Child Development Study links 4-H Participation with Community Involvement

According to the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts, children who participate in 4-H programs are "25 percent more likely to contribute to their communities than other youth." The study was cited recently in an article on www.farmersadvance.com, which can be accessed at the link below:

"4-H Taps Text Giving for New Fundraising Effort"

Interested in Child Development? Tufts' CD department offers many summer courses through Tufts Summer Session, such as "Child Life & the Hospitalized Child," "Technology and Learning: Virtual Communities for Children"and "Bilingual Children in U.S. Schools," among many more. For full course listings, check out the Summer Session site here.

The Ex-College: From Baseball to Buddhist Meditation

Tufts University's Experimental College (or "Ex-College") has longtime been lauded for its innovative coursework and alternative teaching styles. One popular course, "Sabermetrics: the Objective Analysis of Baseball," received recognition recently by the Boston Globe. The profile of this course, taught by Boston University biology professor Andy Andres, can be found at the link below:

"Data Analysis is Running it's Course"

Tufts Summer Session offers several courses through the Ex-College, like "Understanding the Stock Market: History, Structure, and Impact," and "Genetics, Ethics, and Law." For full course listings and descriptions of Tufts' Summer Courses, please visit hour web site here.

Cosmic Wanderers

U.S. Space shuttle "Discovery," lifted off Monday morning from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fl. If all goes to schedule, the shuttle will dock with a space station on Wednesday, for resupply of goods. For full coverage of the lift-off, please see the link to the New York Times article below:

"Shuttle Lifts Off for Space Station"

Interested in Outer Space? Check out Tufts Summer Session's "Wanderers in Space" course, which focuses on the incarnation and continuation of galaxies. More information about "Wanderers in Space," as well as Tufts Summer Session, can be found here.