Tufts in the Media

This article cites data from Tisch College’s cSPA on Massachusetts resident’s average property-tax and income-tax deductions in 2022.

This article notes that a young horse found lying in a western Massachusetts field was brought to Cummings School’s Hospital for Large Animals for treatment.

A&S sociologist Natasha Warikoo is quoted in this opinion piece on the need to pursue power, freedom and justice as the means to address discrimination in America.

Fletcher student Jay Rumas examines how Democrats can learn from the opposition to would-be authoritarian Prime Minister Robert Fico in Slovakia.

Engineering’s Sameer Sonkusale briefly describes his research to measure pain with a patch that contains microneedles. Sonkusale received a $3 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.

The Friedman School’s Jessica Sparks comments on human rights abuses in the international fishing industry, saying, “Forced labor is not a one off. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature of the system.

Distinguished Professor, Friedman School Dean Emeritus, and FIMI Director Dariush Mozaffarian is quoted from a Morning Edition segment noting that “concern around seed oils is really a distraction, and we need to be focusing on the real problems” contributing to America's nutrition crisis

Engineering’s Markus Nemitz, then at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, was among the team that developed a landmine-detecting robot used in the movie Rule Breakers. Nemitz is also quoted about his ongoing research developing and 3D printing small, soft-jointed robots designed to work together in a group formation.

Fletcher’s Monica Duffy Toft notes similarities between United States-Russian diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine war and the geopolitical landscape at the end of World War II, in that “major powers are seeking to negotiate a new global order primarily with each other.”

Cummings School’s Michael Stone is quoted throughout this article on determining if your pet is overweight and how to help them lose weight.

Distinguished Professor, Friedman School Dean Emeritus, and FIMI Director Dariush Mozaffarian is quoted at length about artificial dyes in food products, noting that their inclusion “highlights the fact that these are probably subpar foods.”

Engineering Distinguished Professor David Kaplan says “There’s no way we can sustain healthy food the way we’re doing today with livestock production, because we just don’t have the land and the resources.”