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As university President Fred Lawrence welcomed his first incoming class at Brandeis this week, he talked confidently about a university that has rediscovered itself following an international controversy over The Rose Art Museum. The Rose settlement reflects just one example of how Lawrence’s leadership style is vastly different from his predecessor, Jehuda Reinharz. When Lawrence, […]
Brandeis named Andrew Flagel the new senior vice president for students and enrollment last month, as the board of trustees voted to approve President Fred Lawrence’s selection for the top admissions and student life position. He will join a team of new senior administrators appointed over the summer, including Provost Steve Goldstein and Dean of […]
If memory serves, the announcement that Brandeis would sell the collection in the Rose Art Museum was the most significant campus news story of 2009. Yet three-quarters of current undergraduates won’t remember that announcement – it came when our current first-year class was entering its sophomore year of high school. Those students who were on […]
President Lawrence led a 12-day-long trip to Israel this past June in order to foster global communications and knowledge of Brandeis abroad. On June 23, Lawrence attended and spoke at the Israeli Presidential forum, a world-renowned conference that 3,500 people attend annually. President Lawrence and Vice President of Global Affairs Dan Terris, part of a […]
Summer may be a break from school, but it is not necessarily a time for complete relaxation. Along with trips to the beach, barbecues and flag cake, summer is also a time for supplementing our work at Brandeis with internships and jobs. These experiences away from Waltham can be as vital to our development as […]
At Brandeis Beginnings on Monday, university administrators described the Brandeis family and told students and parents about the university’s most successful alumni, including professional athletes, award-winning writers, musicians and doctors. On Sunday, Michael Kenwood ’94, a volunteer EMT in New Jersey and former director of the Brandeis Emergency Medical Corps (BEMCo) died in an attempted […]
Last year one of my professors said something that truly stuck with me. It was not some of that inspirational drivel that people claim “changed their lives.” It did not change my life; it was just memorable. “Manifestos are great,” said Professor David Sherman (ENG). “People today don’t write enough manifestos.” I agree with this […]
Denis Lemos and Vinicius “Vinny” Quirino were working at the Student Immigrant Movement (SIM), a Boston-based immigrant student organization, when the news came in. The Obama administration officially announced that it will start to review 300,000 deportation cases on an individual basis, suspending deportations for undocumented immigrants who pose no threat to public safety or […]
It feels like just last week that we were saying the long, heartfelt goodbyes to friends, using up all of our remaining points at the C-Store (even though there was nothing left to buy) and dumping out all of our old binders—reminders from semesters past. But in reality, three and a half months have passed […]
Another year, another presidential campaign. Who are this cycle’s Republican contenders? Which determined politician will stand up to President Obama, whose approval ratings have been dragged down by a high unemployment rate and a fragile economic recovery? Here are my thoughts on the 2012 presidential race thus far. One relative newcomer who has attracted quite […]
