December 17, 2008
In This Corner
Scenes from a Marriage
Bridal-chest paintings gathered by a Tufts art historian offer glimpses of wedded life in the Italian Renaissance, and are now on view at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
People
Bound for College
Former Jumbo standout Khari Brown, A94, G01, is steering underprivileged kids to higher education
December People Notes
Ask The Professor
Is obesity the result of an addiction to food?
Emmanuel Pothos, assistant professor of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics at the School of Medicine, tackles this month’s question
The Black Box of Language
Understanding how the brain processes spoken and written language could help people with dyslexia, strokes and head injuries, not to mention those wanting to brush up on their high school French
Dieting by Instinct
Don’t fight your food impulses, says Tufts nutritionist Susan Roberts in a new book. What you need to do is work around them
Procrastination 101
From YouTube and Facebook to ping-pong, students in finals week carve out time from studying
Headed for Trouble
A veterinary cardiologist had a hunch about a possible risk factor for feline heart disease, and a Cummings student helped prove him right
Fighting Cholera—With Information
Medical student Eric Nelson leads an effort to send medical expertise around the world on a CD
Briefs
Goodnight, Mars
Video At mission’s end, scientist Sam Kounaves looks back at the Phoenix Mars Lander and the insights it provided
Breathing Space
The incidence of asthma among U.S.-born blacks living in Boston is much higher than their foreign-born neighbors
Field Hockey Team Reaches NCAA Finals
The Jumbos fall in double overtime, but end season with 19-2 record
Easing the Credit Crunch
Tufts to participate in Federal Direct Student Loan Program for 2009–10 academic year
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