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A 21-year-old MIT student was found dead in his dorm room last Monday, according to university officials. Brian G. Anderson, a Minnesota native, was a management student and member of several organizations including the wrestling team and the recently banned fraternity Beta Theta Pi, according to The Tech, MIT’s student newspaper. Information on the cause […]
Clark It has now been more than a week, but students at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., are still shaken up after hearing about a female student who was sexually assaulted walking home in the middle of the night on Feb. 23 from a late-night study session. Students have been warned from professors, police officers, […]
Heller School graduate student McKenzie Strobach participated this week in the United Nations annual meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women, a program that focuses on addressing issues of gender equality with delegates and NGO representatives. Strobach was one of 20 women students selected in the country to attend the series of workshops […]
Fencer Tim Morehouse ’00, already an Olympic silver medalist, is currently training to qualify for the Summer 2012 Olympics in London, drawing a new spotlight on Brandeis Athletics and its fencing program. Morehouse says that he didn’t realize his full potential until he came to Brandeis and competed against nationally ranked fencers. Currently, Morehouse is […]
E. Benjamin Skinner, award-winning author, investigative reporter and Schuster Institute fellow, published a report in Bloomberg Businessweek last week on forced labor in the New Zealand fishing industry. The report brought to light the abusive working conditions comparable to indentured servitude experienced on foreign-chartered fishing vessels in New Zealand’s waters. When Skinner initially received a […]
This upcoming academic year will especially put pressures on the already limited housing arrangement since the class of 2015 is the largest class Brandeis has seen thus far. Although it varies year to year, Rosenthal typically fills up once the housing lottery reaches number 50 and the Village is filled by around number 115, explained […]
President Frederick Lawrence has appointed George Wachter ’73 the new chair of the Rose Museum’s board of overseers. Wachter is currently the chairman of Sotheby’s North and South America, the world-famous New York auction house. Wachter is not “entirely sure” what the job entails, he said, as he’s “never done it before.” But he says […]
Established at the commencement of the 2011-12 academic year, the strategic planning initiative is designed to “position Brandeis for mission success in the future” according to Elaine Kuttner, a consultant from Cambridge Concord Associates who is collaborating with the university on the effort. The committee, led by Provost Steve Goldstein, encourages participation from alumni, student, […]
The 30th-ranked women’s tennis team began their campaign with an undefeated five-game West Coast road trip. The Judges opened up the season against Cal Lutheran University. Carley Cooke ’15, Faith Broderick ’13 and Allyson Bernstein ’14 led the Judges in singles winning the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles matches in straight sets […]
“The Secret World of Arrietty” first premiered in Japan, its home country, in 2010 and arrived in the United States last week. It has received glowing reviews from critics and viewers alike after receiving the equivalent of an Academy Award in Japan for “Animation of the Year.” “The Secret World of Arrietty,” which is the […]
