April 2026

Features

Arthur Levine

April 23, 2026

Levine, a national leader in higher education, honored for decades of work and scholarship.

Evan Sweeney

April 22, 2026

Founder of “Cripping up Sex” will explore barriers and “the radical act of reclaiming intimacy.”

Stage setting

April 22, 2026

Acclaimed set designer among 31 fellows who will develop projects at fellowship in Italy.

NASA/Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech

April 21, 2026

In the search for life beyond Earth, exoplanets — worlds orbiting distant stars — are the most promising place to look. Brandeis physicist James Cho studies these planets, and has spent a career trying to figure out if their weather can support living things.

Loretta Devine, Jeffrey Lurie, Sharon Taube

April 15, 2026

Actress Loretta Devine, MFA’76, Philadelphia Eagles chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie, PhD’87, and cancer research pioneer Sheila Efron Taube ’63 to be honored.

Two students and a professor pointing to a computer screen.

April 14, 2026

Professor Alex Johnson’s Bacterial Toxins course gives students across all academic levels a rare, hands-on opportunity to use one of the field’s most powerful imaging tools — access typically reserved for advanced researchers.

Students standing in front of a bus

April 14, 2026

Brandeis Emergency Medical Corps will be stationed on "sweeper" buses to provide aid.

A dancer performing

April 10, 2026

On April 18–19, the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts will fill campus with 24 hours of creativity.

Two people having a conversation

April 9, 2026

The Second Transcript shows the skills students build through coursework, research, internships, leadership and real-world experience, translating them into clear, verified competencies for employers and graduate schools.

Students inside a blue ice cave under a glacier in Iceland.

April 6, 2026

Summer break doesn’t always mean that students’ education is on pause. For Brandeis undergraduates, opportunities for summer experiences can mean dissecting public health systems in Mexico, painting in the shadow of a Sienese cathedral, conducting chemistry research in San Juan, and more.

A mother feeding a child that is sitting on her knee

April 3, 2026

A founding father of microbiome research is honored for discoveries that have transformed our understanding of human health — and is leading to new treatments for childhood malnutrition.

Mike Vivian presenting his research

April 2, 2026

At the 2026 Brandeis Three Minute Thesis Competition, 10 graduate students took the stage to present years of research — each in just three minutes and a single slide.

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In the News

April 23, 2026
University Business

Brandeis Plan to Reinvent the Liberal Arts cited

April 17, 2026
Marketplace on NPR

Professor David Weil quoted

April 16, 2026
Playbill

Bulbul Chakraborty, Enid and Nathan Ancell Professor of Physics, emerita, interviewed

April 16, 2026
Inside Higher Ed

New report from the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies cited

April 10, 2026
U.S. News & World Report

The Brandeis Plan to Reinvent the Liberal Arts highlighted

April 9, 2026
WGBH

Professor Naghmeh Sohrabi quoted

Of Note

Hall of Fame inductees participating in their various sports.

April 15, 2026

A group of four former athletic greats and a successful long-time coach will be inducted into the Brandeis Athletics Joseph M. Linsey Hall of Fame at the Judges' annual homecoming celebration.

Matthew Chu

April 9, 2026

Matthew Chu ’27 receives prestigious award

April 8, 2026

Health policy management, social policy graduate programs ranked among the best nationwide.