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      Fall 2017
      VOL. 25, NO. 1
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      Spring 2017
      VOL. 24, NO. 2
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      Science and Technology
      A New Eye on the Cosmos

      A state-of-the-art viewing instrument will help Tufts astronomers seeking to answer the deepest questions in astronomy and physics

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      Ideas
      Reviving Human Rights

      In an era in which they are under threat, Fletcher’s Hurst Hannum advocates a focus on essential human rights to achieve more progress

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      World View
      Why Mass Shootings Don’t Lead to Gun Control

      After horrifying gun violence, political opinions on the topic become more rigidly divided, Tufts researcher finds

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      World View
      Tell Me More: Deciphering Russia

      Former U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul talks in a Tufts podcast about Russian election interference, nuclear arms fears, and Vladimir Putin’s end game

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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.

       

    • Food Calculator
      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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      SMFA at Tufts

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

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    • Tufts Magazine cover, Jumbos Rising
      Spring 2018
      VOL. 25, NO. 2
    • The Displaced
      Fall 2017
      VOL. 25, NO. 1
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      Spring 2017
      VOL. 24, NO. 2
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      Fall 2016
      VOL. 23, NO. 3
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    • Danilo Marchesini and Anna Sajina at the Museum of Scince in Boston in front of an astronomy exhibition
      Science and Technology
      A New Eye on the Cosmos

      A state-of-the-art viewing instrument will help Tufts astronomers seeking to answer the deepest questions in astronomy and physics

    • Hurst Hannum in his Fletcher School office
      Ideas
      Reviving Human Rights

      In an era in which they are under threat, Fletcher’s Hurst Hannum advocates a focus on essential human rights to achieve more progress

    • an American flag painted on a concrete wall, with a crack dividing the flag in two
      World View
      Why Mass Shootings Don’t Lead to Gun Control

      After horrifying gun violence, political opinions on the topic become more rigidly divided, Tufts researcher finds

    • Michael McFaul in front of the U.S. flag
      World View
      Tell Me More: Deciphering Russia

      Former U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul talks in a Tufts podcast about Russian election interference, nuclear arms fears, and Vladimir Putin’s end game

    • The entrance to the Lilly Music Library
      Arts and Culture
      Tufts Libraries: Music in All Its Forms

      At the Lilly Music Library, pick from scores and books, show tunes and the Velvet Underground

    • Alastair Cribb with his pet dog Keeper
      Animals and Pets
      A Conversation with the New Cummings School Dean

      Alastair Cribb talks about his proudest professional accomplishments, his excitement about the future—and his pets

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    In-depth looks at the ideas, issues, policies, technologies, and people shaping our world.
    • Outside the Box illustration
      Outside the Box

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

    • Stronger Together Illustration
      Stronger Together

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

       

    • Food Calculator
      Is This Finally the End of Counting Calories?
    • State of the State image
      The State of State

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

    • blue and yellow paint color
      SMFA at Tufts

      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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      Cyber Insecurity

      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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John Brown’s 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry
Arts and Culture

A gallery of photos and images from John Brown’s time

John Brown in jail
Arts and Culture

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

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