Ayanna Thomas Is New Dean of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Professor of psychology and dean of research sees an interdisciplinary future with flexibility for how people access graduate education
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National Science Foundation Grant Awarded to Cross-disciplinary Research Team
A Growing Convergence Research grant will support an interdisciplinary team in helping STEM students to reframe and engage with ambiguity, uncertainty, and confusion
Tufts faculty receive NSF CAREER Awards
Assistant Professors Liping Liu and Jivko Sinapov received NSF CAREER Awards for their promising research in graph generation and machine learning
Vivian Tran’s Family Portraits
Those closest to her could feel the most distant. She used art to bridge the divide
What Our Brains Do When We Play Wordle
A Tufts psychologist explains the appeal of the simple word game that took social media by storm
Computer Model Seeks to Explain the Spread of Misinformation, and Suggest Counter Measures
Misinformation may spread like a disease, while previously held beliefs limit influence of new information
Do We Deserve Our Punishments—and Our Rewards?
Tufts philosopher Daniel C. Dennett debates in a new co-authored book about free will, moral responsibility, and getting our just deserts
Birds Got Rhythm, Telling Us Something About How We Form Speech and Movement
Recognition of rhythmic patterns by zebra finches and other species may be linked to ability to learn and repeat vocalizations
Getting Smarter About the Mind
A new consortium to explore the inner workings of our brains will further Daniel Dennett’s legacy at Tufts