Brandeis University

The creators of Friends went to Brandeis and they formed Central Perk, the coffeehouse on the show, after their experience at Chum's, Brandeis' coffeehouse.

Debra Messing of Will and Grace went to Brandeis, but she doesn't tell anyone that.

NASA operates from Brandeis and is located under the Rabb steps. They do special experiments there.

Brandeis had a football team, but it was eliminated. There are three myths that are most associated with this. One is that the Gosmans, who donated the sports complex, had a son die from playing football and would only give money for the gym if they stopped playing football at Brandeis. Another is that Jewish law and football law have discrepancies. And the third is that “Jews are no good at football.”

Middlesex College used to own the Castle before Brandeis was there, and it was used as a dormitory for the all-girls veterinary school that was there. Some say in the 1920s, before its use a dormitory, it was used as lab rooms, and some say the Castle housed the morgue. Other myths about the Castle say that there are secret passageways and underground tunnels.

Brandeis is coming up so quickly in the academic rankings that it may soon be offered entrance into the Ivy League.

The school was going to be called Einstein College but Albert Einstein didn't want it to be named after him.

Leonard Bernstein taught at Brandeis, and the music building was built for him in the shape of a grand piano.

Spingold, the main auditorium, was built to replicate the shape of a top hat.

Usdan Student Center was taken over in the 1960s by protestors who barred administration from getting in through the one door in there. Now there are over 15 doors to make sure this can never happen again.