June 2008
In This Corner
For the Birds
Alexander Keyel studies declines in bird populations, and looks for ways to protect the places they live
People
The Brain Bee
Graduate student Michelle Tangredi is a driving force behind a neuroscience knowledge competition for Boston-area high schoolers
June People Notes
Ask The Professor
Is frozen yogurt as nutritious as regular yogurt?
This month’s faculty expert, Simin Nikbin Meydani, professor of nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and associate director of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, responds
Giving Peace a Chance
An initiative to solve the intractable conflict in Iraq brought the warring sides together in Helsinki recently for talks—thanks in part to critical Tufts connections
From the Laboratory to Treating Patients
Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center receive $20 million from NIH for clinical and translational research
Witness for the Prosecution … Maybe
Samuel Sommers casts a social psychologist’s skeptical eye on the criminal justice system
Hats Off to the Class of 2008
Commencement speaker Meredith Vieira advises graduating students to follow their own paths
Growing the World’s Food Supply
Don’t expect global food shortages to end any time soon without new technology, warns the U.S. secretary of agriculture
Good Neighbors and Better Lives
Does the community you live in affect who you are and what you become?
Oh Yeah? Says Who?
William Lockeretz of the Friedman School gets a thrill out of debunking dogma
briefs
All Aboard for Mars
The Phoenix Lander touches down on the Red Planet with Tufts scientific equipment ready to search for signs of water—and life
Eve of Destruction
Tufts researchers calculate the high cost of climate change
The Cartography of Hunger
Mapping the worldwide connections between nutrition and socioeconomic factors
Hip Fractures and Leafy Vegetables
Vitamin K, found in the likes of spinach and kale, is crucial to maintaining good bone health
Faculty Awards for AS&E
This year’s honors were given out on May 14
A Promotion at Ballou
Jillian Dubman is the new secretary of the faculty at AS&E
International Recognition
Nak-Ho Sung receives Korean National Medal of Honor
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