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May 12, 2026
Professors Darlene Brooks Hedstrom and Peter Kalb will work on books on a material history of monasticism and an art history of the moon landing.
April 27, 2026
Ali Arshad ’28, a Wien Scholar and first-generation international student from Chakwal, Pakistan, has been selected as Brandeis University's 2026 Projects for Peace grantee.
April 6, 2026
Summer break doesn’t always mean that students’ education is on pause. For Brandeis undergraduates, opportunities for summer experiences can mean dissecting public health systems in Mexico, painting in the shadow of a Sienese cathedral, conducting chemistry research in San Juan, and more.
March 18, 2026
One Heller student's experience as a caregiver is driving her research into why public assistance programs are so hard to navigate — and how to change that.
March 10, 2026
A major new federal study by researchers at Brandeis’ Heller school and Mass General Brigham hospital (MGB) aims to change the way seniors experience primary care.
February 20, 2026
Chloe Morales ’23, MPP’26, a graduate student in Heller's Master of Public Policy (MPP) program, is studying behavioral health, specifically the mental health of immigrant families.
January 21, 2026
The Winter 2025/2026 edition of Brandeis Magazine discusses Brandeis’ innovative leadership in the ever-shifting landscape of higher education; takes you behind the scenes at a state-of-the-art light microscopy lab; and shares many other fascinating stories about the university’s alumni, faculty, students and staff.
September 15, 2025
Gustavo Nascimento ’27 is working to protect the world’s most vital ecosystems and the communities that depend on them.
September 8, 2025
Gabriella Chiquiar-Rabinovich ’27 spent the summer uncovering the histories of accomplished, yet often overlooked, figures in Jewish history.
August 25, 2025
Jonathan S. Anjaria to use National Science Foundation award to research ways to leverage demand for expertise in human behavior.
August 12, 2025
During an internship in Jackson, Mississippi, Lauren Balfour ’28 learned how transformative it can be for Southern Jews to share religious and cultural experiences, make connections and understand their region’s complicated past.
June 12, 2025
Brandeis Professor of Anthropology Jonathan Anjaria will co-lead new research under a $3.9 million grant from the Templeton Religion Trust.
June 4, 2025
University professor and legal scholar Anita Hill delivered a forceful defense of the federal judiciary as the primary guardian of American democracy during a constitutional crisis created by the Trump administration.
January 8, 2025
Charlie Goudge, assistant professor of anthropology, uses miniature wooden shipwreck models to teach maritime archaeology.
December 11, 2024
The New Yorker magazine has named “Shakespeare’s Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance,” by professor Ramie Targoff as one of the best books of 2024.
December 3, 2024
There’s no single key to staying healthy as we age, but professor Margie Lachman says that experiencing social support, a sense of purpose, and a feeling of control over one’s life can directly affect physical health.