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Springing Into Action

Springing Into Action

[02-08-10] Undergraduates share what they are looking forward to most about the spring semester. More...
Crowdsourcing Crisis Response

Crowdsourcing Crisis Response

[02-05-10] Within minutes of hearing news of the quake that struck Haiti on Jan.12, Patrick Meier (F'12) began rallying the Tufts community in an effortto bring crisis response into the age of texts and Twitters. More...
Engineering Humanity

Engineering Humanity

[01-27-10] As an engineer, Sampathkumar Veerarghavan (G'13) has always seen himselfas a catalyst for change. So when the government of India wanted to find a way to help its disabled population, the School of Engineeringgraduate student accepted the challenge. More...
Welcoming Back the Bubs

Welcoming Back the Bubs

[01-25-10] Students, alumni and local residents packed Carzo Cage on Jan. 21 to celebrate and welcome the Beelzebubs back to campus just over a month after their appearance on NBC's a cappella competition "The Sing-Off." More...
Tufts Alum Wins U.S. Senate Bid

Tufts Alum Wins U.S. Senate Bid

[01-19-10] In an unexpectedly close race with national implications, Tufts graduate and Massachusetts State Sen. Scott Brown (A'81) defeated one-time frontrunner Martha Coakley in the Jan. 19 special election for U.S Senate, making him the first Republican elected to represent Massachusetts in the Senate since 1979. More...

rE-News

On Sunday, Feb. 7, millions watched the New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts at Super Bowl XLIV. In 2004, Tufts athletics director emeritus, Rocky Carzo, offered convincing evidence that U.S. college football began with a Tufts victory over Harvard in 1875.

>> (September 27, 2004)    Another 'Pass' At History

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Tufts is one of a handful of universities in the United States participating in the OpenCourseWare initiative, publishing select course materials on the Internet free of charge for teachers, students and self-learners around the world.

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Notable and Quotable

Dr. Matthew Falagas, a professor at the School of Medicine says it is a mistake that adult patients currently receive the same medication dose regardless of a variation in size. To make his point, Falagas compares himself, 6-foot-2 and 198 pounds, with a female student who is 5 feet tall and 120 pounds.

If we go with the same diagnosis of pneumonia or bronchitis to a New York hospital today, we will be given the same dose of antibiotics. I should receive almost twice the dose compared with her.

Dr. Matthew Falagas
Adjunct Associate Professor
New York Times
January 19, 2010