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Back in March, the University sent an email outlining its financial struggles and the steps that would be taken to reduce the projected $2 million in debt. Among these are staffing cuts, drawing more money from the endowment and pausing progress on Science 2A — the plan to build the new science building.
On Sept. 5, Alex Morgan announced that she would be retiring from women’s soccer. In a video posted on X, titled “Thank You,” Morgan said that her decision “ha[d] been a long time coming and [it] wasn’t easy.” She would play one last game for the San Diego Wave Fútbol Club, which took place last Sunday, Sept. 8. Morgan recounted that at the beginning of 2024, she “felt in her heart and soul that this was the last season” of her professional career. For Morgan, “success … is defined by never giving up and [she] did just that” throughout her 30 years of playing soccer. She aims to keep this mentality as she begins a new phase of her life.
Every year, over half a million student-athletes compete across over one thousand colleges, per the National Collegiate Athletics Association. Every year, each of Brandeis’ 19 sports teams seek to answer one main question for their prospective recruits: what makes Brandeis University special?
After competing in the 2016 Rio Olympics and in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the International Olympic Committee Refugee Olympic Team competed in its third summer Olympic games at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Then president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, created the team in 2015 as a response to the global refugee crisis. The first refugee team was composed of athletes from four different countries: Syria, South Sudan, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rani Balakrishna '25 grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts and played baseball for five years before turning to softball. After graduating from Winsor High School in 2021, Balakrishna walked on to the Brandeis softball team as a first-year. Now, as a senior, she is looking forward to her final season at Brandeis. Balakrishna expresses her gratitude to her coach, Dani Bishop, and credits her for the chance to extend her collegiate athletic career. Balakrishna says, “she took a chance on me and I’d like to think it really paid off.”
Every year, over half a million student-athletes compete across over one thousand colleges, per the National Collegiate Athletics Association. Every year, each of Brandeis’ 19 sports teams seek to answer one main question for their prospective recruits: what makes Brandeis University special?
In the afternoon of May 19, graduate students of the Brandeis Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis International Business School and Rabb School of Continuing Studies gathered in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center, where they celebrated the university’s 73rd commencement exercises. Giving the Graduate Student Address was Peter Thabet, a graduate of the International Business School, earning a masters in business administration.
The National Basketball Association’s playoff games have been an ever-changing sporting event, with the first official final taking place in 1947, concluding the 1946-47 season. The first round has previously been shorter than present day, functioning as a best of three series. When the playoffs expanded to include a fourth round of games, the first round transitioned to a best of five style competition.
As the National Hockey League season comes to an end, the organization has announced some major changes taking place in the Western Conference. The beloved Arizona Coyotes will be moving to Salt Lake City, Utah over the summer and beginning the upcoming season anew.
As the National Hockey League season comes to a close, The Justice will reflect on the history of the sport’s championship games and review the predictions for this year’s potential winners.
There aren’t many individual accolades in National Collegiate Athletics Association lacrosse, but one of the most coveted is the Tewaaraton Award. At the end of every postseason tournament, only the players with the best performance, from both the men’s and women’s across all three divisions, will be announced as the recipient of the Tewaaraton Award for that year.
This year’s upcoming Olympic Games are scheduled to take place in Paris, France from July 26 to Aug. 11; the Paralympic Games will be held shortly after, starting on Aug. 28 and ending on Sept. 8.