Brandeis Magazine

Summer 2024

Class Notes

A group of people smile at the camera, one is holding a Brandeis pennant
MEETUP IN THE MISSION DISTRICT: In November, Dan Risman-Jones ’08, IBS MA’09 (left), and Steven Huang hosted a get-together for Brandeisians at their San Francisco home. The co-presidents of the Alumni Club of Northern California, Zoe Hertz ’20 (first row, third from left) and Ariel Meave-Ohrt, GSAS MA’13 (first row, fourth from left), also attended. Brandeis has two alumni clubs in California, which provide community-service, networking, and social opportunities to the more than 5,500 alumni who live in the state.

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Alumni Profiles

Margaret Borchert
Her Scriptwriting Success Is No Fantasy

Margaret Borchert ’15 came to Brandeis with dreams of becoming the next Great American Novelist. Then she took a course on short-film writing taught by Marc Weinberg, an adjunct assistant professor of English and film studies, and it opened her eyes to a different creative medium.

Graciela Díaz de Delgado in front of a bookshelf
Making Pharmaceutical Care Crystal Clear

In her lab at the Universidad de los Andes in Mérida, Venezuela, chemistry professor Graciela Díaz de Delgado, GSAS PhD’88, P’24, studies the structure of drugs used to treat high blood pressure, Parkinson’s disease, and other illnesses.

In Memoriam

Alumni News

A Brandeis 75th Anniversary banner
Reflections on a 75th-Anniversary Year

In October, approximately 3,000 alumni and friends gathered on campus for a festive weekend commemorating Brandeis’ 75th anniversary, and the founding of a distinctive and important institution.

A group of people pose with a Brandeis flag at a wedding.
Ceremonies

Brandeis alumni celebrate weddings and other major milestones.