Brandeis Magazine

David Libang Huang finished his master’s studies at the University of Paris in July. He is a multimedia editor for Xineurope in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France, and is studying Russian at the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Paris. Se McCarty received the Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship to explore processes of accountability, healing and justice through social art practice in Germany. Danielle Novotny is an event marketing manager at Information Security Media Group, in Prince­ton, New Jersey, where she helps promote international summits and executive dinner events. She is also an author; the second novel in her “Remade” series was published in 2019. Linda Phiri, who earned a master’s degree at the University of Cambridge, is pursuing a PhD at American University, in Washington, D.C. She says Brandeis sparked her passion for advancing knowledge. In January, Shruti Vaidyanathan began a master’s in public health management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, after working three years in anesthesia research at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Naomi Weinblatt is pursuing a master’s in policy analysis at New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Brianna Wesley-Majsiak has co-founded a nonprofit called The Breasties, which supports young women impacted by breast and reproductive cancers through community and friendship. The organization has hosted 10 free weekend wellness retreats and a camp for more than 500 women.

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