Alma Matters Archives

Spring 2011

	Cover Story All the Rage Scholars and administrators ask some fundamental questions about hazing, bullying, and the new anonymity.
	Feature Hard Work in Parts of Speech Graduate alumni and student poetry ranges from ethereal to apocalyptic.
	Feature Steeped in Tradition We share an excerpt from Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America by Benjamin L. Carp, Associate Professor in the Department of History
	Big Men on Campus
	Prime Factors in Middle School Math
	Research Awards for Global Ideas Best of Both Worlds To Drug the Undruggable Protein Most Likely to Succeed Stay Connected Tufts' Next President Galaxy Quest Wii Remember Graduate Student Profile: Ninrat Datiri, electrical engineering Alumni Profile: Brian Comeau, G08 Alumni Profile: Mark Martin, EG90

Fall 2010

	Cover Story Sherpas in the Labs Emerging scientists and engineers learn to navigate foggy, treacherous ethical terrain.
	Feature Sudden Death An author and faculty member comes to terms with a fatal flaw—not in one of his characters, but in his own DNA.
	Feature Life Skills How skills learned outside the classroom might affect achievement as much as those learned in it.
	Professors Row Read the latest faculty news and other items of interest from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering.
	All Together Now New research "cluster" anticipates collaboration and a good cup of coffee.
	Game-Changing Grants Brain Trust Taking the Lead Exhaustive Research Writers' Bloc Graduate Student Profile: Suzette Sagisi Alumni Profile: Michael Sheeley, EG05

Spring 2010

	Cover Story Scientists Prove Pipeline is Leaking Women scientists are disappearing from academic pools at critical career junctures—can we stop the brain drain?
	Feature Siblings-in-Arms Three Tufts fight choreographers grapple with their dual roles as scholars and practitioners.
	Feature White Light Sergio Fantini's research group uses light to study breast cancer.
	Changing Trajectories Through the Leadership Alliance, Tufts encourages students from underrepresented groups to pursue Ph.D.'s.
	By Any Account Kristen Lefebvre, G09, hopes to educate museum visitors about the Vichy regime.
	First in Class Five scholars made history during commencement last year.
	Same Dean, New Role  The Grass is Always Greener Labs of Silk and Honey Picture Perfect Graduate Student Profile: Geoffrey Lansberry Alumni Profile: Meg Haney, G92 Alumni Profile: Sarah Freeman, E05, EG08

Summer 2009

	Delicious Peace On the other side of the world, a group of coffee farmers are working together despite their differences--and Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, G88, G95, has a front row seat.
	Student Counsel A collaboration between the Tufts school psychology graduate program and Children's Hospital Boston is helping to make a difference in urban high schools.
	Face Time The Tufts Health Quality of Life Lab is changing the way we see people with Parkinson's disease.
	Beyond Plasma The Tufts University VisWall lets you travel through the Milky Way or get up close and personal with the rising and falling air currents in a twister.
	Professors Row Read the latest faculty news and other items of interest from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering.
	Technological Edge Shahan Nercessian's research gives computers the edge to make advances in medical imaging.
	Science Sense When it comes to understanding and teaching scientific concepts, even the most seasoned educators can use a little help. Tufts is providing this support through its Fulcrum Institute for Leadership in Science Education.
	In Memoriam: Robert P. Guertin Tufts remembers former GSAS dean.
	Alumni Profile Nigel Jacob, EG05, Senior Advisor for Emerging Technologies, City of Boston.
	Alumni Profile Olivia Turnbull, G01, G04, Senior Lecturer in Drama and Performing Arts, Bath Spa University

Fall 2008

	Life on the Farm Farmers across New England have an ally in graduate alumna Dorothy Suput, G92.
	Tracking Trouble in Paradise One of the most picturesque places in the world has a water problem. A group of graduate researchers is doing something about it.
	Against Wind and Tide Graduate alumna Joy Jordan-Lake thought she knew how to balance her family and career. Until she had her second child.
	Green Day The Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning celebrated 35 years of "educating practical visionaries" with a kick-off event last spring.
	The Power of One A Tufts program is helping graduate and undergraduate students speak the same language.
	Paying it Forward The Henken Scholars program matches outstanding economics graduate students with faculty members involved in advanced research.
	Not A Lot of Bunk For Jodi Larson, the answers to her questions may be found in the worlds of Gomer Pyle and Sergeant Ernie Bilko.
	Virtual Realty
	College Bound
	One Day in the Life
	232 Degrees of Separation
	Graduate Student Profile: Jonathan Levitt
	Graduate Alumni Award Winners

Spring 2008

	Take Two Graduate alumni, using what they learned at Tufts, have taken their careers in new and exciting directions.
	An Interdisciplinary Incubator By focusing on how animals move, a group of Tufts researchers are changing how we think about (and may one day build) robots.
	Building Bridges The Academic Resource Center (ARC) and its graduate student consultants are bringing together various student populations at Tufts.
	The Illustrated Man The illustrations of Michael McCurdy, A64, G71, are much more than images in a book or magazine. They tell the story of our lives.
	For the Birds Alexander Keyel, a biology graduate student, protects birds and the places they live.
	Best of the Best
	Training Ground
	Center Stage
	Forming Tomorrow's Scholars
	Music Magic
	Executing a Dream
	Ghost Science

Fall 2007

	Jail Break Ed Wiltse, G98, went to jail hoping to educate the incarcerated. But it was the men and women he met who ended up being the teachers.
	Cell City Professor Kyongbum Lee and his graduate student researchers are working on a problem that impacts the health of millions of Americans.
	At the Movies Through her research, psychology graduate student Jennifer DiCorcia is exploring how children are affected by their favorite movies.
	Making Connections Professor Marina Bers and her graduate student researchers are bringing together everyone from organ transplant recipients to children in after-school programs in the United States and abroad through Zora, a web-based virtual community.
	Rhythm Nation Gerdès Fleurant, G80, G87, taught at Wellesley College for twenty years before retiring in 2005 to fulfill a mission years in the making.
	The Final Frontier
	Full Circle
	Building a Winning Team
	2007 Graduate Alumni Awards
	Dean's Corner

Spring 2007

	Monkey Business For the past twenty-eight years, Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled, Inc. has matched trained capuchin monkeys with disabled individuals. Judi Zazula, G82, has been there every step of the way.
	Bee Season Tufts biology Professor Philip Starks and his graduate student researchers are uncovering the secret lives of honeybees and paper wasps.
	Life in the Fast Lane Dick Berggren, G67, G70, may have stopped racing professionally years ago, but you can still find him at the track each weekend as a pit reporter for FOX Sports.
	Game On Launched by two graduate students, the Graduate Alliance for Multicultural Empowerment (GAME) brings together students from several different Tufts schools.
	From Ghana to Tufts Graduate student Salome Otami came to Tufts with a plan-to improve the lives of school children in her homeland.
	History Lessons
	Profile in Giving
	A Mighty Wind
	New Engineering Associate Dean
	Dean's Corner

Fall 2006

	A Clear Vision Antonio Carneiro, G06, started having headaches when he was twelve years old. In 1997, he found out why.
	Reaching out to Urban Schools Through an innovative program, Tufts school psychology graduate students are making a difference where it matters most.
	Hidden Treasures Andrew Siegel, E85, G89, G04, spent his childhood learning how assorted electrical gadgets worked. He has taken this interest to MIT's Lincoln Laboratory.
	The Power of Puppets For the past three decades, Judith O'Hare, G64, has brought the universal language of puppets to everyone from schoolchildren in Massachusetts to teachers in China.
	2006 Graduate Alumni Award Winners
	New GSAS Dean
	Tufts Department Enters the Digital Age
	New School of Engineering E-Newsletter

Spring 2006

	A Tufts Alumna to Watch The first thing you notice is the glass. It covers the exterior of the Genzyme building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, making visible the inner workings of the offices within.
	Sign of the Times It doesn't take long for the grilling to start. Shortly after the first undergraduate researchers begin their PowerPoint presentations, the arms of several Tufts faculty members shoot up.
	All in the Family Richard Blaser always knew he would come back. He knew it while he was an engineering student at Tufts, and he knew it as he spent six years following graduation working as an engineer.
	The Art of Teaching Lavina Shankar gained many things as a graduate student at Tufts. Along with teaching experience, she acquired skills in the areas of research, college administration, and teacher training.
	Building a Bridge of Hope
	Tulane Students Find a Home at Tufts
	Graduate Student Research Fund News

Fall 2005

	The Bully Buster Graduate alumna Robyn Silverman, G'04, never saw it coming.
	The Graduate Student Council: A Community of Scholars and Leaders The life of a typical graduate student is an endless array of classes, papers, exams, and research.
	2005 Graduate Alumni Award Winners The Tufts Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) and the School of Engineering bestowed their third annual graduate alumni awards on April 22, 2005.
	A Rare Breed
	Revolutionary Thoughts
	High Hopes
	Graduate Student Receives Award for Citizenship and Public Service

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