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Silk-based material under skin changes color in response to oxygen, and in the future might be adapted to track glucose and other blood components.

Faculty members and others in the Tufts community describe how their family stories and heritage inform their scholarship, research, and practice.

Advancing clean energy technologies: Benny Kim, E16, EG17, is doing his part to build a sustainable future by identifying promising climate tech companies for investment.

Study shows low-cost water purification, which can save thousands of lives from waterborne diseases, does not harm beneficial bacteria in children’s guts.

Diamond Mensah, E23, and Varshini Ramanathan, E23, were named to the Goldwater Scholarship Program, which recognizes the country’s next generation of research leaders in the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics.

Warby Parker co-founder and co-CEO will speak at May 27 festivities celebrating graduates whose last year at Tufts was interrupted by the early days of pandemic.

An award-winning author focusing on immigration, Lee, J91, is among six honorary degree recipients, part of a commencement week that includes a celebration for Class of 2020 graduates.

Keren Prize Bolter, E03, helps coastal communities plan for the impacts of climate change.

Melissa Mazan, V93, needed a way to test lung function in horses that couldn’t come to Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. So she invented one with the help of three School of Engineering alumni.