Transitional Year Program named in memory of Myra Kraft '64

$5 million gift honors legacy of distinguished alumna

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Right, Myra Kraft with some of the many students she helped.

Brandeis inventor patents anti-cholesterol formula

By Charles A. Radin

Senior Brandeis research scientist Daniel Perlman ’68 has discovered a way to make phytosterol molecules from plants dispersible in beverages and foods that are consumed by humans, potentially opening the way to dramatic reductions in human cholesterol levels. More »

Rodal explores ‘eye candy’ with Pew grant

By Debra Filcman

Assistant Professor of Biology Avital Rodal has been named a Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences. Rodal, who has been on faculty since 2010, studies neuronal systems and neurodegenerative diseases. More »

Educator examines quality of parental involvement

By Elizabeth DiNolfo

Speaking at the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education’s lunch seminar, Marci Borenstein, director of Brandeis' Office of High School Programs, shared frameworks and findings from an 18-month ethnographic study of immigrant parent involvement in two elementary schools in New York City More »