A Lifelong Loyalty to Truth
Howie Severino, A83, reflects on a career reporting on dictators, rebuilding Filipino journalism, and telling stories across all walks of life
Does the Iron Fist Bring Down Gang-Related Crime?
Using the cases of El Salvador and Honduras, a Tufts sociologist examines whether ‘states of exception’ truly stop violence or merely shift it
Instilling Awe and Respect for Venomous Snakes
Laidlaw Scholar Bennett True follows his fascination for preventing snake bites, a global, neglected tropical disease, to South Africa
$11.5 Million Sponsorship Creates New Research Institute
Tufts Epsilon Materials Institute will innovate in advanced material research in support of the clean energy transition
How International Trade Affects the Economy
A trade deficit isn’t by itself a sign of economic weakness, and trade surpluses don’t necessarily lead to increases in domestic manufacturing
Tufts Global In the News
What’s Trump’s Vision on China, Russia and the World?
New York Times
Fletcher’s Monica Duffy Toft is quoted from her March Foreign Affairs Magazine article, saying that the United States, Russia and China “commanding and extending spheres of influence appears to restore a fading sense of grandeur.”
Using an app to rate food for nutrition? Take the results with a grain of salt
NPR
Distinguished Professor, Friedman School Dean Emeritus, and FIMI Director Dariush Mozaffarian explains three nutrient ratios to pay attention to when determining the heathfulness of different foods: fiber to carbohydrates, sodium to potassium, and saturated fat to total fat.
Big Food’s Big Tobacco moment: Arianna Huffington
Fortune
Distinguished Professor, Friedman School Dean Emeritus, and FIMI Director Dariush Mozaffarian is quoted from a January CNN article about a Friedman School global analysis that estimated sugar-sweetened beverage consumption contributes to millions of new cases of diabetes and cardiovascular disease annually.