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Location: Search for ‘Embase’ in search box on Databases tab of the HHSL homepage (http://hirshlibrary.tufts.edu/).

This database indexes biomedical journal articles and conference abs […]

PubMed is just one database from the National Library of Medicine (NLM).  The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a division of the NLM, maintains several molecular biology databases.  These d […]

by Max, Tufts 1+4 Participant

A midnight start and a 9 PM finish. I don’t think I’ve ever had a busier and more relaxing day at the same time.

I eagerly accepted the opportunity to go to Guayaquil, a city abo […]

How are you traveling home this break? Have you thought about the environmental impacts of your holiday travel?

Here are a few tips to make your travel more sustainable:

1. Prepare before you go
Before […]

Massachusetts has regulations in place that bans certain electronic waste (e-waste) from landfills. Surprisingly, e-waste makes up almost 70% of the trash found in dumpsters- even though most of it can be […]

We asked Dr. Senada Arabelovic, Assistant Professor of Medicine, to reflect on her experience using new educational technologies while participation in the Instruction Technology Exploration Program this fall […]

Torn between taking a break to make a craft or to eat a snack? This week you’re in luck! Stop by the Library Service Desk this Thursday 12/7 and Friday 12/8 starting at 1pm and create an architectural m […]

Can Joint Diets Help My Dog’s Pain? Many pet food companies have come out with specific veterinary therapeutic joint diets that have claims to decrease joint pain from arthritis. These […]

by Sophie, Tufts 1+4 Participant

In the kitchen of my host family’s house, I happily fiddled with the proportions of ingredients and flipped pancakes in a small pan. For a second, I was brought back home as I h […]

   Written by Rachael Bonoan, Biology Ph.D. Candidate
This semester, I have the honor of being one of Tufts Experimental College’s Robyn Gittleman Graduate Teaching Fellows. As a Gittleman Fellow, I got the o […]

Food First, the Oakland-based think tank for food and development policy, is launching a new book by its executive director, Eric Holt-Giménez, called A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism: Understanding the Political […]

This article is by Taylor Fontes, a first-year student in the Masters of Museum Education program. 

A trending issue in a vast number of museums today is keeping visitors engaged and creating conversation with […]

Here’s our weekly roundup of new jobs. Happy hunting!

New England

Education Program Assistant [Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, MA]
Historical Role Player [Strawberry Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH]
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

Tech Studio develops and facilitates staffed programs for visitors introducing them to the engineering design process, computational thinking, and “maker” skills and processes. Through […]

Tufts in the Genesis of Human Factors Engineering
by Hal Miller-Jacobs

Tufts College was one of the trailblazing institutions in the emerging field of Human Factors Engineering as a result of the Second World […]