Women’s tennis has strong season finish
The Brandeis women’s tennis team finished the regular season with a total of three wins and two losses, ending with a record of 12-7. The #14 ranked Judges started with an upset win against the Bowdoin polar bears. They fell behind in the first match of the day with a loss in the second seat […]
Emily Bryson wins 12th UAA title
The Brandeis track and field teams traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, to compete in the UAA Outdoor Track and Field Conference Championships on Saturday, April 27 through Sunday, April 28. Both teams finished the weekend at sixth place in the eight-team conference. The men, at 71 points, were just four points behind NYU’s fifth place in […]
Brandeis rebrands with updated seal, narrative
Brandeis introduced an updated seal and logo on Wednesday in an effort to become more recognizable outside the Brandeis community, said Mark Neustadt, a marketer with Neustadt Creative Marketing who presented the logo to students, staff, faculty and other community members. The new brand will be officially rolled out on Aug. 1. Neustadt said that […]
Have no fear, Grad Bag is here
As the semester comes to a close, students are probably wondering what to do with all of the items they used during the year that they don’t plan on using next year. Students could throw these items out, or they could donate to Grad Bag, a donation-based organization that cleans and repackages used dorm supplies […]
After Schuster winds down, Justice Brandeis Law Project remains in operation
After the shutdown of the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, its Brandeis Justice Law Project (JBLP) remains in operation. Although the general atmosphere of the institute changed, the work done at the JBLP continues like it did before, according to JBLP member Jason Kwan ’20. The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, a pioneer in nonprofit […]
Softball sits at No. 1 in New England, finishes second in the UAA
Over spring break, the Brandeis women’s softball team headed down to Pittsburgh to take on the Tartans of Carnegie Mellon University, sweeping them in both games played on Sunday to take the series in a 3-1 fashion. In the first contest, the Judges won 5-1, and then followed with a score of 6-2. The team […]
Judges bounce back in new season
Brandeis baseball won three of their last five league games to close out University Athletic Association play, as the Judges went 4-3 overall in the past 10 days. The Judges split the finale doubleheader of their four game series against conference opponent NYU on April 21. NYU dominated the first game, winning 12-2. The Judges […]
Prof. part of black hole imaging team
Brandeis Prof. John Wardle (PHYS) was amongst the group of scientists that assisted in generating the first image of a black hole ever captured. The black hole that this group of scientists photographed, and released to the public in early April, is at the center of Messier 87, which is in the Virgo galaxy cluster […]
Culture X’s 20th anniversary show remains rooted in tradition
When I walked into Levin Ballroom minutes before 7 p.m. on April 13, I was welcomed to Culture X by the Farfali percussion ensemble’s lively dancing and drumming. After the introduction, Culture X’s 20th anniversary show, “From Roots to Leaves, Grounded in our Histories,” began with the promotional video posted on the Facebook event page […]
TRII advocates and their stories: Sam Ades
The Right to Immigration Institute (TRII), founded at Brandeis, is a unique organization that trains undergraduates to become accredited representatives in immigration courts and to gain legal experience firsthand. It allows for immigrants to receive assistance with many types of legal processes, making sure they have the support and the knowledge they need. Sam Ades […]
How the measles outbreak really looks
Infectious diseases are nothing new to humanity. We have been fighting them since the dawn of time; fighting for our lives. What infectious diseases did for humanity during that point in time was build up the strongest of the population, which helped them live onto the next generation. We’ve all heard it before; survival of […]
How study abroad can shape a career path
It often seems like the most fulfilling opportunities are never ones that we expect. For Galen Karlan-Mason ’16 MBA ’17, his study abroad experience changed his career path for the better. As an undergraduate at Brandeis, Karlan-Mason was an international and global studies and business double major, originally in a concentration of real estate. He […]
Extravagant, indulgent and somehow perfect: we’re truly in the ‘endgame’ now
“Because if we can’t protect the earth, you can be damn well sure we’ll avenge it.” So said Tony Stark to a petulant demigod seven years ago—and with the release of “Avengers: Endgame,” that day has come. In the wake of last year’s “Infinity War,” and its unmatched, snappy cliffhanger, returning directors Anthony and Joe […]
Advocacy for policy change: powering us through politically empowered renewables
Combating the climate crisis is not contingent on whether people believe the science or not, it is contingent on political will. Historically, energy reform has been led primarily by entrepreneurship and the private sector, but legislative efforts are slowly catching up to non-governmental agencies. According to the Yale Climate Opinion Maps for 2018, 62 percent […]
Author speaks about critical edition of Mein Kampf
When Othmar Ploeckinger, a scholar who studies the early Nazi movement, first started working on the critical edition of “Mein Kampf” he did not think that the ideas in the book would once again be relevant. Now, with the rise of right wing activism around the world, the author came to Brandeis to discuss the […]
Professor to be elected into American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Professor Jeff Gelles (BCHM), the Aron and Imre Tauber Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, was elected into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences earlier this month. Gelles is part of the 239th class of elected members, which include former First Lady Michelle Obama. “I’m very grateful to the colleagues who nominated and voted […]
Louis D. Brandeis: abolish the Board of Trustees
Divestment does not go far enough; we must divest ourselves of the Board of Trustees. Each day our community does not act, climate change becomes ever more irreversible, our university profits off of a principally objectionable ravaging of our world, and the momentum needed to bring about change is lost. At the margins, some members […]
Statement from Hillel Student Board on recent events
There has been a lot of discussion over the last 24 hours, on campus and on social media, about the defacement, restoration, and subsequent defacement of an art exhibition, part of Brandeis Hillel’s “Israel Week,” on the Great Lawn. One face of the four-sided block was an open canvas for student expression; on the other […]
Heller School faculty analyze Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s student debt plan
Professor Thomas Shapiro (HS) and Senior Research Associate at The Heller School Laura Sullivan contributed to an analysis of Massachusetts Senator and Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s recent plan to eliminate most student debt and make public colleges tuition-free. Warren’s plan proposes to cancel up to $50,000 in student loan debt for households that […]
SSIS advice column
Welcome back to the SSIS column, where we answer any and all of Brandeis students’ questions about sex, sexuality, identity and relationships. If you have a question you’d like answered in our next column, email ssis@brandeis.edu or leave a question in the Google Form link on our Facebook page. (Note: These answers are good-faith attempts […]
