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Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe and University President Jehuda Reinharz fielded questions about the Justice Brandeis Semester (JBS) and fundraising at Monday’s undergraduate forum. Last week’s news that half of the JBS programs had been cut–or what Mateo Aceves ’11 called the program’s “abject failure”–was a hot-topic at the forum. “It’s a pilot. […]
The end of the semester might be quickly approaching, but sophomore Alice Konghende’s summer plans are still up in the air. “I may do an internship. I may go to Germany to see my sister. Or I may be here to do some research for a professor,” she said. “Or go to Ohio. That’s an […]
Michael Walzer ’56 Award for Teaching Award: Given every year to a tenure track faculty member who combines scholarship with inspired teaching. Farrelly is the 28th recipient of the award. Biography: A graduate of Fordham University with an M.A. and Ph.D. in History from Emory University, Farrelly joined the Brandeis faculty in the fall of […]
Lerman-Neubauer ‘69 Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award: This prize, established by Trustee Jeanette Lerman at the time of her marriage to Joseph Neubauer, requires its recipient to be not just an exceptional teacher, but also one who has had a significant impact on students’ lives as a mentor, advisor and friend. Biography: […]
Louis Dembitz Brandeis Prize for Excellence in Teaching Award: Kosinski-Collins is the 24th recipient of the prize. Biography: Kosinski-Collins earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, graduating summa cum laude with Phi Beta Kappa honors. After earning her Ph.D. in Protein Biochemistry from MIT, she […]
Comedian Michael Ian Black’s smart and hysterical standup made an enthusiastic crowd of Brandeis students laugh so hard that they were able to forget about impending finals. Marking the beginning of Student Events’ Bronstein Week, Black’s performance started off things on the right foot. Known for his sarcastic, deadpan humor on VH1’s “I love the […]
The Creative Writing Department hosted the first of a three part series on Tuesday, April 13, with a discussion titled “The Personal and the Political: Historical Novels and the Jewish Experience.” During the hour-and-a-half talk, novelists Anita Diamant and Jennifer Gilmore spoke to an audience of Brandeis students and community members about their most recently […]
Four years after the release of their last album, Brandeis a cappella group Manginah has released its latest CD, “Notes in the Wall,” a collection of the group’s most popular songs from its present repertoire. The album serves as a good representation of the group’s live performances, mixing classic Israeli pop with a very modern, […]
In their complex and thought-provoking production of “M. Butterfly,” the Brandeis Players provided their audience with an ambitious, searing drama. David Henry Hwang’s script tells the story of a French diplomat’s twenty-year love affair with a Chinese singer whom he discovers is both a man and a spy. The play’s primary preoccupation is with what […]
A cappella music is represented by twelve separate student-run groups at Brandeis, but apparently that’s not good enough for the Department of Music. Last Saturday, the Brandeis University Chamber Choir had the sheer audacity to hone in on the a cappella racket, simply because none of the established ensembles perform sixteenth-century French music. Can you […]
