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GLOBAL RANKING Tufts University is one of the world’s top one hundred universities, according to the Times of London, which rated it fifty-third on a list of two hundred leading colleges and universities. “We’ve developed an international reputation,” says James Glaser, academic dean for the School of Arts and Sciences.
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MATH BOOSTERS The Poincaré Institute at Tufts, launched with a $9 million federal grant, aims to improve math education for middle schoolers. It will prepare “knowledgeable, enthusiastic, confident middle school mathematics teachers,” says Montserrat Teixidor-i-Bigas, the principal investigator from Tufts on the project.
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DEAN TO RETIRE Lonnie H. Norris, who led a $68 million expansion of the School of Dental Medicine, will step down in 2011 after fifteen years at the helm.
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OUTLIER WISDOM A deceptively simple problem-solving method, developed by Monique and Jerry Sternin, of the Friedman School, is being used to manage issues from malnutrition to infant mortality to lethal infections in a hospital. Monique Sternin calls it “a non-expert-driven approach.”
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EMOTIONAL RESCUE Research by the Tufts psychologist Heather Urry is looking at whether we have the power to control feelings such as anger, fear, or jealousy that impede our happiness.
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HEALTH COSTS Spending more money on patient care doesn’t always translate into better outcomes, according to a study by the Tufts physician Michael Rothberg.
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BACK TO CLASS Rob Hollister, who has led the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service for a decade, will return to teaching in the School of Arts and Sciences.
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