity, they might have made "an effort to sing in tune. But it’s hard to anticipate that sort of thing when you’re just writing silly songs and recording them in your living room over a weekend.". While musicianship is not
8004-466: The band recorded their eponymous debut album over a weekend in the DeGeorge family living room. Released in June 2003 under the Eskimo Laboratories record label , the album contains six of the seven songs composed on June 22, 2002, and another twelve written spontaneously and immediately thereafter recorded. In the summer of 2003, Harry and the Potters set out on an American tour, performing at libraries. The fifth Harry Potter book – Harry Potter and
8120-438: The bands distinctive take on teenage angst are seen in the song "Save Ginny Weasley" where they sing, "Are you petrified of being petrified?" and the song "The Godfather." where the gothic or mock-morbid line "Why do I always think that I am going to die?" is sung to an up-beat tune. For the Harry Potter fandom, Harry and the Potters refer to words and phrases in the books, including Hogwarts , Harry's Firebolt , Felix Felicis ,
8236-436: 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
8352-728: 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
8468-559: 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
8584-694: The country's oldest graduate school of international relations, 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
8700-453: 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
8816-429: 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
8932-404: The exception that the band adheres to a novel conceit: the Harry Potter books will inspire the lyrics. As Joe said in a 2005 interview, "We try to take the themes from the books and amplify them." Their musical sound is described as "simple, catchy rock – think The White Stripes crossed with Raffi – where everyone sings along which is easy because in songs like 'Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock'
9048-531: 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
9164-619: The first time. Like Harry and the Potters, these new bands also take on the persona , or dress as a Harry Potter-themed character. Though most fans of the music are previous fans of Harry Potter, some bands have attracted listeners outside of the Harry Potter fanbase. Paul and Joe are aware of around 200 other Harry Potter-related rock bands who at least record and post songs on the Internet. The Boston Phoenix wondered—in spite of fully booked calendars—how long wizard rock would last once there are no new stories to riff on, as their musical identity
9280-723: 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),
9396-544: The indie-rock community at the very least realizes we're taking a very DIY approach to this." In 2005 the duo co-founded the non-profit organization The Harry Potter Alliance with Andrew Slack, Seth Reibstein and Sarah Newberry, an organization that uses the Harry Potter books as a platform for inspiring real-world activism, which amongst other activities, helps "wake the world up" to the genocide in Darfur . The projects invites its members to inform their local senator to support
9512-480: 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
9628-495: The legions of fans on to the DIY free-for-all of indie rock and punk music, albeit of the silly kind. The Washington Post describes the brothers as having vast quantities of both passion and ability to engage an audience: the "combination of their happy, who-cares personalities and Harry Potter fanaticism has cast a spell over book-loving teens across the country." Paul said, "the band is neither geeky nor cool but 'geeky-cool'. I think
9744-519: 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
9860-456: The musicians: Harry as the front man, Ron on guitar, Hermione on bass and Hagrid on drums. Then a crisis of sorts struck the brothers on June 22, 2002. During a barbecue at the DeGeorge family’s Norwood , Massachusetts home, Joe organized a concert in his backyard featuring Ed and the Refridgerators, the Secrets, and Soltero . However, the latter two bands canceled the day of the event. To rescue
9976-465: 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
10092-472: 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
10208-507: 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
10324-459: 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
10440-550: 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
10556-530: The perspective of Ginny Weasley . Harry and the Potters originated the Harry Potter-themed band, which became the genesis of a fandom -centered genre of music called wizard rock. As Harry and the Potters increased in popularity, other wizard rock bands emerged. Brian Ross and Bradley Mehlenbacher originally conceived Draco and the Malfoys as a parody of Harry and the Potters performing at a local house party. In April 2005, Matt Maggiacomo invited Harry and
10672-432: 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
10788-469: 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
10904-508: The right to free press and against media consolidation by asking site viewers to contact their member of Congress to support S 2332, the " Media Ownership Act of 2007 ." Paul said their third EP, the 2007 The Enchanted Ceiling was recorded in their living room. Harry and the Potters actively promote literacy. Another example of this literary activism is the reference to Tipper Gore and the Parents Music Resource Center in
11020-445: 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
11136-417: The song "Death Eaters" as part of their debut EP Delusion . It was later re-recorded in 2018 as a bonus track for their debut LP Nothing but Glory , and a music video for the song was released in 2019 with a live recording of it. "Death Eaters" has led the band to play at several Harry Potter -themed events, playing both their songs and heavy metal covers of the movies' soundtracks. As of 2021, there remains
11252-504: The song "Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock", which contains the verse, "And we won't let the Dark Lord ruin our party/ Just like Tipper Gore tried with the PMRC." Harry and the Potters have influenced similar acts, such as Draco and the Malfoys , The Whomping Willows, and The Remus Lupins. Wizard rock bands generally play all-ages shows at libraries, bookstores and schools, as the promotion of reading
11368-479: The strength of the band, Paul says that the fans "know we're not the best singers and keyboard players, but we're okay. And they think, well, I could do that, too. I think that’s really encouraging to people ..." Paul sees the brothers as a "bridge between this mainstream phenomena of Harry Potter and the indie rock underground. Plus, we’re also pretty strong adherents to the DIY ideal." The two brothers promote this ideal of making music independently and have fused
11484-495: The summer, they embarked on their 3rd cross-country summer tour ("Summer Reading and Rocking Tour 2006"), this time accompanied by fellow wizard rock band Draco and the Malfoys . Brad Mehlenbacher from Draco and the Malfoys handled drumming duties for the Potters for the entirety of their summer tour. They returned to home recording with the Harry and the Potters and the Power of Love but with
11600-449: The title is pretty much the only line." Another reviewer’s ear hears "a touch of the Ramones in their ultra simple lyrics." The band is organized quite simply with Paul and Joe playing their songs in a simple basic guitar-synth-and-drums indie pop style and they sing in the semi-deadpan way; a review found the vocal delivery similar to that of They Might Be Giants . The raison d’être of
11716-471: 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
11832-586: 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
11948-544: 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
12064-404: The words to one of the songs. [The kids] were like, 'You sang it wrong!'" Paul said, "They'd be like, 'Hey, why'd you skip that song?' because they knew the exact sequence of the album." The DeGeorge brothers quickly developed an onstage persona of dressing in the fashion of wizard-school Hogwarts : white shirts under gray crew-neck sweaters, red-and-yellow striped ties, and wire-rim glasses. In
12180-545: Was Nerdapalooza . This fall they released a short punk rock EP, In the Cupboard as part of the Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club. Two full-length feature film projects documenting Harry and the Potters and the wizard rock movement, We Are Wizards and The Wizard Rockumentary , were released in 2008. The band played its 500th show in June 2009 at Norwood Elementary School (MA) the founding members' hometown. The group continued
12296-499: Was also the beginning of their large 70-show summer-library tour across the US and Canada called simply "Summer Tour 2007". Like their initial year in 2003, the summer of 2007 would see the release of another Harry Potter book. Harry and the Potters scheduled the mid-point of the tour to arrive back in their home state and celebrate the July 21 midnight release of the seventh book, Harry Potter and
12412-430: Was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide 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
12528-410: Was fronted by Paul's 14-year-old brother Joe. Joe DeGeorge was a student at Norwood High School. He and his school friend Andrew MacLeay (A.K.A. Shaggy) had been playing in rock bands together since they were 11 and 12 years old. A couple of years earlier after reading the Harry Potter books, Paul formulated the premise for Harry and the Potters where the principal Harry Potter characters would be
12644-508: 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,
12760-562: 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
12876-523: 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
12992-551: 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
13108-474: 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,
13224-439: 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
13340-647: Was to the biggest since 2007, playing dates all throughout the United States. The first show was held May 25 in Portland, ME and the last show was July 31 at the Knitting Factory in New York. Drummer Jacob Nathan played with the group throughout the tour. Jacob is a member of the band 926 Main Street Apt. 2, which he formed with Joe DeGeorge and Emily Barnett while attending college at Clark University . In 2015, Harry and
13456-505: 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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