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This article is the first part in a series exploring how issues of race affect Brandeis University on multiple levels. Each week The Hoot will publish an article detailing one aspect of how race influences the university, including but not limited to admissions, academics and social life. The product of two months of interviews, archival […]
University President Fred Lawrence promoted the practicality and purpose of a liberal arts education in his inaugural address on Thursday afternoon inside the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center. “Let us commit at every opportunity to reject the false dichotomy between so-called practical or trade-directed education on the one hand and liberal arts on the other,” […]
The tone of President Fred Lawrence’s inaugural address on Thursday symbolized the personality that his earned him the approval of the Brandeis community during the last nine months. Inauguration is a formal occasion, and Lawrence’s address was full of historical references as well as a general vision for how Brandeis will confront the challenges of […]
The Brandeis board of trustees voted Thursday evening to renovate the Linsey Pool in a project that will cost between $3 to $3.5 million. The Board also approved a $6 million upgrade to the campus technology network. The pool has been closed since 2008, at which point the university suspended its swimming and diving teams. […]
The awarding of Latin honors like cum laude could be based on a percentage system instead of grade point average starting wtih the class of 2016 if the faculty approves the proposal at their April 14 meeting. The change has already passed through the University Curriculum Committee (UCC). “For the last several months, the committee […]
Faculty discussed the roles of diversity and globalization at Brandeis in a symposium moderated by Harvard Professor Michael Sandel ’75 on Thursday in honor of university President Fred Lawrence’s inauguration this week. Sandel, a member of the Brandeis Board of Trustees, teaches the popular undergraduate course “Justice” at Harvard and asked Professor Ulka Anjaria (ENG), […]
Six members of the Israeli Knesset will visit Brandeis on Sunday and Monday in an effort to create new dialogue between Israeli politicians about Israel’s relationship with the American Jewish community. The Israeli politician’s visit is funded by the new Ruderman Fellows Program. After meetings with Professor Jonathan Sarna, Professor Lenoard Saxe and Professor Ilan […]
“I could walk right over [to the counter] and come back with 30 different things that include palm oil as an ingredient,” Steve Patriarco ’08 said as we sat in Einsteins on Wednesday evening. Palm oil is the cheapest oil to produce and is used to make many products used every day such as packaged […]
“An obscene personality cult surrounded Bronstein” —Jon Landau ’68, Bronstein’s student and Bruce Springsteen’s former manager In 1987, on the 20th anniversary of the first Bronstein Week, Peter Gould ’67 wrote a letter to the student body to remind them of the meaning behind the spirit week. In January 1967, on the eve of a […]
Fred Lawrence has both exceeded and fulfilled the expectations from many in the Brandeis community over the past three months. He has managed to stay connected with both students on campus and friends of Brandeis across the country. The inaugural ceremonies yesterday reflected that spirit, of a president who understands what Brandeis is today and […]
