Brandeis Researchers in the News
Research at Brandeis spans disciplines and generations. Faculty lead innovative research while engaging students as collaborators and co-creators of knowledge. The stories below highlight the discoveries, collaborations, and creative work that define our research community.
May 12, 2026
Professors Darlene Brooks Hedstrom and Peter Kalb will work on books on a material history of monasticism and an art history of the moon landing.
May 7, 2026
Flora Cassen, Lavine Family Director of the Brandeis Center for Jewish Studies and Director of the Sarnat Center for the Study of Anti-Jewishness, interviewed
May 6, 2026
Doctoral candidate Jin Zhao will deliver the graduate student address at this year's Commencement, sharing her research into how AI shapes the way we understand the world — and why that matters more than ever.
May 5, 2026
How does our daily routine affect our mood and cognition? A new study by Brandeis researcher Jenny Crawford found that trying new experiences consistently left people in better spirits — and ultimately, might even improve the health of their brains.
April 29, 2026
Academy members include leaders in academia, the arts, industry, journalism, philanthropy, policy, research and science.
April 21, 2026
In the search for life beyond Earth, exoplanets — worlds orbiting distant stars — are the most promising place to look. Brandeis physicist James Cho studies these planets, and has spent a career trying to figure out if their weather can support living things.
April 6, 2026
Summer break doesn’t always mean that students’ education is on pause. For Brandeis undergraduates, opportunities for summer experiences can mean dissecting public health systems in Mexico, painting in the shadow of a Sienese cathedral, conducting chemistry research in San Juan, and more.
April 3, 2026
A founding father of microbiome research is honored for discoveries that have transformed our understanding of human health — and is leading to new treatments for childhood malnutrition.
March 31, 2026
In February 2026, the Trump administration overturned the EPA’s “endangerment finding," a legal cornerstone of federal climate regulation. The decision was easy to miss, but its consequences won’t be.
March 17, 2026
Dopamine is best known as the brain's reward chemical, a molecule that floods the nervous system when a person experiences something positive — yet also plays a central role in memory, helping the brain lock in new information and store it for the long term.