The Record

Academy for Diversity celebrates early work

The Academy for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion launched with a full staff this academic year. Last week, the academy held an event to celebrate its initial engagements and to look ahead to the work that remains to be done.

For gut microbes, not all fiber is created equal

A new study from the School of Medicine shows that beneficial gut microbes thrive when fed specific fiber types. The work, conducted in mice, is a step toward developing more nutritious foods.

Workplace theft is contagious (and strategic)

Three Olin Business School researchers completed a study of workplace theft among restaurant workers that details, for the first time, how such stealing is contagious — and new restaurant workers are particularly susceptible.

University student turnout spiked in 2018 midterms

Voter turnout among university students leaped to 41.8% in the 2018 midterm elections, more than double the 2014 midterm voting rate, according to a national study of campus voting rates by Tufts University’s Institute for Democracy & Higher Education.