The
University
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Class
of 1998
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Brandeis
University is dedicated to learning through teaching and
research, to the encouragement and support of creativity,
and to the preparation of men and women for professional
careers. In the short time since its inception in 1948,
Brandeis has achieved international recognition as a high-quality
research university. It has deliberately maintained its
small size in order to foster and encourage an active sense
of intellectual community, yet it is large enough to offer
a broad range of rigorous scholarship. Faculty from a number
of departments share a common interest in health and health
policy. Courses in these areas are offered by the biology,
biochemistry, legal studies, philosophy, psychology, and
sociology departments as well as the Florence
Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social
Welfare.
The
Boston Area
Waltham
is one of several small cities, along with Wellesley, Lexington
and Concord, that is contiguous to Boston and Cambridge.
This Greater Boston community of almost 4 million people
is justly famous for the richness and ferment of its intellectual
and cultural life, resulting from the many excellent universities
in the area as well as the wide range of offerings in art,
music and theater. It is also home to four medical schools
and a very large number of excellent teaching hospitals
and medical facilities. The towns and cities in Greater
Boston are linked by public transport and by an efficient
network of highways. In addition to being a major academic
and medical center, Greater Boston offers the charm and
interest of its long history. The surrounding New England
countryside features great scenic and recreational variety
at remarkably close range, from the mountains, forests and
old villages inland, to the fine beaches of Cape Cod to
the south and the rocky coastline of Maine to the north.
