Grades replacing summer 2025 undergraduates & graduates incompletes due
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Thursday, September 18, 2025.
BCC Meet-and-Greet
Audience: Current Students.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Sachar Lobby Outside OAASE Office.
Graduate Student Small Group Gatherings-LGBTQIA Grad Students
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Some weeks feel heavy. Classes, research, family, jobs, all moving at once. But even in the rush, there is space to breathe, laugh, and share stories with others who understand.
Our Graduate Student Small Group Gatherings are a place to connect, unwind, and find support. Navigating graduate school as an international student, balancing parenting, exploring your next career step, or simply needing a stress-buster, there is a group waiting for you.
📍 Graduate Student Center, Gzang 127
🗓 Mondays–Thursdays (5:30–6:30 pm) + Wednesday mornings
Join us for a conversation, and a reminder that you are not alone.
Room: 127.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
Karaoke Mix
The Office of Academic Affairs and Student Experience (OAASE) at the School of Business and Economics invites you to our first Karaoke Mix of the semester! 🎤✨
Get ready for karaoke, food, sodas, prizes, and endless fun. Are you ready to be the star of the day? 🌟
Registration is encouraged (to help us plan for food), but not required. We can’t wait to see you there!
Event Contact: payalkumari@brandeis.edu and elijahbenson@brandeis.edu. Event Host/Office: Academic Affairs and Student Experience. Audience: Current Students. Registration/Access information: Please fill out this form to register. While registration is encouraged but not required, it helps us plan better, especially for food and Sodas. We’d love to see you there!
Friday, September 19, 2025, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
World Court, Lemberg Building, School of Business and Economics.
Recent Alumni Wisdom Career Panel
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Recent alumni will talk about the transition to landing their first jobs after grad school. Panelists include:
Jessi Brewer (PhD English), Director of Operations, Partakers
Noella Masengesho (MS Biotechnology), Electrical Distribution & Design Engineer, National Grid
Víkko Suárez Casanova (PhD Neuroscience), Staff Scientist, Choate, Hall & Stuart, LLP.
Location: Online. Registration Information: Register for the zoom link: https://brandeis.zoom.us/meeting/register/OX1cE5JdQw-e0-NIA8M9_Q.
Friday, September 19, 2025, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Graduate Ice Cream Social
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🍦 Small scoops, big connections.
After a long week of classes, you deserve a moment to pause. Our Ice Cream Social brings graduate students together to share ideas, laughter, and a little sweetness.
📅 Friday, Sept. 19, 2025
⏰ 5:30 – 7:30 PM
📍 Graduate Student Center, Gzang 127
Come for the ice cream, leave with new friends, fresh ideas, and a stronger network.
Room: Gzang 127.
Friday, September 19, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Rosh Hashanah: No University Exercises. Staff holiday Tuesday
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Tuesday, September 23, 2025.
Rosh Hashanah: No University Exercises.
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025.
Graduate Student Trivia Night
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Join us for a trivia night at Bak Bar!
First-place winners will each get a $25 Amazon electronic gift card; Second-place winners will each get a $20 Amazon electronic gift card.
Room: Tempo Bistro, Bak Bar. Registration Information: Spots are limited. Register today - https://forms.gle/AhHVcR11n6Bp2ASQ9.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Last day for Graduate students to change grading option of Module I courses to audit (Instructor's permission required)
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Friday, September 26, 2025.
Last day to drop Module I courses
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Friday, September 26, 2025.
Yom Kippur: No university exercises. Staff holiday Thursday
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
Yom Kippur: No university exercises.
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Thursday, October 2, 2025.
Last day to apply for mid-year graduation
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Monday, October 6, 2025.
**Sukkot: No university exercises
** This Jewish holiday begins at sundown of the previous evening listed, and ends at nightfall of the last day listed on the academic calendar.
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
Social Sciences and Humanities Careers Outside of Academia
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Join us to learn about diverse career paths outside of academia for social science and humanities graduate students. Alumni panelists include:
Julia Bandini (PhD Sociology), Behavioral/Social Scientist, RAND Corporation
Stephen Guerriero (MA Ancient Greek and Roman Studies), Director of Education, Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation
Aneil Tripathy (PhD Anthropology), Director, Financial Services, Ceres, Inc.
Location: Online. Registration Information: Register for the zoom link: https://brandeis.zoom.us/meeting/register/wRvApC83Qr-zmkwJQAWeFg.
Thursday, October 9, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Indigenous people's day: No university exercises, Staff holiday
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Monday, October 13, 2025.
**Shmini Atzeret: No university exercises.
** This Jewish holiday begins at sundown of the previous evening listed, and ends at nightfall of the last day listed on the academic calendar.
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
Brandeis Tuesday: Tuesday class schedule in effect
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Thursday, October 16, 2025.
A Discussion with Ketan Patel, MD & Managing Partner at F-Prime
Join us on Wednesday, October 22nd at 5:30 P.M. in Lee Hall (Lemberg 180) at the School of Business and Economics for a conversation with Ketan Patel, MD.
Ketan Patel is a Managing Partner with F-Prime and has worked in the healthcare sector as an investor, consultant, and physician. Prior to joining F-Prime in 2007, Dr. Patel advised biopharmaceutical and medical device companies on brand strategy, clinical development plans, and business development activities in the corporate consulting division of Leerink Swann & Company. Dr. Patel served as a physician at the VA Boston Healthcare System and at Weill Cornell Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital and Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where he completed his internal medicine training.
This event is open to all Brandeis students.
Hosted By:
Debarshi Nandy, Senior Associate Dean and Barbara and Richard M. Rosenberg Professor of Global Finance
Brandeis School of Business and Economics.
Location: Lemberg Academic Center. Room: Lee Hall (Lemberg 180). Event Contact: Kimberly Airasian. Audience: Alumni & Friends. Current Students. Faculty. Prospective Students. Staff. Registration/Access information: https://brandeis.joinhandshake.com/events/1824512/share_preview.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.
Module II: First day of Instruction
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Friday, October 24, 2025.
Fall Module I grades due.
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Monday, November 3, 2025.
Last day to add Module II classes.
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Monday, November 10, 2025.
Veterans day: Classes in session
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025.
Last day for Graduate students to change grading option of semester courses to audit (Instructor's permission required)
Audience: Faculty. Current Students. Staff.
Thursday, November 13, 2025.
Last day to drop semester courses.
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Thursday, November 13, 2025.
Last day to request a medical underload.
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Thursday, November 13, 2025.
Priority registration for Spring 2026 classes.
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Monday, November 17, 2025.
Early registration for Spring 2026 classes.
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 – Thursday, November 20, 2025.
Registration period for graduate and undergraduate students Re-opens.
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Friday, November 21, 2025.
Registration period for graduate and undergraduate students.
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Saturday, November 22, 2025 – Sunday, January 25, 2026.
Last day for graduate students to change grading option of Module II courses to audit (instructor's permission required)
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Monday, November 24, 2025.
Last day to to drop Module II courses
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Monday, November 24, 2025.
Thanksgiving holiday: No university exercises
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Wednesday, November 26, 2025.
Thanksgiving holiday: No university exercises, staff holiday Thursday and Friday.
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Thursday, November 27, 2025 – Friday, November 28, 2025.
Last day of Instruction.
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Thursday, December 11, 2025.
Last day to voluntarily withdraw from the term (written notification required)
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Thursday, December 11, 2025.
Study day
Audience: Current Students. Faculty. Staff.
Friday, December 12, 2025.
Final Examination period
Audience: Current Students. Staff. Faculty.
Monday, December 15, 2025 – Friday, December 19, 2025.