News from Tufts Now
- And You Thought a Smart Ring Was DiscreetThread-based electronics that conform to the body could point toward softer, less obtrusive health monitors
- Peering Into Materials Down to the Nanoscale in the COCOON LabImaging service now available to customers in academia and industry, capable of zooming in from the macro to the molecular scale to link structure with material function
- ‘Teaching Has Made Me More Compassionate’An engineering professor on the most fulfilling part of her work
Tufts Events
- Jul 22–23Tisha B'AvEvent Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy (Judaism) Begins at sundown on the first day listed. Tisha B'Av is an annual fast day in Judaism, on which a number of disasters in Jewish history occurred, primarily the destruction of both Solomon's Temple by the Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Second Temple by the Roman Empire in Jerusalem. Observances may include limits to participation in academics or work.
- Jul 2212:00 PMLearn the Basics of How and When to Claim Social SecurityOnline Location Details: A Zoom link will be provided once registered. Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff Event Type: Training/Workshop Event Subject: Financial Health Event Sponsor Details: Fidelity/Human Resources RSVP Information: https://fmr.zoom.us/j/98562643411?pwd=eGF90sgNb5EJ3kFLlqB48UPIeZSF9e.1 Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/j/98562643411?pwd=eGF90sgNb5EJ3kFLlqB48UPIeZSF9e.1 If you anticipate that Social Security will be your primary source of income in retirement, learn when and how to claim your benefit.
- Jul 24All dayPioneer DayEvent Type: Multifaith Observance (Church of Latter Day Saints) Mormon observance of the arrival of Brigham Young at the site of Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1847.