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Recent News
Heller in the News
September 22, 2025
The Origins of AJWS: Reflecting on 40 years of Human Rights Activism
Laurence Simon writes about his experiences as founder of the American Jewish World Service.
Heller in the News
September 16, 2025
Pressure Points: The future of health care's workforce
Karen Donelan, Stuart H. Altman Chair in U.S.Health Policy, is among the speakers at a webinar sponsored by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Heller in the News
September 13, 2025
Trump won't last forever. Here's what it will take to rebuild what he's tearing down
David Weil talks to Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times about Trump’s undermining of federal employment, the law, and the economy.
Heller News Release
September 03, 2025
Introducing New Leadership of Heller’s Alumni Association Board
Farhat Jilalbhoy, MA SID’14, is serving as board president, and Laura Alpert ’96, MM’98, and Anupama Sharma, MS GHPM’08, are the newly-elected co-vice presidents of the board.
Heller in the News
August 22, 2025
Living an Immigrant Life with a Disability
Luanjiao Hu, Visiting Scholar at the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy, writes about her experiences for the American Association of People with Disabilities' blog.
Heller in the News
August 13, 2025
Street drugs now laced with animal tranquilizers in MA: How labs test on Cape Cod
The Cape Cod Times interviews Traci Green about the first statewide community drug-checking program in the United States, developed by Green and her colleagues at Heller's Opioid Policy Research Collaborative.
Heller in the News
July 30, 2025
Everyone's employee but no one's responsibility
David Weil's book "The Fissured Workplace" is cited in a labor and employment law article in the Daily Journal (Calif.).
Heller in the News
July 30, 2025
Lender Center New York Event Gathers Wealth Gap Experts
Thomas Shapiro, a member of the Lender Center at Syracuse University's Wealth Gap Thought Leader Advisory Group, presented at a two-day event that focused on building the knowledge base about the root causes of the wealth gap, as well as innovative ideas for addressing the problem.
Heller in the News
July 29, 2025
This Venture Capitalist Is Minting Unicorns Using A Values-Based Investing Strategy
Forbes names Freada Kapor Klein, PhD’84, to its 50 Over 50 List.
Heller in the News
July 25, 2025
The Promise, and Failure, of the Americans With Disabilities Act
In a piece for Dame magazine, Robyn Powell, PhD'20, says it's hard to feel celebratory on the 35th anniversary of the ADA when we've made so little progress.
Heller in the News
July 25, 2025
New Brandeis study challenges narratives about political bias and antisemitism among faculty
In a new report published by the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Leonard Saxe, Graham Wright, MPP’15, PhD’16, and fellow researchers examine issues of ideology, pedagogy and antisemitism among U.S. faculty at R1 universities.
Heller in the News
July 24, 2025
Medicare Barely Covers Contraception, Making Birth Control Unaffordable for Many Disabled Women: New Study
In Rewire News, Robyn Powell, PhD'20, covers a recent study that shows contraception may not be covered by Medicare, even if it's medically indicated.