Archived News - Spring 2011
Education Graduate Alumnus Wins Presidential
Award
Brian Gravel, who earned his Ph.D. in
education from GSAS in May 2011 and holds a bachelor of science and master of
science in engineering from Tufts, was recognized with a Presidential Award for
Citizenship and Public Service during a ceremony at Tufts in April 2011.
Read more.
Planetizen Ranks Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Department
as a Top Graduate Program
Planetizen, a public-interest information
exchange for the urban planning, design, and development community, has ranked
the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning as the #2 program
in the United States and Canada without a Ph.D. in its 2012 Planetizen Guide to
Graduate Urban Planning Programs. Read more.
Child Development Graduate Alumna Discusses How to
Talk to Kids About the Death of Osama bin Laden
Child development graduate alumna Robyn Silverman, G04, appeared on the Today
Show on May 4, 2011 to discuss how parents can talk with their children about
the death of Osama bin Laden. Read more.
Studio Art Graduate Students Present Work During May Exhibition
In May 2011, Courtland Blade; Paul Endres, Jr.; Lisa Gross; Ingrid De Aguiar
Sanchez; and Mong-Jane Wu presented their work as part of the MFA Thesis
Exhibition. The art of the graduate students—all of whom graduated with master
of fine art degrees from GSAS in May 2011—focused on topics ranging from ideas of supermodernity, isolation, and non-places to an inquiry of Americanized
Chinese cuisine. Read more.
Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Graduate Alumna
Recognized as a Leader in Urban Planning and Technology
Urban and environmental policy and planning
graduate alumna Holly St. Clair, G00, was recognized in April 2011 as one of the
twenty-five leading thinkers in urban planning and technology by Planetizen, a
public-interest information exchange for the urban planning, design, and
development community. Read more.
Chemistry Graduate Alumnus and Congressman Talks Redistricting, Surviving
Forty-Two Years in Politics, and Why He Hasn't Changed Much Since His First
Campaign
Chemistry graduate alumnus and U.S. Congressman John Olver, G56, was the subject
of an April 21, 2011 Boston Globe
article on redistricting. The piece focused on how changes in congressional
lines might impact Olver's upcoming reelection. The article also provided a
glimpse of Olver's journey from a chemistry professor to an eleven-term member
of Congress. Read more.
English Graduate Student's Research Ranges from the Contemporary
(the Television Program Fringe) to the Classic (Charles
Dickens' Our Mutual Friend)
Anne Moore, an English graduate student, was the subject of an April 12, 2011
TuftsNow feature article titled, "The
Biggest Fan." The piece focused on Moore's research on fan communities and
serial narratives in television shows such as
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Battlestar
Galactica and Victorian novels including Wilkie Collins's
The Moonstone and Charles Dickens' Our
Mutual Friend. Read more.
Graduating Students Share What's Next,
Advice for Incoming Students
Several graduating GSAS students have shared what they have planned next,
as well as some practical advice for incoming students.
Read more.
GSAS Students Awarded National Science Foundation (NSF)
Graduate Research Fellowships
Psychology GSAS doctoral students Michael Slepian and Priya Mitra
and biology graduate students Crista Burke and Jessica Walden-Gray
have been awarded 2011 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships.
Read more.
Mathematics Graduate Student Awarded NSF Postdoctoral
Research Fellowship
Aaron Brown, a GSAS
mathematics doctoral student, has been awarded a National Science Foundation
(NSF) Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.
Read more.
15th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium
The Graduate Student Council (GSC) hosted its
annual research symposium on Thursday, April 7, 2011. The event featured more
than fifty presentations delivered by arts, sciences, and engineering graduate
students. Read more.
Patricia Allen Honored by the Northeastern Association
of Graduate Schools
GSAS psychology student Patricia Allen was named the recipient
of the Northeastern
Association of Graduate Schools Outstanding Master's Thesis Award last month.
Allen received the award for her thesis on the research she conducted on
creatine and its potential to serve
as a complementary or
alternative treatment for depression. Read more.
Recent Graduate Sonia Issac Koshy, G06, G11,
Joins ThinkTank Learning
Sonia Issac Koshy, G06, G11, has joined ThinkTank Learning as an educational
researcher. Koshy, who graduated with her Ph.D. in child development from GSAS
in 2011, will be serving two main roles for the Santa Clara, California-based
company. Read more.
Art History Graduate Student Wins Best Paper Award
at Texas A&M Conference
GSAS art history student Ximena Gomez won the best paper award by a
master's student at
the 2011 Texas A&M University Graduate History Conference
held in February 2011.
Gomez won the prize for her presentation titled, "Santiago in Siena: A
Transatlantic Approach." Read more.
GSAS Student One of Twelve Graduate Students in the U.S.
Chosen to Attend Conference in Germany
Timothy Lawton, a GSAS chemistry doctoral student and member
of the Sykes Research Group at
Tufts, was one of only twelve graduate students in the country to participate in
the 13th annual JFC-Fruhjahrssymposium in Erlangen, Germany.
Read more.
Art History GSAS Alumna Receives Outstanding Book Award
GSAS art history graduate alumna Annie Robinson, G99, has
been named the Victorian Society in America's
Henry Russell Hitchcock Award winner for her 2010 book,
Peabody & Stearns: Country Homes and Seaside
Cottages. Read more.
GSAS Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning
Student Joins Massachusetts House of Representatives
UEP graduate student Ryan Fattman was
sworn in as a member of the state's House of Representatives
in January 2011. Read more.
A Team of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning
Students Win APA Prize
A team consisting of GSAS urban and environmental policy
and planning graduate students Kris
Carter, Eric Giambrone, Eunice Kim,
Michelle Moon, and
Jong Wai Tommee received the
Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association's (APA) 2010
Outstanding Student Planning Award for Best Community-Wide Project.
Read more.
Drama GSAS Doctoral Student Engages in Unique Project
Across State Lines
Meron Langsner, a GSAS drama doctoral student and award-winning playwright, is using
YouTube to collaborate with Zillah Glory, a critically-acclaimed actress who
alternates her time between California and Minnesota.
Read more.
Company Cofounded by Tufts Alumni
Connects Teachers with Technology
iCreate, a company cofounded by GSAS education alumnus Brian Gravel, G11;
mechanical engineering alumna Melissa Pickering, E05; and
physics teacher Bill Church, was featured in the December 28, 2010 edition of
Mass High Tech. Read more.
Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Alumnus Hopes to
Diversify the Environmental Movement
The work of GSAS urban and environmental policy and planning alumnus
Marcelo Bonta, G00, was featured
in the December 20, 2010 issue of the High Country News. The article
focused on Bonta's efforts to help environmental leaders and organizations
diversify their operations. Read more.
Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Graduate
Takes on New Position at Community Rowing, Inc.
Ellen Minzner, a 2007 GSAS urban and environmental policy
and planning graduate, was named the
new director of outreach for Community Rowing, Inc. (CRI),
a Massachusetts nonprofit organization which promotes the
benefits of rowing. Read more.
Spring 2011 Research
Grant-in-Aid Recipients
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) and the School of
Engineering awarded research grants-in-aid to sixteen graduate
students during the spring semester.
Read more.
Graduate students present their work at the
Tufts University Art Gallery
GSAS studio art students
Sofia Botero, Robert Gross-Kennedy, John Guy Petruzzi, Emily Somma, and Angela
Lauren Speece presented their work at the Tufts Art Gallery as part of the
December 2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition.
Read more.
English and music graduate students share
their research on Lady Gaga
Four GSAS graduate
students presented their research during a December 10, 2010 symposium titled,
"Lady Gaga's Bad Romance with Feminism."
Read more.
Economics alumna makes the Washington
Business Journal's 2010 "Women Who Mean Business" list
Heather Burnett Gold,
J76, G76, was chosen as one of the
Washington Business Journal's
"Women Who Mean Business" in November 2010.
Read more.
Music alumnus introduces an international
audience to a unique class
Music GSAS alumnus and Tufts lecturer David
Coleman, G01, was featured on a BBC segment titled, "A Choir for People of Many Faiths."
Read more.
Child development alumna discusses body
image, her new book, and the trend of low body esteem on the
Today Show
GSAS child development
alumna Robyn Silverman, G04, appeared on the
Today Show in November 2010 to talk
about her new book, Good Girls Don't Get Fat (Stonesong Press) as well as the trend of
low body esteem in girls. Read more.
Urban and environmental policy and planning
student named next executive director of ¿Oíste?
Urban and environmental policy and planning graduate student Alejandra St. Guillen has been chosen as
the new executive director of ¿Oíste?, a Boston-based nonprofit organization
working to advance the political, social, and economic standing of Latinos and
Latinas in Massachusetts. Read more.
Urban and environmental policy and planning
alumni named Barr Fellows
Urban and environmental
policy and planning alumni Aaron Gornstein, G84, and Juan
Leyton, G09, have been named 2011 Barr Foundation fellows. The fellowship
program, which honors the contributions of the most gifted and
experienced leaders in the Boston area, includes a sabbatical, international
travel, a series of retreats, and peer learning.
Read more.
Psychology alumna shares her thoughts on the
food-mood connection
GSAS psychology alumna
and Tufts research associate Kristen D'Anci, G96, commented on the benefits of
drinking water if you're "feeling cranky" in a
Los Angeles Times article titled, "The
food-mood connection." Read more.
Urban and environmental policy and planning alumnus addresses
the question of why Mexican workers head north
Urban and environmental policy and
planning GSAS alumnus Timothy Wise, G05, was interviewed about why Mexican
workers move north during an interview with the REAL news network.
Read more.
Studio art alumna awarded Fulbright scholarship
Andrea Wenglowskyj, G07,
was one of seventeen Tufts students or graduates to receive a 2010–2011
Fulbright scholarship. Read more.
Nonprofit founded and run by urban and
environmental policy and planning alumna receives "Wave of the Future" Award
The Carrot Project, a
nonprofit organization founded and run by GSAS urban and environmental policy
and planning alumna Dorothy Suput, G92, was awarded the "Wave of the Future"
award from Glynwood, a New York-based nonprofit organization.
Read more.
Urban and environmental
policy and planning graduate receives award for research on campus sustainability
Dallase Scott, G10, has received the Association for the Advancement
of Sustainability in Higher Education's Award for Student Research on
Campus Sustainability.
Read more.
Chemistry student wins award
for best surface science presentation
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences chemistry doctoral student Heather
Tierney has won the International American Vacuum Society's (AVS) Morton
M. Traum Award.
Read more.
Child development
student chosen to be a National Quality Improvement Center on Early
Childhood fellow
Jessica Dym Bartlett, a GSAS child development doctoral student, is
one of only two graduate students in the country to be named a fellow
by the National Quality Improvement Center on Early Childhood.
Read more.
Research of
psychology graduate makes national news
The research of GSAS psychology graduate alumnus Nicholas Rule, G10,
and Nalini Ambady, a psychology professor, has been covered by numerous
media outlets including United Press International (UPI), Yahoo News,
the ABA Journal, Science Daily. The pair's research found that the law
firms are more profitable when they are led by managing partners who have
faces that look "powerful."
Read more.
Fall 2010 Research Grant-in-Aid Recipients
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) and the School of
Engineering awarded research grants-in-aid to sixteen graduate
students during the fall semester.
Read more.
Music student performs at Asian
Music Festival
Livia Lin, a Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) master’s
student in music, performed her original composition "Childhood
Sketches" at the Asian Music Festival in October 2010.
Read more.
Child development student appointed
to Massachusetts AIDS advisory panel
GSAS child development doctoral student Miriam Arbeit has been
appointed to the Massachusetts AIDS Advisory Panel. In her new role,
Arbeit will be responsible for everything from reviewing sexuality
education materials that the Massachusetts Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education distributes to helping youth leaders draft
and present policy proposals.
Read more.
GSAS students awarded National Science
Foundation (NSF) fellowships
Anne Madden and Sarah Gaither, doctoral students in the departments
of biology and psychology, respectively, were two of only 1,600
graduate students in the United States to receive NSF Graduate
Research Fellowships for 2010.
Read more.
Connecting Ideas
Through an experiment she developed, chemistry graduate student Erin
Iski is helping Tufts undergraduates explore the worlds of nanoscience
and quantum mechanics.
Training Ground
Innovative program prepares Arts, Sciences, and Engineering graduate
students to teach at the college/university level.
A Helping Hand
Tufts program helps arts, sciences, and engineering international
graduate students improve their writing and presentation skills.
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