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Archive for April 30th, 2010

Boiling point: How one Brandeis academic conference ended up on Fox News

Brandeis University found itself under attack from right-leaning media, angered by advertising that included a swastika for an academic conference that included a paper on the Tea Party movement. Wednesday’s conference, “New Right-Wing Radicalism: a Transatlantic Perspective,” was sponsored by the university’s Center for German and European Studies. It featured papers primarily about the European […]


New Rose Art exhibit announced for fall

The Rose Art Museum this week announced it’s fall 2010 exhibit, “Atmospheric Conditions,” featuring the works of Eric Fischl, April Gornik and Bill Viola. The announcement follows 14 months of uncertainty concerning the museum’s future after the board of trustees unanimously voted to sell a portion of the museum’s artwork to help close a then […]


Despite Fox News coverage, right wing conference not so scalding

Political analyst Chip Berlet distinguished the differences between the American Tea Party movement and neo-Nazis at a conference Wednesday that had received attention from right-leaning media outlets concerned Berlet would conflate the two. To read more on the media surrounding the conference see this page. The New Right-Wing Radicalism Conference, sponsored by Brandeis’ Center for […]


McFarlane new VP of enrollment

Keenyn McFarlane, former director of budget for the Division of Students and Enrollment, returned to Brandeis on April 5 to serve as the university’s vice president for enrollment, according to a statement from Jean Eddy, senior vice president for students and enrollment. Frank Urso, who left the university in February, used to hold McFarlane’s position […]