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The awarding of Latin honors like cum laude could be based on a percentage system instead of grade point average starting wtih the class of 2016 if the faculty approves the proposal at their April 14 meeting. The change has already passed through the University Curriculum Committee (UCC). “For the last several months, the committee […]
Director of President Barack Obama’s Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes spoke about the importance of service and being an engaged citizen at Brandeis University Wednesday. “Citizenship, in my opinion, is a verb,” Barnes said to an audience of 200 in Levin Ballroom, advocating that citizens should play an active role in their communities. In a […]
International Business School Dean Bruce Magid returned this week from his role on Governor Deval Patrick’s trade mission to the United Kingdom and Israel, where he represented Brandeis and Massachusetts higher education abroad. The governor himself will speak at campus Tuesday, April 5 to keynote a summit at the business school. Magid was invited on […]
Florida. San Francisco. Long Island. Westchester. Newark. Manhattan. Boston. Philadelphia. Washington. Miami. Los Angeles. These are the stops on the meet Fred Lawrence tour—the university’s campaign to combine both development and admissions recruitment as it introduces its new president to a community of alumni, parents, students and friends. “He hit the ground running because he […]
For two weeks, students had seen mysterious advertisements. Whether it was the poster featuring the maniacal baby Stewie from “Family Guy” or the poster with teenage pop star Justin Bieber or merely the Facebook group, all of these advertisements had the same general theme: take control of your destiny on March 14. Yet except for […]
Six undergraduate students will see their semester abroad programs disrupted due to the earthquake, tsunami and spreading levels of radiation from nuclear plants in Japan this week. Three students already abroad in Kyoto, Japan through the Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies, a Columbia University-administered program, are returning to the United States due to safety concerns. […]
When the university announced last fall that it was altering policy to allow for the possible consideration of financial status as a factor for gaining admission, the Brandeis community found itself weighing the decision of a Brandeis office few could name on a murky topic. At this month’s faculty meeting, President Fred Lawrence suggested that […]
The university will host multiple academic forums and cultural events during the week of President Fred Lawrence’s inauguration on March 31. A student art exhibition, a musical performance by the Brandeis string quartet, a graduate student symposium and a Rose Art exhibit are other events that will take place during the inauguration week. On April […]
Faculty members voted Thursday to change the university’s pass/fail system to allow students to count a class in which they received a “P” for a graduation requirement. Students could begin taking courses pass/fail for a requirement this fall if the proposal brought by the University Curriculum Committee (UCC) is passed on a second reading at […]
Citing differing views on the state of Israel, the board of Brandeis University’s Hillel chapter voted Tuesday to reject Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) as a member group of the organization. “While … we understand that JVP at Brandeis considers itself a pro-Israel club, based on positions and programming JVP has sponsored, we do not […]
