Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
As the Brandeis community gathers to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Rose Art Museum next Thursday, it will find a renovated museum matched with a new image on campus, including the triptych film by the late Boston artist Bruce Conner, “EVE-RAY-FOREVER (1965/2006).” The Conner work was purchased with Acquisition Funds from The Rose, Director […]
For those who aren’t avid fans, Sugarland is a country band, comprised of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, with five number-one singles under their belt. While I’m aware that country isn’t everybody’s favorite genre like it is mine, I want to impress upon everybody that Sugarland is capable of drawing fantastically large crowds of various […]
Just named senior adviser to the provost and hired at the Cohen, Milstein, Sellers and Toll law firm in Washington, D.C., Professor Anita Hill (Heller) has had a booming month. To add to her academic and legal success, Beacon Press released Hill’s newest book on Oct. 4. “Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding […]
Tufts inaugurates Oxford scientist Tufts University will inaugurate Anthony P. Monaco, the former Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Planning and Resources at the University of Oxford, as its 13th president on Friday. Before serving as Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Oxford, Monaco ran the university’s Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics since 1998 and served as a professor of human genetics […]
Last month, a coalition of student and advocacy groups asked the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy to investigate regulations pertaining to co-insurance, according to a press release from Mass-Care. They maintained that according to the regulations for the Student Health Insurance Plans, co-insurance falls outside the parameters allowed for excludable coverage. Massachusetts requires […]
The use of social media by institutions has soared in the past decade, reaching even the ivory towers of academia. A method of communicating with not only friends but idols and community members, social media has long been used by digital natives, those who spent most of their lives with the Internet, and popular culture. […]
The Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) announced Monday that it would award the Carl J. Shapiro Science Center with the SCUP Excellence in Planning for a District or Campus Component Honor Award. SCUP awards multiple distinguished certificates annually as part of its Excellence Awards Program. The Shapiro Science Center divides its space between […]
It has been 20 years since Anita Hill, then a law professor at Oklahoma, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for what she called “the most difficult experience of my life.” “It is only after a great deal of agonizing consideration that I am able to talk of these unpleasant matters to anyone,” Hill told […]
‘I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK’ The Korean film “I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK” is a bewildering film. The story takes place in a mental institution. Il-Sun is a kleptomaniac who wears bunny ears and spends his days playing ping-pong. This changes when a new patient comes in, Young-goon, a woman hospitalized for an […]
Dear Editor, In response to your article “Vegan vote flawed, nothing but publicity stunt” (Oct. 14, 2011), I would like to correct some inaccuracies in the piece. PETA2 looks at a number of factors when determining the winners of the competition, including quality and variety of vegan food and student feedback. Votes are tallied, but […]
