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Medford/Somerville Campus

Kim Thurler: Director, Public Relations for Medford/Somerville campus; University-wide Public Relations
Undergraduate Arts and Sciences
Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service
Graduate Arts and Sciences
Engineering; T: 617.627.3175; F: 617.627.4907; E: kim.thurler@tufts.edu
Alexander Reid: Associate Director, Public Relations for Medford/Somerville campus; University-wide Public Relations
Undergraduate Arts and Sciences
Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service
Graduate Arts and Sciences
Engineering; T: 617.627.4173; F: 617.627.4907; E: alexander.reid@tufts.edu
Suzanne Miller: Assistant Director, Public Relations for Medford/Somerville campus; University-wide Public Relations
Undergraduate Arts and Sciences
Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service
Graduate Arts and Sciences
Engineering; T: 617.627.4703; F: 617.627.4907; E: suzanne_c.miller@tufts.edu

Boston Health Sciences Campus

Christine Fennelly: Director, Public Relations for Boston and Grafton campuses; Center For Study Of Drug Development
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Tufts-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center; T: 617.636.3707; F: 617.636.3871; E: christine.fennelly@tufts.edu
Siobhan Gallagher: Associate Director, Public Relations for Boston campus; Tufts-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center
Dental, Medical, Nutrition and Sackler Schools
Center For Study Of Drug Development; T: 617.636.6586; F: 617.636.3871; E: siobhan.gallagher@tufts.edu
Andrea Grossman: Public Relations Specialist; Tufts-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center
Dental, Medical, Nutrition and Sackler Schools
Center For Study Of Drug Development; T: 617.636.3728; F: 617.636.3871; E: Andrea.Grossman@tufts.edu

No. Grafton Campus

Christine Fennelly: Director, Public Relations for Boston and Grafton campuses; Center For Study Of Drug Development
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Tufts-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center; T: 617.636.3707; F: 617.636.3871; E: christine.fennelly@tufts.edu
Thomas Keppeler: Associate Director, Public Relations for Grafton; Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine; T: 508.839.7910; F: 508.839.4292; E: tom.keppeler@tufts.edu

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Every year, students in the "Ghana Gold: A Corporate Social Responsibility" class travel to Ghana for two weeks, exploring the gold industry of the country. Meeting with various artists, businessmen and workers, students are challenged to think about strategies, resources and related skills that may improve the lives of people living in mining communities.

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Notable and Quotable

In recent years, texting has cropped up as a popular driving distraction, but the latest studies show that the growth of driving while eating may be a bigger problem. Anthropology Professor Stephen Bailey discusses the theory that people are time-starved as a common thread in the rise of this trend.

“When we're multitasking, what we're thinking about is how important we must be to have to do all these things all at once... [And] the ultimate kind of multitasking is actually feeding yourself while you're doing other stuff.”

Stephen Bailey
Professor of anthropology and nutrition
Boston Globe
October 14, 2009