November 2023
Features
The Winter 2023/2024 edition of Brandeis Magazine delivers compelling features, captivating photos, and a recap of the university’s 75th-anniversary celebration.
Brandeis Stories spoke with Emma Stott ’25 and Liliana Aspromonte ’25, this year’s co-presidents of the club, to get a behind the scenes look at their production of The Nutcracker.
Throwing punches, sword fighting, and starting duels. For Anika Hahn ’25, the fight captain of Brandeis University’s production of Twelfth Night, these are a major part of every performance.
Slated for November 13-18, this year’s I Am Global Week features events hosted by student groups, faculty, campus partners, and the International Students and Scholars Office (ISSO).
New research from the Ashton Graybiel Spatial Orientation Lab examines how small vibrating devices could help astronauts keep their bearings.
Faculty and students from the Graduate School of the Arts and Sciences share their first generation students experience.
Inspired by their win at Brandeis University’s DeisHack, Marco Qin ’24 and Mahmoud Salah ’24 have taken their coding talents to some of the most competitive college Hackathon events in the country.
Brandeis International Business School students from South Sudan, Ukraine reflect on scholarships that changed their life.
Baumeister was chosen for his pioneering work in the development of cryo-electron tomography.
Professor emeritus Stephen Whitfield, PhD’72, remembers his colleague Jacob “Jerry” Cohen.
Gary Samore, the Crown Family Director of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies and professor of the practice of politics, analyzes the possibilities of the conflict in Gaza spreading further into the Middle East.
In the News
Written by professor Nader Habibi
Brandeis University President Ron Liebowitz interviewed.
Article co-written by Professor Jonathan Anjaria.
Rose Art Museum exhibition “No Ordinary Love” mentioned.
University Professor Jonathan Sarna '75 MA'75 quoted.
Article by special adviser to the President Rachel Fish
Renowned composer Leonard Bernstein's time on the Brandeis faculty from 1951-56 is mentioned.
Article written by professor Joel Christensen.
University Professor Jonathan Sarna quoted
Article by Rabbi Seth Winberg, Executive Director of Hillel at Brandeis
Lurie Institute for Disability Policy Director Monika Mitra interviewed
Featuring an interview with research scholar Helen A. Berger
Resident Scholar Helen Berger interviewed.
University Professor Jonathan Sarna interviewed
Interview with professor Sarah Lamb
Article written by Research scientist Vivekanand Vimal, PhD'17
Mitch Albom '79 interviewed.
Featuring late professor Linda R. Hirshman
Research scientist Vivekanand Vimal, PhD'17, interviewed.
University Professor Jonathan Sarna interviewed.
Op-Ed by President Ron Liebowitz
Theresa Rebeck, MA'83, MFA'86, PhD'89, interviewed
Op-Ed by Rachel Fish, Special Advisor to The Brandeis University Presidential Initiative to Counter Antisemitism in Higher Education.
Research scientist Vivekanand Vimal, PhD'17, interviewed.
Senior Research Analyst Melee Kim quoted.
Brandeis International Business School professor Andy Molinsky interviewed
Professor Yehudah Mirsky interviewed
Statement by Brandeis President Ron Liebowitz cited.
Professor Wendy Cadge quoted
Of Note
The Urban Farming Institute of Boston presented Shostak with its Sowing Seeds of Success Award.
Leading scholars, esteemed leaders, and Brandeis community members joined together to discuss law, caste, and the pursuit of justice during The 6th International Conference on the Unfinished Legacy of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, a conference hosted October 20 through October 22 at Brandeis University.