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Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a world-renowned Islamic scholar in physics, philosophy and religion asked his audience to see people as one and not distinguish between the self and the other during his acceptance speech after receiving the university’s Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize Tuesday in Rapaporte Treasure Hall. “There is a desperate attempt right […]
Student Union President Daniel Acheampong ’11 announced proposed upcoming dining service expansions that include an Einstein’s enlargement and serving of hot food and a second location for the P.O.D. Convenience Store (C-Store) at his fall semester State of the Union address Thursday in Rapaporte Treasure Hall and Senior Vice President for Administration Mark Collins confirmed […]
Interfaith cooperation requires that people take pride in their individual religious identities and realize that societies, not people, are multi-cultural, Frederick Lawrence, the university’s next president, said during a reception Monday evening in Rapaporte Treasure Hall. “It’s actually pretty idiotic to think of people being multi-cultural,” Lawrence said. “For interfaith [cooperation] to make any sense, […]
Multimedia journalist Nona Willis Aronowitz presented her book, “GirlDrive, Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism” Tuesday. “GirlDrive,” is about her road trip with Emma Bee Bernstein across the United States to discover how their generation of young women relates to feminism and ideas about gender justice. Aronowitz called “GirlDrive” a travel diary and a social history of […]
A female Brandeis student suffered head and facial injuries during an assault and unarmed robbery on South Street Tuesday evening, Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan said. But a male Brandeis student told The Hoot he was also assaulted in a separate incident on Oct. 30 on Bedford Street and did not notify police. Callahan […]
Noam Chomsky, MIT Linguistics Professor and world renowned activist, labeled the United States and Israel as “rejectionist states” that refuse to join the entire world’s opposition of Israel’s “occupied territories” in a lecture to the Brandeis Community inside Sherman Function Hall Thursday evening. “Within the occupied territories, it [the situation] is much worse than apartheid,” […]
The United States Supreme Court decided last week to hear a Stanford University patent case after a brief filed by many other colleges, including Brandeis, urged the court to accept it. The case would determine the true ownership of inventions created at universities with government funds, according to Senior Vice President Judith Sizer, the university’s […]
University President Jehuda Reinharz this week announced a new Alcohol and Drug Policy Committee composed of students, faculty, staff and administrators to review and analyze alcohol abuse in the community. The announcement came after Pachanga, a dance held in Levin Ballroom on Oct. 23. As a result of drinking in residence halls before the dance, […]
The university fared better in the 2010 fiscal year than in fiscal year 2009, with an $11 million increase in total assets “Brandeis is well positioned financially,” Vice President for Budget and Planning Frances Drolette said. “Our 2010 financial statements reflect the campus-wide hard work that went into budget measures over the last year as […]
Brandeis has advanced to the final four in a competition by the world’s leading animal rights organization to name the nation’s “Most Vegan-Friendly Campus.” According to the college division of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), PETA2, Brandeis is close to being given the title, best among small North American schools, for its […]
