The annual Alumni Awards honor and recognize excellence in four areas: lifetime and emerging professional achievement, and lifetime and emerging volunteer service to the Alumni Association. Submit a nomination by October 31.

With a new academic term beginning, social engineering scams targeting students, faculty and staff are rising. Cyber attackers are attempting to redirect payroll deposits, steal financial aid details, and capture personal data via fake job offers, phishing emails, and QR codes. Send any suspicious messages or link to phishing@brandeis.edu. Let's protect our community by staying alert, verifying before we click and remember some cybersecurity best practices:

• Treat "bonus" or "salary increase" email as suspicious. Always verify the sender before clicking links.
• Approve multi-factor authentication pushes, such as Duo, only if you initiated them. Deny unexpected prompts.
• Update your operating system and apps and use reputable anti-virus software.
• Use a VPN on public wi-fi.
• Check financial aid only through official portals (FAFSA, loan services, university-affiliated sites).
• Ignore unsolicited job emails or texts. Use official job boards and campus career services.
• Inspect QR codes. Once scanned, verify the URL before entering any information. Do not trust QR codes sent by email or text from unknown sources.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact the ITS Security Group (security@brandeis.edu).

Parking Permit Distribution: Members of the Parking Office team will be available on campus in the Blue Huts located in Fellows Garden on the following dates to distribute the new Parking permits September 9, 10 & 11 (if the dates/times or location below are not convenient you may pick up your permit from the Parking Office in the Stoneman building Monday – Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

If you have not renewed, please go to the link below to order your parking permit.

Don’t get stuck without a spot — all vehicles parked on campus must have a valid 2025–2026 permit.

Faculty & Staff: Bringing your vehicle to campus this year? You must renew your permit online

Students: Senior Residents, Graduate and Undergraduate Commuters — if you plan to park on campus, you need a valid permit too:

There will be a couple of weeks of grace period before ticketing begins.

Reminder: Your permit must be properly affixed to your vehicle to be valid.

Let’s keep campus moving — register early and park smart!

Fall 2025 bills were released to students and families via the Nelnet Student Account Portal in early July. Bills were due on August 8, 2025. Registration holds have been placed on past due accounts and late fees have been applied. Unpaid balances may result in withdrawal from the University.

Students can access their billing details by clicking the Nelnet Student Account Portal link found within the Student Account worklet in Workday. Students who have never accessed the Nelnet Student Account Portal before will need to set up their student profile (refer to the Nelnet - Account Access job aid for detailed instructions) before they can view the bill.

In order for parents, guardians, sponsors, or another party to receive the student's tuition bill, view the student account, and make payments, the student must add them as Authorized Parties in Nelnet. Once they are set up as an Authorized Party, parents/guardians can access Nelnet directly with their own usernames and passwords; they cannot use the student's log-in credentials to access the portal.

Review your e-bill and the Transaction Details in Nelnet. The Fall 2025 e-bill (PDF) is only a snapshot in time; any subsequent charges, financial aid and/or payments will only be reflected in the Transaction Details in Nelnet. If you have questions about the balance, or payment options, contact Brandeis Student Financial Services at sfs@brandeis.edu or 781-736-3700.

Sign up for one of our 30-minute, one-on-one financial literacy sessions! We hope that you will take advantage of this great opportunity to ask questions about budgeting, managing debt, understanding your paycheck, W-2’s etc. Please click here to book an appointment today.

The Office of Finance and Administration will be selling tickets to the 2025-2026 Boston Bruins home games. Available for purchase by faculty, staff and post-docs. For information please visit the Office of the Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration website.

• Python 4-part series, 10 - 11:30 a.m., Fridays, Sept. 5-Sept. 26
• Animate Your Dataset with Adobe After Effects, 4:30 - 6:45 p.m., Monday, Sept. 8
• Getting Started with Stata, 12:10 - 1 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 9
• Studio Recording: Creating a Sample Pack in the Flex Studio, 2:30 - 3:45 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 9
• Learn about Brandeis Design and Innovation, 3 - 4 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 9
• Outdoor Photography and Videography, 2:30 - 3:45 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 10
• Data Wrangling with Stata, 12:10 - 1 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11
• Logo Design in Adobe Illustrator, 6 - 7:15 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11
• Getting Started with Qualtrics, 12:10 - 1 p.m., Friday, Sept. 12
• Soundscape Recording, 2:30 - 3:45 p.m., Friday, Sept. 12
• Intro to Music Production in Logic Pro, 2:30 - 3:45 p.m., Monday, Sept. 15
• Animate Your Dataset with Adobe After Effects, 4:30 - 6:45 p.m., Monday, Sept. 15
• Data Wrangling with Stata, 12:10 - 1 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 16
• Studio Recording: Creating a Sample Pack in the Flex Studio, 2:30 - 3:45 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 16
• Getting started with ArcGIS Online & StoryMaps, 10:15 - 11:05 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 18
• Bivariate Analysis with Stata, 12:10 - 1 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 18
• Logo Design in Adobe Illustrator, 6 - 7:15 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 18
• Soundscape Recording, 2:30 - 3:45 p.m., Friday, Sept. 19

Personal Training and Nutrition Coaching are up and running, let's start STRONG this semester! Classes include faculty and staff tone Tuesday, faculty and staff yoga Thursday, high intensity functional fitness (HIFF) and cycle and core.

Register for classes or email Kat Page, kpage@brandeis.edu with questions or for more information.

Do you need help managing your Google Storage? We can help! ITS will be hosting drop in hours via Zoom throughout the month of September to assist the Brandeis community with Google storage issues. Learn how to search for large files, set up email filters, create Shared Drives, and more at our sessions. You can find a list of dates and times, as well as the Zoom link, on our Google Storage Updates website. As a reminder, Brandeis is implementing new storage limits for Brandeis Google Accounts on January 12, 2026.

Brandeis Information Technology Services (ITS) has updated the way that our community gains access to available software on campus. Community members interested in gaining access to university approved and provided software should now visit the ITS Available Software webpage. This webpage replaces “OnTheHub”, providing links to information about available software, access & installation support, and where appropriate, pedagogical and research support.

Brandeis Information Technology Services (ITS) launched a new set of informative communication options for our community to stay up-to-date with helpful and important technology-related information. “Brandeis Technology News” is a new monthly newsletter series set to highlight technology success stories, partnerships, project updates, information from the IT Governance Program, IT Security and to highlight a new monthly “Tech-Talks” series that will be launching this fall. “Brandeis Technology News” is an opt-in service, so please sign up through the Brandeis Technology News Google Group.

In addition “DeisTechNews” is ITS’ new social media tag, where members of the community can receive updates on your preferred social platform including: Facebook, Instagram, Threads and X/Twitter.

September is Back and Neck Health Month! Join Occupational Health Services and your HR Benefits team for this well-being event: health education, vaccination, chair massages, health sources, and more. Come to any of these on-site vaccine clinics and help protect yourself, your family, and students in a way that’s fast and convenient. These clinics are open to all faculty, staff, and their families (ages 4+). Register for the vaccination clinic. Register for a chair massage. * For those of you who are interested in receiving the 2025-2026 COVID vaccines, please be aware that these will likely be available in mid- to- late September. The registration page through Star Market has been updated to reflect when the COVID vaccination is available. The influenza vaccine is currently available.

The Brandeis Safe App continues to evolve with new updates designed to make it even easier to stay safe on campus. We are excited to share improvements to the Virtual Walk and Friend Walk features:

• Virtual Walk with Public Safety – You can now request Public Safety to actively monitor your walk across campus in real time. If you don’t arrive as expected, officers will be immediately notified.
• Friend Walk – Updates make it simpler to share your location with a friend or family member and automatically notify them when you’ve reached your destination safely.

These updates strengthen the app’s ability to provide peace of mind, whether you’re heading back to your residence, crossing campus late at night, or simply want an added layer of safety.

The Brandeis Safe App also continues to offer:

• A mobile “blue light” for emergency contact with Public Safety.
• Instant safety alerts and updates.
• Quick access to emergency resources and procedures.

If you have not yet downloaded Brandeis Safe, it is available in the App Store (iOS) and Google Play Store (Android). For questions, please see the Public Safety website: Brandeis Safe or contact the Technology Help Desk at help@brandeis.edu or 781-736-HELP.