May 20, 2009
In This Corner
A Family Lost and Found
After 20 years in a mental institution, a mother is welcomed back by her children
People
A Dash of Star Quality
Video With a mission to bring healthy cooking to the masses, Katie Cavuto, N04, vies to become the next “Food Network Star”
May People Notes
Ask The Professor
Are nicotine patches or gums any more effective in helping smokers to quit than just going cold turkey?
Emmanuel Pothos, assistant professor of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics at the School of Medicine, takes on this month’s question:
Legos and Learning
Video Tufts program sends college students to teach hands-on engineering skills to elementary school kids—with a big dash of fun
Uneasy Alliance
How do we make sure that academic medicine isn’t tainted by its association with the pharmaceutical industry?
It’s All About Change
In his commencement address, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick urges graduates to be “pragmatic idealists”
Practical Idealists
Advice for young people who want to change the world, but don’t want to go broke in the process
Briefs
Construction Update
Many campus projects wend their way to completion
An Apple Tree Will Grow in Medford
Tufts gets a cutting from a descendant of the tree Isaac Newton sat beneath when he had his insight into the law of gravitation
Tracking the Bugs
Cummings School Ph.D. graduate identifies pathway for common parasite transmission
A Great Run
Softball places fourth in NCAA Championships, ends season with 44-3 record
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