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December 2, 2024
In this installment of "Geeking Out With...," a series in which we talk to GSAS students about their passions, Philosophy master's student Antares Brown talks about their research into the philosophy of disability.
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November 13, 2024
PhD Student Rafi Abrahams has been teaching the UWS course "Autobiographical Comics" for three semesters. GSAS caught up with Abrahams to talk about the course, how he came up with it, and what he loves about teaching.
November 11, 2024
For the eighth annual First-Generation College Celebration on November 8, 2024, Brandeis University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) hosted a networking event for graduate students who identify as first generation, meaning that they are the first in their families to earn a bachelor’s degree.
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November 4, 2024
In 2023, Alexandra Burkot’s research journey took her to Athens, Greece. There, the Brandeis University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Musicology PhD student spent nine months researching the composer Dimitrios Levidis, particularly his 1943 composition setting a passage from the Iliad; the piece was composed when Greece was under occupation during World War II and was presumed lost for decades.
November 4, 2024
In this installment of Geeking Out With..., a series in which we talk to GSAS students about their passions, Chemistry PhD student Abichael Belizaire talks about his quest to find hobbies to help him maintain work-life balance and how his lab has inspired him.
October 29, 2024
To celebrate National Cat Day, GSAS students shared pictures and stories of their cats.
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October 28, 2024
Josh Broderick Phillips, B/MS '24 in Computational Linguistics, worked closely during his time at Brandeis with Professor Lotus Goldberg, serving as head research assistant in her lab. The collaborative relationship and Goldberg's mentorship helped Broderick Phillips develop his skills, setting him up for future success.
October 11, 2024
Jeff Gelles is the Aron and Imre Tauber Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology in the Department of Biochemistry and the Director of Graduate Studies for the graduate program in Biochemistry and Biophysics at Brandeis University. He has been a faculty member at Brandeis since 1989. He spoke to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences about his research work and the advantages of Brandeis’s small, close-knit, interdisciplinary science programs.
October 4, 2024
In this installment of Geeking Out With..., a series in which we talk to GSAS students about their passions, NEJS PhD student Lingxuan Liang talks about her research into Jewish Americans and transracial, transnational adoption.
September 24, 2024
Through internships, GSAS students discover new ways to apply their existing knowledge and skills and connect what they’re doing on campus to a range of career opportunities. Six GSAS students and recent alums shared their experiences with internships in the past year, what they learned, and what advice they would give other students.
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September 4, 2024
While May is known as Commencement month, the summer is a big time for graduations at Brandeis University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). On August 31, 2024, forty-eight GSAS students received their degrees: twenty-seven received PhDs, and twenty-one received master’s degrees. Some August graduates spoke to GSAS about their experiences in their program and their upcoming plans.
September 3, 2024
In this installment of Geeking Out With..., a series in which we talk to GSAS students about their passions, Music Composition and Theory PhD student Ali Puskulcu talks about his journey and process as a composer.
August 30, 2024
For the 2024-2025 academic year, Brandeis University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) welcomes an incoming class of 195 students. GSAS held an ice cream social for all its students on August 28, 2024; students had the chance to catch up, meet new people, and share what they were looking forward to this year with GSAS.
August 26, 2024
Jorah Dannenberg is the newest faculty member in Brandeis University’s Department of Philosophy. His work focuses on the area of moral philosophy. He spoke to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences about what he studies and why it matters, arriving in Massachusetts after a lifetime in California, and what he likes about Brandeis so far.
August 26, 2024
To celebrate National Dog Day, GSAS students shared pictures and stories of their dogs.
August 8, 2024
Peizhao Li, PhD ‘24, was initially attracted to the Computer Science PhD program at Brandeis University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) because of its strong faculty and its location close to Boston. Once he started in the program, he found that he had great opportunities to develop as a researcher.
August 6, 2024
In this installment of the Geeking Out With... series, we try something a little different and introduce the GSAS staff, their roles, and their passions!
July 29, 2024
Bill Abbate, PhD '65 in Chemistry, was unable to attend Commencement at the time and never received his robes--but GSAS and Institutional Advancement were able to get them to him this summer! He talked to GSAS about his memories of his time at Brandeis and his advice for students today.
July 1, 2024
In this installment of Geeking Out With..., a series in which we talk to GSAS students about their passions, Physics PhD student Zachary Curtis talks about his work in the Science Communication Lab and the importance of communicating science clearly.
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June 28, 2024
Charles Golden, Professor of Anthropology, has been appointed the new Dean of Brandeis University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). Golden, who is currently the Interim Dean of GSAS and the Social Sciences Division Head, will begin his regular term on July 1, 2024.
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June 24, 2024
Imposter syndrome is a common struggle among graduate students -- and among people at all levels in academia! Here, Brandeis faculty and staff share their thoughts on why imposter syndrome is so common and advice on what's helped them battle it.
June 13, 2024
Four GSAS PhD students received a Spring 2024 University Prize Instructorship (UPI), the result of a competitive process in which they designed and were selected to teach their own upper-level undergraduate courses. The four helped their students learn and learned a lot from them, growing as instructors and helping expand the university's offerings.
June 3, 2024
In this installment of Geeking Out With..., a series in which we talk to GSAS students about their passions, Sociology and Social Policy PhD student Manning Zhang talks about her research into Boston gymgoers and how it reflects her interests in culture and health.
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May 16, 2024
On Sunday, May 19, 2024, Brandeis University will hold its 73rd Commencement. Following graduation, newly minted GSAS alums will be heading on different paths. Here, some graduates reflect on their experiences at GSAS and their plans for the future.
May 14, 2024
In recent months, students in Brandeis University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences have earned a variety of prestigious external grants and fellowships for the upcoming academic year. GSAS talked to four of these students, from the Sociology, Physics, History, and Anthropology PhD programs, about their research, what they’re looking forward to in the upcoming year, and what advice they have for other students pursuing grant applications.
May 6, 2024
In this installment of Geeking Out With..., a series in which we talk to GSAS students about their passions, Musicology PhD student Anna Valcour talks about her immersion in opera as both a performer and a researcher.
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May 1, 2024
For 2024, Brandeis University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences honored students across programs with the annual Graduate Student Teaching Awards. These awards go to graduate student instructors or teaching assistants who have made great contributions in their programs.
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April 30, 2024
On April 5, 2024, GSAS students participated in the 2024 Three Minute Thesis Competition, Brandeis's third. They presented their research in three minutes for a general audience, won prizes, and gained valuable skills along the way.
April 29, 2024
While graduate school is a notoriously busy place, it’s always a good choice to make time to think about career planning and the future. The Brandeis University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Professional Development team supports students through this often tricky process through a variety of programming and services, including the Career Fellows Program. Now in its third year, the program brings together students across departments who are committed to career exploration, building a cohort who connect with each other while attending a range of professional development workshops, informational talks, and networking sessions.
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April 17, 2024
From April 1 through 5, 2024, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis University held its second annual celebration of National Graduate-Professional Student Appreciation Week. This event, started in 1993, is dedicated to celebrating graduate students across fields.
April 17, 2024
While Division of Science graduate students are hard at work in their labs, they’re also beginning to think about their plans for life after graduate school. Here to help is the Career Development for the Sciences (CDS) group, which organizes programming, including workshops and many guest speakers, to help students get a sense of the many paths available to them and the skills they need to get there.
April 12, 2024
The PhD program in English was recently featured in an article from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). The article discussed the recent changes that the program's faculty have made to the curriculum.
April 8, 2024
In this installment of Geeking Out With..., a series in which we talk to GSAS students about their passions, Computational Linguistics master's student Brynna Kilcline talks about her love of reading and how it helps her de-stress.
April 5, 2024
Sarah Mayorga of Sociology and Bing Xu of Chemistry are the 2024 co-recipients of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Mentoring Award. In their nominations, Mayorga and Xu both received high praise from their students.
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March 18, 2024
Paul Argenti first entered the Brandeis English Department as a PhD student in 1975. After a couple of years, though, his professional career went in a completely different direction, and he ended up as Professor of Corporate Communication at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where he has been for the last forty-three years. It’s never too late to follow your first love, however, and as of 2021, Argenti, while continuing to teach at Dartmouth, is back at Brandeis completing the English degree.
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March 13, 2024
Jinmin Lee earned her PhD in Politics from Brandeis in 2014. Since then, she has written several successful Korean books. Her most recent book, Philo and Sophie Leave the Cave, came out in 2023. The book is aimed at teaching children about famous philosophers and their ideas.
March 7, 2024
When Marcie Brewer, AGS ‘19 and EdM ‘20, first decided to apply for Brandeis’s Teacher Leadership program, she was at a crossroads in her career. She saw the program as an opportunity to build leadership skills and see if administration was right for her. Brewer ultimately decided that being a teacher leader was “the best of both worlds,” allowing her to be in the classroom with students and also lead initiatives. In the process, she got more out of her experience at Brandeis than she ever expected to.
March 6, 2024
In this installment of Geeking Out With..., a series in which we talk to GSAS students about their passions, Psychology PhD student Jillian Franks talks about her research into empathy and the surprising ways in which her love of theater has informed it.
February 16, 2024
Jonathan Anjaria, Associate Professor of Anthropology and GSAS’s Faculty Director of Professional Development, and Moriah King, PhD student in Anthropology, published the essay “Enabling Community-Engaged and Public-Facing PhDs'' in the American Council of Learned Societies report Preparing Publicly Engaged Scholars, which came out on February 1, 2024. In their essay, Anjaria (who is King’s advisor) and King shared their perspectives on the ongoing conversation about how doctoral students can conduct community-engaged projects while enmeshed in an academic world that is not always set up for them.
February 12, 2024
When Genevra Valvo, AGS ‘17, applied to Brandeis’s Teacher Leadership program, she was looking to address immediate challenges in her role as an ESL teacher at Waltham’s Kennedy Middle School. “We had similar questions and challenges every year,” said Valvo, who was then in her third year in the school, “and I thought I would be interested in talking with mentors and teacher leaders to develop skills to think about how to try new things and new approaches.” At the time, she wanted to see what else was possible–and through her time in the program and after, she learned many new approaches that she continues to apply to a range of challenges today, as she continues to work in the Waltham Public Schools.
February 12, 2024
In this installment of Geeking Out With..., a series in which we talk to GSAS students about their passions, History PhD student Joseph Weisberg talks about his research on Jewish American relationships to slavery and how he arrived at his research focus.
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February 7, 2024
In the wake of 2020, responding to changes in the world and in academic job markets, Brandeis’s English faculty decided to change the structure and requirements of their PhD program. Among these changes? Allowing dissertations beyond the traditional book-length manuscript that the discipline usually demands. With the new curriculum coming into effect in 2021, the fruits of this change are now appearing in dissertations that take a wide range of forms.
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February 1, 2024
On January 12, 2024, GSAS and the Mandel Center for the Humanities co-sponsored a daylong PhD student retreat. Aimed at first- and second-year PhD students in the Divisions of Creative Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, this event followed last year’s successful pilot, which was funded by the Connected PhD grant. Organizers Ulka Anjaria, Director of the Mandel Center for the Humanities, and Becky Prigge, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs for GSAS, planned the retreat as one that would address the crucial skills that PhD students need to succeed in graduate school.
January 23, 2024
For Marie Comuzzo and Anna Valcour, the idea to start a writing group for Brandeis PhD students sprang from their recognition of the importance of community in facilitating writing success. After supporting each other through the writing process, the two third-year PhD students in Musicology and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies were inspired to bring the idea to more students.
January 17, 2024
In this installment of Geeking Out With..., a series in which we talk to GSAS students about their passions, Anthropology PhD student Medha Asthana talks about their passion for music in all spheres of life.
January 17, 2024
The DEIS Scholarship, funded in part by the A. Philip Randolph Fellowship, supports students from historically underrepresented backgrounds, including first-generation college students, as well as students who have a history of activism in support of underrepresented communities. Here, we profile the four first-year PhDs and two second-year master's students who are participating in the program.
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January 5, 2024
This past December, Liz Mahon finished the fall semester with a bang by traveling to the nation’s capital to try out her three minute thesis on a new audience. Accompanied by Alyssa Canelli, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs for GSAS, and by Ollie the Owl, Liz was ready to compete in the finals for the North American 3MT Competition, hosted by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS).
December 15, 2023
In this installment of Geeking Out With..., a series in which we talk to GSAS students about their passions, English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies master's student Ayla Cordell talks about her passion for her job with GSAS's professional development team.
December 13, 2023
Rachmiel (Rocky) Klein had been planning on a PhD in Mathematics since late high school. Applying to programs right out of undergrad, he said, was “a very humbling experience;” while he was not accepted into any PhD programs on his first attempt, he was accepted into Brandeis’s MA program in Math. Interested in Brandeis because of its strong topology program, its proximity to both nature and Boston, and his desire to move to the East Coast, Rocky decided to enter the MA program and work to enhance his resume before applying to PhD programs again.
December 1, 2023
After graduating from Brandeis with her BA in 2017, Annie Fortnow, Hornstein MA/MBA ‘23, spent four years working for Jewish organizations. Wanting to continue making change within the Jewish community, she thought getting a graduate degree would help her make a bigger impact. Because she wanted to get an MBA with a Jewish lens, she looked into the Hornstein Program, which she knew about from her days as an undergraduate.
November 22, 2023
Natalie Cornett, PhD '21 in History, will publish her first book with Cornell University Press in the fall of 2024. She spoke to GSAS about the process and how she transformed her dissertation into a book.
November 22, 2023
In this installment of "Geeking Out With...," a new series in which we talk to GSAS students about their passions, Molecular and Cell Biology PhD student Anjali Pandey talked about her love of science and communicating her research.
November 8, 2023
November 8, 2023 is the seventh annual First-Generation Student Celebration. GSAS talked to several of our graduate students and faculty members who were first generation students as undergraduates. Here is what they had to say.
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October 24, 2023
This summer, GSAS collaborated with the Rabb School of Continuing Studies to launch a pilot program in Learning Experience Design, led by Dr. Elizabeth Santiago. A group of 10 GSAS PhD students participated in the program, which will continue into the fall.
October 20, 2023
In this installment of "Geeking Out With...," a new series in which we talk to GSAS students about their passions, we talk to Mathematics PhD student Josh Perlmutter about his love of film.
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October 16, 2023
On September 9 and 10, 2023, the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) held a pedagogy seminar for Brandeis graduate students. Led by Dr. Marty Samuels, CTL Program Director, and Dr. Charles Chip Mc Neal, Director, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Education Learning Initiatives, the seminar aimed to teach graduate students techniques for course design and inclusive teaching, whether they were experienced instructors or soon to be standing up at the front of a classroom for the first time.
September 26, 2023
Geeking Out With...is a new feature in which we talk to GSAS students about their passions. Here, we talk to English PhD student Miranda Peery about her love of teaching.
September 19, 2023
Welcome back to the first day of school in 1953! Classes officially started for the first class of Brandeis GSAS students on Wednesday, September 30th. Read on to learn more about their experience.
September 7, 2023
For the 2023-2024 academic year, GSAS welcomes an incoming class of 236 students across more than 40 programs. Joining the GSAS community are 76 doctoral students, 132 master’s students, and 28 non-degree students.
September 1, 2023
For graduate students, summer doesn’t necessarily mean a break from work. For many, it’s a chance to build on existing skills and experiences and to further explore their academic and professional interests. This year, many GSAS students did this through summer internships, which they found in a wide range of fields and some of which were funded through Brandeis initiatives.
August 22, 2023
Shirah Malka Cohen, PhD ’23 in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, reflects on her experiences at Brandeis and the reasons she chose to attend.
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August 7, 2023
When Kanaya Malakar learned about the American Physical Society’s (APS) initiative to improve the situation of women in physics, she knew she wanted to become involved. The organization gives around twenty grants a year to universities to start Women in Physics groups and help with the issue of women’s underrepresentation in the field; on October 31, 2022, Malakar’s advisor, Professor Bulbul Chakraborty, forwarded her an email inviting grant proposals from students.
July 25, 2023
From June 26 to June 30, GSAS hosted Brandeis’s inaugural summer Teaching Institute in Reading-Writing Pedagogy. While particularly aimed at students who are interested in teaching positions at community colleges and access-oriented institutions, it also prepared students for teaching at other types of colleges and universities.
June 5, 2023
When Tong Lin was applying to graduate school for psychology, advisers at her alma mater of Centre College in Kentucky suggested she consider Brandeis. Why? Because even with its high level of research activity and status as an R1 University, Brandeis’ smaller classes and accessible faculty ensure that its students benefit from an extensive support system.
Tong made the decision to attend Brandeis. Today, she holds a master’s degree in Psychology and has just completed her third year as a doctoral student in the department.
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May 24, 2023
Liz Mahon, fourth-year Psychology PhD student, only had a few weeks to prepare for the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools (NAGS) Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT) on April 28. After winning first place in her division (Sciences), the People’s Choice Award, and the highest overall score at the Brandeis Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 3MT Competition on April 4 though, she was ready to rise to the occasion.
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May 15, 2023
In 2023, GSAS once again honored outstanding graduate student instructors and teaching assistants across programs with the Graduate Student Teaching Awards. These awards celebrate one to two students per program who have made great contributions in teaching roles.
May 11, 2023
At the university Commencement on May 21, 2023, over 250 GSAS students will celebrate their graduation. Here are some words from the GSAS students who are going on to new paths.
April 24, 2023
Applying for external grants, fellowships, and awards is an increasingly important skill across fields–and this year, GSAS students truly showed it! Over twenty GSAS students, who came from all four divisions, received external grants and awards this year.
April 10, 2023
On April 4, 2023, The Shapiro Theater hummed with nervous energy as the finalists for the second annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition filed inside. These ten graduate students from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) had made it through a preliminary round with twenty-five students, and now got to present their research one more time to a panel of judges and a new audience.
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April 13, 2023
The two-year collaboration between Wayland Free Public Library (WFPL) and the Brandeis University PhD program in History started with just a phone call in the summer of 2021. It culminated in a community-wide public event on March 19, 2023.
April 7, 2023
Kerry Chase and Margie Lachman are the recipients of the 2023 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean's Mentoring Award.
March 31, 2023
Liz Mahon was an undergraduate at Harvard College when an Introduction to Psychology class taught by Dr. Dan Gilbert changed the trajectory of her future. While she had originally planned to major in government, her new-found passion led her in a different direction.
March 31, 2023
GSAS career fellows have engaged in a wide range of career exploration and professionalization activities during the spring 2023 semester, led by the GSAS Professional Development team.
March 20, 2023
In honor of Women's History Month, we celebrate the achievements of GSAS's women alums.
March 15, 2023
When it came to considering graduate school options, Michael Fingerman MA/MBA'22 was advised to choose between pivoting or propelling his career. “Hornstein,” Michael explains of his former graduate program, “is more of a propelling career move.”
March 7, 2023
Dean Wendy Cadge provides an update on the anti-racism plan GSAS began developing in the fall of 2020.
February 23, 2023
Read about Michela Zaffagni's experience finding community and collaboration as a PhD student in the Molecular and Cell Biology program.
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February 15, 2023
In honor of Black History Month, we highlight Black scholars, alums, and faculty who played important roles in the history of GSAS.
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February 3, 2023
Doctoral candidate, Tyler Hill, first considered attending Brandeis while researching C. elegans. Read about Tyler’s journey to the Neuroscience program at Brandeis and his experience in the Sengupta lab.
January 24, 2023
Last year, English PhD candidate Emiliano Gutierrez Popoca won the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at Brandeis and proceeded to compete in the national competition.
January 23, 2023
"At the end of 2020, battered by that year, faculty in Brandeis’s English Department committed to reimagining its PhD program. We couldn’t fix the world, but we could fix the curriculum."
October 26, 2022
Zhao enrolled at Brandeis “because of the uniqueness of the MS in Biotech program,” which gave them the opportunity to study both the research and business sides of the industry.
October 14, 2022
From biotech startups to youth advocacy, GSAS students across the academic spectrum explored careers across academia, industry and non-profit organizations during the summer.
September 2, 2022
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences welcomed 72 PhD students, 154 master’s students, and 37 post baccalaureate students in August, for a total of 263 new graduate students.
August 22, 2022
Read about Karina Herlambang's journey, and how another Brandeis alumnus helped make Brandeis Karina's top choice for grad school.
August 19, 2022
Read about Rose Morris-Wright's journey, from being a high school educator to earning her PhD in Mathematics.
July 7, 2022
Read about Alex Romer's unique journey from mathematics to computer science, in Brandeis' CS master's program for non-majors.
June 29, 2022
Read about Corey Beckford's exciting journey to the field of philosophy and how Brandeis supported his passion for learning.
June 22, 2022
On April 13, four teams presented their business ideas in the Innovation Corps (I-Corps) “Demo Day.” I-Corps is supported by the National Science Foundation, and Brandeis is one of ten universities in the New England region selected to host the program.
May 26, 2022
Read about Alma Castillo Hernandez's exciting work combining science and business during her time as a MS student.
May 25, 2022
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) graduated 265 students on Sunday, May 22 at Commencement.
May 25, 2022
Read about jessie neal's journey for visibility in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality studies and their current research as a MA student.
May 20, 2022
Members of the GSAS Career Fellows Cohort and the 2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) finalists were invited to a professional development reception with recent GSAS alumni on April 28.
May 12, 2022
Emiliano Gutierrez Popoca, a PhD candidate in English, wins the regional Three Minute Thesis compeition hosted by the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools.
May 12, 2022
Read about Ella Tuson's determination in the field of computer science and her current research as a PhD student.
April 12, 2022
The finals for Brandeis University’s first ever Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition were held on the evening of April 7, 2022.
April 11, 2022
Read about José Molina GSAS MS'17 and his journey from being a latecomer in computational linguistics to working at Google.
April 8, 2022
Thomas Fai, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, and Grace Han, Assistant Professor of Chemistry were presented with the Dean’s Mentoring Award at the faculty meeting on February 8, 2022.
April 6, 2022
On Thursday, April 7, twelve GSAS students will compete in the final round of Brandeis University’s first ever Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. 3MT is a speaking competition designed to showcase graduate student research in three-minute talks to a general audience.
March 14, 2022
This article is the third in a series that will focus on efforts within the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) to promote diverse career pathways to our students.
February 10, 2022
This article is the second in a series that will focus on efforts within the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences to promote diverse career pathways to our students.
January 28, 2022
Department Prize Instructorships have been awarded to three PhD students, in Physics, Psychology, and History, for the Spring 2022 semester.
January 25, 2022
Daichi Hayakawa has found that the opporunities to collaborate with top researchers in the Physics department have played a vital role in his academic growth.
January 25, 2022
Anish Ghosh PhD’06 received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Mathematical Sciences in November. We spoke with him about the award, his research, and his advice for students.
January 10, 2022
With a grant from NASA, researcher Vivekanand Pandey Vimal, GSAS PhD'17, is exploring how to train people to trust technology in space.
November 19, 2021
Eric J. Harvey MA’11, PhD’20 only became interested in studying the Hebrew Bible and ancient Near East after finishing his undergraduate studies.
November 15, 2021
This article is the first in a series that will focus on efforts within the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences to promote diverse career pathways to our students.
September 8, 2021
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences welcomed a new cohort of DEIS Scholarship recipients to campus this fall. These four recipients represent the sixth cohort of the program, which was established in 2016.
August 24, 2021
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences hosted 304 new students on August 23, 2021 for orientation, including 65 doctoral, 214 master's, and 25 post-baccalaureate and non-degree students.
August 19, 2021
With a grant from the New Music USA Creator Development Fund, Victoria Cheah dives into “Ocean into wire,” a collaborative piece with the New York-based quartet Yarn/Wire.
August 3, 2021
A leading expert on Holocaust denial, Lipstadt's new appointment aims to combat antisemitism in all forms.
August 3, 2021
Natalie Cornett is advancing her academic and career goals with a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship hosted at McGill University.
July 14, 2021
Houman Oliaei’s interest in anthropology did not start in the classroom but in a Zoroastrian fire temple in Tehran.
June 24, 2021
Julia Bandini discusses her interest in health, aging, death, and bereavement that culminated in her dissertation project: an ethnographic study focusing on the the experience of dying patients and their family members at the hospital.
June 22, 2021
When the global pandemic threatened to diminish the experience of incoming first-year graduates, students in the Neuroscience Department spear-headed an effort to help facilitate lasting connections between both new and experienced graduates.
June 9, 2021
As an active duty service member in the United States Army, Esther Lee took a non-traditional path to Brandeis.
June 8, 2021
David Dominique PhD’16 discusses his upcoming Radcliffe fellowship project "Steam," a multimedia opera integrating his music, his journalism, and his political voice.
May 7, 2021
Many were able to use learnings from last spring to implement a more intentional approach to teaching in a hybrid format during the 2020-21 school year.
April 27, 2021
With the rapid growth of the Biotechnology sector, Billy Chau MS '20 is excited to explore the myriad possibilities available in this dynamic industry.
April 20, 2021
The award recognizes faculty who are outstanding mentors for students enrolled in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Winners receive a certificate, a $2,500 prize and their names are added to a plaque in the International Lounge in the Usdan Student Center.
April 6, 2021
Professor Catherine Z. Worsnop PhD’16 discusses her ongoing book project looking at the challenges of international cooperation during cross-border disease outbreaks.
March 19, 2021
For Zoila Coc-Chang, her art has always felt like an extension of herself, allowing her to experience a versatility that she has not found anywhere else.
March 15, 2021
Claire Khokhar, a Tennessee native, has always been fascinated by ancient history.
March 12, 2021
When Yassel Hernandez was offered an opportunity through the DEIS program, her decision to attend Brandeis became a no-brainer.
February 19, 2021
Jennifer LaFleur used her knowledge of policy analysis to help lead an examination of data provided by families in Boston Public Schools under the direction of Professor Derron Wallace.
January 28, 2021
Wendy Cadge, Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Division Head for the Social Sciences and Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanistic Social Sciences, has been selected as the new Dean of GSAS.
December 16, 2020
The New York Times Magazine profiles Al Schmidt PhD'00, one of three Philadelphia city commissioners on the County Board of Elections.
December 7, 2020
Graeme Lambert’s journey to biotechnology began after he interned at a cancer immunology lab during the summer between his junior and senior years of high school.
November 30, 2020
Fierke, who earned her doctoral degree in biochemistry from Brandeis in 1984, will begin her tenure on January 1, 2021.
October 23, 2020
For his recent album, "Ghosts of Our Former Selves," Dean Chasalow composed a series of songs about gun violence, political dishonesty, and the need for empathy.
October 9, 2020
Mohammad Seyedsayamdost ’01, MS’01, a biological chemist who explores how bacteria communicate and interact with other organisms, has received a MacArthur Fellowship, one of the nation’s most prestigious honors.
September 22, 2020
PhD Candidate Kelly Stedem discusses the future of Lebenese politics following the explosion in Beirut last month.
September 22, 2020
At the beginning of the semester, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences welcomed five DEIS Scholarship recipients to campus. The scholars represent the fifth cohort of the DEIS program, which began in 2016.
September 14, 2020
Eric Chasalow, the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, has announced his intention to step down on July 1, 2021, bringing his seven-year period of transformational leadership at GSAS to a close.
September 4, 2020
Last month, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences hosted 266 new students for orientation, including 77 doctoral, 159 master's, and 30 post-baccalaureate and non-degree students. Incoming domestic students hail from 17 countries and 35 states.
June 5, 2020
The Graduate School of Arts and Science recognizes the essential contribution of the schools teaching assistants and course assistants during the transition to remote learning.
June 5, 2020
Brandeis’ first PhD candidate in computer science has joined the university’s Board of Trustees. Xiru Zhang, MA’90, PhD’91, P’22, was elected by the trustees to a four-year term. The vote was taken at a virtual meeting of the board April 27-28, 2020.
June 2, 2020
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) has dedicated some Connected PhD funds to support fellowships in higher education administration at Brandeis University.
May 22, 2020
Timothy Street, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, has received the 2020 Dean’s Mentoring Award. The $2,500 award is given to a faculty member who demonstrates “outstanding ability as a mentor” in the supervision of students enrolled at GSAS.
May 8, 2020
GSAS has awarded six University Prize Instructorships to seven doctoral students in Molecular and Cell Biology, Politics, Neuroscience and Sociology. Recipients will receive $6,000 to design and teach their own courses for undergraduate students.
May 8, 2020
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences has awarded four Dissertation Year Fellowships to doctoral candidates in English, History, Musicology and Politics. The award provides a twelve-month, $30,000 stipend and a full credit toward the Brandeis health insurance option for students completing dissertations in the humanities or humanistic social sciences.
February 11, 2020
After earning an undergraduate degree in Art History, Scott Lerner decided to pursue the post-baccalaureate program in Studio Art at Brandeis.
February 11, 2020
Ana Sarmiento MS’19 became interested in genetic counseling when she was twenty-three. As the daughter of a Guatemalan immigrant, she was particularly attracted to the educational aspect of the discipline.
January 21, 2020
In this episode of the new Highlights podcast, Alyssa Stasberg Canelli discusses the Connected PhD and the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity. Marika McCann introduces the Center for Career and Professional Development.
January 3, 2020
Kelly Stedem discusses the current protests in Lebanon and her dissertation, which explores clientelism in the country. Stedem recently coauthored an article for the Washinton Post's Monkey Cage blog about the protests.
December 18, 2019
In this episode of the Highlights Podcast, Alexander Herbert, a PhD candidate in the history department, discusses his book, What About Tomorrow?: An Oral History of Russian Punk from the Soviet Era to Pussy Riot.
November 26, 2019
Earlier this semester, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences welcomed eight DEIS Scholarship recipients to campus. The scholars represent the fourth cohort of the DEIS program, which began in 2016.
November 20, 2019
Brenden O’Donnell’s dissertation, Queer Temperance: Recovery as Critical Mourning, examines the representations of addiction and recovery in LGBT literature.
August 27, 2019
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences hosted 299 new students for orientation on August 23, 2019 in Slosberg Auditorium.
August 22, 2019
The Connected PhD will make the consideration of careers outside the academy an integral part of doctoral education in the humanities and humanistic social sciences at Brandeis.
June 18, 2019
PhD candidate Matthew Heck has spent his time at Brandeis investigating the nuts and bolts of Shostakovich's musical language and attempting to bring together the existing scholarship from Russian and Anglophone theorists.
May 19, 2019
"If we are going to fight prejudice, we must fight it across the board. You cannot be a fighter against antisemitism but be blind to racism or, even worse, engage in it yourself."
May 15, 2019
In March, mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck, MA’66, PhD’68, H’08, became the first woman to win the Abel Prize, awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for outstanding work in the field of mathematics.
May 15, 2019
Exiled by political events in his native China, novelist Ha Jin, MA’89, PhD’93, H’05, discovered freedom writing in the English language.
May 9, 2019
Ryan Marcus, PhD'19, discusses how machine learning can address the increasing complexity associated with cloud computing and existing data systems.
May 8, 2019
The GSAS dean honored this year's most outstanding teaching assistants with a ceremony in the Mandel Center on May 8.
May 2, 2019
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) has awarded seven University Prize Instructorships to doctoral students in Anthropology, Mathematics, Music Theory and Composition, Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Neuroscience, and Psychology.
April 29, 2019
John Bergdall works as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Bryn Mawr having performed postdoctoral research at Boston University and the Max Planck Institute in Germany.
April 12, 2019
Dmitry Kleinbock has received the 2019 Dean’s Mentoring Award. He is the first professor of mathematics to win the award.
April 3, 2019
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences has awarded Dissertation Year Fellowships to seven doctoral candidates in Anthropology, English, History, Music Composition and Theory, and Politics.
April 3, 2019
Valente is planning a series of portraits of scientists for her spring exhibition. She majored in chemistry as an undergraduate, so she has a deep appreciation for science and the scientific community.
March 22, 2019
Chris Konow researches the impact of growth on Turing patterns in the Epstein Lab. Turing patterns are named after the British mathematician Alan Turing, who proposed a mechanism for how differentiation can occur within a homogeneous system.
March 21, 2019
Jack E. Davis, PhD'94, returned to campus on March 19, 2019 to give a talk about his Pulitzer Prize winning book, "The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea."
March 18, 2019
Veronica Flores, PhD'19, discusses her work across the disciplines of psychology and neuroscience in the Katz lab.
March 12, 2019
Christian Gochez became interested in biotechnology when he discovered the potential of genetically modified foods. He wants to understand how gene editing techniques can enrich crops to combat nutrient deficiencies in populations experiencing severe poverty.
March 7, 2019
Michelle Guaman was drawn to Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies because of her passion for women's reproductive health, education, and justice.
February 27, 2019
Habiba Farh studies the political trajectories of Arab-Americans in contemporary American society, specifically how the politicization of Arab-Americans growing up after the 9/11 attacks compares to the politicization of Arab-Americans who witnessed the attacks first hand.
February 22, 2019
Brittany Cassidy, PhD ’14, is interested in how we observe and evaluate others in our daily encounters. Earlier this year, the Association for Psychological Science recognized Cassidy as a Rising Star.
February 12, 2019
PhD candidate Adrianna Shy’s first interaction with Brandeis came in 2016, when she participated in a summer Research Experience for Undergraduates program.
February 11, 2019
At the end of his senior year of college, Jeremy Mele, MA'18, realized that he wanted to pursue a degree in Philosophy. Little did he know that his interest would eventually lead to a run for local office in his home state of Maine.
February 4, 2019
Víctor Suárez discusses his experience in the dual MS/MBA program in biotechnology and business at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Heller School of Social Policy at Brandeis.
November 30, 2018
Steve Weglinski and Cheyenne Paris discuss how the Graduate Student Association represents graduate students across campus. They also discuss a new initiative to create a student association for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for the first time.
November 29, 2018
Will Edgecomb came to Brandeis for a master’s degree with a view to eventually earning PhD in Philosophy. However, he ultimately decided to take advantage of the career opportunities offered by a degree in computer science.
November 16, 2018
Megan Finch is writing a dissertation on the emergence of literature by black women writers in the post Black Power/Civil Rights era that re-signified the trope of the mad black woman.
November 15, 2018
Anthropology candidate Amy Hanes, MA'11, investigates the meaning of care. Her dissertation research has taken her deep into the forests of Cameroon, where she has spent months caring for orphaned chimpanzees.
November 5, 2018
Watch Dean Chasalow take a couple of staff members on a quiet tour of some of Brandeis’ lesser-traveled corners to hunt for fungus – specifically the kind that taste succulent and savory when sautéed in butter (and don’t kill you).
September 18, 2018
Are you struggling with time management and keeping up with your writing schedule? In this episode of the Highlights Podcast, Alyssa Stalsberg Canelli discusses tools to help students increase research and writing productivity and improve work-life balance.
September 7, 2018
Brandeis has joined the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity, a nationally recognized organization providing online career development and mentoring resources.
September 5, 2018
Hear the first episode of the Highlights Podcast with Dean Chasalow's welcome back for students. He speaks about ongoing initiatives at GSAS, upcoming events and workshops, and the importance of keeping an open mind during graduate study.
August 30, 2018
On August 26, seven DEIS recipients were welcomed to Brandeis with a barbecue at dean Eric Chasalow’s house.
August 27, 2018
On Monday, August 27, 2018, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) welcomed 333 new students, including 73 doctoral students, 231 master's students, and 29 post-bac and non-degree students.
June 14, 2018
Vipin Suri PhD'01, the GSAS representative on the Brandeis Alumni Association board of directors, interviews 2017 Nobel Laureate Michael Rosbash at Alumni Weekend. Dr. Suri performed research in the Rosbash lab for five years as a graduate student.
May 18, 2018
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences has awarded Dissertation Research Grants to sixteen doctoral candidates.
May 14, 2018
Sarah Mabry pays tribute to the Brandeis experience, overcoming adversity and the importance of serving others.
May 9, 2018
Sarah Mabry, a masters candidate in the Global Studies program, has been nominated to serve as graduate speaker at Commencement. She serves on the executive board of the Graduate Student Association, where she was recently elected as Vice President.
May 8, 2018
Matthew Linton, a PhD graduate in History, will serve as the Marshal for GSAS at Brandeis’ 67th Commencement.
May 2, 2018
PhD Candidate Raul Ramos returns to his native Texas to encourage underprivileged adolescents to consider careers in science.
April 30, 2018
Each year, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences asks each program to nominate an outstanding teaching fellow to be honored at a reception with the deans. This year, Susan Birren, the dean of Arts and Sciences, and Eric Chasalow, the dean of GSAS, presented the awards on April 30 in the Mandel Center.
April 24, 2018
Each year, students and alumni at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) have the opportunity to recognize professors who have a profound impact on their education both inside and outside the classroom by nominating them for the Dean’s Mentoring Award.
April 19, 2018
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences has awarded the 2018 Dissertation Year Fellowship to six doctoral candidates. The award provides a $33,500 stipend for students writing dissertations in the humanities or humanistic social sciences.
March 20, 2018
Joseph hopes that a deeper understanding of African American women's perceptions of mental health will enable healthcare providers to cater to their needs more effectively.
March 19, 2018
The 2018 University Prize Instructorship (UPI) has been awarded to five doctoral students in History, English, Musicology, Molecular and Cell Biology, and Psychology.
March 9, 2018
Lauren Bernard examines music from the turn of the century to the present, applying interdisciplinary methods to the study of both classical and popular music.
March 6, 2018
After seven months at GSAS, Marika McCann is taking a permanent position as Assistant Director at the Center for Career and Professional Development.
February 12, 2018
Informed by their own lived experience and conversations with other members of the queer community, AK King researches individuals of color who are masculine and assigned female gender identity at birth as part of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality program.
February 9, 2018
We are excited to welcome Alyssa Stalsberg Canelli and Monique Howell to our team at GSAS. Alyssa will serve as Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, and Monique will serve as Assistant Director of Financial Aid and Admission.
February 8, 2018
Kristine Mackin PhD'14, a graduate of the Biochemistry department, was elected to the Waltham City Council last year. We caught up with Kristine recently and asked her about her motivation for joining the City Council.
February 5, 2018
Theresa Rebeck, MA’83, MFA’86, PhD’89 discussed the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, the #MeToo movement, and working as a female playwright on PBS Newshour on February 5, 2018.
January 25, 2018
"The faculty I’ve had the chance to work with really care about my scientific development and are here to help me achieve the goals I’m working towards."
January 23, 2018
Ana Ward combines various research interests to investigate the impacts of outer space on terrestrial life and help pave the way for long-term space exploration.
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."
December 13, 2016
American Studies professor looks back at his time on campus.
December 9, 2016
The panel also included the GSA president.
December 7, 2016
"My time at Brandeis shaped the work that I continue to build upon at Berkeley."
December 2, 2016
Brian Donahue '82, MA'93, PhD'95, built a home that "makes a connection" with the surrounding landscape.
November 29, 2016
The late MIT biologist is being honored for research on protein misfolding.
November 11, 2016
The piece was commissioned by the French vocal ensemble Musicatrieze.
November 9, 2016
Wasserstrom describes Jin as "a writer of simple yet powerful gifts."
November 8, 2016
The money will enable James Pustejovsky and colleagues to build a computer system capable of analyzing reams of documents and recordings.
November 8, 2016
The DeLeT alumna is not referring Clinton and Trump in the classroom at all.
November 3, 2016
“It is our charge, our opportunity now, to reignite the flame of our mission.”
November 2, 2016
Nationally experienced in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
November 2, 2016
Dr. Irvin discusses life as a historian.
October 26, 2016
Read about the recipients and hear some of their music.
October 20, 2016
"I think Brandeis provides a perfect program to become a good teacher."
October 14, 2016
"Their advice was invaluable. I feel like their training landed me my position."
October 13, 2016
MA candidate Marinella Taoushiani will serve as president.
October 4, 2016
The Japanese biologist won the Nobel for his work on autophagy.
September 29, 2016
Jeffery Kelly's work has deepened our understanding of a variety of diseases.
September 28, 2016
The program will include a series of six sessions.
September 26, 2016
Video: PhD candidate Vivek Vimal shows you how it works.
September 16, 2016
A total of 19 new faculty members and visiting professors have been welcomed to campus this fall.
September 15, 2016
Deborah Lipstadt, MA’72, PhD’76 is a authority on the Holocaust.
September 11, 2016
Marder accepted her award in a ceremony in Norway.
September 1, 2016
There are some big changes coming to GSAS Career Services.
August 29, 2016
The scholars will study ancient Greek and Roman studies, anthropology, history, musicology and philosophy.
August 22, 2016
Incoming students heard from Eric Chasalow and Susan Birren.
August 22, 2016
The award is presented by the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
August 5, 2016
PhD Candidate Hannah Herde may be among the first to realize everything we know about the universe has changed.
August 1, 2016
Lasser was recruited by Charles River Analytics while studying at Brandeis.
July 29, 2016
Adaire Klein, '53, MA'57 was a member of the first GSAS class.
July 25, 2016
Liu completed the master's program in Teaching Chinese earlier this year.
July 1, 2016
A ceremony to mark his new presidency will be held on Nov. 3, 2016.
June 17, 2016
Lupis continues to teach at Brandeis after graduation.
June 2, 2016
The biennial prize for scientific innovation cites Marder’s research in brain development.
June 1, 2016
Jason Olson's Dissertation Analyzed the Six-Day War.