Tufts in the News
Publication date: Friday, December 20, 2013
WBUR-FM, Boston NPR affiliate
UEP Professor James Jennings says the diverse field of candidates in the Boston mayoral race changed the conversation on issues.
Publication date: Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Boston Magazine
Hub Health blog
Tufts Medical Center's Andrew Siesennop talks about how e-readers impact the eyes and developing brains of very young children.
Publication date: Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Good Morning America
online
Tufts research found that roughly half of annual weight gain occurs during the holidays.
Publication date: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
New Scientist
Engineering doctoral student Dan Afergan is working on a light that senses when a brain is over- or under-worked.
Publication date: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
New York Times
Well blog
Bioethicist Sheldon Krimsky is skeptical of the ethics involved in mixing the DNA of two women in one embryo.
Publication date: Monday, December 16, 2013
WGBH-FM
PBS radio in Boston
Peniel Joseph is a guest on this radio program discussing a Fox News commentator's assertion that Santa Claus and Jesus are white.
Publication date: Monday, December 16, 2013
Foreign Policy
The Fletcher School's Daniel Drezner writes about his experience visiting the NSA headquarters.
Publication date: Monday, December 16, 2013
Associated Press
TUSM's Stuart Levy is quoted on an announcement by the FDA that manufacturers of antibacterial soaps will need to prove that these products are safe and more effective than soap and water, in light of scientific evidence about their risks and lack of effectiveness.
Publication date: Monday, December 16, 2013
Foreign Policy
Fletcher School Dean James Stavridis writes this piece on steadily escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia.
Publication date: Sunday, December 15, 2013
Boston Globe
TUSDM's Matthew Finkelman helped a young student with statistics after meeting her mother at a baseball game.