Of Note

Aerial view of the Brandeis campus

December 5, 2024

In her expanded role, Walker will continue to spearhead the undergraduate admissions office and assume oversight of student financial services and the registrar’s office under the direct leadership of the President.

The Brandeis campus in spring

November 19, 2024

The Brandeis Commitment aims to reduce financial barriers, providing predictable aid for families earning up to $200,000.

November 8, 2024

Dr. Edith Pick shares her insights into the dynamics of diversity and politics in Jewish organizations, and how Brandeis undergraduate students can navigate conflict and promote feelings of community on campus.

October 31, 2024

The 54th Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Biomedical Research has been conferred on 4 remarkable neuroscientists.

October 30, 2024

Paola Servino, Associate Professor of the Practice of Italian Studies and Co-chair of the Interdepartmental Program of Italian Studies, has been named Best Italian Teacher of the Year by the Massachusetts Italian Teachers Association (MITA/AATI) for 2024.

August 7, 2024

The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute hosted a reunion its Gilda Slifka HBI Summer Internship program bringing together a group of interns that included Jewish communal professionals, Jewish studies academics, public policy advocates, and many others.

August 2, 2024

Williams' commissioned work will receive a world premiere at Brandeis University's Slosberg Recital Hall on May 4, 2025.

July 16, 2024

University Professor Eve Marder ’69 and immunologist Drew Weissman ’81, GSAS MA’81, P’15, H’23 are two of six elected as part of the biological sciences class.

Jonathan Sarna

June 27, 2024

University Professor Jonathan Sarna ’75, GSAS MA’75, the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, is this year’s recipient of the American Jewish Historical Society’s Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty Award.

June 19, 2024

The Hebrew Olympiad is an international competition to demonstrate Hebrew proficiency.

May 21, 2024

The Brandeis University chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society has announced the election of 76 new students this year.

May 16, 2024

Odenheimer co-wrote an article titled “The Day Hamas Came,” an hour-by-hour account of October 7.

May 15, 2024

As an ENACT Your Vote Campus Engagement Student Fellow and a vital contributor to the VoteDeis Campus Coalition, Kahn demonstrated exemplary leadership in mobilizing his peers to participate actively in the democratic process.

May 13, 2024

The initiative aims to enhance mental health support on college campuses.

A tennis player swings a tennis racquet.

May 10, 2024

Three members of the Brandeis University tennis teams will participate in the 2024 NCAA Division III Singles and Doubles tournaments over Memorial Day Weekend.

A group of student athletes sit in chairs and smile while holding their awards.

May 10, 2024
Brandeis Judges News

On May 2, the Brandeis University Department of Athletics handed out their annual Departmental Awards at the 2024 Michael Coven Awards Banquet.

Michael Willrich

May 9, 2024

Michael Willrich, the Leff Families Professor of History, has been named a finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for History.

May 3, 2024
The Hill

Article by professor Anna Scherbina

Sonia Almeida

April 30, 2024

Associate Professor of Fine Arts Sónia Almeida was among 188 luminaries from a variety of fields to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2024.

Piali Sengupta

April 25, 2024

Neuroscientist Piali Sengupta has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a prestigious organization devoted to interdisciplinary research.

Brandeis campus

April 17, 2024

The Anti-Defamation League released its first ever Campus Antisemitism Report Card, assessing 85 campuses nationwide.

Daniel Block, a young man with dark hair that hangs in loose curls,  standing in a collared red shortsleeve shirt in front of a leafy bush.

April 12, 2024

For the first time in 16 years, a Brandeis student has been selected as a Truman Scholar. Daniel Block ’25 will be one of only 60 scholars selected this year from students nationwide.

Three blurred students walk down a stairway past flags from many countries.

April 9, 2024

U.S. News & World Report ranks Heller #9 for social policy, and #13 for health policy and management.

April 2, 2024

Three Brandeis University undergraduates have received prestigious academic honors.