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The Student Union Senate Social Justice Committee kicked off a semester-long fundraiser for charity:water Wednesday with coffee, donuts and a 5-gallon jug of water. The jug, representing unfit water drunk by people world-wide, was filled with water collected from Massell Pond by committee members Jackie Saffir ’10 and Ryan Fanning ’11. The project aims to […]
Moody’s Investor Service downgraded the university’s credit rating from a double A rating to a single A rating this week. This rating is used to inform investors on the open market of the risk involved with loaning funds, through the purchase of bonds, to the university. The drop in rating marks a move from an […]
International political scientist Arne Jungjohann presented continuing plans of the global green movement to the university’s Forum on Environmental Crisis at the Faculty Lounge Monday “Let us go around the room,” Jungjohann, who was on last December’s world climate conference in Copenhagen, said. “I ask you: ‘Was Copenhagen a success or a failure?’” Most participants, […]
The university will increase housing prices between the Spring 2010 and Fall 2010 semesters; however, the amount of the increase will not be determined until after the board of trustees’ budget discussion in May. “I don’t anticipate that the university’s going to be in the position to increase the rates to a really high level,” […]
The Brandeis community continued to raise money for Haiti this week with several events bringing it closer to the ultimate goal of $25,000 for the earthquake-struck nation with an additional incentive: Brandeis joins schools across the country in an initiative through Partners in Health (PIH) to match student donations raised before Sunday. PIH has collaborated […]
The solar panel installation on the roof of The Gosman Sports and Convocation Center is now turned on and collecting energy. NSTAR energy approved the installation in an inspection on Feb 24. In the past two days the panels have produced over fourteen thousand-kilowatt hours of energy. It is projected to produce approximately 300,000 hours […]
Investigative journalist E. Benjamin Skinner discussed modern slavery and working towards emancipation in a Social Justice Leadership lecture in Rapaporte Treasure Hall Monday. The lecture was sponsored by the Schuster Center for Investigative Journalism, where Skinner is a senior fellow. Skinner stressed that although there are more slaves than ever before in human history, the […]
Despite recent proposals to terminate or restructure 18 academic programs, the university’s students and faculty alike have been relatively accepting of the need for cuts. Caroline Grassi ’12 said at an open forum for undergraduate students Thursday that she “understands the need to cut.” “Considering our economic situation, I feel the Committee did a fairly […]
Brandeis’ cable television service provided by Comcast will not be affected by their transition to digital cable in the Waltham area, despite frequent warnings from the cable company during regular programing. John Turner, director of systems and networks for Library and Technolgy Services wrote in a myBrandeis post, “Don’t panic! Brandeis is NOT going to […]
The Brandeis 2020 Committee today released a list of 18 proposals to either terminate or reorganize graduate and undergraduate programs in an effort to save the university $3.8 million annually beginning in 2012. Eight of the proposals affect graduate programs, and include indefinitely suspending admissions to the doctorate Anthropology program, the master’s program in Cultural […]
