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Herbie Rosen ’12 was elected president Friday morning in the first round of Student Union elections. Rosen won by more than 600 votes. The election was highly anticipated and involved detailed pre-election coverage in all major campus publications. Akash Vadalia ’12 who ran against Rosen for president and finished in second place felt that the […]
Internationally-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma will perform “a five- to 10-minute piece” at this year’s commencement May 22, Andrew Gully, university senior vice president for communications and external affairs, said late Thursday after the commencement honorees were announced this week. “It just adds a great touch to a day that is already really great,” Gully said […]
Former British doctor Andrew Wakefield, who authored the 1998 Lancet paper suggesting that vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella can cause autism, defended his research during a speech in Rapaporte Treasure Hall Wednesday evening. Last February, The Lancet retracted the article and in May 2010, the British General Medical Council prohibited Wakefield from practicing medicine […]
Gov. Deval Patrick defended Massachusetts’ post-recession economy and promoted his plans to enhance the state’s financial competitiveness while visiting the Brandeis campus, speaking to a room of business leaders and state officials who gathered for the International Business School’s Global Trade Summit Tuesday in Levin Ballroom. “Since the beginning of my first term we have […]
Brandeis will shift its standard of proof for internal hearings on sexual assault to a lesser burden, a university official said Thursday evening. The change comes in response to new Title IX guidance from the U.S. Department of Education released Monday. Brandeis will require only a “preponderance of the evidence standard” rather than its current […]
South African Justice Richard Goldstone, head of the United Nations fact-finding mission on the 2008-2009 Gaza War, said in a Washington Post column last week that there were both inaccuracies and mistakes in his 2009 report. In November 2009, Goldstone and former Israeli Ambassador Dore Gold participated in an on-campus forum in Levin Ballroom. Then, […]
Israeli Knesset members called for increased pressure from the United States and the world to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran during a town hall meeting at Brandeis University on Monday evening. “It’s not a game,” Minister of Internal Security Avi Dichter said during the town hall meeting in Levin Ballroom. “It’s [a nuclear bomb], not something […]
University President Fred Lawrence promoted the practicality and purpose of a liberal arts education in his inaugural address on Thursday afternoon inside the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center. “Let us commit at every opportunity to reject the false dichotomy between so-called practical or trade-directed education on the one hand and liberal arts on the other,” […]
The tone of President Fred Lawrence’s inaugural address on Thursday symbolized the personality that his earned him the approval of the Brandeis community during the last nine months. Inauguration is a formal occasion, and Lawrence’s address was full of historical references as well as a general vision for how Brandeis will confront the challenges of […]
The Brandeis board of trustees voted Thursday evening to renovate the Linsey Pool in a project that will cost between $3 to $3.5 million. The Board also approved a $6 million upgrade to the campus technology network. The pool has been closed since 2008, at which point the university suspended its swimming and diving teams. […]
