Category: Research
What does a black hole look like?Oct. 12, 2018We don't know for sure because we've never been able to take a picture of one. That may all be about to change.
Re-rooted: Wellington Prize takes professor Emilie Diouf homeOct. 12, 2018The professor of English made the best of a surprise cash prize by taking a trip home to Senegal with her young daughter, who had never been to her mother's home country before.
Why was this great 16th-century female poet completely forgotten?Oct. 5, 2018In a new book, Professor of English Ramie Targoff introduces us to Vittoria Colonna, the embodiment of the Italian Renaissance.
Parkinson's disease researcher wins Gabbay AwardSept. 25, 2018Lorenz Studer, a stem cell scientist at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, will receive the prestigious prize on October 9.
Stuart Altman named winner of National Academy of Medicine's Lienhard AwardSept. 25, 2018Altman, the Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, has been named winner of the 2018 Gustav O. Lienhard Award for leading health policy and services research in the U.S.
Is Turkey headed for an economic meltdown?Sept. 18, 2018With the country's currency in steep decline, renowned Turkey expert Nader Habibi assesses whether the country can pull back from the brink.
Have a bagel with Jonathan SarnaSept. 17, 2018Jonathan Sarna is an expert in American Jewish History. In a Q&A, the University Professor applies his expertise to the rise of bagels in American culture.
Prof. Jill Greenlee in Washington Post: Having a daughter changes men’s political outlooks — if she’s firstbornSept. 14, 2018New research from Greenlee and colleagues has found that men whose first child is a girl are more likely to support policies that promote gender equity.
Biologist Avi Rodal recognized for outstanding mentorshipSept. 13, 2018The NIH said Rodal is "someone who has created an even higher standard of mentorship in an institution already known to place high value on mentorship."
Teaming up to learn how Boston’s elderly perceive getting olderSept. 10, 2018Anthropology professor Sarah Lamb and her undergraduate research assistant, Gianna Petrillo, are studying notions about successful aging among Boston’s elderly community.
Monika Mitra selected as director of Lurie Institute for Disability PolicySept. 6, 2018Mitra brings over two decades of experience in conducting research on the health care experiences and health outcomes of people with disabilities.
SciFest VIII: The legend continuesAug. 15, 2018An annual tradition, SciFest lets students present the research they did over the summer.
Brandeis and Hampton University renew science partnershipAug. 13, 2018The two universities will work together to increase diversity in the sciences and develop new materials.
Rewiring the brain to fight epilepsyAug. 3, 2018Biologist Suzanne Paradis' lab suppressed seizures in mice by changing the connections between neurons.
Startups powered by STEAMAug. 2, 2018At HackMyPhD event, attendees get an introduction to the world of entrepreneurship
Provost Research Awards fund early-stage inquiry, teaching innovationJuly 25, 2018The Provost's Office has announced this year's recipients of the Provost Research Awards, given to support innovations in teaching and research at Brandeis. Some $500,000 was awarded to 43 projects selected from 94 proposals.
Neuroscientist Eve Marder’s research chronicled in a new bookJuly 23, 2018Read an excerpt to discover how the eminent scientist achieved her insights into the human brain by studying neurons on the stomach of lobsters.
Senior Scientist Andrew Kolodny addressed National Governors Association ConferenceJuly 20, 2018Senior Scientist and Opioid Policy Research Collaborative director Andrew Kolodny made remarks about fentanyl and the opioid epidemic at the National Governors Association Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
A homecoming and major honor for biophysicist Dorothee KernJuly 17, 2018The Professor of Biochemistry went to the city of Halle, Germany to be inducted into Germany’s National Academy of Sciences. She also got to see her parents and friends and visit the basketball court where she became a champion athlete.
Build the Wall? The Maya did it over 1,000 years agoJuly 6, 2018President Trump isn't the first to think about a fence along the border. Anthropologist Charles Golden has found remnants of Maya border walls from over 1,000 years ago.
Sententiae Antiquae examines the classically ridiculousJuly 6, 2018The project, started in 2011 by Brandeis professor Joel Christensen, excerpts passages from classical literature and explains them to the world.
Susan Birren reflects on her time as dean of Arts and SciencesJuly 2, 2018The professor of biology talks about her tenure, Brandeis' future and her return to scientific research.
Brandeis receives $1 million grant to boost science educationJune 26, 2018A portion of the funds will go toward supporting talented, underrepresented students. New, smaller classes will be offered alongside introductory courses.
Looking ahead: A Q&A with WSRC Director Karen HansenJune 21, 2018
Amy Lee named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical SciencesJune 14, 2018Assistant Professor of Biology Amy Si-Ying Lee has been named one of 22 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences by the Pew Charitable Trusts. The recognition and funding for promising early-career researchers is the latest award for Lee, who joined the Brandeis faculty in 2016.
Building a robotic eel that swims through your bodyJune 8, 2018Physicist Seth Fraden is developing a new generation of machines modeled on living creatures. His latest invention might one day treat disease by swimming its way through our blood.
Here's how Brandeis students are innovating thanks to the 2018 SPROUT GrantsMay 29, 2018The annual awards, which total over $90,000 in grants, support early-stage bench research with strong commercial or social potential for projects centered on public health and the environment.
Is capitalism a threat to democracy?May 9, 2018Kuttner, whose new book was recently reviewed by the New Yorker, will discussed his research at the Boston Public Library with Provost Lisa Lynch and Boston Public Library President David Leonard.
Provost Lisa Lynch: Brandeis remains fully committed to Brandeis University PressApril 20, 2018
A star-studded Rosenstiel Award ceremonyApril 17, 2018Cell biologist Titia de Lange received the prize at an event featuring three Nobel Prize winners, Brandeis trustees and a Massachusetts senator.
- Brandeis Library builds non-English recreational reading collectionApril 10, 2018
What in the world are telomeres and why do they matter?April 9, 2018The 2017 Rosenstiel Award winner, cell biologist Titia de Lange, explains it all to you and offers some advice to aspiring scientists.
Physicist Chakraborty wins prestigious Simons Foundation fellowshipApril 4, 2018
Schusterman Center for Israel Studies celebrates its 10th anniversaryMarch 26, 2018Remarks from former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro '91 and Ben-Gurion University President Rivka Carmi highlight the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies' momentous occasion.
Jonathan Sarna named director of Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis UniversityMarch 26, 2018As Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University celebrates its 10th anniversary, it announces new leadership and unveils new academic chair.
Rethinking revolutionsMarch 15, 2018Revolutions in the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean in the 20th century are often examined in comparison with revolutions in France or Russia. What if they were examined with greater focus on how they interacted with each other instead?
- 'The Trials of Richard Goldstone': A Q&A with Daniel TerrisMarch 12, 2018
The universe is a hologram and other mind-blowing theories in theoretical physicsMarch 5, 2018Physicist Matthew Headrick explains the strange, weird scientific laws that suggest our reality is nothing like it seems.
Meet our new faculty member: Assistant Professor of Physics Bjoern Penning Feb. 20, 2018Penning knew from an early age he wanted to study astrophysics. Now he searches for dark matter, a mysterious substance that makes up 80 percent of the mass of the universe.
Your senses doth deceive youFeb. 8, 2018Do red and yellow candies really taste different? Does anyone actually like beer or coffee? Psychologist Don Katz explains that when it comes to your senses, nothing is as it seems.
Department of Justice awards $731,000 to Brandeis University and Colorado State University researchers to create a tool to predict terrorist radicalizationFeb. 6, 2018Tool relies on algorithm and radicalization indicators, based on thousands of terrorism cases, to predict when individuals are headed for violent extremism.
Meet our new faculty member: Assistant Professor of Marketing Bhoomija RanjanJan. 30, 2018Ranjan is an economist and statistician whose research focuses on better understanding consumer behavior. She's also a big Harry Potter fan.
Lisa Fishbayn Joffe named director of the Hadassah-Brandeis InstituteJan. 24, 2018Joffe has been with HBI since 2007, and is the second director in the Institute's history. The directorship is now named for Shulamit Reinharz, founding director of HBI.
Meet our new faculty member: Associate Professor of Biology Sebastian KadenerJan. 23, 2018Kadener researches a mysterious molecule in the brain called circular RNA. He also loves Tolstoy.
Are gummy bear flavors just fooling our brains?Jan. 22, 2018In this public radio segment, Brandeis scientist Don Katz discusses how smell and appearance can influence taste.
Brandeis University receives $8.4 million bequest gift for social justice initiativesJan. 16, 2018Though he only visited the Brandeis campus once, Seymour "Sy" Bluestone, a former rehabilitation doctor, felt affinity for the university’s values.
Unflagging government support paves the long path to Nobel Prize in scienceJan. 15, 2018Nobel laureate and Brandeis biology professor Michael Rosbash advocates for greater federal government support for the sciences in a Boston Globe op-ed.
Five faculty members win Mandel Center grantsJan. 10, 2018Recipients of the grants will use the funds to pursue projects focused in the humanities or humanistic social sciences.
As you travel, pause and take a look at airport chapelsJan. 3, 2018Brandeis professor Wendy Cadge unravels the curious history of chapels and sacred spaces found in airports throughout the United States
Matthew Sheehy: Brandeis library is at a point of transformationJan. 2, 2018In a Q and A, new University Librarian Matthew Sheehy discusses his goals for the future expansion of the Brandeis library's researching capabilities and collections.
Professors Michael Rosbash and Jeff Hall honored at Nobel Prize ceremonyDec. 10, 2017The Brandeis professors each received an 18-carat gold medallion from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf on Dec. 10 as the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
A very Stockholm ShabbatDec. 10, 2017President Ron Liebowitz and his wife, Jessica, hosted a celebratory Shabbat dinner with members of Stockholm’s Jewish community, Swedish and Sweden-based alumni, and the university’s Nobel laureates on the Friday of Nobel Week.
Brandeis celebrates along with Nobel Prize ceremonyDec. 10, 2017A campus viewing party for the Nobel Prize ceremony was held Sunday morning. Guests dined on doughnuts, Swedish Fish and crepes as they watched Michael Rosbash and Jeff Hall receive their Nobel Prize medallions.
Photos: Michael Rosbash and Jeff Hall's Nobel Prize weekDec. 10, 2017This slideshow captures some of the highlights from Rosbash and Hall's week in Stockholm, before being formally honored with the Nobel Prize, they delivered lectures, made a unique donation to the Nobel Museum and more.
US Nobel laureate fears US politics could undermine scienceDec. 7, 2017This article from the Associated Press covers Michael Rosbash's speech at the Nobel banquet, in which he expressed concern about the funding cutbacks scientists are facing in the United States.
Rosbash and Hall deliver their Nobel lecturesDec. 7, 2017Before a packed crowd of nearly 1,000 people who gave them two standing ovations, professors Michael Rosbash and Jeff Hall delivered their Nobel lectures, thanking past students, acknowledging debts to other scientists, and heaping praise on the animals they used in their research — fruit flies.
10 facts you didn't know about the Nobel PrizeDec. 6, 2017Ever wonder how much the Nobel medal weighs? Who the youngest and oldest winners were? Whether you can find out if you were nominated? BrandeisNOW answers all that and more.
Rosbash, Hall and Young answer questions about circadian rhythms at Nobel press conferenceDec. 6, 2017Nobel laureates answer questions about what cures jet lag (spoiler alert: nothing but time) and how circadian rhythms work for those without sight.
What to expect when you're expecting a Nobel PrizeDec. 5, 2017Professors Michael Rosbash and Jeff Hall are off to Sweden to receive their award. They're in for a week of elegant soirees, a white tails banquet and an audience with the king.
The jet lag jagDec. 5, 2017We get jet lag when our circadian rhythms are out of sync with the actual time. If we ever develop a treatment for jet lag, it may be because it targets one of the basic processes Nobel Laureates Michael Rosbash and Jeffrey Hall discovered.
Carina Ray awarded the Aidoo-Snyder Book PrizeDec. 5, 2017
Recent notable media coverageDec. 4, 2017A compilation of print, television and radio news clippings from the month of November that prominently features Brandeis students, faculty and research.
- Jonathan Sarna marks elevation to University Professor with lecture on Jewish PoliticsNov. 29, 2017
Brandeis gave its highest academic honor to eminent historian and scholar Jonathan Sarna ’75 MA’75, who marked the occasion with a lecture on Jewish political identity.
American Association for the Advancement of Science honors three Brandeis scholars Nov. 20, 2017The organization named the researchers as Fellows, one of the most prestigious designations in academia.
Brandeis launches Opioid Policy Research CollaborativeNov. 17, 2017Brandeis' Opioid Policy Research Collaborative (OPRC) officially launched on Nov. 16, 2017 with a panel discussion on opioids featuring senior scientist Andrew Kolodny, NBC's Cynthia McFadden and distinguished local politicians.
USC Shoah Foundation visual history archive now available through libraryNov. 1, 2017
VIDEO: Josh Lepson '19 takes you inside a Nobel Prize Laureate's biology labOct. 31, 2017Ever wonder what it's like to work in the laboratory of a Nobel Prize winner? Joshua Lepson '19 provides a look inside biology professor Michael Rosbash's lab.
Our Generation Speaks brings together Israeli and Palestinian entrepreneursOct. 24, 2017The new business incubator is the brainchild of Ohad Elhelo '16, IBS MA'17. OGS fellows learn about entrepreneurship and create joint Israeli-Palestinian startups. For some, it is their first positive engagement with the other side.
Working in the lab of a future Nobel laureateOct. 24, 2017Vipin Suri, PhD’01, the GSAS representative on the board of directors for the Brandeis University Alumni Association, came to Brandeis in 1995 to pursue a doctorate in biochemistry and had the experience of a lifetime working with a 2017 Nobel Prize winner.
Attention science nerds: Take our quiz on this year's Nobel PrizeOct. 23, 2017You probably know that Brandeis biologists Michael Rosbash and Jeff Hall were awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. How much do you know about their research? This quiz separates the dabblers from the experts. Good luck!
Analysis Debunked, Charges Dropped Against Man Who Spent 30 Years In PrisonOct. 20, 2017Schuster Institute director Florence Graves quoted
Researchers observe gravitational waves from neutron star crash over 100 million years agoOct. 17, 2017Physicist Marcelle Soares-Santos played a major role in the discovery as part of a team in Chile that captured images of the waves.
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