Brandeis Magazine

Bonnie Berger, the Simons Professor of Mathematics at MIT and a member of the Brandeis Board of Trustees, is senior author of a study published in February in Nature Methods describing a machine-learning algorithm that helps identify possible structures a protein can take. Stephen Cloobeck has been appointed by the Nevada governor to serve as chairman of the state’s Athletic Commission, which regulates all contests and exhibitions of unarmed combat, including the licensure and supervision of promoters, managers, boxers, mixed martial artists, kickboxers and ring announcers. Lois Kaplan Solomon has been a reporter at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel for 22 years. Her COVID-19 coverage included a daily column that answered readers’ questions about the vaccines. She credits her days at The Justice for luring her into journalism and keeping her there.