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Leland Melvin shares photos of tennis greats Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe (with instructor Robert Johnson) in remarking on Black representation in the sport—but not in space travel.

Leland Melvin: Seek Diversity, New Perspectives, and People Who Believe in You

At the School of Engineering’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Colloquium, the NASA engineer and astronaut shared advice on how to thrive as a professional

An illustration of a particle surrounded by proteins. Tufts engineers create nanoparticles that deliver a gene treatment capable of reversing a rare lung disease in preclinical models

Targeting Gene Therapy Directly into the Lungs

Researchers are able to greatly reduce tumors of a rare genetic lung disease using tiny lipid-based nanoparticles in a preclinical model

Carolina Gonçalves, doctoral candidate in Child Study and Human Development, Maddie Nelson, Museum Studies, and Arooj Alam, doctoral candidate in History, pose for a photo

Giving Graduate Students the Tools for Change

In its first year, the GLIDE program is teaching Arts and Sciences graduate students how to strengthen diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in the workplace

Tufts University engineering undergraduate Alec McKendell on the university campus.

Inspired to Engineer a Better Future

Meet five Tufts students whose scholarship and research help reimagine what’s possible

A bright cluster of galaxies against a dark sky. In a surprising finding, astronomers discover burned out galaxies from when the universe was only 2 billion years old.

Astronomers Find Burned Out Galaxies in Ancient Universe

The discovery was surprising, since the scientists expected the galaxies to be growing when the universe was only 2 billion years old

Newly named AAAS fellows, from left, Karen Panetta, David Hammer, Kathleen Fisher, and Charles Sykes.

Four Tufts Researchers Named to Prestigious Scientific Society

Professors are new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

An African clawed frog under water with green vegetation. In effort led by Tufts scientists, frogs briefly treated with a five-drug cocktail administered by a wearable bioreactor were able to regrow a functional, nearly complete limb

Scientists Regrow Frog’s Lost Leg

Frogs briefly treated with a five-drug cocktail administered by a wearable bioreactor were able to regrow a functional, nearly complete limb

An older woman talking with a doctor on her iPad, while holding up a prescription bottle. A Tufts study of older and chronically ill patients found some upside to remote health-care appointments, but many concerns

Telehealth Might Be Best as a Supplement to Office Visits, Not a Replacement

A study of older and chronically ill patients found some upside but many concerns about remote appointments, especially for people of color

From Tufts to Renewable Energy

Roan Gideon, MS student in Offshore Wind Energy Engineering, is studying how to increase the global clean energy supply.