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• Thought for the Day: The mighty mushroom

  Published: September 3, 2007, 2:00 am

  Tags: Body, Boost, Button, Day, Disease, For, Healing, Healthy, Immunity, Mighty, Mushroom, Powers, The, Thought, Tufts, Tumors, University, White

  powers. A new study out of Tufts University found that white button mushrooms help boost the body's natural immunity against tumors and viruses.Source: Woman's Day, September 12, 2007Permalink   Email this   Linking Blogs

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• Nan Goldin Spotlight

  Published: September 25, 2007, 2:28 pm

  Tags: Review, Entertainment, Child Pornography Laws, David Armstrong, Gillian Wearing, Goldin, Modern Art Gallery, Nan Goldin, Nan Goldin Thanksgiving, Richard Avedon, School Of The Museum Of Fine Arts, School Of The Museum Of Fine Arts Boston, Tufts University

  museum of fine arts boston, tufts universityDid you enjoy reading this post? Buy me a nice cup of coffee to fuel my late night writing sessions and keep the content

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• Futuristic headband knows when you've had too much PC

  Published: October 12, 2007, 6:22 pm

  Tags: Fnirs, Mri, Spectroscopy, Tufts University, Tuftsuniversity, University

  a team of researchers at Tufts University has developed a head adornment which can determine when you've been overly stressed, bored or simply numb to the world around you when using your computer. The crew is studying functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) technology, which "uses light to monitor brain blood flow as a proxy for

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• Capitol to Buy Offsets in Bid to Go Green

  Published: November 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Capitol, Buy, Offsets, Bid, Green, Daniel Beard, Vernon Ehlers, Chicago, Darrell Issa, Kyle Anderson, Nancy Pelosi, Robert A Brady, Salley Collins, Washington Dc, Field Museum Of Natural History, Tufts University, U S Government Accountability Office, U S House C

  Daniel Beard, the House's chief administrative officer, will cut a taxpayer-funded check today for $89,000 to buy credits that will offset the impact of 30,000 tons of carbon belched into the atmosphere by the U.S. Capitol's antiquated, coal-burning power plant every year.

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• Capitol to Buy Offsets in Bid to Go Green

  Published: November 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Capitol, Buy, Offsets, Bid, Green, Daniel Beard, Vernon Ehlers, Chicago, Darrell Issa, Kyle Anderson, Nancy Pelosi, Robert A Brady, Salley Collins, Washington Dc, Field Museum Of Natural History, Tufts University, U S Government Accountability Office, U S House C

  Daniel Beard, the House's chief administrative officer, will cut a taxpayer-funded check today for $89,000 to buy credits that will offset the impact of 30,000 tons of carbon belched into the atmosphere by the U.S. Capitol's antiquated, coal-burning power plant every year.

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• Graduating to Public Service

  Published: November 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Graduating, Public, Service, Princeton, Robert B Fiske Jr, Samuel J Heyman, Woodrow Wilson, Louisiana State University, Tufts University, Stanford University, Anne Marie Slaughter, Astrid E Merget, Danny Davis, David T Ellwood, Jeffrey Wachtel, Robert Hollister, Selma

  In hopes of encouraging more college students to consider careers in government, leaders at 27 universities are trading ideas and techniques on what it will take to bring a new generation into public service.

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• Graduating to Public Service

  Published: November 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Graduating, Public, Service, Princeton, Robert B Fiske Jr, Samuel J Heyman, Woodrow Wilson, Louisiana State University, Tufts University, Stanford University, Anne Marie Slaughter, Astrid E Merget, Danny Davis, David T Ellwood, Jeffrey Wachtel, Robert Hollister, Selma

  In hopes of encouraging more college students to consider careers in government, leaders at 27 universities are trading ideas and techniques on what it will take to bring a new generation into public service.

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• 'Project Runway' Models: More Brains Than Beauty [The Greatest Show On Earth]

  Published: November 15, 2007, 5:30 pm

  Tags: Drag Queens, Go Jumbos, Models, Nina Garcia, Project Runway, Psychology, The Greatest Show On Earth, Tufts

  File this under Totally Awesome. Project Runway has taken its supreme awesomeness to a whole new level this year: Included on the show's official site, instead of just bios on the designers and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Universities Offering - Human-Computer Interaction Program

  Published: January 19, 2008, 6:33 pm

  Tags: Cmu, Carnegie Mellon University, Depaul University, Human Computer Interaction Hci, Tufts University, College, Education, Education Specialization, Graduate Study, Higher Study, School, University

  (HCI), Depaul University, Tufts University, Carnegie Mellon University, CMU, Higher Study, education, education specialization, university, school, college, graduate study ILLINOIS-IL DEPAUL UNIVERSITY Deadline Fall 1 August Winter 15 November Spring 1 March (priority date) MASSACHUSETTS-MA TUFTS UNIVERSITY Deadline Fall 15 August Spring 12

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• John Kerry Is Sex Pervert [Open Caption]

  Published: May 5, 2008, 4:56 pm

  Tags: Boobs, College, John Kerry, Open Caption, Tufts

  Here is former presidential nominee John Kerry at a "student rally" at Tufts University in liberal Massachusetts. What is he saying? We'll go with, "Why aren't yours as big as the other one's?"...

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• John Kerry Is Sex Pervert [Open Caption]

  Published: May 5, 2008, 4:56 pm

  Tags: Boobs, College, John Kerry, Open Caption, Tufts

  Here is former presidential nominee John Kerry at a "student rally" at Tufts University in liberal Massachusetts. What is he saying? We'll go with, "Why aren't yours as big as the other one's?" [College OTR]

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• An Icy Dig in Search of Signs of Life on Mars

  Published: May 19, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Icy, Dig, Search, Signs, Life, Mars, Phoenix, Nasa, Peter Smith, Samuel P Kounaves, European Space Agency, Tufts University, University Of Arizona, Antarctica

  The search for life on Mars will resume in earnest next Sunday if NASA's Phoenix spacecraft lands as planned on the icy fringe of the planet's north pole.

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• Pownce cofounder Leah Culver explains how to be beautiful and get taken seriously [Superficial]

  Published: June 13, 2008, 4:20 pm

  Tags: Superficial, Girl Geeks, Leah Culver, Nerd Girls, Pownce, Tufts

  show about the Nerd Girls of Tufts University. Because what could help attractive people conquer stereotypes faster than television? (Photo by Andrew Mager)

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• Tufts University "Nerd Girls" Are Hot, Gadget-Loving Engineers On A Mission (Read: Not a Mirage) [Nerd Girls]

  Published: June 15, 2008, 11:00 pm

  Tags: Nerd Girls, Engineers, Girl Power, Girls, Nerdettes, Tufts University

  team of twenty-something Tufts University coeds was created by founder Karen Panetta to dismantle two common "myths." First, that boys are better at math and science than girls; and second, that a female engineer is socially inept girl with no sense of style. Do the Nerd Girls succeed at demolishing stereotypes? We've covered the rising tide

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• Meet the Nerd Girls, "working their pumps" for your workplace [Clips]

  Published: June 17, 2008, 3:20 pm

  Tags: Clips, Discrimination, Nerd Girls, Tufts University

  "act like a man." It's one Tufts University's "Nerd Girls," featured in the clip above, are "working their pumps so hard" — to show that women engineers can be girls and geeks. Because the very best way to gender equality is to proclaim that what women want is to "put on lots of makeup, throw on some insanely high stilettos and walk down

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