SMFA at Tufts holds its annual fall art sale online October 22 to November 4 Art lovers can refresh their souls while supporting working artists this fall as the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (SMFA at Tufts) holds its annual art sale online from October 22 to November 4. The juried event features nearly 700 works—from ink drawings and oil paintings to photographs, collages, and etchings—by a vibrant community of SMFA at Tufts students, alumni, and faculty, who donate a portion of each sale to support emerging student artists at the school.

Led by David Kaplan, the multi-disciplinary effort will drive efforts to produce an alternative source of sustainable protein As the world’s demand for protein grows, food production needs to keep pace. Now a team led by a Tufts professor has received a five-year, $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop an alternative food source: meat produced not from farm animals, but from cells grown in bioreactors.

The former Jumbo standout player, with a .625 career win percentage as head coach over 25 seasons, comes back to campus Paul Svagdis, A93, AG96, who has been head baseball coach at Azusa Pacific University since 2002, will return to his alma mater as the new head coach of the Jumbo program. Svagdis was recruited to play at Tufts by John Casey, A80, the legendary Jumbo baseball leader whom he will now replace. Casey retired at the beginning of the 2021-22 year after leading the Jumbos to 765 wins and 10 regional and conference titles.

The chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Tufts University School of Medicine shares what she hears from pregnant patients and why she encourages them to get vaccinated On September 29, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an urgent health advisory recommending that women who were pregnant or planning to become so receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The alert was based on findings that not only do pregnant women who catch COVID have worse outcomes than non-pregnant women, they also put their pregnancies at risk. More than 22,000 pregnant women across the country have been hospitalized with COVID and 161 have died, according to the CDC.

An exhibition of Armenian liturgical textiles at Tufts University Art Galleries highlights what’s preserved—and lost—in a civilization under fire When you walk into the new exhibition at the Koppelman Gallery, the hushed tone and the objects on display create an almost spiritual presence. That’s entirely on purpose: the Armenian liturgical textiles are a reminder of a religiously based civilization that faced erasure but tenaciously survives. Shimmering with semiprecious stones, gold thread, and metal applique, the textiles in the gallery come from communities that were persecuted during the Armenian genocide of 1915–1922 and in the massacre of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in the 1890s.

Noe Montez, chair of the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, shares the plays and shows that inspired him toward a career in Latinx theater and performance What is Latinx theater? Not any one thing, according to Noe Montez. The chair of the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, as well as an actor and director, Montez focuses his research on Latinx and Latin American theater and performance. Growing up in Texas, Montez was aware mainly of his own Latinx and Tejano identities, he said. But as he entered the world of Latinx theater-making, he soon found there was a much wider range than he had imagined.

For Craig W. Smith, managing the university's endowment is an opportunity to make a positive difference for generations of students, scholars, and educators Craig W. Smith brings plenty of financial acumen to bear as the leader of the Tufts Investment Office, which manages the university’s $2 billion endowment. When he talks about his role as Tufts’ chief investment officer, however, he notes that it is not just about “beating the market” but advancing Tufts’ mission and securing a solid future for generations of students, educators, and scholars yet to come.

Challenges and opportunities from the fourth annual Nutrition Innovation Summit Leaders from across the food system convened to tackle a tough question this week at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy’s fourth annual Nutrition Innovation Summit. The question posed during the Oct. 6 online event: How do we create the change we need in our food system, in an increasingly fast-moving economy, with pandemics and climate change looming large?

Rachel Arlene Redeye Porter, F17, is exploring what it means to be Indigenous and helping others connect with who they are Growing up, Rachel Arlene Redeye Porter, F17, was told she was not Seneca. Her father belongs to the matrilineal tribe, but her mother, who is of primarily English and Welsh ancestry, does not. That makes Porter a descendant of the Seneca Nation but not a member. Porter spent several years of her childhood in Salamanca, N.Y., in the Allegany territory of the Seneca Nation, and continued visiting her Seneca relatives after moving to Delmar, N.Y., with her mother. She accepted what she was told about her tribal status, but it made her uncomfortable.