News Archive: 2017
November 17, 2017
For almost three years, PhD candidates in the sciences have been collaborating with Waltham Public Schools to share their research with local middle and high school students.
October 20, 2017
The Graduate Student Association has announced the induction of their new executive board and senators. They will organize social events, represent graduate students in various campus committees, and support funding opportunities.
October 17, 2017
Professor Marcelle Soares-Santos collaborates with hundreds of researchers to observe gravitational waves from a neutron star collision that occurred 100 million years ago.
October 17, 2017
What is it like to work with a future Nobel Laureate? Vipin Suri, PhD’01, shares his experience of working in the Rosbash lab.
October 12, 2017
Brandeis Magazine profiles Leslie Lamport, MA’63, PhD’72, H’17, the 2014 recipient of the A.M. Turing Award, viewed as the Nobel Prize for computer science.
October 2, 2017
Brandeis University warmly congratulates Michael Rosbash, the Peter Gruber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience and professor of biology, and Jeffrey C. Hall, professor emeritus of biology, on being awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
October 2, 2017
Shawn Fayer MS’16 is the project manager of the BabySeq Project, a randomized control trial assessing the utility of genomic sequencing in newborn infants.
September 19, 2017
Since 2012, Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Neuroscience Eve Marder ’69 has been writing a series of articles for the online journal eLife in which she reflects on her professional life and offers some words of wisdom to today’s young researchers.
September 8, 2017
GSAS welcomed the 2017 DEIS recipients in August with a barbecue at the dean’s house.
August 29, 2017
On August 28, GSAS welcomed its 64th class, which includes 77 doctoral candidates, 202 master's candidates, 6 postbaccalaureate students, and 21 non-degree students.
June 9, 2017
"My journey to Brandeis is literally the struggle of my life."
May 21, 2017
"And we know that within the piles of violence, hatred, aggression and everything that divides us, are the dormant seeds of beauty."
May 18, 2017
Heritage and identity have shaped the Brandeis experience for Terry Shaipitisiri BA’17, MAT’17.
May 12, 2017
The Dissertation Year Fellowship has been awarded to eight students in Anthropology, English, Musicology, Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Politics, and Sociology.
May 5, 2017
Six PhD students in Anthropology, English, History, Mathematics, Neuroscience, and Psychology will receive $6,000 to design their own course.
May 5, 2017
"Those of us who really enjoy teaching see it not as a burden but as an opportunity to share what we've learned." - Doug Bafford, PhD candidate in Anthropology.
April 28, 2017
Brandeis’ 66th commencement ceremony will take place on May 21, 2017.
April 21, 2017
Dr. Goldberg serves as the advising chair for the master’s program in Computational Linguistics.
April 18, 2017
Jusionyte studies conflict in the boarder regions of Latin America.
April 4, 2017
Abella will be among five individuals to receive honorary degrees.
March 23, 2017
Researchers recreate the system that causes cells to change shape.
March 22, 2017
Master's candidate Matthew Chernick will fly to Romania in October.
March 22, 2017
Daniel Pearlman finds a solution to the age old oenophile's problem.
March 7, 2017
Students share their favorite spots to visit in Waltham.
February 23, 2017
Mahala left her Amish community at age fifteen to pursue an education.
February 23, 2017
Dr. Karam recently published an article in the premier journal of intelligence.
February 17, 2017
Dworsky studies diversity in children's literature.
February 16, 2017
Donald Warren is pursuing a degree in musicology.
February 10, 2017
Steven Rodriguez has spent his time at Brandeis researching the imperial activity of the United States during the 20th century.
February 8, 2017
This story is the first in a series about recipients of the DEIS Award.
February 3, 2017
For nearly three decades, James Haber has studied DNA repair, the processes whereby insults to our genetic code are corrected.
January 24, 2017
“We didn’t cure ALS in the flies, but we did make them significantly better.”
January 24, 2017
Imagine you’re a fighter pilot being chased by a heat-seeking missile.
January 24, 2017
Biochemist Dorothee Kern unraveled a mystery about how life began on the planet.
January 20, 2017
The Politics alumnus studies American political development.
January 19, 2017
The award funds the Dissertation Year Fellowship and other programs.
January 18, 2017
More than 500 people have signed up for the service already.
January 6, 2017
"The AGRS program put me onto a fulfilling and challenging academic path."
Brandeis University announces the launch of four new academic schools
Brandeis University announced a bold academic realignment, establishing four new schools that integrate its graduate professional programs into its liberal arts curriculum.