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My high school theater teacher died Tuesday, and I found out on Facebook. I couldn’t believe my eyes as I scanned down my news feed. I quickly opened a new tab in Firefox and typed in my high school’s website. Sure enough, the home page confirmed the veracity of my high school acquaintance’s status. My […]
Brandies alum and recent sports novelist Marshall Jon Fisher ’85 presented his new novel “A Terrible Splendor” Tuesday in Usdan Student Center’s International Lounge. The book focuses on tennis players and what is historically of the one of the greatest matches of all time. Hosted by the Center for German and European Studies, the event […]
Gallery A dozen Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly disrupted a campus forum yesterday featuring Justice Richard Goldstone of South Africa, head of the U.N. Fact Finding Mission for the Gaza Conflict, and former Israeli Ambassador Dore Gold. The event, held in Levin Ball Room of the Usdan Student Center, addressed Goldstone’s report accusing both Israeli Defense Forces […]
Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe yesterday afternoon approved Eight of nine Justice Brandeis Semester (JBS) proposals sent to him on Oct. 22 after being approved by Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCC) A proposal focused on Chemistry was not approved by the UCC. The proposal was submitted to the JBS committee by Christine Thomas (CHEM) […]
The possible deficit for Fiscal Year 2010 is projected to be around $3 million, while the figures for FY11 could be as much as $14.5 million, Sue Lanser (ENG), Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees, and University President Jehuda Reinharz said at yesterday’s faculty meeting. Lanser attributed the discrepancy between the FY10 and FY11 […]
Brandeis University’s Board of Trustees Friday announced the members of the Presidential Search Committee, which consists of 13 members, eight of which are also members of the Board, two alumni and three members of the faculty. The Committee will be charged with replacing the university’s current president Jehuda Reinharz, who surprised the university by announcing […]
The Brandeis University Mock Trial Association (BUMTA) hosted its fourth annual Justice Louis Brandeis Invitational Tournament on campus last weekend, attracting 21 teams from 12 universities. Brandeis Mock Trial staged the tournament in the North Academic Quad on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Teams from Boston College, Brown University, Cornell University, Harvard College, University of […]
The Office of Study Abroad has recently created a Feb. 12 application date for all students wishing to go abroad, regardless of whether they plan to travel in the spring or fall. In addition, the office hopes to have the application process become completely electronic and Internet-based by the end of this semester. The Feb. […]
