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Get to Know Christina Economos, New Dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

A leader in research into children’s nutrition, health, and obesity prevention, she looks to expand the school’s offerings—and impact—as she assumes the permanent deanship

Christina Economos, Dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition, poses for a portrait

Tufts Offers Haven for Scholars at Risk

An expanded university program hosts four academics—a veterinary surgeon, a human rights leader, a banking expert, and a professor of international relations—who fled peril in Ukraine and Afghanistan

A composite of four photos shows Sima Samar, Mir Ahmad Shekib Mir, Volodymyr Dubovyk, and Vladlen Ushakov.

Hackathons Challenge Groups to Predict the Next Famine Using Data

For a third time, interdisciplinary teams will meet at Tufts to develop tools to help model and better forecast acute hunger crises such as famines

child and adult around pot on small fire on dirt ground against blue sky

What’s Behind the Fighting in Sudan

The Sudanese army and its main militia rival are turning the country into a battle zone—and it could get worse

From Vietnam to Boston's Beacon Hill

Tram Nguyen and her family arrived in this country with just $100. Now the first Vietnamese American woman elected to the Massachusetts legislature wants to help others achieve their American dreams

Tram Nguyen stands outdoors in a portrait

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‘The window is closing’: Cop28 must deliver change of course on climate

Guardian

Ahead of Cop28 in Germany next week, Fletcher Dean Rachel Kyte says, “There is pressure on and scrutiny of UAE and Dr. Sultan [Al Jaber] to prove their management of the Cop presidency is for the planet and not the energy status quo.”

World’s wheat supply at risk of a dangerous shock due to heat and drought, study warns

NBC News

Friedman School’s Erin Coughlan de Perez is quoted throughout this article about her collaborative research on how hot weather and drought impact wheat growth and the consequences for the global food supply.

Drone Strikes Hit Moscow and Kyiv -- in the Growing World of Drone Warfare, Anything Goes When It Comes to International Law

MSN

Fletcher’s Tara D. Sonenshine examines growing use of military drones and issues with the “wild, wild west of uncontrolled access and usage” of the technology.

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