"We commend Dr. Hill for her longstanding commitment to public service," said Tufts University President Sunil Kumar. "We look forward to welcoming her to campus and honoring her alongside the extraordinary Class of 2024 and our other honorary degree recipients." University News Fiona Hill to Deliver Commencement Address to the Class of 2024 Foreign affairs expert and author will speak at the May 19 ceremony Latest Stories Health Eight Ways to Raise Happier, Healthier Kids Tufts experts offer evidence-based tips for helping your kids thrive—now and into the future Arts & Humanities Kaylee Rose’s Everywhere Art Illness inspired a new reverence for “deeply looking” to find beauty in the ordinary Books Alum Goes to Bat for Baseball Legend Tim Manners brings three-time World Series champion Waite Hoyt to life in “Schoolboy: The Untold Journey of a Yankees Hero” Biomedical Science Blood, Sweat, and Water: New Paper Analytical Devices Easily Track Health and Environment Novel inexpensive, shelf-stable, easy-to-use tests bring lab-level precision to the home and field prev next of Film & Media Spring Watchlist and Playlist Recommendations 2024 Check out 30 movies, albums, podcasts, and TV shows beloved by Tufts community members Artificial Intelligence The Chatbot in the Classroom Faculty test out when AI can make learning more effective, and when it gets in the way Campus Life Academic Achievement and ‘Intellectual Curiosity’ Shared by Admitted Class of 2028 The students admitted to the undergraduate class are described as civic-minded, entrepreneurial, and committed to collaboration Campus Life Sexual Misconduct Prevention Through Skill Building and Culture Change Tufts’ chapter of a national organization uses innovative strategies—and those ubiquitous green dots—to engage significant numbers of students Biomedical Science Tufts Researcher Takes on Epilepsy After Daughter’s Diagnosis A biomedical engineer and a neuroscientist have teamed up to advance epilepsy research and push for more effective treatments for patients Wistia Video URL Animal Health & Medicine The Importance of Play for Young Chimpanzees and Their Mothers A study suggests that the persistence of young chimps playing with their mothers, even in times of food scarcity, is crucial for their development Campus Life A Different Kind of Spring Break A group of students stayed at Tufts and spent time in nearby communities during their Jumbo Spring Break Psychology The Analyst Who Taught Freud a Thing or Two About Women With her M.D. from Tufts, Ruth Mack Brunswick made a name for herself in Vienna and the new field of psychoanalysis Books Documenting Women’s History and Making History of Her Own Through her research on early modern Europe, Alisha Rankin is shedding light on little known medical practices, often led by women Animal Health & Medicine How Animal Reproductive Medicine Helps with Breeding, Conservation of Species A new faculty member at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine hopes to inspire more veterinary students to join the specialty of theriogenology Science & Technology With Living Robots, Scientists Unlock Cells’ Power to Heal Professor Michael Levin’s research into how cells work collectively has already led to artificial living organisms. Could it also help us fight cancer or regrow limbs? Arts & Humanities A Funny Woman’s Guide to Grieving Author Nora McInerny explains the futility of buried emotions and why ‘fine’ is a curse word in her house Tufts In the Media Zhidong Zhang plays with balloons March 25, 2024 What classifies as a famine, and how does ongoing conflict contribute? March 24, 2024 Bird flu is causing thousands of seal deaths. Scientists aren't sure how to slow it down March 22, 2024 Upcoming Events Apr 2 Tufts Composers: Fusion Recipes for Fools Apr 5 7th Annual Black Maternal Health Conference Apr 8 Jeanne and Martin Sussman Endowed Lecture More Events
Health Eight Ways to Raise Happier, Healthier Kids Tufts experts offer evidence-based tips for helping your kids thrive—now and into the future
Arts & Humanities Kaylee Rose’s Everywhere Art Illness inspired a new reverence for “deeply looking” to find beauty in the ordinary
Books Alum Goes to Bat for Baseball Legend Tim Manners brings three-time World Series champion Waite Hoyt to life in “Schoolboy: The Untold Journey of a Yankees Hero”
Biomedical Science Blood, Sweat, and Water: New Paper Analytical Devices Easily Track Health and Environment Novel inexpensive, shelf-stable, easy-to-use tests bring lab-level precision to the home and field
Film & Media Spring Watchlist and Playlist Recommendations 2024 Check out 30 movies, albums, podcasts, and TV shows beloved by Tufts community members
Artificial Intelligence The Chatbot in the Classroom Faculty test out when AI can make learning more effective, and when it gets in the way
Campus Life Academic Achievement and ‘Intellectual Curiosity’ Shared by Admitted Class of 2028 The students admitted to the undergraduate class are described as civic-minded, entrepreneurial, and committed to collaboration
Campus Life Sexual Misconduct Prevention Through Skill Building and Culture Change Tufts’ chapter of a national organization uses innovative strategies—and those ubiquitous green dots—to engage significant numbers of students
Biomedical Science Tufts Researcher Takes on Epilepsy After Daughter’s Diagnosis A biomedical engineer and a neuroscientist have teamed up to advance epilepsy research and push for more effective treatments for patients
Wistia Video URL Animal Health & Medicine The Importance of Play for Young Chimpanzees and Their Mothers A study suggests that the persistence of young chimps playing with their mothers, even in times of food scarcity, is crucial for their development
Campus Life A Different Kind of Spring Break A group of students stayed at Tufts and spent time in nearby communities during their Jumbo Spring Break
Psychology The Analyst Who Taught Freud a Thing or Two About Women With her M.D. from Tufts, Ruth Mack Brunswick made a name for herself in Vienna and the new field of psychoanalysis
Books Documenting Women’s History and Making History of Her Own Through her research on early modern Europe, Alisha Rankin is shedding light on little known medical practices, often led by women
Animal Health & Medicine How Animal Reproductive Medicine Helps with Breeding, Conservation of Species A new faculty member at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine hopes to inspire more veterinary students to join the specialty of theriogenology
Science & Technology With Living Robots, Scientists Unlock Cells’ Power to Heal Professor Michael Levin’s research into how cells work collectively has already led to artificial living organisms. Could it also help us fight cancer or regrow limbs?
Arts & Humanities A Funny Woman’s Guide to Grieving Author Nora McInerny explains the futility of buried emotions and why ‘fine’ is a curse word in her house
Bird flu is causing thousands of seal deaths. Scientists aren't sure how to slow it down March 22, 2024