Global Nutrition

Student Profile: Maryan Isack
February 25, 2022
As I reflect on my time at the Friedman School, I start off by merely reflecting about how I decided to continue my education into graduate school directly after completing my undergraduate degree, all while the world was in the midst of the pandemic in Fall of 2020. 
What Will It Take to Nourish Everyone on the Planet?
December 3, 2021
Friedman School Professor Patrick Webb explains the challenges and potential solutions to achieving global food and nutrition security

The LASTING Project
April 8, 2022
A new interdisciplinary project based at the Friedman School aims to shine a light on environmental, health, economic, and social dimensions of diet sustainability in order to address existing gaps in diet sustainability research and policy translation. 
The Struggle to Create Just and Sustainable Cities
April 9, 2021
As the world becomes increasingly urban, Tufts faculty examine inequities that drive chronic poverty, poor health, and discrimination

Attend the 2021 Global Food+ Symposium
February 8, 2021
The Friedman School leads innovation in scientific communication, by organizing and providing content for 7-minute speed talks planned for the fourth Global Food+ symposium to be held on February 12, 19, 26, and March 5.

Bold Actions for Food as a Force for Good
November 23, 2020
To feed more than 10 billion people within our planetary boundaries by 2050, while ending hunger and tackling unhealthy diets, we will have to fundamentally change the food system, requiring co-ordinated and large-scale action by all stakeholders across multiple axes. The virtual pre-event Bold Actions for Food as a Force for Good on November 23-24, 2020 will be a key milestone leading to the UN Food Systems Summit in 2021. 
Tufts University to lead $100M program to reduce risk of zoonotic viral spillover, spread
October 22, 2020
Program will involve large consortium of wildlife and human disease experts and networks from around the world

Local, National, and Global Internships
February 25, 2020
Author Serena Baldwin is a second year M.S. student in the Division of Food and Nutrition Policy and Programs.
When the last final exam of spring semester is complete and all term papers are submitted, students at Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy are eager to take their learnings out into the world.
Summer internships provide a chance for students to apply their skills and knowledge to tackle health, nutrition, environmental, and social issues. 
Reflections on My Time at Friedman
January 10, 2020
My first year at the Friedman School was a whirlwind.

Food Assistance for Nutrition Evidence
August 6, 2018
Since 2009, a team led by Friedman School faculty have been carrying out a Food Aid Quality Review (FAQR) for USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (FFP).