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Faculty create international partnerships to bring global experiences into their virtual classrooms
Designing lunar landing gear helps a Tufts engineering student on path to a job with NASA
Third- and fourth-year medical students and dental students in patient-care settings start to receive vaccination shots at Tufts Medical Center
Terrorism laws in the United States are outdated and need to change, Fletcher student Bennett Clifford, F21, argues in his new book on ISIS in America.
Alicia Pensarosa, VG18, puts her M.S. in Animals and Public Policy (MAPP) degree to work at Ocean Alliance as a whale researcher and educator.
As an Indigenous student, Tylee Nez, E24, finds ways to educate the Tufts community about Native American issues, both past and present.
A food distribution platform managed by Jacob Weiss, N20, was awarded $25,000 in the Friedman School’s annual Entrepreneurship Competition.
Focusing on glial brain cells, Yongjie Yang, associate professor of neuroscience at Tufts University School of Medicine, hunts for a new path to treating fragile X syndrome.
Marta Gaglia, an assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine, is applying the approaches she has used to study viruses like influenza and herpes to better understand the virus that causes COVID-19.
Yuki Nakayama, V14, is helping Cummings School increase access to surgical care for pets whose owners otherwise couldn’t afford it—and giving students hands-on training in the process.
Jonah Apo, E22, finds meaningful ways to connect with his Native Hawaiian heritage, even thousands of miles from home.
Fletcher alumna Dalee Sambo Dorough advocates for Indigenous rights on the international stage.
Chasing down a childhood ambition, David Gelfand, E21, trains for the Paralympics with the U.S. national team.