<description>&lt;p&gt;Kelly Stedem, a PhD candidate in the politics department, discusses the &amp;nbsp;current protests in Lebanon and her dissertation, which explores &amp;nbsp;clientelism in the country. Stedem recently coauthored an article for &amp;nbsp;the Washinton Post's &lt;a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/24/lebanese-are-protesting-all-regions-country-not-just-beirut-heres-why-that-matters/"&gt;Monkey Cage blog&lt;/a&gt; about the protests.&lt;/p&gt;
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Kelly Stedem, a PhD candidate in the politics department, discusses the &nbsp;current protests in Lebanon and her dissertation, which explores &nbsp;clientelism in the country. Stedem recently coauthored an article for &nbsp;the Washinton Post's <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/24/lebanese-are-protesting-all-regions-country-not-just-beirut-heres-why-that-matters/">Monkey Cage blog</a> about the protests.

PhD Candidate Explores Lebanese Politics

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode of the Highlights Podcast, Alexander Herbert, a PhD &amp;nbsp;candidate in the history department, discusses his book, "What About &amp;nbsp;Tomorrow?: An Oral History of Russian Punk from the Soviet Era to Pussy &amp;nbsp;Riot."&lt;/p&gt;
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In this episode of the Highlights Podcast, Alexander Herbert, a PhD &nbsp;candidate in the history department, discusses his book, "What About &nbsp;Tomorrow?: An Oral History of Russian Punk from the Soviet Era to Pussy &nbsp;Riot."

Russian Punk Rock from the 1970s to Pussy Riot

<description>&lt;p&gt;PhD candidate Matthew Heck first fell in love with Shostakovich as a young violinist. He has spent his time at Brandeis investigating the nuts and bolts of Shostakovich's musical language—an area that he feels has been somewhat neglected by anglophone theorists.&lt;/p&gt;
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PhD candidate Matthew Heck first fell in love with Shostakovich as a young violinist. He has spent his time at Brandeis investigating the nuts and bolts of Shostakovich's musical language—an area that he feels has been somewhat neglected by anglophone theorists.

Musicologist Investigates Shostakovich's Musical Language

<description>&lt;p&gt;Ryan Marcus, PhD'19, discusses the challenges associated with cloud &amp;nbsp;computing and the ways that machine learning may be able to address&amp;nbsp;them.&lt;/p&gt;
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Ryan Marcus, PhD'19, discusses the challenges associated with cloud &nbsp;computing and the ways that machine learning may be able to address&nbsp;them.

Can Machine Learning Solve the Challenges of Cloud Computing?

<description>&lt;p&gt;Chris Konow researches the impact of growth on Turing patterns in the &amp;nbsp;Epstein Lab. Turing patterns are named after the British mathematician &amp;nbsp;Alan Turing, who proposed a mechanism for how differentiation can occur &amp;nbsp;within a homogeneous system. The Epstein and Fraden labs at Brandeis &amp;nbsp;have provided experimental support for Turing's predictions and are &amp;nbsp;currently performing research to improve our understanding of the Turing &amp;nbsp;mechanism.&lt;/p&gt;
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Chris Konow researches the impact of growth on Turing patterns in the &nbsp;Epstein Lab. Turing patterns are named after the British mathematician &nbsp;Alan Turing, who proposed a mechanism for how differentiation can occur &nbsp;within a homogeneous system. The Epstein and Fraden labs at Brandeis &nbsp;have provided experimental support for Turing's predictions and are &nbsp;currently performing research to improve our understanding of the Turing &nbsp;mechanism.

PhD Student in Chemistry Investigates Turing Patterns

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