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As of Jan. 2022, this account is not longer active. Visit @BrandeisU for the latest Brandeis University news and events.

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Can MARS help astronauts orient in space? @BrandeisNow @BrandeisScience @PsychBrandeis brandeis.edu/now/2022/januar…

Can MARS help astronauts orient in space? | BrandeisNOW

Astronauts may experience spatial disorientation as they land on Mars or the Moon because of gravitational changes, leading to confusion that can cause accidents and death. But Brandeis research...

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New research shakes up what we know about the fall of ancient Maya kingdoms: brandeis.edu/now/2021/novemb…

Did the ancient Maya fall because of a drought, or something else? | BrandeisNOW

A severe, prolonged drought created an agricultural crisis that swept all of the Maya kingdoms into history. That's the popular narrative for the fall of the ancient Maya.

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Heller School dean David Weil has been nominated by President Biden to a key role in the United States Department of Labor brandeis.edu/now/2021/june/d…
Heller School dean David Weil nominated to labor department post | BrandeisNOW

Heller School dean David Weil nominated to labor department post | BrandeisNOW

President Joe Biden has tapped David Weil, dean of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, to serve in a key role in the United States Department of Labor.

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Acclaimed public-interest attorney Bryan Stevenson urged Brandeis graduates to challenge narratives of hate and fear in his Commencement speech Sunday brandeis.edu/now/2021/may/co…
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Join in celebrating Richman Fellow @RebeccaCokley this afternoon as she delivers her Richman presentation "Achieving an Inclusive Democracy: What It Means for Every Voice to Count" brandeis.edu/events/featured…

Featured Events

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Via @JTAnews: What makes this Passover different from all others? Brandeis University is celebrating. jta.org/2021/03/23/lifestyle…
What makes this Passover different from all others? Brandeis University is celebrating. - Jewish...

What makes this Passover different from all others? Brandeis University is celebrating. - Jewish...

Because of the pandemic, Brandeis is keeping students on campus for the holiday for the first time in its 73-year history.

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A few weeks of tight COVID-19 restrictions nationwide could save billions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives, Brandeis finance professor Anna Scherbina says. brandeis.edu/now/2021/march/…
How 3 weeks of strict COVID-19 measures could save the U.S. billions | BrandeisNOW

How 3 weeks of strict COVID-19 measures could save the U.S. billions | BrandeisNOW

This article is republished from The Conversation. Anna Scherbina is an associate professor of finance at Brandeis International Business School.

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A great story about our @BrandeisCLAS @BrandeisU student, Madeleine Cahn ’21, working with @HellenicStudies and @wordsofchaos to make #OdysseyRTW happen during a pandemic brandeis.edu/admissions/why-… H/T @BrandeisNow @BrandeisUAlumni
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ICYMI, @BrandeisU Director of Athletics Lauren Haynie appeared on @CityLine5 yesterday afternoon. Thank you @KarenHolmesWard for an excellent interview! #RollDeis @BrandeisNow wcvb.com/article/cityline-su…
CityLine: Sun. March 14, 2021: Darlene Gordon and Lauren Haynie

CityLine: Sun. March 14, 2021: Darlene Gordon and Lauren Haynie

Two women of color scoring points as leaders at top universities in Boston.

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Read the @BrandeisNow article Liquids That Move On Their Own featuring research by @BrandeisMRSEC faculty Dr. Aparna Baskaran @GuiDuclos @fradenlab @HaganLab & Dr. Pengyu Hong! @BrandeisU bit.ly/liquidsmove #physics #softmatter #GoWithTheFlow
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The future of the Black Lives Matter movement: bit.ly/2Mf5byl
spraypainted fist with BLM beneath

ALT spraypainted fist with BLM beneath

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#Brandeis faculty partnered with local poet Nakia Hill & @826boston to have young people from Roxbury create poems for the three murals that will hang inside the renovated local branch of @BPLBoston when it reopens to the public. Check it out: bit.ly/2MMSVFF
Mural focused on text in bright, bold colors that says "Pride wrapped around us like an emerald necklace"

ALT Mural focused on text in bright, bold colors that says "Pride wrapped around us like an emerald necklace"

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#Brandeis student @AdvocatElias has met with over 85 senators & 280 House members to advocate for legislative policy solutions for DACA recipients like himself. Read his op ed in @JTAnews: bit.ly/3t20NDn
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CIL has received two grants totaling $750,000 from the @HLuceFdn in the second half of 2020 to continue building and supporting resilience in chaplains and other spiritual care providers across the country. brandeis.edu/now/2021/januar… @BrandeisNow @BrandeisU

Chaplaincy Innovation Lab at Brandeis University receives $750,000 from Henry Luce Foundation |...

The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab received two grants totaling $750,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation in the second half of 2020 to continue building and supporting resilience in chaplains and other...

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Rosenstiel Award given to pioneering scientists behind COVID-19 vaccines: brandeis.edu/now/2021/januar…
Rosenstiel Award given to pioneering scientists behind COVID-19 vaccines | BrandeisNOW

Rosenstiel Award given to pioneering scientists behind COVID-19 vaccines | BrandeisNOW

Brandeis University and the Rosenstiel Foundation are pleased to award the 50th annual Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman...

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Brandeis professor of linguistic anthropology Janet McIntosh on Trump and the language of insurrection: brandeis.edu/now/2021/januar…
Trump and the language of insurrection | BrandeisNOW

Trump and the language of insurrection | BrandeisNOW

Before a crowd of thousands marched to the Capitol and violently breached the building, they listened to a speech from President Donald Trump outside the White House for more than an hour.

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The angry mob that broke into the United States Capitol Building, fought with police and halted Congress’ certification of electoral votes have been called insurrectionists by some. Read more from #Brandeis professor Jytte Klausen, a terrorism expert: bit.ly/3oni0Ex
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Christmas trees in Jewish homes: a brief history: brandeis.edu/now/2019/decemb…
Christmas trees in Jewish homes: a brief history | BrandeisNOW

Christmas trees in Jewish homes: a brief history | BrandeisNOW

Louis Brandeis was well known for becoming the first Jewish person appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. So it may seem surprising that he celebrated the winter holidays with a Christmas tree in his...

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What makes the world’s biggest surfable waves? Brandeis climate scientist Sally Warner explains. brandeis.edu/now/2020/decemb…
What makes the world’s biggest surfable waves? | BrandeisNOW

What makes the world’s biggest surfable waves? | BrandeisNOW

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