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Tufts' GSAS Semester in Review
During the fall semester, Tufts Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) students distinguished themselves as triathletes, earned prestigious awards, and changed how the healthcare world views social media. Read more by clicking here.

Chemistry Graduate Alumnus Honored for Efforts on Behalf of Underrepresented Groups
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Associate Professor and GSAS chemistry alumnus Todd Pagano, G98, G10, has been awarded a 2012 American Chemical Society (ACS) National Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences. The award—which is sponsored by the Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation and comes with $10,000 in funding support—"recognizes significant accomplishments by individuals in stimulating students, underrepresented in the profession, to elect careers in the chemical sciences and engineering." Read more by clicking here.

Biology Doctoral Student Awarded EPA STAR Fellowship
Biology doctoral student Christine Lattin has received a 2011 EPA Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship. The three-year award, bestowed annually by the Environmental Protection Agency, consists of a yearly $25,000 stipend and $5,000 for research travel, meeting and conference expenses, and other research-related costs. The EPA funding will allow Lattin to study how shorebirds in the Gulf of Mexico are being affected by last year's Deepwater Horizon disaster. Read more by clicking here.

Psychology Graduate Alumnus Receives Early Career Award
Tad Brunye, who earned a Ph.D. in psychology from GSAS in 2007, is one of only ninety-four researchers in the United States to receive a 2011 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The award—which comes with up to five years of research funding—is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. Read more by clicking here.

Education Graduate Student Shares Hits and Misses from the Television Season
When it comes to being successful in graduate school, finding a balance between schoolwork and one's personal life is essential. Tufts GSAS education student Benjamin Phelps, A11, has found this balance, in part, through his BP on TV blog. Read more by clicking here.

Chemistry Graduate Alumna Talks Ethics in Publishing at American Chemical Society (ACS) On Campus Boston Event
Heather Tierney, a chemistry graduate alumna and an ACS managing editor, participated in the annual ACS On Campus Boston in September 2011. The event provided Tierney with an opportunity to share best practices in publishing, and to comment on where the field of academic publishing is heading. Read more by clicking here.

Documentary by Studio Art Graduate Alumnus Confronts the Meaning Behind the Places We Live
Robert Todd, who earned a master of fine arts in studio art from GSAS in 1993, has released his latest documentary titled, Master Plan: Part I of the Alternative Housing Project. The film brings together housing planners—those who have designed everything from individual homes to public housing developments, from an army base to a prison—with those who reside in these dwellings. Read more by clicking here.

Math Graduate Alumna Takes Her Talents Overseas
In October, graduate alumna Erin Munro packed her bags and left for Japan to join the RIKEN Brain Science Center's Lab for Neural Computation and Adaptation as a postdoctoral fellow. Munro, who earned a master of science and Ph.D. in mathematics from Tufts' GSAS in 2005 and 2008, respectively, joined the lab after completing a National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Boston University. Read more by clicking here.

Good Eats: Occupational Therapy Graduate Alumna Carves Out New Career
Occupational therapy graduate alumna Beth Jackson-Gagne, G95, is one of those rare people who have not one, but two, different and successful careers. Read more by clicking here.

UEP Graduate Alumnus Help Produce Lip Dub for Saratoga County
When Todd Shimkus, G96, was looking for a way to promote the Saratoga County business community, the graduate alumnus found inspiration in an unexpected place. Read more by clicking here.

Drama Graduate Student Captures the Highs and Lows of Grad School
Just like every actor needs a stage, every graduate student needs an outlet to share the highs and lows of being a student. These outlets can be friends, classmates, significant others, and/or family. Danielle Rosvally navigates the treacherous terrain of graduate life with support from her inner circle and through writing, most notably through her Daniprose blog. Read more by clicking here.

Child Development Graduate Student Awarded Grant from the American Psychological Association (APA)
Maryna Raskin, a GSAS child development doctoral candidate, was awarded the APA's Lizette Peterson-Homer Injury Prevention Grant. The one-year, $5,000 grant will support Raskin's research on child abuse and neglect. Read more by clicking here.

Fall 2011 Research Grant-in-Aid Recipients
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering awarded research grants-in-aid to fifteen graduate students during the fall semester. Read more by clicking here.

Opportunities Available Through the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service
The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service offers a number of ways for students from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and students from the graduate programs in the School of Engineering to participate in active citizenship-related activities. All of the programs below are open to graduate students and many of them are organized, funded, and coordinated by the Tisch College. Read more by clicking here.