Global Nutrition
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).
Budding Nutrition Businesses Get a Boost
April 19, 2018
Winners in the Friedman School’s first entrepreneurship competition included ideas for healthy foods for Nepali schools and nutrition and farming apps
Friedman Hosts the 2018 Global Food+ Symposium
April 16, 2019
February 16, 2018 marked the second annual Global Food+ Symposium, hosted by Tufts University at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. This year, 23 researchers from Boston University, MIT, Harvard, and Tufts shared the findings of their work in seven-minute presentations on topics ranging from microbiology to nutrition to theology.
US Ambassador Recognizes LUANAR’s First Dietetics Graduates
March 9, 2018
United States Ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer, has recognized Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) for its achievement in producing the first cohort of five dietitians who have completed a 20-month rigorous training program.
Friedman at ICN
August 6, 2018
Once every four years, nutrition researchers, scientists, and policy makers from across the globe convene in a different locale for the International Union of Nutrition Scientists (IUNS) International Congress of Nutrition (ICN).
This year marks the 21st session, to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the first time. The chosen theme, “From Sciences to Nutrition Security” is particularly relevant in an era in which we are seeing many developing and ongoing global nutrition security crises due in no small part to the effects of climate change.