Two years ago, Dale Bryan, the assistant director of the Peace and Justice Studies Program and a Medford resident since 1993, noticed that Somerville had something that Medford lacked: adequate communication between community members. Organizers in Somerville had been gathering for years to discuss ...
Dr. Simin Meydani, Ph.D., is Tufts University’s new Vice Provost for Research (VPR). Through this position, Meydani will work with faculty and university leadership to promote and oversee research at Tufts across all its campuses.A scientist by training with a background in veterinary medicine, Meydani ...
Watch out, Tina and Amy — there is new talent on the scene. Jehan Madhani (LA '16), a Tufts/SMFA Dual Degree student, co-founded the all-female comedy group, Tufts Funny Ladies. Madhani has certainly made her mark on the Tufts comedy scene and plans to further her comedic and artistic talents ...
As 1.6 percent of the U.S. population is afflicted with a lifetime prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), which is “characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce anxiety (obsessions), repetitive behaviors that are engaged in to reduce anxiety (compulsions), or a combination of both,” according ...
Computer Science Ph.D. candidate Beste Filiz Yuksel and her colleagues have found a new learning method for playing the piano - one that can read your brain as you learn. While the BACh system, or Brain Automated Chorales system, works specifically with learning how to play the piano, the team aims ...
It's probably accurate to say that most Jumbos don't really think about the ground beneath their feet, unless they're cursing the Hill as they trek from South to Mail Services. The Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences (EOS), however, is trying to change that.EOS Professor Grant Garven ...
