Foods of the Future

In a Tell Me More podcast, experts predict that tomorrow’s meals will marry familiar favorites with radically new ingredients

Latest Stories

Health

Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute Receives $78.4 Million NIH Grant

The award, along with other grants, will support efforts to translate research into clinical care, improving health and increasing health equity
Life Science

Unforgettable Anatomy Lessons with a One Health Focus

At Comparative Anatomy Exchange Day, graduate and professional students across Tufts gain hands-on experience and teach each other what they’re learning about human and animal anatomy.
Climate & Sustainability

New Research Suggests Wheat Crops May Be Threatened by Unprecedented Heat and Drought

A new study from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University shows the likelihood of extreme weather in wheat-producing areas of the U.S. and China has increased significantly.
University News

Get to Know Christina Economos, New Dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

A leader in research into children’s nutrition, health, and obesity prevention, she looks to expand the school’s offerings—and impact—as she assumes the permanent deanship
Food & Nutrition

Food is Medicine: Uniting Innovation and Equity

An interview with the Friedman School’s Dariush Mozaffarian on the power of this fast-growing field to do good for all—especially those who most need it

Winter Hill students pass Jumbo the mascot as they enter Olin Hall.

University News

Tufts Provides a Temporary Home for a Somerville School

After an emergency shutdown of their building, hundreds of elementary and middle school students are finishing the school year in the university’s Olin Hall

Sola Mahfouz in Davis Square, Somerville. She pursued an education against all odds in Afghanistan, starting with kindergarten math as a teenager—now she does research in quantum computing at Tufts

Books

Determined and Undeterred: A Young Afghan Woman Educated Herself Against the Odds

Sola Mahfouz pursued an education in isolation in Afghanistan, starting with online kindergarten math as a teenager, and now she does research in quantum computing at Tufts

Tony Monaco sits with a group of students

University News

The Monaco Years

Stories and images of transformation and impact at Tufts University, from 2011 through today

Celebrate World Oceans Day

3D Rendering of the Liqiud Hydrogen renewable energy in vessel

Climate & Sustainability

Greening the Shipping Industry

The Fletcher School’s Rockford Weitz discusses a trailblazing proposal for creating the system needed to decarbonize this very complex industry

Tufts alumna Katie Matthews helps protect marine ecosystems and the life they support—including our own—by advocating for science-based environmental policies.

Climate & Sustainability

One Scientist’s Quest to Protect Our Oceans—and Us

Fighting threats like climate change and pollution, Tufts alumna Katie Matthews helps sustain marine ecosystems and the life they support, including our own

a woman with a hat harvests seaweed in the ocean shallows

Climate & Sustainability

Seaweed Farming May Help Tackle Global Food Insecurity

Researchers at the Friedman School see significant income-boosting potential in the sustainable superfood

Small squid with bioluminescent light coming off their bodies. Explorer Edie Widder, J73, sheds light on the world’s fascinating and fragile ocean creatures in her book Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea

Life Science

The Amazing Life and Lights of the Ocean Depths

Marine biologist Edie Widder, J73, highlights fascinating and fragile ocean creatures in her book Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea

Microplastic particles (yellow) are absorbed by M cells (magenta) in a lab model of human intestinal lining.

Biomedical Science

What Microplastics Might Be Doing to Our Intestines

Using organoids as a stand-in for the bowel, researchers find that plastic particles we unintentionally consume may trigger inflammatory responses

Woman in pink shirt looks up into the distance

Arts & Humanities

A Piece of the Sky

Playwright Julia Izumi, A11, reveals the tragedy and comedy of being Asian American in our country

Activism & Social Justice

Protecting LGBTQ Youth is Personal for Saurav Jung Thapa

Educating policymakers and elected leaders, the Fletcher School graduate promotes young people’s well-being by advocating for equal rights

A woman walking in the woods sprays tick repellent on her pants and shoes

Lyme Disease

Tick Safety Tips from Lyme Disease Experts at Tufts

Warm weather means tick season. Faculty at the School of Medicine and Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine share tips for keeping the vectors—and the infections they transmit—away.

Kirsten Trinidad wears a Celtics Dancer uniform and holds green pom-poms while standing on the court at TD Garden.

Cellular Agriculture

Celtics Dancer and Biomedical Engineering Student Strikes Balance On, Off Court

Kirsten Trinidad, EG26, is working to understand the sustainability of lab-grown meat during the day, and entertaining thousands as a Celtics Dancer at night

Speech bubbles with ellipses other symbols against a purple background A cognitive scientist studying language comprehension explains the difference between how the likes of ChatGPT work and how we think—and what we can learn from that

Artificial Intelligence

AI Chatbots Work by Predicting the Next Word. So Do Our Brains. Is There a Connection?

A cognitive scientist studying language comprehension explains the difference between how the likes of ChatGPT work and how we think—and what we can learn from that