News

Fund smarter to switch on lights for the poor - UN envoy Rachel Kyte

Everyone in the world could be provided with clean, affordable electric power by a global deadline of 2030 if international funding toward the effort is used more intelligently.

Rachel Kye, new dean of the Fletcher School, pictured talking with a small group of women.

North Korea Tests Missiles—and International Resolve

Using summit goodwill to buy time, Kim Jong-Un is expanding his arsenal and winning the game of nuclear negotiations, says Fletcher School professor

People watch a TV news program reporting North Korea’s firing projectiles with a file image at the Seoul Railway Station. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is expanding his arsenal and winning the game of nuclear negotiations with the U.S., says a Fletcher School professor

New Master’s in Cybersecurity and Public Policy

Offered by the School of Engineering and The Fletcher School, the new graduate degree program crosses the divide between technology and policy

Padlock amidst digital code. Tufts will offer a new master’s degree in cybersecurity and public policy; the new program will cross the divide between technology and policy

Seminar: The Role and Impact of Clinical Associates in the South African Healthcare System

The Global Health Faculty Council and the Tufts Center for Global Public Health Tumi Ndweni, BCMP, PGDPM, Associate Lecturer and Division of Clinical Associates (Physician Assistants), University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Tumi Ndweni, Associate Lecturer Division of Clinical Associates (Physician Assistants) Department of Family Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

What’s Behind the Simmering Conflict with Iran?

The confrontations with Iran have far more to do with domestic U.S. politics than they do with any intention to go to war, says a Tufts expert

A speedboat racing in water with machine gun and Iranian flag near a large oil tanker. Confrontations between the U.S. and Iran have far more to do with domestic U.S. politics than they do with any intention to go to war, says a Tufts expert

Tell Me More: Engineering Positive Change

Engineers Without Borders leader Catherine Leslie tells a Tufts podcast about the thousands of students and professionals who volunteer worldwide to build everything from water systems to energy projects

Catherine Leslie, executive director of the volunteer group Engineers Without Borders USA

Bringing Music—and Hope—to Refugee Syrian Children

In Lebanon, Layth Sidiq taught not just melodies but musical traditions to young students

Layth Sidiq, Lecturer of Music at Tufts, conducting a group of Syrian refugee children

Webinar: The State of Global Health Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Insights for Action

Policymakers in low- and middle-income countries are often stymied by a lack of data on the most efficient ways to prioritize health spending. This webinar will explore how standardized data on cost-effectiveness can assist with such decisions.

Tell Me More: Lessons from a Peacemaker

Nobel Peace Prize winner Juan Manuel Santos tells a Tufts podcast how he fought the odds to create peace in his native Colombia after more than fifty years of war

Closeup of Juan Manuel Santos, with another man in the background. Santos tells a Tufts podcast how he fought the odds to create peace in his native Colombia after more than fifty years of war.

Filter by Date