Tufts in the Media

This news segment references collaborative research led by Cummings School’s Marieke Rosenbaum, part of the Boston Urban Rat Study, that examines how urban rat migration patterns influence the spread of the Leptospira bacteria.

A&S Professor Emerita Sara Lewis, co-chair of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Firefly Specialist Group, notes the important role that insects play both in their ecosystems and in medical breakthroughs, and she shares the mating behaviors that fuel fireflies’ light shows.

This article describes how ICE relied heavily on the pro-Israel website Canary Mission to identify international students who protested the war in Gaza, including Tufts GSAS student Rümeysa Öztürk, as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on the pro-Palestinian movement on college campuses

TUSM’s Linden Hu comments on the importance of the Lyme Disease Biobank to Lyme disease research.

Distinguished Professor, Friedman School Dean Emeritus, and FIMI Director Dariush Mozaffarian weighs in on the White House Make America Healthy Again Commission's efforts to regulate ultra processed foods in the U.S. food chain.

Engineering and Fletcher Bridge Professor Susan Landau examines a new Department of Justice report that highlights consistent failures by the FBI to adapt and respond to ubiquitous technical surveillance (UTS) threats employed by U.S. adversaries.

This article cites data from Tisch College’s CIRCLE indicating that 56% of young men supported Donald Trump in the 2024 election.

In part two of Science Quickly's three-part audio documentary on avian influenza Cummings School’s Wendy Puryear says “Really none of us had this on our bingo card [H5N1] going into dairy cattle.”

Fletcher’s Monica Duffy Toft joins Access Middle East to discuss the shifting balance of power in the Middle East and the latest fallout from the Israel-Iran conflict and tentative ceasefire.

This article cites and links to a 2023 FIMI report that notes the combined health care spending and lost productivity from suboptimal diets cost the U.S. economy $1.1 trillion each year.

HNRCA’s Roger Fielding comments on whether wearing weighted vests during exercise has an impact on bone density.

Fletcher’s Donald Heflin explains how military ceasefires are typically negotiated and what factors contribute to successful deals within the context of the recently announced Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement.