Announcing Global Tufts Month: March 1-21, 2025
The theme for Global Tufts Month in 2025 is "Global Health Equity."
Top Science Stories of 2024
Tufts researchers have been delving into everything from epilepsy, cancer drugs, and regenerative medicine to social science, next-gen solar panels, and chimpanzee behavior
Anh Ngo’s Wells for Wellness
The junior founded an organization that brings clean water to families in Vietnam
Small Island Nations Have Their Say in Court
Duncan Pickard makes the case that countries party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea must do more to mitigate climate change and its catastrophic impact on oceans
Student Research Projects in Malaysia Improve Global Health Education
The Tufts Global Research Assistant Program exposes students to public health challenges abroad and affirms a passion for global health
Tufts Global In the News
Meta Looks for the X Factor
Foreign Policy
Fletcher’s Bhaskar Chakravorti examines the implications of Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that Meta will be ending partnerships with third-party fact-checkers and will be eliminating curbs on posts related to politics, gender identity, and immigration.
Study Reveals a Link Between Herpes Virus, Head Injuries, and Alzheimer’s Disease
Scientist
Engineering’s Dana Cairns discusses details of her collaborative research that found even mild physical brain trauma can reactivate a dormant herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which can trigger the onset of neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Calling it Genocide Doesn’t Solve the Crisis in Sudan
U.S. News & World Report
Fletcher’s Alex de Waal examines the violence and suffering in the Sudan and what impact the State Department’s new declaration of genocide might have on ending the crisis.