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.
Article by professor Dominic Hodgkin and colleagues
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dean Baquet, the pioneering former executive editor of The New York Times, will headline “The Media in a Divided America,” a timely event that will take place at Brandeis University on Tuesday, March 4.
Brandeis University is pleased to announce the appointment of nationally renowned nonprofit leader Jordan Tannenbaum ’72 as Senior Vice President of Institutional Advancement.
The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has recognized Brandeis University as a “Fulbright Top Producing Institution” for 2024-25.
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.
Pamela Allara, associate professor emerita of contemporary art at Brandeis, has been chosen as one of the 2025 honorees at the Boston Arts Academy Foundation’s Champion Reception.
The School of Music faculty ensemble, Fredaissance, will premiere a commissioned composition by award-winning Taiwanese composer Dr. Yu-Hui Chang, Professor of Composition at Brandeis University.
The Jewish Book Council has selected publications by husband and wife faculty members President Emeritus Jehuda Reinharz, Phd’72, H’11, and Jacob S. Potofsky Professor of Sociology, Emerita Shulamit Reinharz, GSAS MA’69, PhD’77, as finalists for this year’s National Jewish Book Award.
In her expanded role, Walker will continue to spearhead the undergraduate admissions office and assume oversight of student financial services and the registrar’s office under the direct leadership of the President.
The Brandeis Commitment aims to reduce financial barriers, providing predictable aid for families earning up to $200,000.
Dr. Edith Pick shares her insights into the dynamics of diversity and politics in Jewish organizations, and how Brandeis undergraduate students can navigate conflict and promote feelings of community on campus.
The 54th Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Biomedical Research has been conferred on 4 remarkable neuroscientists.
Paola Servino, Associate Professor of the Practice of Italian Studies and Co-chair of the Interdepartmental Program of Italian Studies, has been named Best Italian Teacher of the Year by the Massachusetts Italian Teachers Association (MITA/AATI) for 2024.
The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute hosted a reunion its Gilda Slifka HBI Summer Internship program bringing together a group of interns that included Jewish communal professionals, Jewish studies academics, public policy advocates, and many others.
Williams' commissioned work will receive a world premiere at Brandeis University's Slosberg Recital Hall on May 4, 2025.
University Professor Eve Marder ’69 and immunologist Drew Weissman ’81, GSAS MA’81, P’15, H’23 are two of six elected as part of the biological sciences class.
University Professor Jonathan Sarna ’75, GSAS MA’75, the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, is this year’s recipient of the American Jewish Historical Society’s Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty Award.
The Hebrew Olympiad is an international competition to demonstrate Hebrew proficiency.
The Brandeis University chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society has announced the election of 76 new students this year.
Odenheimer co-wrote an article titled “The Day Hamas Came,” an hour-by-hour account of October 7.
As an ENACT Your Vote Campus Engagement Student Fellow and a vital contributor to the VoteDeis Campus Coalition, Kahn demonstrated exemplary leadership in mobilizing his peers to participate actively in the democratic process.