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Archive for 2014

Year In Service and Volunteer Fair brings opportunity for networking and skill-building

The Year in Service and Volunteer Fair brought together over 200 students and more than 50 representatives from various organizations in the Waltham, Boston and national communities on Tuesday, Oct. 7 in Hassenfeld Conference Center. Co-sponsored by the Hiatt Career Center, the Department of Community Service and the Waltham Group, this event was designed to […]


Gustavo Gutiérrez wins Gittler Prize and speaks about giving a ‘voice to the voiceless’

On Sunday, Oct. 5 in Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Catholic priest and founder of liberation theology, was awarded the Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize. Gutiérrez’s acceptance speech and talk focused on his efforts to eradicate poverty and its relationship to his Catholic beliefs. The Gittler Prize, established by its namesakes, is awarded by […]


Brandeis Film Collective to release first big project

The Brandeis Film Collective, dedicated to the production of short films, will be releasing a student-produced Halloween film this year. Although the club has kept its lips sealed when asked what the film will be about, it disclosed that it will not be a movie for the faint-hearted. “We don’t want to give anything away. […]


Polonsky appointed chief historian of Polish Jews museum

The Museum of the History of Polish Jews will open in Warsaw on Oct. 28. Brandeis professor Antony Polonsky, the Albert Abramson Professor of Holocaust Studies (HIST/NEJS), was appointed as chief historian of the new museum. Polonsky was born in South Africa to Jewish parents from Lithuania and Belarus. He grew up in Johannesburg and […]


CTL expands educational possibilities

There have been renovations within Farber Library recently, resulting in the formation of a new facility with impressive conference tables and monitors. More important than the construction, however, is the formation of the Center for Teaching and Learning, or CTL for short, on Farber 2 around the corner from the Schuster Institute. The CTL will […]


Minus the Bear’s new album deserves a close listen

On Oct. 7, indie band Minus the Bear released their new album “Lost Love.” The interesting and random band name “Minus the Bear” actually came from an inside joke between a friend in the band and lead vocalist Jake Snider. The new album includes songs with original names that seem to represent a sort of […]


Men’s soccer beats Case Western in close match

Saturday was a good day for Brandeis athletics when the No. 4 ranked Brandeis men’s soccer team racked up their 10th win of the season in their home opener of the University Athletics Association (UAA) conference. The Judges (10-1 for the season) faced a tough opponent in Case, as the teams struggled to surpass strong […]


Comparative humanities master’s now joint degree option for Brandeis seniors

There is a new opportunity for Brandeis students interested in pursuing a graduate degree in the humanities. The Master of the Arts in Comparative Studies (MACH) is a program in its second year at Brandeis. This year is the first time it will be offered with a combined B.A./M.A. track. The program crosses linguistic, cultural […]


Code of Conduct updates sexual assault component

In an email sent out to all students last Friday, Sept. 26, Andrew Flagel, senior vice president for students and enrollment, alerted students to updates to both the Office of Student Rights and Community Standards and the Office of Sexual Assault and Prevention. The changes, which included the new Code of Conduct and the transition […]


Junior’s lab work has potential for groundbreaking advances

Pooja Gupta ’16 is one of three Brandeis undergraduate students working alongside Professor John Lisman ’66 on a project seeking to discover how to erase a memory and to delineate the chemical processes involved in the retention of long-term memory. In an exclusive interview with The Brandeis Hoot, Gupta discussed the project, her experiences in […]