Category: International Affairs
Watch: Tom Friedman '75, H'88 in conversation with University President Ron LiebowitzNov. 2, 2020Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tom Friedman '75,H'88 joined University President Ron Liebowitz for a virtual conversation on a range of subjects including the election, the economy, COVID-19 and U.S. foreign policy.
What's ahead for the trade relationship with China under a Biden or Trump administration?Oct. 23, 2020Both parties are hostile to China, so the election may have surprisingly little effect on U.S.-China relations, professor Peter Petri says.
What are Russia’s goals with disinformation on social media?Oct. 22, 2020Over the last decade, the growth of social media has gone hand in hand with the increasing use of those platforms for the coordinated dissemination of disinformation. Professor Steven Wilson explains.
In the Middle East, they want to know: How will the election affect the standoff with Iran?Oct. 21, 2020Among the many questions surrounding the 2020 U.S. election for the Middle East, one looms largest: How will the result of the U.S. elections affect the standoff with Iran?
What will it take to make COVID-19 vaccines globally available?Oct. 16, 2020Vaccines are the global bet for a return to normalcy, but they will requires global cooperation, transparency, empathy and a deep sense of social justice.
How could better US-China relations help fight pandemics?Oct. 9, 2020Cooperation could help stem the effects of the current pandemic and prevent the next one. Professor Elanah Uretsky explains.
Lebanon in the aftermath of the Beirut port explosionSept. 23, 2020Brandeis PhD candidate and Crown Center fellow Kelly Stedem looks at the country, more than a month after an explosion claimed 200 lives.
Herbert PhD'26, Khilji '20 named Fulbright ScholarsJuly 17, 2020Brazil during the 1918 flu epidemicJune 10, 2020
New research by business school professor Aldo Musacchio and colleagues offers the first in-depth look at the pandemic's impact on the country. It may provide insight into what lies ahead for Brazil and much of the developing world.
Brandeisians win prominent grants and fellowshipsMay 7, 2020Awards include a Boren scholarship, Goldwater scholarship, and Fulbright grants.
How artificial intelligence is helping scientists find a coronavirus treatmentApril 27, 2020Computational linguist James Pustejovsky leads a Brandeis team in developing an artificial intelligence program that can sort through all the data we have on coronavirus.
'Innermost truth is love': Brandeis parents donate 30,000 masks to Massachusetts General HospitalApril 9, 2020Hundreds of Brandeis parents donate critically needed face masks to Massachusetts General Hospital
Brandeis to livestream academic panel on coronavirus (COVID-19)March 6, 2020Five scholars with expertise in public health, international relations, anthropology and health policy will discuss coronavirus (COVID-19) in an academic panel hosted online.
How bad are cyberattacks for the economy? This professor helped the White House assess the damage.Feb. 20, 2020As a senior economist on the Council of Economic Advisers, Anna Scherbina used her expertise to shape policy in Washington, D.C.
How do Brandeis students choose where to study abroad?Feb. 19, 2020Brandeis offers more than 200 study abroad programs in over 60 countries. Here's how Brandeis students narrow down their choices.
She's training the next generation of entrepreneursFeb. 6, 2020Bozhanka Vitanova, MA ’16 created an algorithm to help businesses build better teams and boost their workers’ entrepreneurial 'muscle'
Introducing the Winter 2019/2020 edition of Brandeis MagazineJan. 23, 2020This edition of Brandeis Magazine includes timely features, faculty and student news, Class Notes, notable alumni books, and much more.
The entrepreneurial muscle: why business pioneers start youngJan. 23, 2020Article by World Economic Forum delegate Bozhanka Vitanova, MS '16
What does the killing of Iran’s Suleimani mean?Jan. 3, 2020The killing of the top Iranian commander by a U.S. drone strike capped a deadly week of escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran - but are we closer to all-out war? The Crown Center's Gary Samore, an arms negotiator for four presidents, provides his perspective.
2019 protests in Iraq: a primerDec. 11, 2019Who are the protestors? What do they want? The Crown Center's David Siddhartha Patel explains.
Marshall Scholarship awarded to Troia Reyes-Stone '17 Dec. 9, 2019Reyes-Stone is the fifth Brandeisian to win the prestigious scholarship.
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