Dean Baquet speaking into a microphone with a Brandeis banner in the background

An insider’s view to media during polarizing times

Legendary former New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet spoke on the Brandeis campus last week, and warned about the dangers facing the country in our hyper-polarized time

Mark Katz standing next to the event poster for the "Rap and Redemption on Death Row" presentation.

Alim Braxton: Life lessons shared from death row

Alim Braxton, a writer, rapper, and activist living on death row, shared lessons on life, death, and finding purpose during a DEIS Impact 2025 presentation at Brandeis University.

Two students work on a project together at a table.

Shaping the future of education with innovation: Brandeis to launch Engineering Science degree program

Advancing its mission to connect knowledge, critical thinking, and ethical reasoning with solutions to society's challenges, Brandeis University announced the launch of its Engineering Science program.

Students inspect a miniature artifact excavated from a model shipwreck.

Digging in the deep

Charlie Goudge, assistant professor of anthropology, uses miniature wooden shipwreck models to teach maritime archaeology.

In the News

The Hollywood Reporter

Article by Professor Thomas Doherty

International Policy Digest

Article by Professor Nader Habibi

A group of dancers on stage during the Brandeis Chinese Students Association Spring Festival.
Photography

Scene at Brandeis

Scene at Brandeis is a series featuring the work of Brandeis' staff photographers from the past month.

By Dan Holmes and Gaelen Morse

Of Note

The university’s team of seven finished 47th out of 477 in the Putnam Mathematics Competition, with team member Max Shepherd ’26 earning an individual rank of 150th out of 3,988 total contestants.

Brandeis University hosts a groundbreaking discussion with Alim Braxton, calling in live from Wake County Detention Center, and Mark Katz to explore the power of music, justice, and transformation.

The grades are in on the second annual Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Campus Antisemitism Report Card and Brandeis University again received an A.