UPDATE:
Starting July 1, the Tufts International Travel Policy will require advanced registration through the Tufts Travel Registry for university business-related international travel.
Predicting the Conditions That Create Famine
New famine modeling studies offer clues on how extreme starvation develops and how earlier intervention could help prevent catastrophic crises
Is Cuba Poised for Regime Change?
Crippling U.S. sanctions might cause a leadership shakeup, but the resulting changes would likely be only superficial, says political science professor
Connecting Classrooms, Clinics, and Continents
An international fellowship united two physician-scientists in their quest to improve global health
When Cultural Monuments Become War Targets
Russian attack on the Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv shows the vulnerability of cultural heritage sites
Globally, Youth Are Not Eating Enough Healthy Plant-Based Foods
Tufts University researchers identify critical childhood nutrition gaps in analysis of 185 countries, with key shift seen in the U.S.
Tufts Global In the News
Do Dogs Help Teens Cope With Social Stress? It Depends, Researchers Say
HealthDay
Cummings School’s Megan Mueller and student Nicole Mason are quoted from a Tufts Now news story about their new research examining how teen-dog relationships can help adolescents deal with stress and social anxiety.
How ultra-processed foods impact our health
CBS
Distinguished Professor, Friedman School Dean Emeritus, and FIMI Director Dariush Mozaffarian discusses the negative impact of ultraprocessed foods in the American diet. His new book, Food is Medicine, will be published in October.
American Children Eat Fewer Plant Foods With Age. Here Are The Best Diets To Improve Nutrition
Forbes
School of Medicine student Sydney Yearley is quoted about her new collaborative Friedman School research that identified critical nutrition gaps in childhood diets around the world.