Kudos October 2025
Kudos is a monthly submissions-based roundup celebrating university faculty and staff—awards, honors, thought leadership, new arrivals, and more. Share your own great news or recognize a colleague at go.tufts.edu/kudos.
Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Julia A. Okoro Professor of Black Maternal Health and Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at the School of Medicine, was elected to serve as a chair-elect in the Maternal and Child Health Section in the American Public Health Association, which is the oldest and largest association of public health professionals globally. Amutah-Onukhaga also participated in the “Our Bodies, Not Yours” panel discussion on Martha’s Vineyard, which was covered by the Vineyard Gazette.
Bernard Arulanandam, vice provost for research at Tufts University and professor of immunology at the School of Medicine, has been elected a foreign fellow of the Indian National Sciences Academy, effective January 2026. This prestigious honor recognizes Arulanandam’s contributions to advancing immunology and global scientific collaboration. Through his leadership, he will continue to strengthen partnerships between the United States and India, building on Tufts’ deep commitment to research and innovation in biomedicine, food and nutrition, energy, and the environment.
Yanik Bababekov, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, was recognized as one of only three recipients of the 2025 Rising Star Award, presented at the World Transplant Congress 2025 in August.
Ying Chen, research assistant professor at the School of Engineering, received a grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to support research advancing food safety. Read more about the grant on the School of Engineering website.
Xinqiang Ding, assistant professor of chemistry, received an Early State Investigators Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The grant will support developments of theoretical and computational methods for drug design.
Riccardo Giacconi, professor of the practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, is an associated fellow this year at the Harvard Film Study Center.
Gary Goldstein, professor of physics and astronomy, had his Department of Energy Division of Nuclear Physics grant renewed for an additional two years. The grant applies AI and machine learning to probe the structure of nucleons and nuclei.
Douglas Gollin, Jason P. and Chloe Epstein Professor of Economics, was appointed research associate to the National Bureau of Economic Research Development Economics Program. The Development Economics Program studies the forces that contribute to economic development, particularly in less developed nations.
David Greenblatt, Louis Lasagna, M.D. Professor at the School of Medicine, was honored by the American College of Clinical Pharmacology for his extensive and impactful contributions.
Matthew Gudgeon, assistant professor of economics, was appointed faculty research fellow to the National Bureau of Economic Research Labor Studies Program. The Labor Studies Program explores issues related to employment and compensation, including the supply of and demand for labor, human capital, and the determinants and consequences of unemployment.
Anastasia Iglikova, V28, Alanna O’Callahan, V28, Kiran Sarvepalli, V27, Ella Arms, V28, Sergio Hernandez, Ph.D. candidate, and Idrissa Sanago, postdoctoral fellow, received awards at the 36th Veterinary Research Day at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.
Bergen Kane, E26, is a recipient of the Environmental Business Council of New England Scholarship for the 2025–2026 academic year.
Joshua Kritzer, professor of chemistry, was awarded two National Science Foundation grants. The first grant is for a project titled “Mapping the Collagenome with Stapled Collagen-Mimetic Peptides.” This project develops new biological materials that will help researchers understand genetic diseases, cancer, and wound healing. The second grant is for a project titled “Tools4Cells: Real-Time Measurement of Endogenous Biomolecules.” This project develops new sensors that can monitor changes in biological events in living cells in real-time.
Aria Ma, A26, was named a Boston Business Journal “25 under 25” honoree.
Neda Moridpour, professor of the practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, is a 2025–2026 Co-Creation Studio Fellow at MIT Open Documentary Lab. Fellows join a global network of artists, scholars, and technologists reimagining documentary practice through co-creation, experimentation, and shared knowledge. Additionally, Moridpour was selected as a Year-Two recipient of Boston’s Un-monument | Re-monument | De-monument: Transforming Boston, a visionary public art initiative re-imagining the city’s commemorative landscape with inclusive monuments and community-led storytelling.
Nikhil Nair, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, and his lab received a contract of up to $4.5 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to create robust, flexible biosynthetic manufacturing. The funding is part of a larger multi-institutional effort called DARPA Switch, which seeks to improve resilience in the chemical industry by reducing its dependence on petroleum. The project at Tufts will involve collaboration with Amin Nikkhah, research assistant professor at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Matt McNulty, associate director of the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture, both of whom will be conducting techno-economic analyses related to commercializing the technology. Read more about this work on Tufts Now.
Markus Nemitz, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was awarded a four-year, $1.7 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop the next-generation crab-inspired robots for aerial deployment and amphibious operations that can detect and neutralize landmines, building on his group’s earlier advances in 3D printed, multi-material, multi-legged robots. Read more about the grant on Tufts Now.
Dilip Ninan, associate professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy, had an article selected by the Philosopher’s Annual as one of the 10 best articles published in philosophy in 2024. The article, “An Expressivist Theory of Taste Predicates,” was published in Philosophers’ Imprint in 2024. Ninan also had an article selected for the 2018 Philosopher’s Annual.
Kasso Okoudjou, professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics, will deliver the 2026 Claytor-Woodard Address at the 2026 Joint Mathematics Meetings in January in Washington, D.C. The National Association of Mathematicians established the Claytor-Woodard Lecture as an invited address to take place during the annual Joint Mathematics Meetings.
Daniela Romaña, IS27, was named the 2025–2026 American Student Dental Association Advanced Standing Committee vice-chair. In this leadership role, Romaña will serve as a mentor and advocate for international students navigating the application and transition process. She will provide guidance, share resources, and offer support to help them feel welcomed and prepared for success.
Tufts University Art Galleries (TUAG) received a $75,000 grant from Teiger Foundation. This grant will support the exhibition How do you throw a brick through the window..., co-organized with the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. The exhibition will be on view at TUAG/Boston through November 9, 2025. The funds granted by Teiger Foundation will enable TUAG to present new commissions and recent works of art from seven artists exploring how individuals with disabilities, chronic illnesses, and neurodivergence navigate forms of protest despite the normalization of ableism in public spaces. This grant will also support the creation of an accompanying publication expanding the histories and themes of the exhibition through essays by activists, scholars, artists, and poets, which include Amanda Cachia, torrin a. greathouse, Mev Luna, and the co-curators.
Bree Aldridge, professor of microbiology at the School of Medicine, was senior author of a paper on the study “Integration of multi-modal measurements identifies critical mechanisms of tuberculosis drug action,” which was published in the journal Cell Systems. Several Tufts researchers participated in the study. Read more about the research on Tufts Now.
Ian Berg, lecturer in the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, was featured in the July/August issue of Dance Magazine in a piece titled “Tap Dancer Ian Berg Explores the Musical Potential of Tap Sounds in a New Jazz Album.”
Amar Bhidé, Thomas Schmidheiny Professor in International Business Emeritus at The Fletcher School, authored the Barron’s article “Tariffs Won’t Break the Economy. Corporate Shakedowns Might.”
Helen Boucher, dean at the School of Medicine and chief academic officer for Tufts Medicine, commented in a Boston Globe article titled “Playing politics with vaccines and public health.”
Arik Burakovsky, associate director at the Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education, is quoted in the South China Morning Post articles “As Trump prepares to meet Putin, peace prospects in Ukraine war seem slim, analysts say” and “No deal, no answers: Trump-Putin summit ends with ‘progress made.’”
Bhaskar Chakravorti, dean of global business at The Fletcher School, was quoted in the article “How ‘Digital India’ is driving Big Tech investments into the country," which appeared in CNBC’s Inside India newsletter.
Shefali Christopher, associate professor at the School of Medicine’s DPT Seattle program, spoke to CNN about her collaborative research on postpartum running for female athletes, citing the shortage of evidence-based guidance she received during her first pregnancy.
Olaf Dammann, professor at the School of Medicine, authored a book titled Uncertainty and Explanation in Medicine and the Health Sciences. In the book, Dammann urges readers to rethink how we define effectiveness in medicine and how we use evidence to guide health decisions. Read more about the book on the School of Medicine website.
Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation at The Fletcher School, was quoted in the AP News article “Malnourished kids arrive daily at a Gaza hospital as Netanyahu denies hunger” and was interviewed for the CBC segment “Tufts University's Fletcher School famine expert Alex de Waal on the IPC declaring a famine in Gaza,” the Leading Britain’s Conversation segment “Global famine deaths rise as leaders use food as a weapon,” and The World segment “Deadly landslide in Sudan highlights challenges of getting aid to conflict zones.”
Miles Donovan, manager of the digital design studio, and Jess Spear, senior library assistant and technology specialist, both at Tisch Library, presented “Thinking Outside the Stacks: Circulating Equipment at Tisch Library,” at the Boston Library Consortium’s Annual Forum.
Dan Drezner, distinguished professor of international politics at The Fletcher School, authored the World Politics Review article “The Old World Order Is Dead. Its Replacement Struggles to Be Born.”
Monica Duffy Toft, academic dean and professor of international politics at The Fletcher School, co-authored the article “Unipolarity and the increasing frequency of U.S. military intervention,” which was published in the journal International Affairs. Duffy Toft was also featured in CNBC’s The Exchange segment titled “Ukraine war’s near-term impact will have long-term effects on global economy” and was quoted in the Vox article “Why Ukraine won’t just give up its territory.”
Kaylen Dwyer, assistant librarian, digital scholarship, at Tisch Library, contributed a reflective essay, “Weaving the Wayback Machine: Reflecting on Pedagogy, Materiality, and Digital Erasure” that was included in the 2025 special issue of DH+Lib, Crafting Encounters with Humanities Data. Participants in a library workshop explored the feminist and embodied practice of data physicalization, applied by visualizing changes made to government websites in early 2025.
David Ekbladh, professor of history, was quoted in the Dagbladet Information (a Danish news outlet) article “International development has been the great moral achievement of our time: ‘Right now it's all crumbling before our eyes.’”
Tamirace Fakhoury, associate professor of international politics and conflict at The Fletcher School, authored the article “Toward a Dynamic Narrative of Return in Complex Conflict Environments” for E-International Relations.
Kim Forero-Arnías, digital media specialist at Tisch Library, wrote a review of the Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive (a repository of material on anti-Black killings in the United States in the mid-20th century) for Reviews in the Digital Humanities. She also presented her project recortes at Encounters with the Archive in London, a collaboration between the PARSE, the open access artistic practice research journal, and Autograph, a gallery focusing on photography and film to highlight questions of race, representation, human rights, and social justice.
Jen Ferguson, head of user experience and student success at Tisch Library, Kristina Aikens, senior associate director of writing support at the StAAR Center at Tufts, and Jean Otsuki, associate director of the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, co-presented “Navigating the information maze: understanding reading, writing, and research skills in the digital age” with at the Tufts University-wide Teaching Conference this year.
Rachael Gately, associate clinical professor in the Department of Ambulatory Medicine and Theriogenology, Meera Gatlin, assistant teaching professor of infectious disease and global health, and Eleanor Kharasch, V25, MG25, sustainability coordinator, all at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, authored research titled “Efficacy of fenbendazole in small ruminants on Southern New England farms” in Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports. Read more about the study on the Cummings School website.
Edward Gordon, Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering, David Kaplan, Stern Family Professor of Engineering, Amin Nikkhah, research assistant professor at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Nicole Tichenor Blackstone, associate professor at the Friedman School, along with colleagues from other institutions, authored “Biomaterials in cellular agriculture and plant-based foods for the future” in the journal Nature Reviews Materials. Read more about the research on Tufts Now.
Angelina Gualdoni, professor of the practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, had work included in a group show at Plein Ventures, in New York. Growtesque brings together artists who explore alternative futures and interrogate myths of perpetual progress and domination over nature. Gualdoni participated in a discussion with Madeleine Thompson, executive director of library and archives at the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Hurst Hannum, professor emeritus at The Fletcher School, commented in a CNN article about the legal implications of Israel’s strike on a hospital in Gaza.
Donald Heflin, executive director and senior fellow of diplomatic practice at the Edward R. Murrow Center at The Fletcher School, authored The Conversation articles “This isn’t how wars are ended—a veteran diplomat explains how Trump-Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven” and “Trump-Putin summit: Veteran diplomat explains why putting peace deal before ceasefire wouldn’t end Russia-Ukraine war.” Heflin was also quoted in the Yahoo!News article “The difference between a Ukraine ceasefire and peace deal explained—and why it matters” and in the IANSLive article “Unpredictable American diplomacy complicating India trade talks, says ex-US diplomat.”
Timothy Hyunsoo Lee, part-time lecturer at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, had a career survey, Between Bodies and Border: Queer Diasporic Cartographies of Timothy Hyunsoo Lee, on view at the Palacio Consistorial in Cartagena, Spain. Additionally, Hyunsoo Lee’s work was included in the group exhibition Patchwork of Elsewhere, which was on view at the Korean Cultural Center in Washington, D.C.
Shafiqul Islam, professor of civil and environmental engineering, wrote an op-ed in The Daily Star titled, “Symbolism isn’t enough: What Bangladesh can and must do now.”
Rebecca Jackson, professor of earth and climate sciences, was part of a team that authored new research published in Nature titled “Calving-driven fjord dynamics resolved by seafloor fibre sensing.” More details about the research are available on the University of Washington website.
Barbara Kates-Garnick, professor of the practice at The Fletcher School, authored The Conversation article “Like Reagan, Trump is slashing US environment regulations, but his strategy may have a far deeper impact.”
Aja Kennedy, Ph.D. student in economics and public policy, co-authored a Boston Indicators report on rising income segregation in the Greater Boston area. Kennedy and the report were also cited and quoted in a Boston Globe article.
Kareem Khubchandani, associate professor of theatre, dance and performance studies, spoke about his research on aunties in a segment titled “How Aunties Power Our World,” on KQED public radio.
Anna Kijas, assistant director of Tisch Library, co-wrote a book chapter, “Nimble Tents and Bunkers: The Role of Libraries in Rapid-Response DH,” with Quinn Dombrowski, Stanford University, Alex Gil, Yale University, and Carrie Pirmann, Bucknell University, that was published during the spring of 2025 in The Routledge Companion to Libraries, Archives, and the Digital Humanities.
Erin King-Podzaline, assistant clinical professor in the Department of Ambulatory Medicine and Theriogenology at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, along with Tufts colleagues as well as colleagues from other institutions, authored research titled “Effects of a Multimodal Pain Control Protocol Using 2% Lidocaine Intradermal and Meloxicam Intramuscular on Mitigating Behavioral Castration Pain in Piglets Using a Needleless System” in the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. Read more about the research on the Cummings School website.
Jugal Kishore Sahoo, research assistant professor, and David Kaplan, Stern Family Professor of Engineering, both in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michael Levin, Vannevar Bush Professor in the Department of Biology and the Allen Discovery Center, alongside colleagues from other institutions, authored research titled “Sustained Serotonergic Stimulation Platform for Peripheral Axonal Regeneration,” which was published in the Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online.
Michael Klein, professor at The Fletcher School, was quoted in the U.S. News & World Report article “Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Just Raised the Debt Ceiling by $5 Trillion: Here’s Why That Matters to You” and the Newsweek article “Gold Price Hits Record High—What It Says About U.S. Economy.”
Susan Landau, professor in cybersecurity and policy at the School of Engineering, authored two papers examining human, social, and technological scope of the security and privacy challenges emerging in Smart Homes, as part of a five-year, multi-institution NSF grant. Read more about the papers on the School of Engineering website. Landeau was also recently interviewed for an EdTech Magazine article titled “Q&A: Tufts University Program Instills Solid Technical Background for Future Policymakers,” and spoke on BeFM’s Morning Wave in Busan about the growing threat of AI-driven cyber-attacks.
Cece Lasley, research librarian for the social sciences, and Elizabeth McCall, research data librarian, both at Tisch Library, presented a case study lightning talk at two regional conferences: BLC Forum 2025 and the 2025 ACRL-NEC and NELIG Joint Annual Conference. Their case study was their collaboration with research labs in the Eliot Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development during the spring 2025 semester. Lasley and McCall offered workshops for lab members on research collaboration strategies, citation management, and research data management.
Joshua Lincoln, affiliate at The Fletcher School, authored the World Politics Review article “After U.N. Talks Collapse, a Narrow Path to a Global Plastics Treaty.”
Peter Love, professor of physics and astronomy, along with collaborators at the University of Chicago, North Carolina State University, and North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University, are moving into the second stage of their National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) program. The National Science Foundation NQVL initiative is an effort to accelerate the development of quantum technologies. The Quantum Advantage Class Trapped Ion System (QACTI) will develop trapped ion quantum computers targeting applications in scientific computing including quantum chemistry, and nuclear and high energy physics. Tufts leads the applications activities of QACTI. Read more about the project on Tufts Now.
Adam Lowenstein and Carlos Fernando Mourão, both assistant professors at the School of Dental Medicine, authored “Functional Coating Effects of Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) on Artificial Caries Lesions: A Microhardness-Based Evaluation,” which was published in the journal Materials.
Pavel Luzin, visiting scholar at The Fletcher School, was quoted in the ABC News article “Why a Putin-Zelenskyy meeting matters—and why it might not happen.”
Geu Madit Koryom, MALD student at The Fletcher School, authored an African Arguments piece on the political and security crisis in South Sudan.
Eoin McGuirk, J.C. Keogh and Family Assistant Professor of Economics, authored “Transhumant Pastoralism, Climate Change, and Conflict in Africa” in the Review of Economic Studies. Read more about the research on Tufts Now.
Chris Miller, professor at The Fletcher School, was quoted in the New York Times article “Trump Has Made Himself Commander in Chief of the Chip Industry,” the Washington Post article “Trump’s chip deal sets new pay-to-play precedent for U.S. exporters,” the NPR article “Intel will give the U.S. government a 10% stake, Trump says,” the Reuters article “US makes it harder for SK Hynix, Samsung to make chips in China,” and the Financial Times article “Why memory chips are the new frontier of the AI revolution.” Miller was also interviewed for the CNBC Squawk Box segment “Long-term reliance on Nvidia is something the Chinese government doesn’t want to see.”
Ethan Murrow, professor of the practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, was commissioned by the Sun Valley Museum of Art to create a 77-foot wood public mural. A film follows the making of the piece, which investigates the legendary beaver drops in Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains. Additionally, Murrow’s The Parliament, a solo show of new paintings and drawings, opened at Winston Wachter in Seattle, Washington, in September.
Vanessa Nicholson Robinson, assistant professor in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the School of Medicine, had her qualitative research, conducted as part of the Delta GREENS Food is Medicine Project, published in the American Journal of Public Health. Nicholson Robinson is a co-investigator on the Delta GREENS (Growing a Resilient, Enriching, Equitable, Nourishing food System) Food is Medicine Project, a collaborative work between the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School for Nutrition Science and Policy, Delta Health Center, Tougaloo College, Ruben V. Anderson Center for Justice, and Center for Science in the Public Interest. Read more about the research on Tufts Now.
Mihaela Papa, senior fellow at The Fletcher School, was quoted in The Asia Live article “Trump’s Tariffs: How Washington’s Punishment Is Driving BRICS Closer Together.”
Ronald Pies, clinical professor of psychiatry emeritus, and Daniel Morehead, clinical assistant professor, both at the School of Medicine, authored the commentary article “Yes, Psychotherapy Training During Residency Is an Essential Part of a Humanistic Psychiatry” in the Psychiatric Times. This article quotes the Psychotherapy Special Report article that was written by Mark Ruffalo, adjunct assistant professor at the School of Medicine.
Ken Pucker, professor of the practice at The Fletcher School, was quoted in the Forbes article “Ultra-Fast Fashion Blamed for Industry’s First Rise in Carbon Emissions in Four Years” and The Christian Science Monitor article “‘2 dolls instead of 30’: Will tariffs curb America’s passion for cheap goods?”
Patrick Quinn, research librarian for music at Tisch College, co-wrote the book chapter, “Music library instruction for ESOL students” with Marci Cohen, Boston University, which was published in Music Information Literacy: Inclusion and Advocacy.
Supriya Rao, clinical assistant professor at the School of Medicine, is quoted throughout an Everyday Health article on pregnancy and gastritis.
Kendall Reiss, professor of the practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, is showing work from her ongoing series, Being [with] Trees, in the upcoming exhibition "Learning with trees, artisti per soluzioni climatiche e ambientali" at Sala Uno, Centro Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy.
Laurence Sawyer, V99, assistant teaching professor and director of the Luke and Lily Lerner Spay/Neuter Clinic at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, spoke with Worcester Magazine about kitten season.
Jennifer Schmidt, professor of the practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, has work included in 20 Years of Lake Effect Editions at Syracuse University: Selections from the Archive, on display through October 24 at the Warehouse Gallery at Syracuse University.
Shruti Sharma, assistant professor of immunology, along with other scientists at the School of Medicine, authored the research “Microglial STING is a central safeguard against neurological decline with age.” Read more about the research on Tufts Now.
Michael Siegel, professor of public health and community medicine, commented in a NH Journal article about a new study that finds American doctors are withholding potentially lifesaving information from patients who smoke by not discussing alternative nicotine products.
Vickie Sullivan, Cornelia M. Jackson Professor of Political Science, was invited to speak in Munich, Germany, at the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation this summer. The audience consisted of about 150 personally invited guests, predominantly from Munich’s universities, academies, and Max-Planck Institutes. Sullivan’s lecture was titled “Montesquieu on Legislators and as a Legislator.” The late Daniel Dennett, University Professor and professor of philosophy emeritus, was a past speaker there; Sullivan noted that Dennett was well remembered.
Abay Yimere, postdoctoral scholar at The Fletcher School, was quoted in a piece for The Guardian on the need for climate adaptation in Africa.
Benjamin Wolfe, associate professor of biology, and his colleagues from Tufts and other institutions published their research “Long-term monitoring of a North American cheese cave reveals mechanisms and consequences of fungal adaptation” in the journal Current Biology. Read more about the research on Tufts Now.
Josephine Wolff, professor of cybersecurity policy at The Fletcher School, co-authored a Lawfare article titled “Why Liability and Insurance Won’t Save AI: Lessons from Cyber Insurance.”
Abay Yimere, postdoctoral scholar at The Fletcher School, authored The Conversation article “Africa’s top climate change challenges: a fairer deal on phasing out fossil fuels and mobilising funds.”
Researchers from the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Biomedical Engineering authored new research titled, “Temporary silk nanocoatings preserve immune cell functions and protection against biochemical and mechanical stressors” in the journal Biomaterials.
Researchers from the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, and the School of Medicine teamed up with international collaborators to author “Expanding access to wastewater surveillance beyond sewered networks: Effectiveness of active and passive sampling of waste effluent streams in Côte d’Ivoire” in the journal PLOS Water. Daniele Lantagne, a research professor at the Feinstein International Center at the Friedman School, was the study’s senior author. Read more about the research on Tufts Now.
Staff at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine are helping to care for an endangered baby giraffe at Franklin Park Zoo in Boston. The staff’s efforts are featured in a Boston Globe article. The endangered Masai giraffe born at Franklin Park Zoo is now in the hospital after failing to nurse.
Tufts Gordon Institute (TGI) was included in a Boston Business Journal article titled “Local universities see continued interest from overseas students in executive ed offerings.” The article mentioned that international students continue to choose Tufts Gordon Institute. In the article, TGI executive director Kevin Oye noted steady growth in executive education, with 55% of the current M.S. in innovation and management cohort representing students from around the world.
Tufts University is one of 11 colleges and universities selected to participate in Interfaith America’s new program, “From Prejudice to Pluralism: Addressing antisemitism and Islamophobia by building a culture of pluralism.” This academic year, a multidisciplinary faculty and staff cohort will engage in a series of conversations on these urgent issues through a framework for pluralism rooted in respect, relationships, and cooperation, with the goal of sharing learnings and next steps for campus engagement in the spring. This initiative is led by Reverend Elyse Nelson Winger, university chaplain, Colleen Ryan, vice provost for faculty and Jannel Hill, human resources business partners manager.
Shuchin Aeron, electrical and computer engineering, was promoted to full professor.
Marty Allen, computer science, was promoted to teaching professor. Steven Bell was appointed associate teaching professor of electrical and computer engineering. Ming Chow, computer science, was promoted to teaching professor.
Chris Dulla, chair of the Department of Neuroscience at the School of Medicine, was appointed the Annetta and Gustav Grisard Professor of Neuroscience. Khaled ElMahgoub, electrical and computer engineering, was promoted to associate teaching professor.
Jeffrey Guasto, mechanical engineering, was promoted to full professor.
Erica Kemmerling, mechanical engineering, was promoted to associate teaching professor.
Gary Leisk, mechanical engineering, was promoted to teaching professor.
Srivalleesha Mallidi, biomedical engineering, received tenure and is now an associate professor.
Mark Sheldon, computer science, was promoted to teaching professor.
Richard Townsend, computer science, was promoted to associate teaching professor.