Across Boundaries
Announcing the New Dean
Wendy Cadge has been appointed Dean of GSAS. She will begin serving in this role on June 1, 2021.
Wendy Cadge has been appointed Dean of GSAS. She will begin serving in this role on June 1, 2021.
Learn how GSAS is maintaining safety and supporting students during the pandemic.
GSAS alumna Carol Fierke PhD'84 will become the next provost on January 1.
Mohammad Seyedsayamdost ’01, MS’01 explores how bacteria interact with other organisms.
A new program for students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis University is a center for pioneering investigation embedded in the cooperative environment of a student-centered, medium-size research university. We are driven by academic excellence, reverence for learning, and inclusivity — values of the Jewish tradition.
The smaller size of our doctoral, master's and postbaccalaureate programs enables scholars to build close relationships with our world-class faculty and conduct interdisciplinary research across traditional academic boundaries. We invite you to learn more about our community of scholars!
Collaboration
Our students benefit from the close mentoring that is a hallmark of a medium-size university.
Investigation
Our students perform pioneering research with MacArthur Fellows, Pulitzer Prize winners, and other world-class faculty.
Connection
Our graduates maintain lifelong relationships with advisors and peers as they develop into field-leading scholars.
Across Boundaries
Our students thrive in our smaller-size programs that encourage interdisciplinary research.
“The idea that studying the activity patterns of an insect would have an impact on human health was not something many people would have thought of 25, 30 years ago, but it has,” says Leslie Griffith, the Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Neuroscience. Rosbash and Hall’s discoveries paved the way for huge advances in understanding human health and illness. We now know that abnormal circadian rhythms are probably linked to Alzheimer’s, diabetes, heart disease and mental illness.