Brandeis Magazine
Summer 2024
Creating Lives of Meaning
From the Senior Vice President
“[At Brandeis,] I honed my critical thinking skills [and] nurtured my passion for scientific exploration. [I] learned the value of collaboration and open-mindedness. […] Brandeis expanded my learning [and] really broadened me as a person.”
Drew Weissman ’81, GSAS MA’81, P’15, H’23, Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Hannah Peters (Photo Credit: Heratch Ekmekjian)
Enterprising idealists. Truth pursuers. Repairers of the world. These are a few descriptors for Brandeis students who, following in the footsteps of alumni before them, will blaze their own paths to lives of meaning. Ask our graduates to what they attribute their success, and, invariably, they cite their willingness to challenge assumptions and examine differing views, which they learned at Brandeis.
Our dynamic campus environment fuels opportunities not just to question the status quo but to ardently reject the mundane. At Brandeis, students and faculty connect in lively discourse. Respectful debate is cherished, and intellectual and artistic exploration are encouraged.
Within this supportive atmosphere, a collective openness to innovative thought, a dedication to academic excellence, and a fervor for critical discovery flourish, paving the way for the emergence of wisdom, empathy, and diverse perspectives, which makes the world a better place.
As Brandeis’ 75th-anniversary year winds down, we are excited for what is to come — for our remarkable university and for new generations of students. Please join me in supporting their journeys with a gift to scholarships or another designation of your choice. Thank you.
With warm regards,
Hannah Peters
Senior Vice President of Institutional Advancement