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Assisting the International Community in a Time of Uncertainty

Friday, April 4th, 2025 News Stories

Following a student’s detention, the International Center and university community mobilize to offer guidance, empathy, and unwavering support.

Graphic illustration of arms in rainbow colors with hands outstretched reaching up from the bottom of the frame.

Tufts University Announces Fashion Sense: An Event Highlighting New Opportunities with Living Materials and Sensors

Friday, March 28th, 2025 Announcements

Tufts University Announces Fashion Sense: An Event Highlighting New Opportunities with Living Materials and Sensors The event will explore how living materials are impacting the future of fashion, technology, and health. Medford & Somerville, MA… Read More

A shirt with inks that change color in response to chemicals released from the body or in response to the surrounding environment made at the Silk Lab and photographed on June 15, 2023

Three Tufts Faculty Elected to World’s Largest Scientific Society

Thursday, March 27th, 2025 News Stories

Michael Levin, Elena Naumova, and Matthias Scheutz are named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Photos of three professors side by side, Elena Naumova, Michael Levin, and Matthias Scheutz. They are named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Five Tufts Faculty Named Senior Members of National Academy of Inventors

Friday, February 21st, 2025 News Stories

Their research has led to innovations in healing wounds, assessing health, treating rare disorders, detecting diseases, quantifying pain, and much more

Uncovering the Social Impacts of a Cultivated Meat Boom

Thursday, January 30th, 2025 News Stories

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 Stories

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

Tufts University Announces Third Cellular Agriculture Innovation Day

Monday, December 9th, 2024 Announcements

Leading experts and industry players will unite to discuss the new developments, research, innovation, and policies shaping the future of cellular agriculture Medford & Somerville, MA – Jan. 9-10, 2025 – Tufts University, a… Read More

Attendees gather at Tufts Cellular Agriculture Innovation Day at District Hall in Boston, MA on January 19, 2023..

Introducing the Institutional Neutrality Working Group

Friday, November 15th, 2024 Announcements

November 15, 2024 Dear Tufts University community members, Over the summer, university leadership began to consider whether it is appropriate for Tufts to establish a policy of not taking positions on geopolitical or social matters… Read More

An image of the statue of Jumbo the elephant on the Tufts campus in Medford, Massachusetts.

Inaugural Team Science Summit Connects Climate and Health Experts

Thursday, November 14th, 2024 News Stories

Lightning talks enabled attendees to maximize knowledge exchange on current projects and capabilities

Part of the summit: a midday poster session. Here, MyDzung Chu, assistant professor in the Departments of Medicine and Public Health and Community Medicine at the School of Medicine, shares a finding with Tina Woolston, director of Tufts' Office of Sustainability.

Bárbara Brizuela Embraces Interdisciplinarity as Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences

Monday, November 4th, 2024 News Stories

The dedicated teacher and administrator brings a holistic approach to the permanent deanship