September 23, 2009
In This Corner
The Real Problem in Afghanistan
It’s not that the Taliban are winning, it’s that the government is losing, says an international aid expert
People
A Head for Wine
Peter Hahn, A86, ditched a career in business to run a vineyard in France
September 2009 People Notes
Ask The Professor
Why do first impressions stick with us so much?
This month’s expert, Max Weisbuch, a research assistant professor in the department of psychology in the School of Arts and Sciences, responds
Onward and Upward
The School of Dental Medicine building’s vertical expansion is heading into the final stretch as plans are made to move in
The Secret Life of Bacteria
New National Academy of Sciences member Ralph Isberg delves into the infinitely complicated ways that pathogens invade healthy cells
The Ties That Bind
Mexican immigrants to the U.S. often join together to send money back home, a practice that’s affecting local politics there
An Evolutionary Key
The thin-boned icefish could help scientists solve the riddle of osteopenia, a precursor to osteoporosis
Briefs
Eat Up and Slim Down
A study finds that older people lost body fat after regularly eating whole-grain fiber cereals
A Must for Health-care Reform
End fee-for-service medicine, argues a Tufts professor, because doctors need incentives for good care, not more care
A Weighty Cultural Change
Massachusetts is leading the way in fighting the public health challenge of obesity, Friedman School Symposium is told
New Degree in Conservation Medicine
A one-year program at the Cummings School will draw on faculty from across the university
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