Students work on a laptop during Colleen Hitchcock’s first ever virtual exchange/collaborative online international learning class.

Professor Colleen Hitchcock co-leading new educational exchange partnership through Fulbright Teaching Award

Students in Hitchcock's biology course see biodiversity and climate change from a more global perspective thanks to a new collaboration with the University of Strathclyde in Scotland.

Matthew Chafin ’27

Job shadowing helped this business major hone his career goals

Through job shadow opportunities at two Boston-based financial advisory firms, Matthew Chafin ’27 gained insights into the roles and environments that best fit his values.

Lev BenAvram ’26

Olympic odyssey: Lev BenAvram ’26 balances international fencing with academic pursuits

A business major at Brandeis, BenAvram serves as the Judges men’s fencing team saber captain while pursuing a fencing career that spans three competitive levels.

The Brandeis sign in front of fall foliage.

New majors at Brandeis blend rigor and career pathways

Communication and media studies, philosophy, politics and economics, quantitative economics and engineering science to expand university's academic footprint.

Spotlight on Internships

  • Lauren Balfour ’28

    Nourishing Jewish joy in the Bible Belt

    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.

  • Chloé Bakayoko ’26 standing outside of the Massachusetts General Hospital.

    Helping innocent victims tell their story

    Through an internship in the Brain Trauma Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, Chloé Bakayoko ’26 assists with research focused on childhood brain injuries.

  • Walid Ichcho performing research in a lab at his internship.

    Learning skills to find a cure

    This summer, Walid Ichcho ’27 put his passion for medicine and research into practice during a 12-week internship at Stanford Medicine.

  • Jae Fioribello

    Behind the curtain

    For Jae Fioribello ’28, a summer internship at Central Square Theater helped bridge the gap between passion and profession.

  • Lyra stands next to an aquarium during her internship

    Real-World Learning: Internships at Brandeis

    Through internships, Brandeis students explore interests, develop professional skills and prepare for successful careers in a rapidly changing world.

Around Campus

Lewis Brooks

Lewis Brooks named founding director of new Center for Careers and Applied Liberal Arts

Lewis Brooks ’80, P’16, will lead the newly created Center for Careers and Applied Liberal Arts, a cornerstone of the university’s effort to reimagine higher education.

Brandeis banner with the Shapiro Science building in the background

Brandeis University announces the launch of four new academic schools

Reshaping the academic enterprise will prepare Brandeis students to apply the liberal arts to better activate their learning and be career ready.

Conceptual rendering of the new Center for Jewish Life. People are seen socializing outside a brick building.

Brandeis University and Hillel at Brandeis announce major initiative to strengthen Jewish life on campus

Renovation of former Kutz Hall underscores Brandeis’ historic mission and investment in the Jewish future

Of Note

President Levine joins the EdUp Experience Podcast to talk about how Brandeis is repositioning the liberal arts to align with the modern global digital knowledge economy.

The team traveled to the 2025 NCAA Division III Championships in Spartanburg, S.C.

Uyen Bui '27 is one of 10 D.O.O.R.S. (Development Of Our Research Scientists) scholars nationwide.

Three students sit on a bench outside on campus.
Photography

Scene at Brandeis

Scene at Brandeis is a series featuring the work of Brandeis' staff photographers from the past month.

By Dan Holmes and Gaelen Morse

In the News

GBH Boston

President Arthur Levine interviewed; The Brandeis Plan to Reinvent the Liberal Arts profiled

The Naked Scientists

Stephen Van Hooser, associate professor of biology, interviewed

The Wall Street Journal

Book review of “The Jazz Barn: Music Inn, the Berkshires, and the Place of Jazz in American Life,” published by Brandeis University Press