School of Arts and Sciences in the Media

A&S historian Elizabeth Foster discusses how Pope Leo XIV may approach conversations regarding gay relationships and polygamy during his upcoming 10-day tour of Africa.

A&S political scientists Jeffrey Taliaferro outlines how the U.S. war in Iran has damaged Washington’s position in the great power rivalries of the 21st century.

A&S Community Health Assistant Professor Leah Abrams discusses her collaborative new research on life expectancy rates among different age groups in the United States and factors shaping health and mortality.

A&S historian Kendra Field, chief historian of the 10 Million Names Project, is quoted about the importance of freedom papers in this article about a man who found an original freedom paper belonging to one of his ancestors.

A&S Community Health Assistant Professor Leah Abrams is quoted from a Tufts Now news story about her collaborative new research on life expectancy rates among different age groups in the United States and factors shaping health and mortality.

This piece mentions that A&S Distinguished Professor Michael Levin and his lab are working to develop modes of communication with "truly diverse intelligences, including cells, tissues, organs, synthetic living constructs, robots and software-based AIs."

A&S political scientist Eitan Hersh, director of the Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education, writes this opinion piece about the types of changes in campus culture needed to foster university communities that are characterized by robust intellectual life, curiosity, and goodwill.

Author Michael Pollan highlights A&S Michael Levin’s perspective on self and memory in Pollan’s forthcoming book A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness.

A&S political scientist Eitan Hersh, director of the Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education, comments on growing skepticism of the cost and benefits of higher education in America, noting “The chaos of the [Trump] administration makes that more complicated, but I don’t think it changes that dynamic.”

Alumna Jill Lepore, J87, H14, reflects on her time at Tufts and living in the house where alumna Tracy Chapman resided before rising to fame as a performer and songwriter.

UEP’s Justin Hollander is quoted throughout this article on how cities cope with large quantities of snow.

A&S political scientist Brian Schaffner comments on 2023 Cooperative Election Study (CES) data on religious preferences of Gen Z adults saying “that once we account for sampling error, we can't be confident that the Catholic figure is actually larger than the Protestant figure.”