February 2024

Features

Robin Wall Kimmerer

February 29, 2024

The celebrated ecologist, educator, and author presented to more than 400 audience members from Brandeis, Wellesley College, Tufts University, and elementary schools from across the Boston area.

Eleanor Roosevelt speaks with a student as a group of people, including Abram Sachar, look on.

February 27, 2024

For five days in 1955, Allen Secher ’56 was in the driver's seat and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt sat by his side.

Dalia and Arianna

February 26, 2024

The course is a part of a ENACT: a national, nonpartisan program engaging undergraduates at colleges and universities in state-level legislative change by working with legislators, staffers, and community organizers to advance policy.

An image from Nayoung Kim's dissertation, Prismatic Reader.

February 23, 2024

Kim was the first to complete a non-traditional dissertation. In response to the English department’s decision to change the structure and requirements of their PhD program, she created Prismatic Reader, an eye-catching website that combines analyses of contemporary novels with reflections on her own process.

jolecia with art

February 16, 2024

Jolecia Saunderson spoke with Brandeis Stories about her steps to creating a campus club and why she values her found community.

zaire simmonds

February 16, 2024

Zaire Simmonds ’26, an education major from the Bronx, was selected as a top 50 finalist for the Chegg 2023 Global Student Teacher Prize.

woman on phone

February 12, 2024

A new study from professor Margie Lachlan and Xin Lin, GSAS PhD'22, shows that the precise way we use social media can determine its impact on our mental health.

Woodrow Wilson at the podium

February 1, 2024

In reference to the centennial of Wilson’s death, Professor Thomas Doherty notes on the president's accomplishments and initiatives leading to his death.

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In the News

February 28, 2024
STL Jewish Light

University Professor Jonathan D. Sarna quoted

February 28, 2024
The New York Times

Featuring professor Ramie Targoff

February 27, 2024
Lilith

Written by Keren McGinity, Research Associate at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute

February 26, 2024
WGBH

Andrew Kolodny, Medical Director for the Opioid Policy Research Collaborative, quoted

February 26, 2024
The Hollywood Reporter

Featuring University Professor Anita Hill

February 26, 2024
Commonwealth Beacon

Co-authored by professor Lawrence Bailis

February 23, 2024
Jewish Insider

Featured interview with President Ron Liebowitz

February 22, 2024
Outsports

Brandeis Athletics featured

February 22, 2024
Quanta Magazine

Professor Daniel Ruberman quoted

February 19, 2024
Boston Globe

Article by Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies director Leonard Saxe

February 16, 2024
The Heller School

Co-authored by David Auerbach, PhD, Visiting Scholar at The Heller School and Karen Donelan, ScD, the Stuart H. Altman Chair in U.S. Health Policy at Brandeis University

February 16, 2024
WBUR

University Professor Anita Hill featured

February 16, 2024
The Conversation

Article co-written by Brandeis International Business School professor Aldo Musacchio

February 16, 2024
The Conversation

Article co-written by professor Angela Gutchess

February 15, 2024
The Economist

Senior associate director of the Schusterman Centre for Israel Studies Shayna Weiss quoted

February 13, 2024
NBCU

Professor Harleen Singh quoted

February 6, 2024

Exhibition at Rose Art Museum featured

February 6, 2024

"Noé Martínez: The Body Remembers" exhibition at Rose Art Museum featured

February 6, 2024
Marketplace

Heller School associate dean for research Cindy Parks Thomas quoted

February 6, 2024
The Progressive

Article by professor Sabine von Mering

February 6, 2024
JTA

Professor Thomas Doherty quoted

Of Note

February 29, 2024

Norwich will join the Hornstein Program on a part-time basis in March before assuming the full time role in July.

February 26, 2024

Through this partnership, beginning in the 2024-2025 academic year, Heller and Nagoya GSID will exchange faculty, administrative staff, researchers, and graduate students. The schools will also conduct collaborative research and hold joint lectures and symposia.

February 2, 2024

In honor of Brandeis University’s 75th anniversary, the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies illuminates a little-known chapter in the university’s history.

People gathered at the Stein watching a game

Alan Rosenberg ’74, P’07, first conceptualized a campus tavern as an election campaign promise. A half century later, it’s still a uniquely Brandeisian jewel.

Illustration of a fist raised in protest.

Brandeis Magazine

Where will African and African American studies will be in 25 years? Professor Chad Williams shares his thoughts.

Black and white photo of Elvis Costello playing the guitar and singing into a microphone

A look back at a few of the standout musical acts who performed on campus and reflections from alumni who witnessed musical greatness.