Brandeis alum Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó win Nobel Prize
Drew Weissman ’81, GSAS MA ’81, P’15, H’23 and Senior Vice President at BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals Katalin Karikó H’23 jointly won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their pioneering work on messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine development during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their collective research on how mRNA interacts with the human immune system […]
‘Love at First Sight’ brings airport crushes to life
We’re all guilty of trying to look mysterious and unbothered at our check-in gate in case our soulmate might happen to walk by. Imagine heading to baggage claim and locking eyes with your future partner … so romantic. Maybe not, but Netflix’s fairly new movie, “Love at First Sight,” reveals that a lot can happen […]
‘The Great British Bake Off’ season 14 episode 2 recap: shake it off
Some episodes of “Bake Off” are wholesome and heartwarming. Some are nail-biting and full of drama. And some are an hour of pure chaos. This episode falls firmly into the third category. It opens with Paul biting into a biscuit made of concrete and doesn’t look back. The 11 bakers who have survived the dreaded […]
Brandeis men’s soccer ties with Carnegie Mellon; falls to MIT
On Sept. 30, the Brandeis Judges men’s soccer team tied 1-1 against the Carnegie Mellon University Tartans. Both goals came in the first half of the game, with Roee Maor ’24 scoring the Judges’ only goal at 41:19 and the Tartans scoring on a free kick at 14:58. Throughout the game, each team was shown […]
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Brandeis hosts its second Fall for Brandeis Day of the semester
Each fall semester, Brandeis hosts multiple rounds of what it has coined “Fall for Brandeis Days.” This year, there are a total of five Fall for Brandeis Days throughout the semester, where prospective students can take a tour of the campus, learn about academics at Brandeis and much more. Fall for Brandeis Days this year […]
Hoot Recommends: favorite restaurants
Welcome back to Hoot Recommends! In this article, members of The Hoot editorial board will be sharing their favorite restaurants on Moody Street. Cooper: In a Pickle I know it’s stereotypical, but In a Pickle is great. I’ll never order the giant, heart-attack-waiting-to-happen dishes that can be found on their menu, but I like knowing […]
Don’t forget: We have a literal castle on campus
When I was on a tour of Brandeis for the first time, we were told something along the lines of “Brandeis isn’t like other universities because we have a castle!” How Usen Castle helps set us apart remains unclear, however, considering that it remains largely abandoned. Usen Castle, or at least what’s left of it, […]
Why did anyone allow “No One Will Save You” to be released?
“No One Will Save You” spurred an unjustifiable amount of anger in me. It is not the worst movie, my expectations for it weren’t high and yet I have not seen a movie I hate this much since “M3gan.” And I despise that movie. Released to Hulu in mid-September, “No One Will Save You” is […]
What is going on in the world of professional sports right now?
Hello to the minuscule amount of fellow professional sports fanatics on this campus. I apologize for the lack of professional sports articles recently. To be quite frank, I have felt rather sad about the New England Patriots’ performance thus far this season and have not felt up for thinking about the utter disappointment that I, […]
