A Millennial for Tufts
Tufts Now
The Tufts European Center, once part of a thriving Benedictine monastery at the foot of the French Alps, marks a historic year
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As emerging economies bring their citizens online, global trust in internet media is changing
The Conversation
Fletcher’s Bhaskar Chakravorti discusses trends in how digital technology in emerging economies develop and evolve differently than in "digitally evolved" nations.
In North Korea, a Western Journalist Appears All but Invisible
New York Times
Fletcher’s Sung-Yoon Lee is quoted in this essay by reporter Gardiner Harris reflecting on his 28 hour visit to Pyongyang, North Korea.
‘My Loopy’ robot ‘comes to Earth’ to teach children how to write computer code
WHYY.org
Eliot-Pearson’s Amanda Sullivan discusses the benefits of incorporating robotic technologies into early childhood education.
'The U.S. looks like a rogue state,' professor says
CNBC
Fletcher’s Joel Trachtman comments on the G-7 summit, saying President Donald Trump’s fractious approach is “good for Putin and bad for the United States and for the West.”
New Worldview
Tufts Medicine
School of Medicine students evaluate programs and policies to combat HIV in Namibia.
Hard Work If You Can Get It
Tufts Nutrition
Livelihoods programs promise refugees a path to self-reliance, but how much they can truly help remains an open question.
Trump becomes more dovish toward North Korea, but surrounds himself with hawks
Washington Post
Fletcher Dean James Stavridis is quoted in this article on Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr., who is expected to be nominated as the U.S. ambassador to South Korea and become a key player in the Trump administration’s diplomatic relations with North Korea.
10 years after, Cyclone Nargis still holds lessons for Myanmar
The Conversation
Professor of the Practice and Director of the Feinstein International Center Gregory Gottlieb reflects on the 10 year anniversary of Cyclone Nargis, which devastated areas of Myanmar, and how the Myanmar government’s reluctance to work with international partners and relief organizations could put its people at future risk.