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Could the Universe Actually Be a Hologram?

One of the weirdest theories in cosmology is the holographic principle, the idea that our universe is a three-dimensional image projected off a two-dimensional surface — the idea that, yes, we are living in a hologram.

Two people, Daniel Estrin and Ilan Troen, sit on a couch in conversation

Talking Past Each Other

A Jerusalem-based NPR journalist describes the challenges and heartbreak of reporting on the Israel-Hamas war.

Portraits of Elizabeth Cary, Aemilia Lanyer, Mary Sidney, and Anne Clifford

Rooms of Their Own

English professor Ramie Targoff casts light on four overlooked female writers of the Renaissance.

How To Intercept Weapons, at Dragonfly Speed

Neuroscientist Frances Chance, GSAS MS’97, PhD’00, is studying the dragonfly’s amazing interception skills at the neural circuit level.

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Of Note

University Professor Eve Marder, Nobel Laureate Drew Weissman Drew Weissman’81, GSAS MA’81, P’15, H’23 elected to American Philosophical Society

University Professor Eve Marder ’69 and immunologist Drew Weissman ’81, GSAS MA’81, P’15, H’23 are two of six elected as part of the biological sciences class.

University Professor Jonathan Sarna awarded American Jewish Historical Society’s top honor

University Professor Jonathan Sarna ’75, GSAS MA’75, the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, is this year’s recipient of the American Jewish Historical Society’s Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty Award.

Brandeis’ Consortium for the Teaching of Hebrew joins with Tel Aviv University's Hebrew Olympiad to strengthen global Hebrew education

The Hebrew Olympiad is an international competition to demonstrate Hebrew proficiency.