School of Engineering

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Common Viruses May Be Triggering the Onset of Alzheimer’s Disease

Shingles infection may activate dormant neurological herpes viruses, causing inflammation and accumulation of Alzheimer’s associated proteins in the brain

Entrepreneurship

A Tufts Summer Program Gets Down to Business with Innovative Ideas

Young entrepreneurs with promising startups find pragmatic guidance and inspiration with the Tufts Venture Accelerator

A man with a VR headset on gestures and talks to an audience. Researchers at Tufts’ high-tech brain center are working to save lives of soldiers and first responders by learning how their minds work under pressure

Cognitive Science

Examining Minds Under Stress

Researchers at Tufts’ high-tech brain center are working to save lives of soldiers and first responders by learning how their minds work under pressure

Kyongbum Lee, Interim Dean of the School of Engineering and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

University News

Get to Know Kyongbum Lee, New Dean of the Tufts School of Engineering

The teacher, administrator, and researcher looks to begin a new chapter for the school as he assumes the permanent deanship

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Books

Summer Book Recommendations 2022

Members of the Tufts community share their favorite works of fiction and nonfiction—classics, hidden gems, and recent releases

Karl Gregor and two Tufts tennis players with an NCAA trophy. Gregor received national coach of the year honor after taking the Jumbos to the NCAA Final Four for the first time this year

Sports

Karl Gregor Receives National Coach of the Year Honor

Head coach of the men’s tennis team took the Jumbos to the NCAA Final Four for the first time this year

Collage for six photos of Tufts athletes. Tufts had the most successful NCAA Division III athletics program in 2021-2022, winning the Learfield Directors’ Cup for the first time

Sports

Tufts Named the Top Athletics Program in Its NCAA Division

The Jumbos were the winningest sports program among more than 400 colleges and universities in Division III last year, taking home the Learfield Directors’ Cup...

Points of View

I Was Bullied a Lot as a Child. Then Mentors Opened Up a New World.

Engineering graduate Elisa Vega-Burns recalls how “angels” helped her on her journey from a difficult childhood to a successful career—and shares her advice for...