2,971 Donors
Total of individual donors per our Advancement/Development division.
1,940,236 Online impressions
This count is a total of all impressions across social media channels including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn + the total number of page views on our main school website.
27 Friedman School faculty based at the HNRCA
Per the Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, the number faculty at the center who have faculty appointments at the school
12,000 Square feet added to the school
The approximate square footage was calculated by our Director of Business Operations and the Facilities Department at Tufts.
81 Grant-funded research projects
The projects were counted by our Director of Sponsored Research.
2,352 Media mentions
The total media mentions were calculated by our Office of Public Relations.
1,800 Alumni making an impact
This is our approximate count of all students who have graduated since the school's first graduating class in 1982.
100 Innovative courses being taught
This number is based on listings of Spring and Fall courses as shown in the Student Information System (SIS) at Tufts University. This does not count those courses students can take by cross-registering.
54 Countries reached
Countries are counted when faculty, researchers, and staff are doing in-country work, or when major research outputs were generated based on extensive studies of the regions. The work at the Feinstein International Center is included.
264 Masters and PhD students
Student count was provided by the Office of Student Affairs at the Friedman School.
1,700,000 Children impacted by CO180
ChildObesity 180 released a year-in-review document upon which this number is based. It includes the numbers of children affected by adopted CO180 activities such as the Healthy Scouts badge program or the Healthy Kids After School initiative.
3,000 Acres of New Entry sustainable farmland
Number calculated by the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project for their annual report.
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Susan Roberts, PhD
Professor, Director of the Energy Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging“We’re combining what we hope is a superior nutritional formulation with educational enrichment to see how far we can push the envelope to help these kids turn into exceptional students.”
On the work of creating a more nutritious supplemental food product with the villagers in Dandu, Guinea-Bissau.