Faculty in the News

Spring 2026

The next 18 months of the agentic era will feel like a slow-motion stress test for CEOs. Most will make the same critical mistake
Fortune WELL
02/09/2026
This article references Vannevar Bush Professor of Biology Michael Levin’s research in regeneration.

The Interview Michael Pollan Says Humanity Is About to Undergo a Revolutionary Change
The New York Times
02/07/2026
Author Michael Pollan highlights Vannevar Bush Professor of Biology Michael Levin’s perspective on self and memory in Pollan’s forthcoming book A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness.

There are fewer Black and Hispanic students at elite colleges, but growing ranks elsewhere
The Boston Globe
02/05/2026
Lenore Stern Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences Natasha Warikoo is quoted at length in this article examining the impact that the Supreme Court ruling barring the use of race in college admissions has had on enrollment.

Trump, Changing Course, Throws Harvard Deal Talks Into Chaos
The New York Times
02/03/2026
Professor of Political Science Eitan Hersh, director of the Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education, comments on growing skepticism of the cost and benefits of higher education in America, noting “The chaos of the [Trump] administration makes that more complicated, but I don’t think it changes that dynamic.”

Abu Dhabi Rewrites Sovereign Wealth Playbook With L'IMAD-ADQ Merger
Forbes Middle East (English)
02/02/2026
Professor of Practice in the Department of Economics Patrick J. Schena comments on Abu Dhabi’s consolidation of domestic and global assets saying, “In a region where speed, execution, and platform-building increasingly matter more than sheer size, this move sets a new benchmark.”

Professors Are Sounding the Alarm About Film School Students
No Film School
02/02/2026
Sol Gittleman Professor in the Department of the History of Art & Architecture Malcolm Turvey, founding director of the Film and Media Studies Program, is quoted from an Atlantic article examining the attention-span crisis among film students.

Pet sounds: Why some dog owners share music with their 4-legged friends
Associated Press
01/31/2026
Cummings School’s Seana Dowling-Guyer and Professor of Psychology Aniruddh Patel are quoted in this article examining the effect of music on dogs.

As D.C. faces snow woes, here’s how cities around the world plow ahead
The Washington Post
01/30/2026
Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning Justin Hollander is quoted throughout this article on how cities cope with large quantities of snow.

The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films
The Atlantic
01/30/2026
Sol Gittleman Professor of the History of Art and Architecture and founding director of the Film and Media Studies Program Malcolm Turvey finds that some students are not able to avoid looking at their phones even though he officially bans electronics during film screenings.

What the sleeping beauties of the animal kingdom teach us about life and memory
The Globe and Mail
01/30/2026
This article references 2013 research from Vannevar Bush Professor of Biology Michael Levin that showed planaria flatworms can grow back their brains and retain earlier memories after having their heads cut off.

If Cities Can't Build Housing Fast Enough, Should We Start Over in 'New Towns' Instead?
SFGate
01/30/2026
Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning Justin Hollander is quoted about building new self-contained towns as a solution to the housing crunch. Links to Hollander’s co-authored 2023 Scientific American article on car-free cities and a Tufts Now news story on Hollander’s new town concept are included.

If Cities Can’t Build Housing Fast Enough, Should We Start Over in ‘New Towns’ Instead?
Realtor.com
01/26/2026
Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning Justin Hollander is quoted about building new self-contained towns as a solution to the housing crunch. Links to Hollander’s co-authored 2023 Scientific American article on car-free cities and a Tufts Now news story on Hollander’s new town concept are included.

Sourdough starters shed light on microscopic life
Futurity
01/26/2026
Assistant Professor of Biology Lawrence Uricchio discusses his new research using microbes in bread dough to test a simple way to understand how species live together in nature. Doctoral student Kasturi Lele, who co-led the study, is also quoted.

Why Experts Can't Agree on Whether AI Has a Mind
Time Digital
01/22/2026
Vannevar Bush Professor of Biology Michael Levin is among the experts who share their views in this article exploring whether AI systems have a mind.

Fact Check: Are There More Gen Z Catholics Than Protestants?
01/22/2026
Professor of Political Science Brian Schaffner comments on 2023 Cooperative Election Study (CES) data on religious preferences of Gen Z adults saying “that once we account for sampling error, we can't be confident that the Catholic figure is actually larger than the Protestant figure.”

Dr. Michael Levin — Reprogramming Bioelectricity
The Tim Ferriss Show
01/21/2026
Vannevar Bush Professor of Biology Michael Levin joins this episode of The Tim Ferriss Show to discuss how he reprograms bioelectricity to develop new applications in birth defects, organ regeneration, and cancer suppression.

Data Sharing Is Growing but Looks Different for Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Association for Psychological Science
01/21/2026
Professor of Psychology Heather Urry comments throughout this article on sharing research data.

Pakistan’s arms deals cleared for take-off as orders soar for JF-17 jets
South China Morning Post
01/15/2026
Assistant Professor of Political Science Fahd Humayun is quoted throughout this article on Pakistan’s arms deals with Muslim-majority countries.

Trump’s college agenda may impact research, culture for generations
The Washington Post
01/11/2026
Professor of Political Science Eitan Hersh discusses the new Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education, which aims to facilitate ideological diversity at Tufts and beyond.

Are ‘New Towns’ a Solution to the Housing Crisis?
Phys.org
01/08/2026
Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning Justin Hollander discusses building new self-contained towns as a solution to the housing crunch.

WATCH: Astronomers reveal hidden lives of early universe's ultra-massive galaxies
Big Island Now (Online)
01/07/2026
Professor of Physics & Astronomy Danilo Marchesini is noted as a member of the MAssive Galaxies at z ~ 3 NEar-infrared Survey research team that has found multiple evolutionary paths for the universe’s most massive galaxies.

The U.S. Raids Venezuela & Captures President Part 1
WBZ 1030 Boston WBZ AM
01/06/2026
Associate Professor of Political Science Consuelo Cruz joins Nightside to discuss the United States’ military strike on Caracas and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Fall 2025

US Unveils Plan to Tackle ‘Global Crisis’ of Mass Migration
Newsweek
12/30/2025
Associate Professor of Political Science Kelly M. Greenhill comments on the U.S. government’s diplomatic directives regarding social and security issues related to migration.

How One Father Created an Organ Empire
The New York Times
12/27/2025
Associate Professor of Community Health Keren Ladin, leader of the ethics committee of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, notes that the National Kidney Registry “needs guardrails."

U.S. anniversary coins won’t feature any Black Americans or notable women
The Washington Post
12/20/2025
Professor of History David Ekbladh comments on President Trump’s focus on advancing a traditional, less diverse version of history, as evidenced by the choices for images on coins commemorating the 250th anniversary of America’s founding.

Are luxury apartments a good thing for Worcester's housing market? It's complicated
The Gardner News
12/19/2025
Associate Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning Shomon Shamsuddin is quoted throughout this Worcester Telegram article on how the growth of luxury apartments in Worcester is impacting the local community.

Who Sets the Doomsday Clock?
Popular Mechanics
12/17/2025
English Professor of the Practice Emily Strasser writes this piece examining the complex process behind the annual setting of the Doomsday Clock, as determined by the 17 scientists and policy experts who make up the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board.

A ‘Third State’ Exists Between Life and Death—And That Suggests Your Cells Are Conscious, Some Scientists Say
Popular Mechanics
12/17/2025
Vannevar Bush Professor of Biology Michael Levin is quoted a 2023 The Well video in which he breaks down the intelligence of each of our cells. 

Restrictive abortion laws linked to increased EMTALA violations
Contemporary Ob/Gyn
12/17/2025
Assistant Professor in Tufts' Department of Community Health Liana Woskie is quoted about her new research that found a significant increase in violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) in US states where abortion is prohibited without exception for health reasons.

Massive increase in blood donations after shooting at Brown: ‘It is like our 9/11,’ R.I. Blood Center says
The Boston Globe
12/16/2025
Assistant Teaching Professor in the Film & Media Studies Department Natalie Minik shares why she donated blood at the Rhode Island Blood Center.

Many at-risk, young, pregnant women saved from spiraling by Roca, Tufts report says
MassLive
12/11/2025
Research Associate Professor in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study & Human Development Rebecca Fauth is quoted about her Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research evaluation of the violence intervention program Roca, finding that it shifts trajectories and changes the lives of the young women who join.

Science, Purpose, and Levin: A Discussion Evolves
ScienceandCulture.com
12/09/2025
This blog post links to a video of Professor of Biology Michael Levin’s appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast noting his thoughts on teleology in nature.

RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel is just getting started
STAT
12/08/2025
Assistant Professor of Community Health Liana Woskie is quoted about her new research that found a significant increase in violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) in US states where abortion is prohibited without exception for health reasons.

Michael Levin: Hidden Reality of Alien Intelligence & Biological Life
Lex Fridman Podcast
11/30/2025
Vannevar Bush Professor of Biology Michael Levin joins this episode of the Lex Fridman Podcast to discuss his work to understand and control complex pattern formation in biological systems.

What Cheese Mold Can Teach Us About Evolution
Nautilus
11/28/2025
Associate Professor of Biology Benjamin Wolfe is quoted from a Tufts Now news story about new Wolfe lab research that revealed rapid mutations in a mold species used in cheesemaking.

Watson's legacy points to what's at stake in today's assault on science
The Boston Globe
11/23/2025
In this letter to the editor, Professor of Physics & Astronomy Roger G. Tobin urges Massachusetts’ federal delegation “to continue to advocate for our country’s long-term leadership in scientific research.”

Trump Admin Gives Mass Migration Warning to US Allies: ‘Existential Threat'
Newsweek
11/21/2025
Associate Professor of Political Science Kelly M. Greenhill comments on a U.S. State Department order requiring embassies to report on the "human rights implications and public safety impacts of mass migration" across U.S. allies.

Why do we have such big feelings about Elmo?
The Washington Post
11/20/2025
Teaching Professor in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study & Human Development Julie Dobrow comments on the Sesame Street character Elmo, noting that he is a “wonderful role model” for children as they learn prosocial problem-solving skills.

India-Pakistan conflict risks surge amid terror attacks, Afghan proxy war claims
South China Morning Post
11/14/2025
Assistant Professor of Political Science Fahd Humayun comments on the possibility of escalating tensions among Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan following suspected terrorist attacks in Pakistan and India.

The Secret Life Of Algorithms
Forbes US
11/13/2025
This is an in-depth look at research from Vannevar Bush Professor of Biology Professor Michael Levin, who has found cognitive traits and capabilities in cells, molecular networks, and simple sorting algorithms. An accompanying video features the source interviews with Levin for this article.

Smallholder farmers are back at the forefront of global development
Agri-Pulse
11/12/2025
Professor of Economics Douglas Gollin comments on the World Bank’s new AgriConnect initiative to invest in smallholder farms.

Two blasts a day apart in India and Pakistan's capitals fray regional nerves in an already tense year
Radio New Zealand News
11/12/2025
Assistant Professor of Political Science Fahd Humayun comments on the recent deadly explosions in both Islamabad and Delhi, which are exacerbating political tensions among Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan.

Two blasts a day apart in India and Pakistan’s capitals fray regional nerves in an already tense year
CNN 
11/12/2025
Assistant Professor of Political Science Fahd Humayun comments on the recent deadly explosions in both Islamabad and Delhi, which are exacerbating political tensions among Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan.

Universities ‘should host, not participate in ideological fights’
Times Higher Education
11/06/2025
Professor of Political Science Eitan Hersh discusses the new Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education.

With funds pouring into fighting antisemitism — and few results — experts debate what works
eJewishPhilanthropy
11/06/2025
This article cites research led by Professor of Political Science Eitan Hersh that found organizations that say they fight antisemitism do not have clear goals on what it means to combat antisemitism, with more than 50% having no goals at all.

Are fewer young people identifying as trans?
Vox
11/04/2025
Professor of Political Science Brian Schaffner questions the methodology of a recent analysis of data from the Cooperative Election Study (CES), conducted in collaboration with Tisch College and YouGov.

The benefits of publicly owned grocery stores
WBUR Boston 90.9 FM
11/04/2025
Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning Julian Agyeman joins Up Next to discuss the idea of city owned grocery stores and how they could help address food insecurity exacerbated by federal cuts to programs such as SNAP.

The Risks of Caring
The India Forum
October 31, 2025
Packard Professor of Theology Brian A. Hatcher wrote an op-ed in The India Forum on how the risks associated with caring for others are worth taking, supporting, and rallying around.

Can Universities Teach Us to Talk Again?
Harvard EdCast 
10/30/2025
Professor of Political Science Eitan Hersh, head of the Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education, joins this episode of the Harvard EdCast to discuss how universities can help bridge divides by fostering viewpoint diversity and teaching students to engage across differences.

The Democratic Party Has a New Litmus Test
The Free Press
10/29/2025
Remarks reportedly made by Professor of Political Science David Art in response to Representative Seth Moulton’s November 2024 comments about transgender athletes is briefly mentioned in this article.

Could Biological Robots Heal Us from the Inside?
LSE Podcasts
10/28/2025
Vannevar Bush Professor of Michael Levin joins the Into The Impossible podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about bioelectricity, regenerative biology, multiscale cognition, and more.

What Scares a Scientist? Researchers Tell Their Terrifying Tales
The Scientist
10/27/2025
Research Assistant Professor of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology Brian Lin is among the scientists sharing their scariest professional experiences.

Where Ishwar still lives: In Bankura, Santhal children commemorate the Renaissance man
The Telegraph- India
10/26/2025
Professor of Religion Brian Hatcher recounts a past visit to Karmatar, India, the home of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Indian educator and social reformer. Hatcher is author of Vidyasagar: The Life and Afterlife of an Eminent Indian.

At Harvard this year, fewer Black, Latino, and international students, more Asian Americans
The Boston Globe
10/23/2025
Lenore Stern Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences Natasha Warikoo comments on why it’s tough to make definitive demographic conclusions when assessing how the end of affirmative action is affecting college diversity.

China is being fuelled by inspiration, not perspiration
The Economist 
10/23/2025
This article cites Associate Professor of Political Science Michael Beckley’s 2022 book “Danger Zone,” in which he and co-author Hal Brands concluded that China is trapped in a “quagmire” reminiscent of the Soviet Union. 

Publicly owned grocery stores could be Boston's answer to food insecurity
The Boston Globe
10/21/2025
Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning Julian Agyeman coauthors this opinion piece, along with two UEP graduate students, advocating for Boston to “reimagine food access as a public service” and implement publicly owned grocery stores to address food insecurity exacerbated by federal cuts to programs such as SNAP.

Cheese Caves, A Proposal, And Chance: How Scientists Ended Up Watching Fungi Evolve In Real Time
IFLScience
10/14/2025
Associate Professor of Biology Benjamin Wolfe is quoted from a Tufts Now news story about new Wolfe lab research that revealed rapid mutations in a mold species used in cheesemaking.

Does It Really Matter Who Is Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska?
Bloomberg Opinion
10/12/2025
Professor of Political Science Eitan Hersh’s book Politics Is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change is referenced in this opinion piece. 

A white poet and a Sioux doctor fell in love after Wounded Knee – racism and sexism would drive them apart
The Conversation
10/10/2025
Teaching Professor in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study & Human Development Department Julie Dobrow examines the failed marriage of Elaine Goodale and Charles Alexander Eastman, the topic of her new dual biography, “Love and Loss After Wounded Knee: A Biography of an Extraordinary Interracial Marriage.”

Scientists Watch Fungi Evolve in Real Time, Thanks to a Marriage Proposal in a Cheese Cave
Smithsonian Magaine
10/10/2025
Associate Professor of Biology Benjamin Wolfe is quoted from both a New York Times article and a Tufts Now news story about new Wolfe lab research that revealed rapid mutations in a mold species used in cheesemaking.

China's Foreign Aid Strategy in Rwanda
The Borgen Project Blog
10/10/2025
Associate Professor of Political Science Michael Beckley discusses China’s foreign aid strategy in Rwanda, one of the world’s least developed countries.

Improving Academic Supports for Incarcerated Students
Inside Higher Ed
10/10/2025
This article mentions that TUPIT offers a two-semester foundation of academic success course for incarcerated students.

Why the Green Cheese Turned White
The New York Times
10/09/2025
Associate Professor of Biology Benjamin Wolfe discusses new Wolfe lab research that revealed rapid mutations in a mold species during the cheesemaking process.

The Nazi Scholar Inspiring China's Intelligentsia
The Dispatch
10/06/2025
Associate Professor of Political Science Michael Beckley is quoted from a 2023 paper he wrote with Hal Brands about China’s threat to democracy. 

Who is Kareem Khubchandani? Harvard hires drag performer LaWhore Vagistan to teach Queer Ethnography and RuPaulitics
The Times of India
10/05/2025
Associate Professor of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies Kareem Khubchandani, who is Harvard’s 2025-2026 F.O. Matthiessen Visiting Associate Professor in Studies of Gender and Sexuality, is profiled.

Pak-US repair
Dawn
10/03/2025
Assistant Professor of Political Science Fahd Humayun outlines how Pakistan can use the turnaround in Pakistan-US relations to its advantage.

What Was the World’s First-Known Pandemic?
History TV
10/01/2025
Assistant Professor of Classical Studies Brandon McDonald comments on the cold spell that sparked the Plague of Justinian in the sixth century.

Weaver Ants Form Complex Chains to Pull More Than 100 Times Their Weight
Scientific American
09/29/2025
Assistant Teaching Professor of Biology Helen McCreery comments on new research finding that Asian weaver ants work harder and more efficiently in large groups, leveraging their unique grippy feet to increase the group's strength saying, “The world is full of organisms solving problems in ways that are totally different from the way our brains would think to do it.”

Tufts professor on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" says he feels "inherent paranoia"
WBZ News Boston CBS
09/26/2025
English Lecturer Joshua Nguyen describes his experience being put on Professor Watchlist, on which five Tufts faculty are listed. A&S third year student Mia Rubenstein also appears in this news segment.

In the fight against antisemitism, passion isn’t enough
eJewishPhilanthropy
09/26/2025
This opinion piece highlights a study, led by Professor of Political Science Eitan Hersh, examining data related to antisemitism philanthropy. The study is supported by the Jewish Funders Network.

Charlie Kirk put Massachusetts professors on a watchlist. Now, some teach in fear.
The Boston Globe
09/25/2025
English Lecturer Joshua Nguyen describes his experience being put on Professor Watchlist, a website that targets professors for their research and commentary on such issues as the war between Israel and Hamas, Palestinian rights, transgender rights, and racial justice. Link to article here.

Cheese cave fungi unlock secrets of rapid evolution – and it can benefit us
New Atlas
09/20/2025
Associate Professor of Biology Benjamin Wolfe and GSAS PhD student Nicolas Louw are quoted from a Tufts Now news story about Wolfe lab research on cheese fungi, which has revealed specific molecular mechanisms of genetic adaptation.

Cheese Fungi Help Unlock Secrets of Evolution
Morning Ag Clips
09/18/2025
Associate Professor of Biology Benjamin Wolfe and GSAS PhD student Nicolas Louw are quoted about Wolfe lab research on cheese fungi, which has revealed specific molecular mechanisms of genetic adaptation.

Tufts professor shows how AMA undermined Black doctors
Amsterdam News
09/18/2025
Community Health Assistant Professor Benjamin Chrisinger discusses his findings while researching his dataset “Deep Roots of Racial Inequalities in US Healthcare: The 1906 American Medical Directory.”

Weight loss breakthrough as daily pill shown to help people shed 'significant' pounds
GB News
09/18/2025
Robinson Professorship in Chemistry Krishna Kumar is quoted about his lab’s development of a next-generation compound that combines four different hormone receptors for more effective weight loss with fewer side effects.

GHIBLI'S MIDLIFE CRISIS: AS BELOVED JAPANESE STUDIO TURNS 40 WILL THE MAGIC FADE?
Hiru News
09/17/2025
Professor of International Literary and Cultural Studies Susan Napier is quoted about similarities and differences between Ghibli and Disney studios.

Private school for Native Hawaiians vows to defend admissions policy from conservative strategist
ABC News
09/16/2025
Lenore Stern Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences Natasha Warikoo says that the nonprofit Students for Fair Admissions is targeting affirmative action policies across educational institutions and “seeing what sticks.” 

Affirmative action opponent’s next target: A private school with admissions preference for Hawaiians
Associated Press
09/16/2025
Lenore Stern Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences Natasha Warikoo says that the nonprofit Students for Fair Admissions is targeting affirmative action policies across educational institutions and “seeing what sticks.”

Replacing the Massachusetts flag has been a debate over symbolism. It's becoming a political one.
The Boston Globe
09/15/2025
Professor of Political Science Deborah J. Schildkraut discusses the nationwide reexamination of race and historical emblems, including Massachusetts’ efforts to replace its flag and seal.

Scientists Watched Evolution Happen In Real Time Inside A Vermont Cheese Cave
Study Finds
09/15/2025
New A&S Wolfe Lab research, led by Associate Professor of Biology Benjamin Wolfe and GSAS PhD student Nicolas Louw, on cheese fungi revealing specific molecular mechanisms of genetic adaptation, is highlighted in this article.

Cheese cave fungi reveal how genetic mutations drive rapid evolutionary change
Phys.org
09/13/2025
Associate Professor of Biology Benjamin Wolfe and GSAS PhD student Nicolas Louw are quoted about Wolfe lab research on cheese fungi, which has revealed specific molecular mechanisms of genetic adaptation.

‘Demon Slayer’ could win the box office this weekend
Chicago Tribune
09/12/2025
Professor of International Literary and Cultural Studies Susan Napier says “The world does have darkness. Anime allows us to process ... some of these really conflicting, difficult emotions we have.”

‘Demon Slayer' could win the box office this weekend. Why anime's popularity is surging
Los Angeles Times
09/11/2025
Professor of International Literary and Cultural Studies Susan Napier says “The world does have darkness. Anime allows us to process ... some of these really conflicting, difficult emotions we have.”

Trump shouldn't overreact to China and India's newfound alliance, expert says
Fox Business
09/10/2025
Associate Professor of Political Science Michael Beckley joins “Morning with Maria” to discuss India's economic relationships with China and Russia and their impact on U.S. trade negotiation, noting that India is caught between “needing access to the American market to get revenue, but at the same time desperately needing oil…at bargain basement prices from Russia.”

'Next Ozempic': A new weight loss drug is on its way, aims to deliver 30% weight loss with fewer side effects
The Times of India
09/10/2025
Robinson Professorship in Chemistry Krishna Kumar's Lab's development of a next-generation compound that combines four different hormone receptors for more effective weight loss with fewer side effects is discussed in this article. 

A Tufts professor says higher ed is ideologically homogenous and wants to do something about it
WBUR Boston 90.9 FM
09/08/2025
Professor of Political Science Eitan Hersh joins this episode of Morning Edition to discuss the new Tufts Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education, intended to broaden the range of perspectives to which students are exposed on campus.

'Next Ozempic' aims to deliver 30% weight loss with fewer side effects
Fox News Health
09/08/2025
Professor of Chemistry Krishna Kumar and GSAS student Tristan Dinsmore are quoted in this article highlighting the Kumar Lab’s development of a next-generation compound that combines four different hormone receptors for more effective weight loss with fewer side effects.

Two years after Supreme Court struck down affirmative action, where do Asian Americans stand?
The Boston Globe
09/07/2025
Professor of Sociology Natasha Warikoo comments on a lawsuit brought by conservative activist Edward Blum against the University of Texas in 2012.

How Aunties Power Our World
KQED Forum
09/05/2025
Associate Professor of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies Kareem Khubchandani joins this in-depth conversation exploring the role “aunties” play in today’s families and communities.

Trump says higher ed is too liberal. Tufts launched a center to tackle that issue
MassLive
09/04/2025
Professor of Political Science Eitan Hersh discusses the new Tufts Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education, intended to broaden the range of perspectives to which students are exposed on campus. Hersh is the inaugural director of the center, the idea for which was born out of his course on American conservatism.

Devastating flooding continues in India and Pakistan
TheWorld
09/04/2025
Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Hassaan Khan joins this episode of The World to discuss the role that climate change and infrastructure are playing in the devastating monsoon season in Pakistan, which faces more flooding after 2 million people have been driven from their homes.

Tufts to open new ‘Center for Expanding Viewpoints'
The Boston Globe
09/03/2025
Professor of Political Science Eitan Hersh discusses Tufts new Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education, intended to broaden the range of perspectives to which students are exposed on campus. Hersh will head the center, the idea for which was born out of his course on American conservatism.

Water experts deny India deliberately released water to cause floods in Pakistan's Punjab: Report
Deccan Herald
09/03/2025
Assistant Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning Hassaan Khan comments on the likely reason that India released dam waters that caused flooding in Pakistan in the wake of torrential rainfall.

A Sharper Image of the Early Universe
Space Daily
09/03/2025
Professor of Physics & Astronomy Danilo Marchesini is quoted about the MINERVA program, which will utilize instruments from the James Webb Space Telescope to observe and study rare, distant galaxies. Marchesini is co-principal investigator of the collaborative initiative funded by NASA. 

FAT FREE New 4-in-1 ‘breakthrough drug’ that ‘combines Ozempic AND Mounjaro melts fat faster – and has fewer side effects’
The Sun UK
09/02/2025
Professor of Chemistry Krishna Kumar, GSAS student Tristan Dinsmore, and Visiting Scholar Martin Beinborn discuss the Kumar Lab’s development of a next-generation compound that combines four different hormone receptors for more effective weight loss with fewer side effects.