Faculty Focus: Spring 2020
Two accomplished faculty will join Tufts in the Spring 2020 semester. Natasha Kumar Warikoo is a new professor in the Department of Sociology, and Jill VanTongeren is a new associate professor in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences.
This Fungus Mutates. That’s Good News if You Like Cheese.
In a study published in mBio and featured in the New York Times, Benjamin Wolfe, Eileen Fox Aptman and Lowell Aptman Assistant Professor, and a team of researchers offer the first detailed view of how a fungus transforms into a mold safe for food production in as few as four weeks.
How American Christian media promoted charity abroad
Heather Curtis, associate professor, Department of Religion, writes this piece for The Conversation on early American evangelical movements and philanthropy
America's Top STEM Schools for Women
Forbes ranks Tufts as one of the top research institutions for women in STEM fields.
Faculty Focus: Fall 2019
Maurice Parent is a new professor of the practice in the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies and Eoin McGuirk is a new assistant professor in the Department of Economics.
Two Community Health Alums Publish Senior Theses in Scholarly Journals
Rachel Martel, A17, and Avni Mittal, A17, have both published their undergraduate research in scholarly journals.
Conference on Modern Challenges in Imaging: In the Footsteps of Allan MacLeod Cormack
On the fortieth anniversary of Allan MacLeod Cormack's Nobel Prize, Tufts will host a conference August 5-9 celebrating his achievements and gathering top international researchers in mathematics, engineering, science, and medicine.
New Film with Tufts Cosmologist Explores Why There is a Multiverse and How it Might be Tested
Alex Vilenkin, Leonard and Jane Holmes Bernstein Professor in Evolutionary Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, is featured in a new film, "Before the Big Bag 9: A Multiverse from 'Nothing,'" part of a series which has featured Stephen Hawking and other leading cosmologists
Are Standing Desks Healthier?
A new study from Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy Nancy Baker and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh examines claims that sit-stand desks are better for weight loss and work performance
The Nose Knows Better Than Any Machine
Roy Desrochers and Amanda Kern from Tufts' Sensory and Science Center describe their research on taste and smell in this video from WCVB Channel 5.