Inaugural Team Science Summit Connects Climate and Health Experts
Lightning talks enabled attendees to maximize knowledge exchange on current projects and capabilities
Looking at Ancient Roman Plagues through an Environmental Lens
Environmental archaeologist Brandon McDonald builds a better understanding of antiquity by looking at the interplay of climate, environment, and disease.
How the United Nations Tries to Promote Peace in a World Full of Wars
A book about former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s leadership offers insights into the organization’s successes and challenges
The Ocean Gives Up Its Secrets
In a Tell Me More podcast episode, faculty and alumni plumb the depths to better know our watery planet, from sea-level rise to shipwrecks to giant squid
Her Crimes? Speaking Up for Justice and ‘Giving Paper and Pencils to Girls’
In a new memoir, doctor and human rights advocate Sima Samar describes how she has withstood discrimination and death threats to fight for accountability in Afghanistan
Tufts Global In the News
Food aid interventions can curb climate change-induced hardship. But should they do more?
Associated Press
Friedman School's Daniel Maxwell comments on the need for countries that provide food aid to also address the problems that cause hunger and to provide projects that promote health and nutrition as well as protection from violence.
At COP29, nations discuss splitting the bill on climate change
Marketplace
Fletcher Dean Kelly Sims Gallagher comments on the central COP29 question of how much wealthier countries should pay to help developing nations transition to cleaner energy.
We promised a safe haven to refugees. We can’t take it back now.
Boston Globe
Fletcher student Jay Rumas writes this opinion piece calling for Americans to remain steadfast in helping refugees who have been affected by war, reflecting on his own family’s experience as well as his work with a Worcester-area refugee resettlement agency.