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Bookish: Reading as a Bridge to Becoming an Artist

“Wicked” author Gregory Maguire, AG90, reflects on a lifelong fascination with children’s books and the powerful sway of stories for younger—and older—readers
March Madness for Research Teams

Two Tufts science groups are competing in STAT’s best innovations in biomedicine competition—and you can vote now
Crisis Response Must Take Gender into Account

We cannot overlook the impacts of pandemics, armed conflict, and climate change on women and children, Tufts expert says
A Robust New Vision for K-12 Civic Education

A team of experts, including two from Tisch College, created an unprecedented roadmap to improving civic education for U.S. students
Finding Better Ways to Treat Urinary and Kidney Diseases in Pets

A new fellowship at Cummings School is advancing the use of minimally invasive techniques and dialysis to treat serious illnesses in cats and dogs

Nancy Pelosi to Tufts Audience: It’s All About the Next Generation

Feb 26, 2021 Large Image

Speaking at a Tisch College event, Pelosi talked about her career and her aspirations for young people today

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Making Health Care for the Most Marginalized a Priority

Feb 26, 2021 Large Image

Madina Agénor examines how social inequities related to race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity influence people’s access to life-saving services

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Tufts in the News

Feb 10, 2021

How to Follow an Anti-Inflammatory Diet

Simin Nikbin Meydani, lead scientist on the nutritional immunology team at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts, discusses the risks of chronic inflammation, and how to help control it through diet.

Feb 9, 2021

Reuters

U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Help Black Farmers

GSAS student Melissa Gordon's 2018 research on racial inequality in farm programs is referenced in this article on the announcement of new federal legislation aimed at helping farmers of color.

Feb 8, 2021

The Academic Times

Conservatives' May Be More Liberal Than They Let On

School of Arts and Sciences Dean James Glaser and political science professors Jeffrey Berry and Debora Schildkraut discuss their research on self-identified conservatives.

Feb 8, 2021

Foreign Policy

Did Big Tech Save the World From an Even Bigger Meltdown?

Fletcher professor Bhaskar Chakravorti shares Digital Intelligence Index research examining the relationship between digital competitiveness and economic resilience of countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Mar 5, 2021

Local Artists Invited to Submit Works to Student-Founded Online Art Exhibit, Competition

Mar 2, 2021

Scientists Use Lipid Nanoparticles to Precisely Target Gene Editing to the Liver

Feb 25, 2021

Study Estimates Two-Thirds of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Due to Four Conditions

Ask the Expert

For washing your hands, is it more effective to use soap and water or an alcohol-based sanitizer?

Marlene Wolfe, EG19, who received a Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering and conducted a systematic review of the effectiveness of handwashing practices, explains

How do I include my pets in my family’s emergency planning for COVID-19?

Emily McCobb, V00, VG02, director of Cummings School’s Shelter Medicine Program, responds

In Brief

FDA Authorizes a Third COVID-19 Vaccine

Cummings School veterinary pathologist aided research behind new single-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson

Bob Cook to Step Down from Roles as Dean

After a sabbatical, Cook will focus on his research, teaching in the psychology department

Sports

Tufts Sport Medicine Director Named Head of Athletic Trainers Organization

Matt Whalen has been voted in for a three-year term as president of the Athletic Trainers of Massachusetts (ATOM). His three-year term will be as president-elect for 2021, president in 2022 and past president of 2023

Erica DeCandido, A20, Nominated for NCAA Women of Year Award

A member of the Tufts women’s basketball team, she was a four-time dean’s list student and graduated with a 3.36 GPA and a degree in cognitive and brain sciences

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Reinventing Practice: What the River Taught Me

While socially distancing on the water, Tufts rowers found new coaches: the river—and themselves

THE PEOPLE OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY

Pamela Bower-Basso, a lecturer at the SMFA at Tufts, has been named the Higher Education Art Educator of the year by the Massachusetts Art Education Association.

Edward Alexander Jr. has joined Tufts as the School of Engineering’s first Diversity Program administrator, a position created thanks to the generosity of two anonymous donors. He will be a member in the Center for STEM Diversity and will work directly with his sponsoring departments, the departments of Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering, to help facilitate diversity and inclusion initiatives and related programming.

Kerri Greenidge, Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora, and director of American Studies, was a recent guest on NPR’s Fresh Air talking about her book Black Radical, which traces the life and legacy of activist and newspaper editor William Monroe Trotter.

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Bookish: Reading as a Bridge to Becoming an Artist

“Wicked” author Gregory Maguire, AG90, reflects on a lifelong fascination with children’s books and the powerful sway of stories for younger—and older—readers

March Madness for Research Teams

Two Tufts science groups are competing in STAT’s best innovations in biomedicine competition—and you can vote now

Crisis Response Must Take Gender into Account

We cannot overlook the impacts of pandemics, armed conflict, and climate change on women and children, Tufts expert says

A Robust New Vision for K-12 Civic Education

A team of experts, including two from Tisch College, created an unprecedented roadmap to improving civic education for U.S. students

Finding Better Ways to Treat Urinary and Kidney Diseases in Pets

A new fellowship at Cummings School is advancing the use of minimally invasive techniques and dialysis to treat serious illnesses in cats and dogs

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