New & Notable

Tufts political scientist Eitan Hersh used big data sets to uncover the truth about Texas’s 2011 voter ID legislation

A new book by a Fletcher research professor details the history—and future—of famine around the world

In largest study to date using dental exams, severe periodontitis associated with 24 percent increased risk of cancer

Three decades ago, a team of researchers—including future Tufts President Anthony P. Monaco—combed through millions of DNA letters to find the flawed gene responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Here’s how their work led to the first-ever FDA-approved drug for treating the deadly disease. 

How the late Tufts alum Morton Cohen became the world’s foremost expert on Lewis Carroll.