Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Portions of the Justice Brandeis Semester (JBS) application are available on the JBS website and the complete application will be available by next week. Admissions to the program will be on a rolling first-come, first-serve basis beginning Jan. 29. “The online application will be available shortly but in the meantime, students will be able to […]
The W. M. Keck Foundation has given Brandeis a grant of $1 million over three years to be designated towards recent experiments in the study of active matter. Active matter is a non-living material that, nonetheless, can move independently (as opposed to plastic or steel which cannot.) The Keck grant will add on to last […]
Brandeis’ Presidential Search Committee will announce its choice of search firm to continue to look for the university’s next president by the end of the month, and hopes to present the faculty with candidate profiles by the end of February. The announcement, which was made on the newly launched presidential search website www.brandeis.edu/presidential-search, did not […]
The Brandeis Community gathered Monday evening in the overfilled Shapiro Campus Center Theater to celebrate the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in an event entitled “A Heart Full of Grace,” which featured oratory performances, music and poetry. The fifth annual celebration included Kennet Altidor’s ’10 performance of Dr. King’s final speech, “I’ve Been […]
The Brandeis Health Center has recieved another batch of H1N1 flu vaccines, according to a Jan. 7 e-mail sent to the Brandeis community by Vice President and Dean of Students Rick Sawyer. The vaccine is now readily available at the Center free of charge by appointment. It takes several days for the the vaccine to […]
Silva Bedrossian is sitting sidesaddle in a conference room, a cappuccino–one of her vices, she quickly admits–in front of her. She’s wearing a red scarf–meticulously placed around her neck–and a black sweater over a button down shirt and slacks. From her outfit you can tell Bedrossian is all at once a put together professional, yet […]
Community, opportunity and justice–these are three prominent aspects of the Brandeis campus that are thought to define its ideology. When praising their school, Brandeisians often mention these ideals. But when it comes down to translating these principles into reality, some find it hard to combine all three and still produce concrete results. Not anymore. These […]
The female Judges faltered slightly during mid-season play, dropping two of three University Athletic Association matchups against Washington University of St. Louis Bears and the University of Chicago Maroons. They are now 1-2 in UAA play and 8-5 overall going into the weekend where they will host two more UAA teams: the University of Rochester […]
When I was in high school I went to a football game where my school lost because of a bad call. My high school team was kicking for a field goal to win the game and the referee made them kick from further out than they should have. They missed the field goal and lost […]
The Brandeis men’s basketball team has been earning their national ranking with their continued success during the break. The Judges, currently ranked 15th in the nation by D3hoops.com, is 11-2 overall, 2-1 in conference play, and undefeated at home. They opened up the New Year with a 74-69 win on the road against the Curry […]
