Our Favorite Stories, Videos, and Podcasts of 2021 - Tufts Now

At the end of the year, we ask the Tufts Now team to pick the favorite pieces they wrote or produced—and what those pieces meant to them.

This year, of course, was unlike any other year, and the resulting stories and videos highlight some of the challenges that faculty, students, and alumni faced and overcame.

They also celebrate students eager to learn, the aging process, scientific insight, and even footwear. Read on and learn more.

One of my favorite projects to work on this past year was a short video celebrating National Coffee Day. It was one of my first times being back on campus filming indoors since the pandemic began. I was excited to collaborate with students once again, and film campus life returning to (somewhat) normal.

I wanted to create a short video of a student barista making a pumpkin-spice latte, and was lucky to connect with Luke Petrosky, A24, who works at the Sink, a student-run coffee shop located in the Tufts campus center. Luke was incredibly kind and patient as we quickly mapped out the sequence—coordinating action and camera movements for each stage of the process. There were a lot of cups flying! It was a fun, lighthearted way to spend a morning and celebrate espresso. —Anna Miller

I felt luck to have had the opportunity to work on the package page we titled Black Alumni Honor Those Who Inspire, in honor of Black Legacy Month in February.

The package featured a number of Black Tufts alumni answering the question “Whom do you honor?”—as well as...

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