Tag Archives: Winter 2022-2023

Arts & Culture: Brandeis Magazine – Winter 2023

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Brandeis Magazine (Winter 2022/2023):

The Amber of Our Thoughts

How are memories created and preserved? Brandeis scientists are studying the brain to find out — and, ultimately, untangle disorders like Alzheimer’s and dementia.

A ‘Notorious’ Champion of Women

In the 1970s, lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg developed an unusually successful strategy for fighting sex discrimination.

The Age of Invention

An analysis of patent data offers a window into human creativity.

Culture & Travel: Greece Is Magazine Winter 2022-23

Greece Is Athens Winter 2022-2023 issue:

Enjoying aperitivo in the neighborhood of Koukaki.© Angelos Giotopoulos

This year, Athens was crowned Europe’s Leading Cultural City Destination at the World Travel Awards, and in this 143-page magazine, culture takes center stage. We guide you to Athens’ major museums and the neighborhoods around them; learn what life is like for the many artists who in recent years have sought their way from abroad to create homes and studios here; trace ancient philosophers’ favorite haunts in and around the Athenian Agora; present museum tours tailored specifically to children; discover the local dining scene through a historic lens as renowned Greek writer Christos Choumenidis presents five traditional and contemporary restaurants with their unique stories to tell; and check in on the development of the never-more-hot campaign for the return of the Parthenon marbles.

Opinion: U.S. Extremist Democrats, A European Winter & Wine Bottles

A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why the Democrats need to wake up and stop pandering to their extremes, Europe’s winter of discontent (9:50), and why bottling white wine in clear glass is an error (18:09).