Engineering Enduring Infrastructure
Madelyn Silveira is leveraging her background in data analytics and cognitive science to advance ethical, sustainable solutions
News
Can AI Be Conscious?
Experts debate the possibility at a symposium in honor of Daniel Dennett, and most agree it’s not a good thing
Daniela Koplin’s DNA Matchmaking
Inspired by her grandmother—a pioneering genetics researcher—the senior has helped connect cancer patients with potential stem-cell and marrow donors at Tufts
Remembering Psychology Professor Sam Sommers
A member of the Tufts faculty since 2003, he studied the psychological causes and consequences of racism
Why do we love underdogs?
USA Today interviews Prof. Sam Sommers on the psychology of watching the Super Bowl
The Science of Mispronounced Words
Listen to Professor Ari Goldberg discuss the psychology of language on NPR
AI Needs to Work on Its Conversation Game
Researchers discover why AI does a poor job of knowing when to chime in on a conversation
National Science Foundation Grant Awarded to Cross-disciplinary Research Team
A Growing Convergence Research grant will support an interdisciplinary team in helping STEM students to reframe and engage with ambiguity, uncertainty, and confusion
Matthew Seliger’s Schoenberg Adventure
The violinist’s skill with an eccentric composer’s work earned him a coveted spot in a European masterclass