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  • Hugo Adam Bedau Memorial Lecture: Dr. Victoria McGeer and Dr. Philip Pettit - Princeton University

    Medford/Somerville campus

    Dr. Pettit Talk Title: Two Kinds of Agents: From Psychology to Politics" Abstract: Plan-making and plan-taking agents differ insofar as the first construct the plans they follow in acting while the second execute ready-m…

  • M.S. in Animals and Public Policy Class of 2026 Externship Presentations

    Grafton campus Off-campus

    The M.S. in Animals and Public Policy Class of 2026 will be presenting their externship presentations on Saturday, September 12 from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Presentations will be held in person in Agnes Varis CC - Agnes Varis Audi…

  • Tufts Masterclass Series: Artificial Intelligence and Society

    Medford/Somerville campus

    Experience Tufts’ intellectual capital and research leadership with Tufts Masterclass , an immersive blend of seminars, hands-on experiences, and community-building moments. Join us this fall for our upcoming session: Ar…

  • HNRCA Monday Seminar Series

    tufts.zoom.us…

    The Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University hosts virtual seminars on a variety of topics at the intersection of aging and nutrition research. Talks are held each Monday at noon EST via Zoom (except …

  • What 9/11 Means 25 Years Later and Beyond

    Medford/Somerville campus

    Join a panel of experts as they explore how the events and aftermath of September 11, 2001 reshaped U.S. security and foreign policy, as well as world politics, over the past twenty-five years. As we reflect on the endur…

  • 2026 Stanley N. Gershoff Memorial Lecture

    Boston Health Sciences campus

    11:30am – 12:00pm: Reception 12:00pm – 1:15pm: Lecture 1:15pm – 2:30pm: Lunch. Join us in September for the annual Stanley N. Gershoff Memorial Lecture at the Friedman School. Rafael Perez-Escamilla, PhD, will deliver th…

  • 2026 Stanley N. Gershoff Memorial Lecture

    Boston Health Sciences campus

    Join us in September for the annual Stanley N. Gershoff Memorial Lecture at the Friedman School. Rafael Perez-Escamilla, PhD, will deliver this year’s lecture. Dr. Perez-Escamilla is a Professor of Public Health, and Dir…

  • Politics and Culture from All Sides: Abortion Pills and the Supreme Court

    Medford/Somerville campus

    How should federal drug rules and state abortion laws interact? Hosted by the Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education (CEVIHE) at Tufts University, this weekly series invites Tufts faculty, students, and staf…

  • Professional Development Workshop: World Café for International and Multilingual Students: Essential Academic Skills and Habits

    Medford/Somerville campus

    This workshop is designed for international students to help you navigate the academic expectations of a U.S. university. Through collaborative discussions, you will learn about learning outcomes, how you may be assessed…

  • Professional Development Workshop: Job and Internship Search Strategy: A Virtual Workshop for Graduate Students

    Online

    Current market forces and dynamics have disturbed and derailed many job and internship expectations and strategies. In this 1-hour workshop, we hope to share some optimism, practical insights, and best practices to best …

  • On Listening: With pianist Emanuel Ax

    Medford/Somerville campus

    Join us for the launch of On Listening, a new series of conversations exploring how we hear music and the world. For this inaugural event, the celebrated pianist Emanuel Ax will be in dialogue with Tufts faculty member J…

  • Fall Forum for Community-Engaged Research

    Medford/Somerville campus

    Register Join the Community-Engaged and Participatory Action Research (CEPAR) network at Tufts to hear about projects from across the university and to discuss how to promote shared knowledge and social justice through c…

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Measles Rates Are Rising. How to Protect Yourself and Your Child

by Grace van Deelen September 10, 2026 Health , Infectious Disease , School of Medicine Share Cases of measles, a highly contagious and deadly disease, are surging in parts of the U.S., worrying doctors and public health experts. In 2026, so far, 3 ,134 cases have been reported across 47 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). About 8% of those people required hospitalization. In 2025, the CDC reported 2,289 cases of measles, compared to only 58 in 2023. Some c

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Celebrating Oktoberfest? Here’s What to Serve With Your Sausages and Beer

by Heather Stephenson September 10, 2026 Food & Nutrition , School of Arts and Sciences Share Americans may associate Oktoberfest with Germany as a whole, but the celebration is distinctly Bavarian—and so is the food. Along with plenty of beer and sausages, revelers enjoy dishes like soft pretzels and roasted pork knuckles at the annual festival in Munich , the capital of Bavaria, Germany’s largest state. But if you can’t make it there, you can still celebrate at beer gardens from Boston to Bris

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Looking for New Ways to Slow Cancer Growth

by Taylor McNeil September 10, 2026 Biomedical Science , Cancer , School of Arts and Sciences , Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Share When cancer strikes, it doesn’t appear in isolation—the surrounding materials in our bodies have been tricked into supporting the tumor’s out-of-control growth. An important part of that mix is the microenvironment around the tumors, made up largely of the extracellular matrix, with its variety of molecules and proteins like collagen and elastin. How that ext

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Moving the Needle on Medication Delivery

by Ari Navetta September 10, 2026 Entrepreneurship , Biomedical Science , School of Engineering Share Everyone has dreamt of a pain-free alternative to needles, while anticipating your annual flu shot or grimacing through self-injections. Luckily, this future may be close at hand, due to the work of a Boston-based startup founded by Tufts alumni. Anodyne Nanotech draws on Tufts research to create patches of miniscule microneedles that are applied to the skin, offering a new form of drug delivery

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Why Star Trek Still Matters

by Monica Jimenez September 7, 2026 Arts & Humanities , Science & Technology , Graduate School of Arts and Sciences , School of Arts and Sciences Share A real lesson from Star Trek “One of the reasons I had the class watch Voyager’s ‘Living Witness’ is that I think it is one of the best Star Trek episodes about the way history actually works. The Doctor wakes up centuries later and finds a museum presenting Voyager and its crew as these brutal, almost monstrous figures. But what is really intere

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Melissa Mazan Named Interim Dean of Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

by Angela Nelson September 1, 2026 University News , Animal Health & Medicine , Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Share Melissa Mazan , D.V.M., Diplomate ACVIM, V93, professor of large animal internal medicine and an internationally recognized equine veterinarian, researcher, educator, and longtime academic leader at Tufts University, has been named dean ad interim of Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, effective September 1, 2026. Mazan succeeds Alastair Cribb , D.V

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Going Anti-Viral: A Team Fights HPV

by Marc Chalufour August 27, 2026 Illustrations by Adrià Fruitós Infectious Disease , Cancer , Public Health , School of Medicine Share When Karl Munger was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institutes of Health in the late 1980s, he landed in the lab of pioneering virologist Peter Howley and began studying human papillomavirus. Scientists had noticed that HPV was often present in cervical cancer. But was it merely present, or did it drive the growth of cancer? Munger was able to show th

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Going Anti-Viral

by Marc Chalufour August 27, 2026 Illustrations by Adrià Fruitós Infectious Disease , Cancer , Public Health , School of Medicine Share When Karl Munger was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institutes of Health in the late 1980s, he landed in the lab of pioneering virologist Peter Howley and began studying human papillomavirus. Scientists had noticed that HPV was often present in cervical cancer. But was it merely present, or did it drive the growth of cancer? Munger was able to show th

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If We Worry About Privacy, Why Do We Share So Much Online?

by Haley Lerner August 27, 2026 Film & Media , Cybersecurity , School of Arts and Sciences , Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Share In the modern digital era, there could always be someone watching you. Phones have had cameras for more than two decades, and with the rise of Instagram, TikTok, and live streaming platforms, everyday people are able to easily produce their own video content online. Public actions can be online in an instant. When people are already concerned about privacy infri

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Move Over, Lycopene. Tomatoes’ Secret Sauce May Be Phytoene

by Genevieve Rajewski August 26, 2026 Food & Nutrition , Health , Obesity , Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging , Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Share For decades, the red pigment lycopene has been considered the tomato’s star nutrient. But new research from Tufts University suggests that phytoene, a colorless precursor of lycopene, may also contribute to tomatoes’ protective effects against a form of chronic fatty liver disease affecting up to 38% of U.S. a

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One Center’s Oversized Impact on Drug Development and Clinical Trials

by Mary-Russell Roberson August 25, 2026 Healthcare , Biomedical Science , Public Health , School of Medicine , Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Share When pharmaceutical companies want to make their clinical trials faster and more efficient, they look at data compiled by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD). When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to know how the regulatory process affects drug development and approval times, they do the same. The U.S.

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A Garden That Grows Art Supplies

by Kara Baskin August 24, 2026 Visual Arts , Climate & Sustainability , School of the Museum of Fine Arts , School of Arts and Sciences , Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Share At SMFA at Tufts, five raised garden beds along Museum Way produce something more unusual than tomatoes or zucchini: They’re growing art supplies. The fiber and dye garden brims with plants that, come fall, are harvested as pigments, inks, paper, and textiles. These include orange cosmos, Hopi black dye sunflowers, sa