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Coaches Step Up to the Plate for Quarantining Students

Athletics staff serve as case managers offering assistance and advice for students living in temporary housing

Brendan Casey carries a bag of groceries beside modular housing. Tufts Athletics staff serve as case managers offering assistance and advice for students living in temporary housing

A Lab With All the Comforts of Home—Because It Is

Tufts researchers explore the idea of conducting more experiments from home, with benefits for scientists and society

Professor Michael Levin is seen through an aquarium filled with frogs. Levin argues that conducting experiments from home could be a useful complement to university labs during a shut-down.

Unsure About Taking Your Child to the Doctor or Dentist? Don’t Be, Providers Say

Even during a pandemic, checkups, vaccines, and cleanings are as important as ever

A pediatrician examines a young boy. Both are wearing face masks. Physicians and dentists say children should still go for checkups, vaccines and teeth cleanings during the pandemic.

A Push to Prevent the Next Pandemic

Tufts will head a global program that aims to stop new viruses from becoming a widespread danger to humans

A person dressed in personal protective gear walks next to a graveyard in Liberia. Tufts University will head a program that will work with 10 countries in Africa and Asia to halt the spread of emerging viruses that lead to diseases like Ebola and COVID-19.

How Does COVID-19 Create Inequity in K-12 Education?

Lessons from a Pandemic: Amid COVID-19, sociology professor Natasha Warikoo says educators and parents must keep equity as their focus

Tufts Biologists Find Virtual Ways to Study the Outdoors

Faculty have transformed Experiments in Ecology amid COVID-19 but continue to provide students with a window into the natural world

When an ecology course had to shift to remote labs, faculty got creative. Botanist George Ellmore sent students kits with seeds. "We’re saying: This is the system you will observe in nature. You tell us what questions you want to ask." Photo: Ingimage

How COVID-19 Has Affected Special Education Students

Of all K-12 students, those with special needs are especially hard hit by the pandemic, say Tufts special education experts

“Questions that parents have in special education are, ‘How do I get my child what they need, what am I entitled to, and what am I allowed to ask for?’” said Melinda Macht-Greenberg, a psychologist and lecturer at Eliot-Pearson.

How to Tell the Flu from COVID-19

Tufts’ director of infection control describes the similarities and differences, and explains why getting the flu vaccine is so important for you—and those around you

A male medical professional giving a woman a shot, both wearing masks. A Tufts doctor describes the similarities and differences between the flu and COVID-19, and explains why getting the flu vaccine is so important for you—and those around you.

Tufts Is Studying a Pilot COVID-19 Test That Could Help Neighboring Schools

Faculty, staff, and students can take part in the effort

A hand closes a tube that contains a swab. Tufts community members can take part in a pilot COVID-19 pooled testing study.

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