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COLLEGE PREP
Tufts is one of 10 universities to receive $1 million grants from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation to help boost college enrollment and graduation rates among low-income high school and community college students. The new College Advising Corps will train college seniors to work full-time as advisers for one or two years after graduating. full story

DIETARY CONFLICT
Government-sanctioned advertising campaigns like “Got milk?” and “Pork, the other white meat” contradict federal nutritional guidelines, according to a Tufts food economist. full story

COMMUNITY SPIRIT
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected Tufts for its new Community Engagement Classification, created to recognize universities that have institutionalized community engagement in their culture, leadership, resources, and practices. full story

COLLEGIAL FACULTY
Faculty at Tufts are among the most satisfied with the level of professional collegiality on campus, according to a Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education study of 31 universities. full story

INNOVATIVE DOCS
The Tufts University Family Medicine Residency Program, based at the Cambridge Health Alliance in Malden, Massachusetts, has been tapped for a national effort to revamp the training of family physicians. full story

AN “F” FOR FUNDING
“Because of the unjust, indecent, and undemocratic way we finance public schools, little children come with a price tag on their foreheads,” educator and social activist Jonathan Kozol said during the inaugural Social Policy Forum of the Lincoln Filene Center for Community Partnerships. full story

GSAS DEAN
Tufts economist Lynne Pepall has been appointed dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. She had been serving as interim dean since last summer. full story

TRACK WINS
Bolstered by four individual and two relay titles, the Tufts women’s indoor track and field team finished second, behind Williams College, at the 2007 New England Division III Championships. full story

YOUNG POLITICIAN
Kate O’Donnell, A05, admitted she was “a little shocked” when she became, at age 23, the youngest person ever elected to the Board of Selectmen in Marshfield, Massachusetts. full story

PAKISTAN’S TOLL
Pakistan has paid a price for its commitment to fighting terrorism, including recent suicide bombings carried out by extremists, the country’s ambassador to the United States told an audience at the Fletcher School. full story

HUB’S WET FUTURE
Global warming could raise the sea level enough that a major storm could flood downtown Boston, according to a study conducted in part by Tufts. full story

VITAMIN K
Older people don’t get enough vitamin K, and that deficit could contribute to bone loss, hardening of the arteries, and osteoarthritis, according to research done by Professor Sarah Booth and colleagues. full story