Inauguration Week
Join us between September 30 – October 7 to celebrate the installation of Sunil Kumar as the 14th president of Tufts University.
Faculty
Silk provides the building blocks to transform modern medicine
Tufts researchers harness protein from silk to make virus-sensing gloves, surgical screws that dissolve in your body, and other next-generation biomedical materials.
Silk can keep your food fresher—and make your glue stickier
Researchers discover surprising new uses for materials made from the proteins of the ancient fiber.
Moaveni named Structural Health Monitoring Person of the Year
A prestigious structural health monitoring journal acknowledged Professor Babak Moaveni’s contributions to the field of structural health monitoring.
Nadine Aubry elected to Royal Academy of Engineering
The scholar, academic innovator, and engineering leader is recognized for her advancements in fluid dynamics.
An eye on student life across the generations at Tufts
A Jumbo-sized exhibition of photographs from the 1870s to the present at East Hall shows the ways that undergraduate campus life has evolved.
Buried Ancient Roman glass formed substance with modern applications
Researchers reveal how photonic crystals were created by glass corrosion and recrystallization over centuries.
Vogel selected to deliver Langbein Lecture
Professor Emeritus Richard Vogel will speak about hydrologic modeling at the American Geophysical Union’s annual meeting, AGU23.
Tufts ranks in Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2022
Tufts was awarded 28 utility patents this year, demonstrating success from research across the university.