UPDATE:
Starting July 1, the Tufts International Travel Policy will require advanced registration through the Tufts Travel Registry for university business-related international travel.
A New Uncertainty on the Global Stage
A lack of rising powers and the headwinds faced by existing powers signal a new era of global competition, with potential upsides and downsides, according to a political scientist
15 Years After the Eradication of Rinderpest, Lessons Still Ring True
Research from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine helped rid the world of a deadly virus. That experience may help prevent future disease outbreaks
Shai Tratt’s Hope for Argentina’s Stolen Children
An internship in Buenos Aires led to a deep connection with a movement to help families torn apart by military dictatorship
A Professional Headstart: Fletcher’s Combined Degree Program
As they learn alongside diplomats and military officers, Tufts undergraduates can earn a master's degree—and gain early access to the Fletcher network
How to Lose a War
Overconfidence is the Achilles’ heel of leaders who think they’ve got an easy victory—and other lessons from Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Ukraine
Tufts Global In the News
Can Food Actually Be Medicine? These Doctors Say Yes
New York Times
This story references and includes photos from the Culinary Medicine course created and offered by the Friedman School, in collaboration with Community Servings, to students across the Boston health sciences campus. Students are quoted, as well as course director Nadine Tassabehji, who is also identified with her TUSDM affiliation.
How the Whole-Grain Trend Went Wrong
Atlantic
Distinguished Professor, Friedman School Dean Emeritus, and FIMI Director Dariush Mozaffarian, identified as a Tufts cardiologist and a nutrition researcher, explains that many whole grain products are “molecularly disassembled,” making their digestibility similar to refined grains, and how this may impact the gut microbiome.
Upping the ante in Iran
The World
Fletcher Distinguished Professor Daniel Drezner discusses various high-stakes political strategies, such as brinkmanship and the “madman strategy,” being employed by President Donald Trump in the conflict with Iran.