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Uncovering the Social Impacts of a Cultivated Meat Boom

Thursday, January 30th, 2025 News

Cultivated meat aims to provide meat products in a more sustainable way, without slaughtering animals. Those working in the cellular agriculture space—growing new meat products, testing flavors, and determining how to scale up their technologies—hold hope… Read More

From left: TUCCA Head of Communications Meera Zassenhaus, Nicole Tichenor Blackstone, assistant professor of agriculture, food, and environment, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Alex Blanchette, associate professor, anthropology and environmental studies, School of Arts and Sciences.

Leila Fawaz Receives Provost’s Medal

Thursday, January 9th, 2025 News

Leila Fawaz was awarded the Provost’s Medal on December 5 in recognition of her nearly 50-year career as a distinguished social historian of the Eastern Mediterranean region, with specific emphasis on the Arab provinces of the… Read More

Provost’s Catalyst Program Launches

Thursday, October 17th, 2024 News

Objectives include strengthening competitiveness for large, multi-disciplinary funding opportunities and expanding the university’s network of prospective stakeholders and partners across sectors

Shown clockwise from top left: David Kaplan, Stern Family Endowed Professor of Engineering; Kendra Field, associate professor of history and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Tufts; Fiorenzo Omenetto, Doble Professor of Engineering and director of Silklab; Kerri Greenidge, Mellon Assistant Professor in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora; Dariush Mozaffarian, Distinguished Professor and director of the Food Is Medicine Institute; and Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Okoro Professor of Black Maternal Health and director of the Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice.