March 2024
Features
Former Judges basketball player Jessica Chapin will become the 13th Director of Athletics in school history.
A total solar eclipse — a once-in-a lifetime event for most people — will occur on April 8.
Through computer programming using basic functions, matrix representation of vectors, symmetries, 3D representations, cluster finding algorithms, and similar concepts, students in a physics class brought mathematical masterpieces to life.
The graduate student won a national championship against Division I competition, taking the National Collegiate title in the women's sabre event at the 2024 NCAA Fencing Championships at the Ohio State University.
Sam Dienstag ’24 turned in the best performance in Brandeis history at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships, finishing as the runner-up in the 500-yard freestyle.
A student from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is writing a series of essays about her research topic, Puritan media; she’s also creating an online course about the Puritans and advancing her own understanding of the topic at the same time.
Renowned documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and higher education trailblazer Ruth Simmons will deliver keynote addresses and receive honorary degrees at Brandeis University’s 73rd Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 19.
Business professor Andy Molinsky offers strategies to thrive professionally anywhere in the world.
A student from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is working on a film based on the biblical story of Job alongside a community in rural Idaho.
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Of Note
Three Brandeis University undergraduates have received prestigious academic honors.
By 2026, the university will offer an undergraduate engineering degree—but without creating an engineering department.
The fellowships will allow Brandeis doctoral students to develop into future leaders in biotechnology and biomedical research.
Thanks to a major new grant, English professor Ramie Targoff will translate the work of Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarch into 12 different languages — including Japanese and Farsi — to probe the meaning of romantic love across cultures.
This award will support Abbott's research and build the mathematical community at Brandeis, in the greater Boston area, and nationwide.