Brandeis 102
Even after weeks or months or years at Brandeis, chances are you will still not have the hang of everything, or just not know about everything that exists. Hopefully the second part of the instruction book will add a little to your pool of knowledge. Housing Having a comfortable living environment is crucial to being […]
Brandeis 101: Everything you need to know before starting Brandeis
Starting college is scary. It’s like playing a board game that you’ve never played before, but without the instructions. I, personally, am not great at figuring things out without making a mistake or two. Although you have a lot of advisors and equally clueless people around you, you will have to figure almost everything out […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Philosophy Department hosts its annual spring conference
The Philosophy Department hosted its Annual Spring Conference on April 14 where philosophers from four universities shared their works on the topic of forgiveness. The conference began with Kate Moran (PHIL) and Jens Timmermann, a professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews, giving a joint presentation on “Forgiveness as Beneficence.” The talk […]
Presidential hopeful Joe Biden faces criticism for treatment of Brandeis Prof. Anita Hill
In 1991, Anita Hill (AAAS/LGLS/HS/WGS) testified that she was sexually harassed by Clarence Thomas, a then-nominee to the Supreme Court. At the time, Joe Biden was the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and now, almost 30 years later, the 2020 presidential hopeful is facing criticism for the way he handled the hearings. In an […]
Branda team plans community app updates
Branda, an application created by a group of Brandeis undergraduate students that combines various aspects of student life, will soon have new features added to it, following its launch in December 2018. Since its launch, it has around 400 daily users and, according to Benjamin Segal ’20, the update will come out on Sept. 1. […]
In the Senate April 14
Aaron Finkel ’19, Vice-President of the Student Union, collaborated with administration to circulate a student body survey over the following weeks about the Brandeis mascot. The survey will assist administration in determining whether the Brandeis mascot should continue as the judge, or whether it should return to being the owl. Student Union President Hannah Brown […]
Women discuss experience in tech industry
During the second annual Women LEAD in Tech, four women shared their experiences and struggles while working the world of technology. During the Q&A, they gave advice to women going into tech and shared inspiring stories of finding advisors. When asked about unexpected hurdles the women faced in their careers, all panelists agreed that there […]
Why joining a club is important
Coming to college isn’t an easy experience for anyone. Most people move away from home, be it five or five thousand miles away. No more homemade food (hello Sodexo), your high school friends are scattered all over the country, if not the world, and you can only see your dog over FaceTime. In a place […]
Washing sustainability away
Brandeis students are very busy people. It is not surprising that amid seven majors, five minors, being a part of eleven clubs, going to nine recitations per week and trying to squeeze in a few hours of sleep and a meal or two, showering does not seem like something that should have a high place […]
Brandeis Graduate becomes first woman to win Abel Prize
Brandeis graduate Karen Uhlenbeck ’66 Ph.D. ’68 became the first woman to win the Abel Prize, the mathematical equivalent of the Nobel Prize, announced the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters on Tuesday, March 19. According to the Abel Prize Committee, she won the award for “her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge […]
Anita Hill wins PEN award
Anita Hill (AAAS, LGLS, The Heller School, WMGS), has been named the winner of the Courage Award from Poets, Essayists, Novelists (PEN) America. PEN America is an organization that aims to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide, with a focus on the combination of literature and human rights. According the PEN website, […]
Visiting author discusses history of the Iranian Revolution
A visiting professor from the London School of Economics spoke about human rights and the global history of the Iranian revolution, as part of the working process for his book to get reactions from the audience and collect ideas. Professor Roham Alvandi is the Associate Professor of International History and Director of the Cold War […]
Entrepreneur lectures on building his start-up in Israel
Cybersecurity entrepreneur Udi Mokady, Chairman and CEO of CyberArk, an information security company offering Privileged Account Security, gave a lecture in Hebrew on doing business in start-up nations to Hebrew 124, as well as Hebrew for Business. Mokady received the 2018 Asper Award for Global Entrepreneurship from Brandeis University and a 2017 SC Media Reboot […]
Brandeis graduates speak about financial issues at Brandeis
Two Brandeis graduates co-led a talk discussing the issues that lower income students face at “elite” colleges such as Brandeis, and how some of the issues they had could be solved. Gwendolyn Berumen ’16 and Zuri Gordon ’15 gave the talk, titled “Poor Kid at the Rich School: The Cost of Diversity,” at a conference […]
Wake up, your ancestors are calling
History is a really funny thing. We, as humans, are inclined to believe that people change, and what happened in the past will not happen in the future. But, in my humble opinion, human nature does not change: Only circumstances do. It does not matter if you change the picture frame—the picture remains the same. […]
Brandeis Alum nominated for US Attorney
President Donald Trump nominated Matthew H. Solomson ’96 for a seat on the United States Court of Federal Claims on March 1, according to the White House website. His nomination is under discussion in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Solomson received his Bachelor of Arts from Brandeis University, from which he went on to receive a […]
An economic education, please?
According to the Council for Economic Education’s annual Survey, only 22 states in the U.S. require that students at public high schools take an economics class before they graduate. Global statistics are hard to find, but the case is fairly similar in all other countries we looked into. Fornagiel: As a STEM major who was […]
