Therapy dogs help clients at New England Recovery Center stay positive
Tufts Paws for People volunteers visit New England Recovery Center with their dogs to provide animal-assisted therapy
Human-Animal Interaction
Making the World a Better Place for Humans and their Animal Companions
Dr. Megan Kiely Mueller
You and Your Neighbors Are Probably Happier with a Pet
Research shows that walking your pup isn’t just exercise for you and Fido, it also helps create social bonds in communities
How pets give your kids a brain boost
Associate professor Megan Mueller spoke with the BBC about how pets can help children socially and emotionally—and the research behind it
Tufts University, Tufts Medical Center launch center for study of antimicrobial resistance
Center for Integrated Management of Antimicrobial Resistance to leverage strengths of the university and medical center to research mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance and develop new strategies for treatment and education
Give Paws
Connor O’Boyle and his dog, Dublin, volunteer at the Floating Hospital for Children through Tufts Paws for People.
Looking Through the Eyes of Animals
Temple Grandin on the importance of first impressions, why “draconian leash laws” are a problem for dogs, and more.
How Animals Help Us During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Pets can provide company and comfort in the face of social isolation and high anxiety
New Stay-At-Home Norm Could Impact Pet Anxiety
It's not just humans who are having their schedules disrupted due to widespread stay-at-home orders. Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Stephanie Borns-Weil, V07, talked to Shari Small at WBZ NewsRadio about how the new norm is affecting our pets