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Farah Pandith standing outside The Fletcher School. The former State Department Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Pandith talks about her new book “How We Win” in a Tufts podcast
July 24, 2019 Large Image
Tell Me More: How to Combat Extremism
Former State Department Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith, F95, talks about her new book “How We Win” in a Tufts podcast

Tell Me More is a Tufts University podcast featuring brief conversations...

Large U.S. Navy ships sailing in formation in the Strait of Hormuz. The major shipping channel for oil is a hotspot in the conflict between the U.S. and Iran.
July 23, 2019 Large Image
What Is at Stake for Iran and the U.S. in the Strait of Hormuz?
The major shipping channel for oil is a hotspot in the conflict between the two adversaries

Tensions between the United States, Iran and other countries are flaring again in the...

A large group of Marine Special Operations fighters pose with their weapons in an Afghan courtyard in 2008. Author Elliot Ackerman talks war, glory, and coming home in his new book Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning.
July 22, 2019 Large Image
A Soldier Reckons with the Forever Wars
In his new memoir, National Book Award finalist and former Marine officer Elliot Ackerman, A03, F03, explores how ongoing wars have ravaged the Middle East—and haunt his own life

A former Marine officer, Elliot Ackerman, A03, F03, writes powerful fiction about the region in which he once fought—like his second novel,...

Five astronauts pose for a photo during their Space Shuttle Challenger mission in June 1983. Astronaut Frederick Hauck, A63, talks about the Moon landing fifty years ago, meeting Neil Armstrong, and his hope for a future mission to Mars
July 19, 2019 Large Image
An Astronaut’s View on the Moon Landing
Frederick Hauck, A62, talks about watching Neil Armstrong, his own three journeys in space, and his hope for a future mission to Mars

Ever since he was a young man, Frederick H. “Rick” Hauck, A62, H07, was fascinated by space exploration. In May of 1961, when Alan Shepard became...

Two young children code on an iPad in a classroom
July 18, 2019 Video
Kids Should Learn Coding, Like They Do Math and Reading
How a Tufts program is enriching the lives of young students around the nation

Literacy isn’t just about learning to read and write these days. Increasingly, knowing how to code is a valuable skill not just for those heading...

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