Brandeis University is a private research university located in Waltham, Massachusetts, and one of the top 40 schools in the nation. In 1948, members of the American Jewish community established the university, and named the school after the first Jewish justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Louis Dembitz Brandeis. The school sits on 235 acres, and its motto is “Truth even unto its innermost parts” or the simple “Emet,” or “Truth,” in Hebrew. Brandeis biology professors Michael Rosbash and Jeffrey Hall won Nobel Prizes in physiology or medicine. Notable alumni include co-creators of “Friends” David Crane and Marta Kauffman, comedian Myq Kaplan, Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro and Pulitzer Prize winner/The New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman. Brandeis’ mascot is Ollie the Owl, its colors are blue and white and its sporting affiliations are NCAA Division III, UAA and ECAC. Varsity sports offered at the school include men’s baseball, basketball, tennis and outdoor track, and women’s basketball, cross country, fencing and indoor track. There are seven buildings on the Brandeis campus named “Shapiro,” the school has an actual castle and its Quidditch team won the 2014 Southern New England Quidditch Conference.
Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, and was an early center for the labor movement as well as a major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, the city was a prototype for 19th century industrial city planning, spawning what became known as the Waltham-Lowell system of labor and production. The city is now a center for research and higher education, home to Brandeis University and Bentley University. More from Wikipedia...
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