May 2024

Features

May 22, 2024

Congratulations to the undergraduate and graduate students who make up the Brandeis University Class of 2024!

Two graduates walking through campus before Commencement

May 21, 2024

Graduates from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, the International Business School, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Rabb School of Continuing Studies participated in the afternoon ceremony on May 19, 2024.

A group of graduates wearing Commencement attire stand in line, smiling.

May 21, 2024

With excitement and anticipation in the air, the Class of 2024 participated in their long awaited Commencement ceremony among friends, family, and mentors.

A graduate with her family

May 20, 2024

Brandeis Stories caught up with members of the Class of 2024 one last time as they exited their graduation ceremony.

Graduates in caps and gowns stand in line during the Commencement Ceremony

May 19, 2024

Campus was alive with jubilant celebration as Brandeis held its 73rd Commencement Exercises on May 19.

A mortarboard decorated with flowers and text reading "The World Awaits"

May 15, 2024

Like their classmates, these four seniors came from different backgrounds, pursued varied fields of study and participated in a wide array of activities.

May 13, 2024

As the 2023-24 academic year comes to a close, the Class of 2024 takes a moment to share a few words about their experience at Brandeis over the last four years.

black and white headshots of students on blue squares with white squiggles arranged in a rectangle, with the words 20224 Brandeis academic fellows in the center

May 3, 2024

Nine undergraduates, two graduate students, and three alumni received prestigious scholarships this spring.

A person wearing silver sparkly glasses that read "Grad"

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In the News

May 28, 2024
KeenON

Interview with Jehuda Reinharz, president emeritus and Richard Koret Professor of Modern Jewish History and director of the Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry. He discussed "Chaim Weizmann: A Biography," published in the Tauber Institute Series by Brandeis University Press

Of Note

May 21, 2024

The Brandeis University chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society has announced the election of 76 new students this year.

A group of student athletes sit in chairs and smile while holding their awards.

May 10, 2024
Brandeis Judges News

On May 2, the Brandeis University Department of Athletics handed out their annual Departmental Awards at the 2024 Michael Coven Awards Banquet.

A tennis player swings a tennis racquet.

May 10, 2024

Three members of the Brandeis University tennis teams will participate in the 2024 NCAA Division III Singles and Doubles tournaments over Memorial Day Weekend.

Michael Willrich

May 9, 2024

Michael Willrich, the Leff Families Professor of History, has been named a finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for History.