I am proud to report that your fellow Tufts alumni continue to make news around the world, every day of the week. They have climbed the ranks of their professions -- taking top spots at the United Nations, the U.S. Navy, The American Red Cross, NBC News, eBay, and the Missouri Supreme Court, to name just a few.
They are earning Pulitzer Prizes, Sundance Film Festival awards and spots in the Halls of Fame for their respective fields. A Tufts graduate was drafted recently by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Another is helping to plan the first mission to Mars. And others have received national attention on popular television series.
Alumni are publishing best-selling novels, capturing presidential
appointments and taking the helm at top companies in the United States and around the world. By all accounts, this has been another exciting year for Tufts graduates.
As part of Tufts' ongoing efforts to help you stay connected with the University and your alumni colleagues, we have arranged for you to receive a subscription to Tufts E-News. Every few weeks, you will receive an email with a selection of stories that highlights new programs at Tufts, interesting research results and descriptions of the extraordinary accomplishments of our students, faculty and alumni.
E-News underscores the fact that, "Somewhere in the world, every day of the week, someone from Tufts is making news." As a graduate of Tufts, you are in great company -- and we hope this digital news summary will give you an even stronger sense of the value of your Tufts education.
I have included a sample of recent E-News headlines to illustrate what you can expect from Tufts E-News, which is produced by one of your fellow graduates -- Pete Sanborn (A'99). I hope you enjoy it-and, as always, your comments and suggestions are most welcome.
Best regards,
President Lawrence S. Bacow
P.S. Current subscribers to E-News should not receive multiple copies as a result of this initiative. If you do receive multiple copies, please send an email to feedback-enews@tufts.edu and a correction will be made.
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RECENT E-NEWS HEADLINES:
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A Whole Lotta Shaking Going On
With seven weeks remaining before New Mexico's
gubernatorial elections, Tufts graduate Bill Richardson
made news - and Guinness Book of World Records
history -- while campaigning in Albuquerque. Over an
eight-hour period, the former U.S. Ambassador to the
United Nations shattered President Theodore Roosevelt's
record for the most handshakes by a politician.
http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/091602WholeLottaShaking.htm
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To find out how Richardson -- and other Tufts graduates
running for office -- did at the polls, read the E-News
"Election 2002 Special Report:"
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Red Sox Honor Tufts' Gittleman
While Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez didn't make his
scheduled appearance at Fenway against the
Texas Rangers on August 23rd, one of Tufts' top
aces did. Professor and former Provost Sol Gittleman
took the mound in front of thousands, including a large
audience of alumni, to throw out the first pitch - which,
by all accounts, was a strike.
They're nerd girls, and they're proud of it. Focused on
throwing all of the stereotypes about girls and science
out the window, a group of female engineers at Tufts
has built a solar-powered car to help them travel the
East coast spreading the message that science isn't
just for men any more.
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A Little Boredom Is Healthy
A recent study of parents shows that the majority think
their kids need to have a lot of planned activities to fill
their spare time. But a Tufts expert says a little boredom
can play a big role in children's development and shouldn't
be scheduled out of kids' day-to-day lives.
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Healthier French Fries?
Twelve years after McDonald's started using vegetable
oil to lower the cholesterol profile of its French fries, the
fast food chain announced it has changed oils again - this
time to cut trans fat levels its fries by 50 percent. While
the new recipe has been portrayed McDonald's as healthier,
an expert from Tufts says consumers lose track of the total
amount of calories and fat that remain in the fries.
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Will America Be Safe Again?
While the "War on Terrorism" has brought the United
States into a new age of modern warfare, an expert
on international security says the country needs to
borrow a lesson from World War II to achieve a real
victory. Fletcher graduate Harlan Ullman - who just
released a new book on the roots of the September
attacks - says the U.S. and its allies need to undertake
a modern-day Manhattan Project to defeat terrorism.
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Sniffing Out Trouble
Scattered among past and present war zones, 100
million land mines lay waiting to explode. Removing
these mines -- which kill or maim as many as 24,000
people per year -- is a difficult, expensive, and
dangerous endeavor. But scientists at Tufts' School
of Medicine are working on an innovative device
-- an electronic nose -- that will be able to sniff out
unexploded mines.
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Is Our Food Supply Safe?
The recent Mad Cow disease outbreak in Europe --
which resulted in $5.6 billion in financial losses --
showed just how disrupting a livestock disease can
be to a major food supply. With fears of terrorism on
the rise, some experts say America's farms could be
a tempting -- and vulnerable -- target. The country's
food supply can be protected, says a Tufts expert, but
it requires farmers to form the first line of defense.