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Brandeis COVID-19 Testing Tracker »
Victoria Morrongiello September 25, 2020These graphs provide data collected from The Brandeis COVID-19 Dashboard. The first graph depicts the number of positive test results from the week indicated. The second graph shows the number of tests administered for the… Read More... -
Brandeis ranks in U.S. News top universities, dropping for four consecutive years »
Sasha Skarboviychuk September 25, 2020
Brandeis dropped in the U.S. News and World Report Best National University rankings for the fourth consecutive year, ranking 42 in the 2021 edition. It tied for 42nd place with Boston University, Case Western Reserve… Read More... -
University honors Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg »
Rachel Saal September 25, 2020
President Ron Liebowitz emailed the university to honor Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, H ‘96 who died on Friday, Sept. 18, at age 87. The cause of death was complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer,… Read More... -
Testing program is “a well oiled machine,” says head of admissions testing site »
Tim Dillon September 25, 2020
After rapidly transitioning to online learning last spring in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the big question for colleges and universities this summer was whether or not institutions would be able to reopen their campuses… Read More...
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Student cartoon showcase: 9/25 »
Featured Student Artists September 25, 2020
Campus Life by David Shapiro@campus_life_cartoons… Read More... -
Fleet Foxes’ ‘Shore’ is the Perfect Autumnal Album »
Nate Rtishchev September 25, 2020
The aptly titled album “Shore” represents a coming home for Fleet Foxes’ frontman and songwriter Robin Pecknold, and a return to warmth and comfort after rough waters. The cover art of their prior album, 2017’s… Read More... -
‘Julie and the Phantoms’ stands tall »
Emma Lichtenstein September 25, 2020
“Julie and the Phantoms” is the feel-good musical series that 2020 needed. The goofy writing and the light-hearted plot is enough to make it good, but the soundtrack is what takes this series to the… Read More...
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September memories of the American Revolution »
Alex Williams September 25, 2020
It hardly needs saying that Brandeis attaches a special importance to history. On some profound level the university understands that, without history, the conditions of the present are without context and the safeguards of civilization… Read More... -
McDonald’s revisited: Travis Scott and spicy nugs »
Aaron LaFauci September 25, 2020
I went for a run yesterday. This is an activity that I do not undertake very often, so I thought my freshly beleaguered muscles deserved a reward. I immediately drove to McDonald’s, of course. What… Read More... -
McDonald’s revisited: ‘spicy’ disappointment and caramel bliss »
Sasha Skarboviychuk September 25, 2020
Fast food has always had a special place in my heart. And by fast food here, I mean places like McDonald’s, KFC, Wendy’s, Burger King, etc. Growing up, I would only have fast food as… Read More...
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The Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance: A safe place to express yourself »
Shruthi Manjunath September 25, 2020
The Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance (FMLA) at Brandeis was created as a subdivision of the Feminist Majority Foundation. The main goal of the Feminist Majority Foundation is to “empower intersectional communities economically, socially, and politically.”… Read More... -
HealthBits: A platform that educates individuals “bit-by-bit” on public health »
Shruthi Manjunath September 18, 2020
Sabreen Huq ‘22 and Maheeb Rabbani ‘23 have created HealthBits, an online platform that aims to provide resources to educate individuals on issues related to public health. HealthBits is an educational platform that is used… Read More... -
Grace Talusan to be featured in Boston Book Festival »
Emma Lichtenstein September 18, 2020
Fannie Hurst Writer-in-Residence Grace Talusan has achieved extreme success this fall. Her short story “The Book of Life and Death” was chosen for the “One City One Story (1C1S)” Boston Book Festival program, and her… Read More...
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So what exactly is going on with these MLB playoffs? »
Justin Leung September 25, 2020
So much has happened in the world within this last year, making it very easy to not pay attention to sports. However, within a short time after everything was shut down, people were trying to… Read More... -
Transparency, disclosure and the path toward healing: Kevin Love’s mental health journey »
Sophie Trachtenberg September 24, 2020
“It was like I was trying to achieve my way out of depression,” Kevin Love wrote in his latest contribution to the Player’s Tribune, a piece he titled: “To Anybody Going Through It.” This quote… Read More... -
The Djokovic disqualification and its greater impact on tennis »
Matt Shapiro September 18, 2020
Dominic Thiem has officially been crowned the winner of the 2020 U.S. Open. For only the fifth time in sixteen years, the champion of the tournament was someone other than Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or… Read More...
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