March 4, 2009
In This Corner
The One Who Lived
For the new intern in the ICU, pulling back the young man who overdosed is more than a lesson about life and death
People
Leaders of the Pack
For the first time, two women are serving as dental school class presidents
March People Notes
Ask The Professor
Why does caffeine give you energy?
This month’s faculty expert, Susan Roberts, professor of nutrition at the Friedman School and director of the Energy Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, fills us in
Higher Ed, Middle-East Style
Fletcher School professor and doctoral students head to Iraqi Kurdistan to kick-start educational programs with local universities
The Road to Korea
Video Fletcher Dean Stephen Bosworth talks about his new role as special representative for North Korea policy
Listening to the Enemy
José Ramos-Horta, president of Timor-Leste and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, tells a Tufts audience that the way out of violent conflicts must include compassionate understanding of one’s opponents
Halfway There
School of Dental Medicine vertical expansion project headed to a November dedication
Briefs
Onward to Washington
Assistant Professor Kathleen Merrigan is tapped as deputy secretary of agriculture
At the Head of the Table
When St. Patrick’s Day rolls around in Boston, Jack Hart, A91, is the host with the most
A Place to Hang the Skates
Ice hockey team dedicates a new locker room in honor of Ben Sands, A54
Iran in the Spotlight
The fifth annual Fares Center conference on March 5–6 focuses on the Obama administration’s foreign policy challenges in the Middle East
“He was Mr. Tufts Engineering”
Frederick C. Nelson, E54, was dean of the School of Engineering from 1980 to 1994
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