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HNRCA Launches National Center for Precision Health
January 24, 2022
The $8.23 million NIH grant will support an innovative personalized health study to predict individual responses to food and dietary patterns

Food Labeling Lacking in Online Grocery Retailers
March 16, 2022
Study shows that nutrition facts, ingredient lists, and allergens—all FDA-required information on food labels—are frequently absent when shoppers buy food online

Celebrating A Decade of Virtual Nutrition Education
January 19, 2022
The Online Graduate Certificate programs at Friedman School, a pioneer in online learning, offers a deeper dive into topics like healthy communities, sustainable agriculture, and food systems

Local Plates, Global Minds: Challenges and Successes in Local Food Procurement
January 13, 2022
The Local Plates, Global Minds team, based at the Friedman School, has spent nearly three years working with the Boston Public School community to assess if changes in food procurement improve the nutritional quality and environmental sustainability of menus, and to learn about the trials and successes of increasing local food procurement for school lunches.
Here, members of the research team, Rachel Kinney and Alexandra Stern, provide an overview of the project's context, challenges and outcomes. 
Feinstein Launches Project With Six Universities to Improve Evidence on Early Action
January 19, 2022
On December 8, 2021, USAID announced a new partnership with seven universities around the world, including the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University. This alliance will build the evidence base for early actions that save lives before disaster strikes. 
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

New Global Nutrition and Health Atlas Provides Access to Diet-Related Health Data
November 23, 2021
New open platform provides access to diet-related health data for more than 190 countries

Four Tufts Faculty Are Among Top Researchers in the World
November 16, 2021
Work by the scientists is among top cited globally, according to a new ranking

Behind the Scenes at the Global Climate Summit
November 16, 2021
Tufts delegates describe what frustrated and inspired them at the U.N. conference in Glasgow

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.