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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 […]
Between budget cuts and the near-shuttering of The Rose Art Museum, the last two years have been, to put it mildly, difficult for the Brandeis arts community. To address this, the Office of the Arts hosted a forum Thursday afternoon in the Laurie Theater, allowing students and faculty—as well as university President Frederick Lawrence—to voice […]
In place of the bi-annual dance Pachanga, the International Club, in coordination with other student organizations, has planned a new cultural dance party called Rumba to take place Saturday evening inside Levin Ballroom. WBRS is also hosting the second annual Jehuda RAVEharz on Friday evening in Levin. Tickets for Rumba cost $5 and will be […]
Kat Sommers ’14 is smiling in a photo next to Prof. Sabine von Mering’s desk inside her office. Two weeks before Sommers took her own life on Feb. 15, she sat in that same office, telling von Mering she was happy at Brandeis. The day before her death, Sommers appeared happy, smiling and participating in […]
Bruce Magid, Dean of the Brandeis International Business School (IBS), will accompany Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick as one of two representatives for higher education on an economic and trade mission to Israel and the United Kingdom this week. “I’m happy to have Brandeis International Business School Dean Bruce Magid joining our great coalition of leaders […]
The university will run a landmark study abroad program beginning in the spring of 2012: The program, in Israel, will for the first time be taught exclusively in Hebrew. Students will attend Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in the city of Beer Sheva. Brandeis is partnering with Middlebury College and each will send students collectively. […]
