Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
The Brandeis Real Food Coalition is pushing for the university to buy and serve only cage-free eggs due to the sometimes-cruel conditions to which factory farms and other producers subject their hens. “Our main objective is to have the university and Dining Services” look at this issue, “and we started with a petition,” the group’s […]
The Rose Art Museum reopened Thursday night with two new exhibits from the permanent collection. The museum’s main exhibit, “WaterWays” displayed artwork that explored water and “the role water plays in your life, human life and contemporary culture,” the exhibition’s curator Roy Dawes said. Dawes, who is also the director of museum operations, said he […]
Under pressure from Brandeis’ senior administration to take in more profit from tuition revenue, the university’s graduate schools accepted more students for the current fiscal year than they otherwise would have allowed. “We took more students than we wanted to in order to provide more financial return” to the university, Dean of the International Business […]
Students for a Just and Stable Future (SJSF) and Students for Environmental Action (SEA) joined with other campus organizations to host a sleep out on the Great Lawn Thursday night in order to raise awareness about clean energy. SEA and SJSF joined with the Natural Living Club, Real Food and Brandeis for Pakistan Flood Relief […]
John Brewer, professor of literature and history at the California Institute of Technology, delivered his lecture “From Grand Tour to Tourism?: Neo-classicism, Modern Sentiment and the Business of Travel in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries” in Rapaporte Treasure Hall Tuesday, offering students a trip through Europe and through time. Brewer spoke of the “Grand […]
Student Union Secretary Herbie Rosen ’12 announced this week that the Union would hold a special election Tuesday for the posts of Mods senator and junior representative to the board of trustees due to a refusal to take the position and a resignation, respectively. Another election for the position of Ridgewood senator will be held […]
The university is considering adding alarm devices on fire escape doors and installing card access for the Castle, following a series of five thefts early last Sunday morning, Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan said. The initiative follows three cases of electronics thefts and one theft of cash from Castle dorm rooms between 3 and […]
The Wabash College national liberal arts study team presented their findings at Thursday’s faculty meeting, showcasing both positive aspects of Brandeis’ educational values but also areas that may need improvement. “We ask first-years for their college experiences in all parts of the institutions, including good teaching, academic challenge, diversity and deep learning to identify practices […]
The Office of Communications revealed a new version of BrandeisNOW, the University’s website that advertises and reports on campus news. One of the biggeset improvements to the website is more space, according to a press release from Bill Burger, Associate Vice President of Communications. The new website allows space for four main articles and also […]
Every year Brandeis relies on the university’s endowment to fund roughly 12 percent of its operating expenses. In fiscal year 2009, the university’s endowment dropped from $712 million at the beginning of the year to $558 million at the end of the year, directly affecting all corners of university life, including scholarships, financial aid, fellowships, […]
