Graduate Affairs

Dissertation Defense: Yunrui Li, Computer Science

05 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 10 – 11 a.m.

Learning Molecular Representations from Imperfect Experimental Data: Models, Datasets, and Benchmarking for Biochemical Systems

Location: Volen
Room: 101
Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events
Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about attending this defense.

Graduate Writers' Workshop (Zoom)

08 May 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Friday, May 8, 2026, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

This weekly virtual workspace is designed to provide graduate students with semi-structured time to tackle the tasks associated with long-term writing projects that tend to get interrupted by daily and weekly responsibilities. You can use the time specifically for writing, but you can also work on research, brainstorming, reviewing feedback, analyzing or organizing data, and other tasks related to your long-term writing projects.

The workspace is also a community-centered space where you can share goals, progress and struggles with other graduate students.

Each Graduate Writers Workspace is made up of two writing sessions. During the first and last ten minutes of each session, writers share (facilitated by our Writing Center staff member) their goals, progress, and challenges with other writers.

Session A: 9 – 10:30 a.m.
Session B: 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

You can attend both or just one of the sessions, and there are optional midway breaks built into the structure of each session. If you are attending only Session B, please drop-in around 10:30 a.m. The zoom link for those participating online is: https://brandeis.zoom.us/j/9193890521.

This workshop is best for graduate students working on long-term writing projects such as dissertations, theses, grant/job applications, articles, and term papers.

Location: Online
Event sponsor(s): University Writing Center
Graduate Student Events Categories: Other Graduate Student Events
Registration/Access information: Join via Zoom.
More info: calendar.library.brandeis.edu…

Dissertation Defense: Teodora Markova, Neuroscience

11 May 2026 18:30:00 GMT

Monday, May 11, 2026, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

Depressive Symptoms in Aging: Associations with Tau Accumulation and the Brainstem Serotonin System

Location: Mandel Center for the Humanities
Room: G12
Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events
Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about attending this defense.

Dissertation Defense: Logan Calderone, Biochemistry and Biophysics

12 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 1 – 2 p.m.

The Janus-Faced Metal: Dual Roles for Iron as a Catalytic Metal in Hydrolases and Oxidases

Location: Rosenstiel
Room: 118
Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events
Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about this defense.

Dissertation Defense: Xiaoying He, Mathematics

12 May 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 2 – 4 p.m.

Dimensions of Boardman Strata of Lagrangian Maps

Location: Goldsmith
Room: 226
Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events
Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about attending this defense.