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    • The Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy (EAD) is the result of a $1.1 million grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and U.S. Department of Education.
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      A Robust New Vision for K-12 Civic Education

      A team of experts, including two from Tisch College, created an unprecedented roadmap to improving civic education for U.S. students

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      Finding Better Ways to Treat Urinary and Kidney Diseases in Pets

      A new fellowship at Cummings School is advancing the use of minimally invasive techniques and dialysis to treat serious illnesses in cats and dogs

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      FDA Approves a Third COVID-19 Vaccine

      Cummings School veterinary pathologist aided research behind new single-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson

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      Bob Cook to Step Down from Roles as Dean

      After a sabbatical, Cook will focus on his research, teaching in the psychology department

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      Outside the Box

      How—and why—Tufts is training a new generation of computer scientists to think beyond the operating system.

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      Stronger Together

      How collaboration at Tufts University is advancing research and helping patients.

       

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      Is This Finally the End of Counting Calories?
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      The State of State

      How a tumultuous two years at the State Department is undermining America’s role as a world leader

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    • The Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy (EAD) is the result of a $1.1 million grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and U.S. Department of Education.
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      A Robust New Vision for K-12 Civic Education

      A team of experts, including two from Tisch College, created an unprecedented roadmap to improving civic education for U.S. students

    • A veterinarian performs surgery on a dog. A new fellowship at Cummings School is advancing the use of both minimally invasive techniques and dialysis to treat serious illnesses in cats and dogs
      Animals and Pets
      Finding Better Ways to Treat Urinary and Kidney Diseases in Pets

      A new fellowship at Cummings School is advancing the use of minimally invasive techniques and dialysis to treat serious illnesses in cats and dogs

    • Amanda Martinot in safety gear working in a lab. The Cummings School veterinary pathologist aided research behind new single-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson
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      FDA Approves a Third COVID-19 Vaccine

      Cummings School veterinary pathologist aided research behind new single-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson

    • Robert Cook, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts
      Campus Life
      Bob Cook to Step Down from Roles as Dean

      After a sabbatical, Cook will focus on his research, teaching in the psychology department

    • Nancy Pelosi and Alan Solomont. Speaking at a Tufts event, House Speaker Pelosi talked about her career and her aspirations for young people today.
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      Nancy Pelosi to Tufts Audience: It’s All About the Next Generation

      Speaking at a Tisch College event, Pelosi talked about her career and her aspirations for young people today

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      Making Health Care for the Most Marginalized a Priority

      Madina Agénor examines how social inequities related to race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity influence people’s access to life-saving services

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      Outside the Box

      How—and why—Tufts is training a new generation of computer scientists to think beyond the operating system.

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      Stronger Together

      How collaboration at Tufts University is advancing research and helping patients.

       

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      Is This Finally the End of Counting Calories?
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      The State of State

      How a tumultuous two years at the State Department is undermining America’s role as a world leader

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      The renowned School of the Museum of Fine Arts officially became part of Tufts in 2016—and has been helping the university paint outside the lines ever since.

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      From smartphones to bank accounts, energy grids to elections, every part of our digital lives is under attack. In a series of stories, faculty and alumni from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy outline the perils we’re facing—and what we need to do next

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Finding John Brown

An in-depth look at a Tufts masterpiece that was lost then found

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A collection of videos exploring how the John Brown bust was made, lost, found, and restored.

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