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Reflecting on the 10-year anniversary of Sept. 11, university officials described Brandeis as a campus with stronger security protections. Religious leaders depicted Brandeis as a university promoting and practicing religious tolerance following the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Visiting campus to discuss the U.N. Palestinian vote question taking place later in the month, David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Ghaith al-Omari of the American Task Force on Palestine wanted to do more than simply examine the current situation. Their goal, according to Makovksy, “is to get college students […]
When President Fred Lawrence took the office of president Jan. 1, his top priorities were already out of his hands: He had to hire half an administration to run from scratch.
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, […]
Myra Hiatt Kraft ’64, who helped govern the university for 25 years as a trustee and became, of its alumni, one of the most influential as a philanthropist in Massachusetts and around the world, died of cancer early Wednesday.
Brandeis will not sell any artwork from The Rose Art Museum as part of a settlement agreed to with Rose benefactors, university President Fred Lawrence announced last month. “The Rose plays a key role not just in the creative arts, but throughout the curriculum,” Lawrence said in a phone interview. “It’s very hard to understand […]
Brandeis will change its student conduct process for sexual assault cases following new Title IX guidance from the U.S. Department of Education earlier this month. But it is unlikely the university will create a new, separate grievance process specifically for sexual assault cases, Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer said. “Our students are at the […]
Union President Daniel Acheampong ’11 boasted his administration’s successes in the areas of student-administrative representation, curriculum and dining changes in his second and final State of the Union address Thursday night in Rapaporte Treasure Hall before an audience of fellow students and members of the university senior staff. Acheampong announced that beginning this fall “the […]
A Massachusetts state bill that would require Brandeis and all other universities and colleges to disclose federal and state taxes that would have been paid if they had not been tax exempt is currently with the Joint Committee on Revenue and the Joint Committee on the Judiciary. The bill also requires universities and colleges to […]
Margaret Marshall, former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and Professor Anita Hill (Heller), spoke to Brandeis students about their lifelong careers and their commitment to social justice and civil rights. “My commitment to equality is a higher calling,” Hill said. “When things keep calling out to you, you should listen. I came […]
