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On Oct. 31, Professor Ramie Targoff (ENG) delivered a lecture titled“A Master Class in Witchcraft: The Real Women Behind Macbeth’s Weird Sisters.”
In an Oct. 31 email to the Brandeis community, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Carol Fierke Ph.D. ’84, and Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, Stewart Uretsky, announced that Google account storage limit quotas will increase.
The Student Senate began their weekly meeting with a budget issue, asserting that $2200 of the annual budget has been used so far.
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On Thursday, Oct. 23, the Center for Spiritual Life held their third session of a six-week event delving into the spirituality of one of the most beloved movie franchises of all time, “Star Wars.” The program is led by the University's Christian Chaplain, Karl LaClair. Alongside his work as a religious leader, LaClair is an avid “Star Wars” fan and has been for over 30 years. He carries a deep passion for the franchise and is the host of a weekly podcast called “The Wampa’s Lair,” which has run for 14 years.
On Oct. 24, Deputy Executive Editor of The Atlantic Yoni Appelbaum M.A. ’10 Ph.D. ’14 was welcomed back by the University for Alumni Weekend to discuss his new book, “Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity.” His book delves into the importance of mobility in the American definition of equality. He argued that, increasingly, zoning laws and housing scarcity restrict individuals to one area, limiting social mobility and exacerbating inequality.
On Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, the Usdan Student Center and the Farber-Goldfarb Libraries were shut down. The pathway between them leading to the Rabb steps was also closed.
The Student Union convened at 7 p.m. on Oct. 26 for their regular weekly meeting. Due to low attendance, the senators decided to lower the voting quorum for the meeting to twelve. The Student Union President, Ria Escamilla-Gil ’27, was not present, and the meeting was led by Sarah Jafary ’28 and Daniel Shin ’27.
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Brandeis University’s Economics Department has announced the creation of a new Quantitative Economics major, designed to give students a deeper grounding in mathematical and empirical methods.
On Oct. 9, Brandeis Hillel held a vigil for the victims of the attack in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The vigil, formatted as a service, was held in Berlin chapel. Between the accounts of community members who spoke about the lives of the deceased, a number of prayers were offered to honor the deceased. A screen at the front of the chapel displayed photos of victims of October 7.
On Saturday, Oct. 18, protestors gathered globally by the millions to speak against the so-called authoritarian actions of the Trump administration. They united under one simple message, “America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people.” According to the No Kings’ website, more than seven million demonstrators marched, chanted and exercised their First Amendment rights across more than 2,700 locations in the United States.
Brandeis faculty gathered in the Rapaporte Treasure Hall on Oct. 10 for the second faculty meeting of the 2025-26 academic year. The meeting consisted of a presentation on the new Moodle Learning Management System policy, an update on the University’s marketing plans, an introduction to the new Center for Careers in Applied Liberal Arts and a discussion on a proposed handbook amendment to change the language describing the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice committee.
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Starting fall 2026, Brandeis will offer a Quantitative Economics major. The major will aptly be housed in the Economics department. The Brandeis website states that the new major “provides quantitatively-oriented students an opportunity to incorporate more advanced mathematics into their Economics degree.” The requirements for the major will emphasize the relationship between in-depth mathematical and statistical study and economic analysis.
The new Communication and Media major seeks to study the “multitudes of communication more generally,” said program Undergraduate Advising Head, Prof. Laura Miller (SOC) in an Oct. 16 interview with The Justice. The Brandeis website states that students enrolled in this major will engage with “the theory and practice of communication: message creation, form and content; technologies and channels of delivery; reception and interpretation; and the larger impact on our society and culture.” Miller explained that the choice to name the program as “Communication” rather than “Communications” was very intentional. Brandeis’ new program seeks to incorporate and study communication and media beyond public relations, marketing and other popular uses for the program. The major will take both a theoretical and hands-on approach to course material. Miller’s hope is that as the program progresses, internships and in-field experience will be integrated into students’ learning experiences, similar to other programs such as the Journalism minor, which provides access to local newsrooms in the classroom.
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Brandeis Emergency Medical Corps is undergoing various policy changes in the 2025-26 academic year. There has been confusion and speculation among the student body surrounding these changes.
On Wednesday Sept. 17 the Jewish Bund held a “Study in for Palestine” gathering in Farber Library from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. At one large table several Bund members laid out maps of Palestine and Israel, posters naming those dead from the conflict, and a banner reading “Stop Supporting Genocide.” About 10-15 other Bund members and supporters flanked the central table and sat at adjacent tables leading toward Starbucks. At around 4:00 p.m., a small opposition of at most 10 students huddled in a circle deliberating the Bund a little more than five feet away from the table. At the time, most of the opposition appeared to be male students, some wearing religious apparel and similar white button downs and black slacks. The men did not interact with the Bund beyond standing within the vicinity of the study-in and glancing at the table.