Research at Tufts is all about breaking down walls—between fields, between faculty and students, between what is and what could be.
Innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration are the foundations of discovery at Tufts, from advances in nutrition research and telecommunications to more recent explorations into soft-bodied robots, water on Mars and the criminal justice system. Tufts' commitment to active citizenship is also matched by faculty and student research into the area, including the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) and the Tufts Community Research Center.
The Carnegie Foundation ranks Tufts as an institution with "very high research activity"—its highest classification for degree-granting colleges and universities—but the university's commitment to research is about more than prestige. It's about the community coming together around ideas in creative and compelling ways, pushing boundaries and asking the questions that will take our knowledge to the next level.
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Research News
- Tufts Center’s Largest Funding Award Addresses Chronic Child Hunger in Ethiopia
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Researchers to partner with Ethiopian policy makers, academics to build on existing nutrition interventions for mothers and young children
February 9, 2012 - Optical Society of America Names Tufts Biomedical Engineer Fiorenzo Omenetto as Fellow
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February 8, 2012 - Too Much of a Good Thing?
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Folic acid in supplements and fortified foods might exacerbate vitamin B12 deficiency, which has been linked to cognitive decline in older adults
February 3, 2012 - Across a Troubled Divide
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The Palestinians are split not just by politics and geography, but by their own cultures, too, according to a Tufts anthropologist
January 24, 2012 - Me, Forgetful? If You Say So
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The stereotype of the faulty aging brain may turn out to be partly a self-fulfilling prophecy
January 18, 2012