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How Generations of Artists Sculpted Today’s SMFA

As the school turns 150, it celebrates the teachers and students—from Impressionist painters to intergalactic wrestlers—who continuously reimagined what an art education can be

Latest Stories

Climate & Sustainability

History Hidden Under the Glaciers

Climate researcher Allie Balter-Kennedy, named a top young American scientist by Scientific American, digs under the Greenland ice sheet for clues about past warming, with an eye to the future
Biomedical Science

Looking for New Ways to Slow Cancer Growth

Biologist Jaye Gardiner, named a top young American scientist by Scientific American, researches the microenvironment surrounding tumors—and brings her love of art into her science
Campus Life

9/11/01 on Campus: ‘We Really Need to Rally Around Each Other’

25 years ago, the Tufts community responded with grief, reflection, and action
Entrepreneurship

Moving the Needle on Medication Delivery

Drawing on research pioneered at Tufts, Anodyne Nanotech is creating patches that could change the future of medicine

Global Affairs

A Year of Discovery Awaits Tufts’ Fulbright Recipients

Six alumni participating in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program reflect on what they hope to learn as they head abroad

Illustration of a human brain in blue, with bright dots of light around it

Mental Health

This Measure of Brain Activity Gives Insight Into Depression

An experiment shows that rapid neural responses to personal depression-related words reveal inner feelings

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Food & Nutrition

Celebrating Oktoberfest? Here’s What to Serve With Your Sausages and Beer

Cookbook author Luisa Weiss explains what Germans really think of the festival—and shares three easy recipes

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Arts & Humanities

Why Star Trek Still Matters

Sixty years later, the iconic science fiction franchise still guides real-world research, education, and debate about our future and ourselves

A young man holds a clear dental aligner in his mouth

Oral Health

Why More Adults Are Embracing Orthodontics

Advancements in dental care like clear aligners and aesthetic brackets have made adult patients more comfortable getting treatment

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Campus Life

Building Trust Across Difference

Through a new Interfaith America initiative, Tufts faculty and staff are building the trust and skills needed to talk across faith and fear

Xandra Kredlow stands in front of a brick building with her arms crossed

Mental Health

When Anxiety Is Overwhelming

This psychologist is working to improve the common therapies that treat harmful attacks of fear and dread

Melissa Mazan smiles outside a brick building wearing a blue blazer with her arms crossed

University News

Melissa Mazan Named Interim Dean of Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

An internationally recognized expert in equine medicine with decades of experience at Tufts, Mazan takes the reins on September 1

Photograph shows a hand lifting a ripe, red tomato out of a cardboard box full of just picked tomatoes.

Food & Nutrition

Move Over, Lycopene. Tomatoes’ Secret Sauce May Be Phytoene

New study suggests a lesser-known compound in tomatoes may help protect against fatty liver disease, which affects more than 1 in 3 American adults.

Film & Media

If We Worry About Privacy, Why Do We Share So Much Online?

Smartphones have made everyone a creator—but there are consequences, a film and media studies professor explains

Campus Life

A Jumbo Welcome to the Class of 2030

The newest class and transfer students have officially matriculated, and are settling in on campus

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Visual Arts

A Garden That Grows Art Supplies

Students harvest inks, pigments, and community in the SMFA at Tufts fiber and dye garden

A large statue of George Washington wearing a Greek toga

Arts & Humanities

Where the Founding Fathers Found Their Inspiration

The idea of an independent United States was inspired in no small part by Greco-Roman ideals, argues a classics professor

Six people on the Center for the Study of Drug Development team stand together in front of a wall

Healthcare

One Center’s Oversized Impact on Drug Development and Clinical Trials

Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development celebrates 50 years of research and data informing improvements in pharmaceutical development and regulatory policy

Visual Arts

Edward Kinservik’s Norwegian Tour of His Ancestor’s Art

The art and anthropology student spent his summer researching the work of his renowned woodcarver relative, Lars Kinsarvik

Campus Life

How I Spent My Summer Internship

Six undergraduates discuss what they’ve learned on the job

Research at Tufts

The university’s faculty and students are driving thinking and research forward to solve our most pressing challenges—in our communities and around the world.