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A pear made to look like an idea lightbulb. Meet the Tufts alumni behind some of today’s most innovative food businesses.
November 14, 2019 Large Image
Food Entrepreneurship in Action
Meet the Tufts alumni behind some of today’s most innovative food businesses.

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A man speaking into a microphone. There needs to be a conservative alternative to Trump, says presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld in a Tufts podcast.
November 13, 2019 Large Image
Tell Me More: A Republican Voice of Dissent
There needs to be a conservative alternative to Trump, says presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld in a Tufts podcast

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

A woman facing forward, with a piece of art in the background. When Sesame Street includes a character whose mom is in recovery for addiction, it fosters belongingness, tolerance, and empathy, says Tufts professor
November 13, 2019 Large Image
How “Sesame Street” Addresses Issues Like Addiction
When the children’s show includes a character whose mom is in recovery for addiction, it fosters belonging, tolerance, and empathy, says Tufts professor

For fifty years, Sesame Street has been at the forefront of children’s television, not just in education, but in diversity and...

A very smoky wildfire. The health effects of wildfires are challenging to track and measure. An environmental epidemiologist at Tufts University School of Medicine explains why and offers insights into where more research is needed.
November 12, 2019 Large Image
Estimating the Health Effects of Wildfires: A Burning Concern
A Tufts environmental epidemiologist explains why this is such a challenging task for scientists—and how research can make a difference

Growing up with asthma in Colorado, Laura Corlin, A13, EG15, EG18, an environmental epidemiologist at Tufts...

A woman talking while standing on an open field. Women’s leadership is celebrated at Fletcher School as a journalist and bank executive share alumnae award and a former ambassador headlines gender conference
November 12, 2019 Large Image
Women’s Leadership Celebrated at Fletcher School
Journalist and bank executive share alumnae award; Ambassador Samantha Power headlines gender conference

Washington Post reporter Karoun Demirjian, F06, and Bank of America executive Siobhan MacDermott, F13, will receive the 2019 Fletcher...

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