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
University Professor Jonathan D. Sarna
Featuring an interview with research scholar Helen A. Berger
Interview with professor Sarah Lamb
Featuring late professor Linda R. Hirshman
Op-Ed by President Ron Liebowitz
Rabbi Seth Winberg, executive director of Hillel, quoted
Of Note
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.