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The arts at Brandeis are always a big success, but an equally important aspect to mention is the arts and culture that surrounds our campus in the Greater Boston Area. With plentiful museums, outlets for theater, and dance and music, the opportunities for Brandeis students to enjoy culture outside of campus are practically unlimited. If […]
The Telly Award is a prestigious distinction given to videomakers of all kinds, ranging from independent directors to ad agencies, and it is a boon to Brandeis that Cynthia Cohen and Allison Lund have earned one for “Acting Together on the World Stage,” a documentary, sponsored by the Brandeis Peacebuilding and the Arts program, which […]
This TV season is rife with hits and great entertainment, with shows like “Grimm” and “Law and Order: SVU” churning out new episodes every week. There is, however, another group of shows that deserves mention—shows that are not currently airing episodes, but between seasons or on a temporary hiatus. These shows, in many ways, are […]
Pre-birth, I had several different names, and none of them were Leah. First, I was Spot. After the first ultrasound, I was reduced to Speck, because my parents didn’t realize just how tiny embryonic me actually was. As I grew, I became Spike. For a brief period, I was Samuel Wolfe. Upon entering the world, […]
This year, Brandeis University’s Women’s Studies Research Center (WSRC) celebrates its ten-year anniversary. The center, which was founded upon the principle of acting as an innovative meeting place between art, scholarship and activism, commemorates the occasion through a diverse show in the Kniznick Gallery called “Convergence.” The show reflects feminist values and many of the […]
Responding to a wellness check requested by his parents, Brandeis police found Akshay Venkatesh ’14 dead from an apparent suicide in his Ziv Quad dorm room Monday morning, university officials said.
Akshay Venkatesh ’14, a driven and gifted Neuroscience student, died Labor Day weekend; university officials said he appears to have taken his own life. He was 21. He leaves behind his devoted parents, as well as friends who will remember him as intelligent with a wide array of interests. He had just begun his Neuroscience […]
State police, district attorney staff and medical examiners responding to an apparent suicide filled Brandeis dorm rooms for the second time in less than two years Monday. Junior Akshay Venkatesh’s death rattled the campus community on Labor Day, sending painful reminders to administrators and students in the class of 2014, who lost Kat Sommers ’14 […]
The Brandeis men’s soccer team won its first home game on Wednesday against New Hampshire’s Colby-Sawyer. The team warmed up as the stands slowly filled, and at the appointed time, announcements commenced the game. Brandeis started the game with seniors and captains Joe Eisenbies ’13, Sam Ocel ’13, Lee Russo ’13 and Blake Minchoff ’13. […]
Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, removed more than 1,000 names from its blacklist last Friday. Two of those names are senior fellows at Brandeis’ Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, Karen Coates and Jerry Redfern. Coates and Redfern were deported from Myanmar in 2009 after teaching a series of government-approved writing and photography workshops. Myanmar, located […]
