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Tufts Now
April 18, 2018
Five years ago, I wrote a column about how parents could tell the difference between normal teenage mood swings and possible mental illness. I said then that most depression in teenagers was a sign of psychiatric disease. Since then, I've come to think that most teen depression now is caused not byÃâà...
Tufts Now
April 18, 2018
T.S. Eliot had it at least half right when he wrote, in the opening to The Waste Land, that April is the cruelest month, at least judging by the cold, miserable weather we've been having this so-called spring. It also is, coincidentally, National Poetry Month, proclaimed by the Academy of American Poets.
Tufts Now
April 18, 2018
Donald W. Klein, an influential voice for understanding contemporary China and who artfully interpreted power shifts in Communist leadership for students, scholars, and the general public, died on March 2 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was eighty-eight. For twenty-three years Klein taught in theÃâà...
Tufts Now
April 18, 2018
Bridget O'Leary, visiting artist in the Department of Drama and Dance, this month brings to the Tufts stage a play from 1992 that, as she sees it, “could have been written today.” Fires in the Mirror, by actress, author, and playwright Anna Deavere Smith, explores the three-day riot that erupted in August 1991Ãâà...
Tufts Now
April 18, 2018
Twenty-four teams submitted their business ideas for the competition, which was sponsored by the Friedman School in conjunction with the Tufts Gordon Institute but open to the entire Tufts University community. The seven finalists who presented gave five-minute pitches and answered questions from theÃâà...
Tufts Now
April 18, 2018
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (April 18, 2018)—Anthony P. Monaco, president of Tufts University and a distinguished geneticist, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in recognition of his leadership in education and science. Founded in 1780, the academy honors exceptionalÃâà...
Tufts Now
April 9, 2018
Organized by the Gordon Institute's Entrepreneurial Leadership Studies Program at Tufts University, the competition draws entries from alumni, faculty, staff, and undergraduate and graduate students from across the university. Eighteen finalist teams competed for prizes and in-kind services totaling moreÃâà...
SCOTUSblog (blog)
April 4, 2018
Today at 6 p.m., Justice Stephen Breyer will speak at Tufts University as part of the university's Tisch College Distinguished Speaker Series. ... SCOTUSblog (Apr. 4, 2018, 5:26 PM), http://www.scotusblog.com/2018/04/event-announcement-livestream-of-justice-breyer-speaking-at-6-p-m-at-tufts-university/.
New Atlas
March 23, 2018
The sensor currently detects and measures intake of glucose, salt and alcohol, although other chemicals may be possible in the future(Credit: SilkLab, Tufts University). You've gotta watch what you eat and drink … but if you need a little help doing so, a new tooth-mounted antenna-like sensor could help. Designed byÃâà...
Tufts Now
March 22, 2018
That could soon change thanks to new, miniaturized sensors developed by researchers at the Tufts University School of Engineering that, when mounted directly on a tooth and communicating wirelessly with a mobile device, can transmit information on glucose, salt and alcohol intake. In research to beÃâà...
Tufts Now
March 13, 2018
(March 12, 2018) – Tufts University will hold a Community Presentation on Wednesday, March 21, to inform community members about programs and resources available to them and to provide an overview of recently completed and upcoming projects. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Alumnae LoungeÃâà...
MassisPost
March 12, 2018
BELMONT — A panel discussion on “Armenian Women: Leadership, Empowerment, and Human Rights” will take place on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at 7:30 p.m., at Tufts University, Alumnae Lounge, 40 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA. The program is organized by the National Association for Armenian StudiesÃâà...
Tufts Now
February 27, 2018
27, 2018) – Diplomats, scholars and activists from across the globe, including United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed, former Foreign Minister of Poland Radoslaw Sikorski, and former Canadian Justice Minister Allan Rock, will gather at Tufts University's Institute for GlobalÃâà...
Tufts Now
February 26, 2018
The Tufts University men's swimming and diving team won their first-ever New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) championship this past weekend, February 23-25, at Bowdoin College. With the victory, head coach Adam Hoyt's Jumbos broke Williams College's fifteen-year streak ofÃâà...
Tufts Now
February 26, 2018
A public exhibit, "Expressions Unbound: American Outsider Art from the Andrew and Linda Safran Collection," opens in August and will run at Tufts University Art Gallery during the Fall 2018 semester. The exhibit will include educational components designed to introduce art and art history students andÃâà...
Tufts Now
February 26, 2018
A public exhibit, "Expressions Unbound: American Outsider Art from the Andrew and Linda Safran Collection," opens in August and will run at Tufts University Art Gallery during the Fall 2018 semester. The exhibit will include educational components designed to introduce art and art history students andÃâà...
Tufts Now
February 20, 2018
David Harris, who has been provost and senior vice president at Tufts University since 2012, has been named the next president of Union College, a liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York. He will take up his new position at Union in July, and Deborah T. Kochevar, dean of the Cummings School ofÃâà...
Tufts Now
February 15, 2018
(February 15, 2018)—The Henry and Lois Foster Hospital for Small Animals at Cummings Veterinary Medical Center at Tufts University recently earned referral accreditation from the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) in 15 areas of specialty veterinary medicine. Foster Hospital is one of only aÃâà...
Tufts Now
February 15, 2018
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (Feb. 15, 2018) -- The Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University will host U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, for the 5th Alan D. Solomont Lecture on Citizenship and Public Service, part of the Tisch College Distinguished Speaker Series. The event, focusing on politics,Ãâà...
Tufts Now
February 15, 2018
15, 2018) -- Katy Tur, award-winning NBC News correspondent, MSNBC anchor, and author of “Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History,” will discuss contemporary media issues at the 13th annual Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism at Tufts UniversityÃâà...
Tufts Now
February 12, 2018
“Larry Bacow set Tufts on a trajectory to a different level, and his record at the university speaks for itself,” said James A. Stern, E72, A07P, H14, who served as chair of the Tufts University Board of Trustees during Bacow's presidency. “Larry is an extraordinary leader who, in the pursuit of excellence, thinksÃâà...
Tufts Now
December 31, 1999
In May 2018, Cummings Veterinary Medical Center at Tufts University will join the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ACVO) to support these animals during the 11th annual ACVO/StokesRx National Service Animal Eye Exam event. As part of this initiative, Tufts board-certified veterinaryÃâà...
Tufts Now
December 31, 1999
Irene Georgakoudi at Tufts University School of Engineering has opened a window into the cell by developing an optical tool that can read metabolism at subcellular resolution, without having to perturb cells with contrast agents, or destroy them to conduct assays. As reported today in Science Advances,Ãâà...
Tufts Now
December 31, 1999
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (March 7, 2018)—Tufts University is among the country's top producers of Fulbright U.S. Students, with 11 Tufts students earning Fulbright awards for the 2017-18 academic year. This is the second consecutive year that Tufts has been recognized as a top producer ofÃâà...
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