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While visiting my friend during midterm recess at Hampshire College she suggested we attend the Stand Up for Women’s Health Rally on Feb. 26 in Manhattan’s Foley Square. Her school, Hampshire College, sponsored two buses of students to go to New York to partake in the rally. The rally was aimed at raising awareness and […]
Recently, I’ve been talking with people a lot about what I like to call the “Junior Slump.” The idea behind the Junior Slump is that girls who are single during their junior year encounter significantly more difficulty in finding a partner or partners than girls in other years do. There are a number of reasons […]
It’s 1 o’clock a.m. on a Thursday Morning. I’m sitting in my library chair, trying to absorb the hundred pages of reading due the next day, study questions in hand. If I can get to bed before five, I have a shot at five hours of sleep and a decent next day. If not, I’m […]
Citing differing views on the state of Israel, the board of Brandeis University’s Hillel chapter voted Tuesday to reject Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) as a member group of the organization. “While … we understand that JVP at Brandeis considers itself a pro-Israel club, based on positions and programming JVP has sponsored, we do not […]
University officials and faculty discussed the mental health support system at Thursday’s faculty meeting as they tried to make sense and discover lessons after the suicide of Kat Sommers ’14 last month. A senior Psychological Counseling Center official said he hopes that with a new president, the university will take an initiative to foster discussions […]
Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management helped the Peace Corps celebrate its 50th anniversary Tuesday evening, in an event recognizing the service of Heller School volunteers and the work of Peace Corps volunteers nation-wide. Organized in tribute to former Heller School Director of Admissions and Recruitment and Peace Corps volunteer James Sabourin, […]
University President Fred Lawrence answered questions from alumni, parents and students in an online broadcast through the Alumni Association’s Faculty Lecture Forum Thursday evening. Financial aid and contact with students are two top priorities of his presidency, Lawrence said in a conversation moderated by David Nathan, Director of Communications for Alumni and Development. The forum […]
A group of panelists interested in reducing global poverty and gaining other social benefits through microfinance gathered in the Heller School for Social Policy Thursday in a program titled “Microfinance: Does it Work?” to discuss with the audience each of their individual viewpoints on the role of microfinance. Roy Jacobowitz, the managing director of ACCION […]
