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After going 0-3 at the Hall of Fame Invitational, the Brandeis women’s volleyball team broke an eight-game losing streak against Lasell College. The Judges fell to Tufts, Trinity and the host Smith at the invitational. On Tuesday, the Judges managed to defeat Lasell in a closely contested 3-1 match to improve their overall record to […]
On Tuesday, Patricia Hill Collins ’69, Ph.D. ’84, author, distinguished professor and scholar was awarded the fifth Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize for her exemplary academic work dedicated to racial, ethnic and religious relations. Collins has authored seven books, served as the 100th president of the American Sociological Organization and is currently a sociology […]
Coming off of their Grammy-award winning album “The Suburbs,” Arcade Fire released their latest effort this past Monday. A double album, “Reflektor” marks a bit of a style change for the band. Produced by former LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy, the overall genre of the album is not the standard indie rock as past Arcade […]
I do not think that what I am about to say will come as a surprise: Brandeis students like variety. This often comes in the form of schedule overload, with students taking on a multitude of academic and extracurricular pursuits. Given this taste for ambition, I also do not think that it comes as a […]
The amount of grade inflation in the past decade has risen tremendously, especially in liberal arts schools. According to a database constructed by Stuart Rojstaczer at GradeInflation.com, the average GPA in colleges across the country has risen from a 2.93 to a 3.11, and in private universities from a 3.03 to a 3.3. The percentage […]
Ten days and multiple forms of social media resulted in over 500 tweets from Brandeisians who were eager to share their school pride, community and favorite places on campus. On Oct. 21, Brandeis launched the #Brandeis 10-Day Challenge, Photo-A-Day, which encouraged all students to take photos according to different themes and share them on social […]
Emerging among a highly-competitive pool of qualified candidates, Lisa Boes has been selected at the new dean of academic services here at Brandeis University. She will officially commence her new position on Monday, Nov. 4th. According to Kim Godsoe, the former dean of academic services who was promoted to the position of assistant provost for […]
The women’s soccer team had a tough stretch on the road against conference opponents Emory University on Sunday and Carnegie Mellon University on Friday. Brandeis lost their second UAA match over the weekend against Emory. The Judges knew that it was going to be a tough game heading into Atlanta as the Eagles were ranked […]
The men and women’s cross country teams finished 10th and third respectively at the Connecticut College Invitational last weekend. Each was ranked out of 21 total teams. The women were led by Amelia Lundkvist ’14, who finished second out of 257 total runners on the six-kilometer course with a time of 21:34. This was her […]
Student leaders have a new resource to help them develop programs for the Brandeis community. Sybil Schlesinger will replace Gretchen Rowley as the new Program Administrator for the Undergraduate Departmental Representatives (UDRs) and the Brandeis Pluralism Alliance programs. Schlesinger will be available to students to help plan events and provide support. Schlesinger brings a wide […]
