Tufts in the Media

Distinguished Professor, Friedman Dean Emeritus, and FIMI Director Dariush Mozaffarian is quoted about FIMI’s new collaboration with the Community Pharmacy Produce Prescriptions (CP3) Project to measure the feasibility of using local pharmacies as anchors for nutritional programming, outreach, and education.

School of Medicine’s Michael Siegel discusses “worrisome” data from a new study indicating that alcohol consumption is increasing among people ages 50 to 64, “further exacerbating their risk for alcohol-related health complications.”

Fletcher Climate Policy Fellow Bethany Tietjen examines the challenges of preparing for El Niño facing many U.S. communities, including infrastructure, social vulnerabilities, and early warning readiness. Her collaborative 2024 research identifying gaps in local climate change adaptations and disaster preparedness across the United States is also linked.

School of Medicine’s Michael Siegel highlights the clear conflict of interest of Republican nominee for Massachusetts governor Michael Minogue’s financial stake in flavored nicotine patch company, ZYN.

Fletcher Senior Fellow Jennifer Morgan comments on topics of focus at the upcoming Climate Week NYC 2026, which runs alongside the United Nations General Assembly, including artificial intelligence and renewable energies.

Fletcher’s Nigel Purvis co-authors this piece outlining what a new climate diplomacy should look like now that the United Nations has reported that global warming will soon exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius, the goal nations agreed to strive toward in the 2015 Paris Agreement.

A&S Professor of the Practice Maurice Emmanuel Parent joins this episode of The Culture Show Podcast to discuss the past week's arts and culture news.

Fletcher PhD student Tarun Gopalakrishnan looks at the goals of and current inaction by the international Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, from which Nepal is seeking compensation as it looks to rebuild from the deadly flood that tore through communities in the Himalayas.

This feature on Cummings School’s Annual Veterinary Research Day, held September 11, quotes Cheryl London at length from her remarks and highlights student projects from School of Medicine alumna Clara Goltz and current student Ava Van Gelder, School of Medicines student Ava Ardito, and Cummings student Nicole Mason.

This article on a Massachusetts ballot question about dedicating a portion of state sales taxes to natural resource conservation references a report from Tisch College’s cSPA that projects such a measure would create a $65 million earmark, once fully phased in, for conservation efforts.

A&S political scientist Eitan Hersh is quoted about his Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education, which this editorial board piece cites as an example of how can schools restore a spirit of open inquiry on campus.

Fletcher’s Michael Klein comments on the Federal Reserve raising interest rates due to concerns about inflation.