Media

2026

Graduate Student Commencement Speaker - Brandeis University 75th Commencement (May 2026) Watch the speech →

“Rigor and empathy, hand in hand: Brandeis University’s 75th Commencement” - Brandeis Stories (May 17, 2026) Read the article → · archived · PDF

“A Last Hurrah: Graduate Students Reflect Before Commencement” - Brandeis Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (May 11, 2026) Read the article → · archived · PDF

“Jin Zhao, MS’20, PhD’26: The words we choose, the world we see” - Brandeis Stories (May 6, 2026) Read the article → · archived · PDF

“From Jargon to Genius: Brandeis Contestants Must Explain Their Research in Three Spellbinding Minutes” - Waltham Times (March 22, 2026) Featured with photo and quotes in coverage of the Brandeis Three Minute Thesis Competition. Read the article →

2025

Keynote Speaker at Data Science Day 2025 - New England Statistical Society NextGen (November 8, 2025) Keynote speakers for “The Power of Data”. Learn more →

Science Pizza Talk at Waltham High School - MRSEC Science Outreach (October 23, 2025) Invited speaker for the Science Pizza Talk series. Part of the 10-year MRSEC partnership with Waltham High School. YouTube Link →

“Geeking Out With Jin Zhao” - Brandeis Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (June 2, 2025) Featured student profile discussing my research on news framing analysis using Natural Language Processing and my People’s Choice Award win at the Three Minute Thesis competition. Read the article →

“In 2025 Three Minute Thesis Competition” - Brandeis Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (April 4, 2025) Coverage of the Three Minute Thesis competition; I received the People’s Choice Award. Read the article →