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Under pressure from Brandeis’ senior administration to take in more profit from tuition revenue, the university’s graduate schools accepted more students for the current fiscal year than they otherwise would have allowed. “We took more students than we wanted to in order to provide more financial return” to the university, Dean of the International Business […]
Students for a Just and Stable Future (SJSF) and Students for Environmental Action (SEA) joined with other campus organizations to host a sleep out on the Great Lawn Thursday night in order to raise awareness about clean energy. SEA and SJSF joined with the Natural Living Club, Real Food and Brandeis for Pakistan Flood Relief […]
On June 23, 2009 the university announced it would suspend contributions to the retirement funds of its 5,181 employees for the entirety of fiscal year 2010. The move, which saved the university $7.4 million, was deemed necessary to help close the then-calculated $8.9 million budget gap. But while faculty and staff were planning to make […]
Alex Dainis ’11 has been selected as one of five finalists to win a month-long stay at Chicago Museum of Science and Industry as part of its “Month at the Museum” contest. If she wins, Dainis will live at the museum and use social media and film to report on activity within the museum from […]
The administrators of a study that measures the strength of liberal arts programs at schools around the country will visit Brandeis Wednesday to meet with students, faculty and senior university officials as part of their evaluation of the true value of a Brandeis education. The roving team is from the Center of Inquiry in the […]
UPDATE: A Brandeis community member has notified university officials that he was the person exposing himself inside the Harlan Chapel during two incidents in the past month, according to a statement from Ed Callahan, director of public safety. Callahan has referred the case to the Office of the Dean of Student Life. Once the Dean’s […]
Brandeis alumni Jonah Cohen ’10, Alex Epps ’10 and Ned Crowley ’10 screened their documentary film campus on Tuesday. “State of Peace” was filmed this past summer in Costa Rica after Crowley and Cohen were awarded a $10,000 grant from the Kathryn W. Davis Projects For Peace. Costa Rica has had universal health care and […]
Chartered clubs received 42 percent of requested funds from the Student Union Finance Board, a decrease from 68.7 percent last fall. Secured organizations, or those guaranteed to receive a certain baseline funding by the Union Constitution, meanwhile received an additional $55,000, according to Student Union Treasurer Akash Vadalia ’11. The additional funding for secured clubs […]
Schwartz Castle and four buildings in the Charles River Residence Quad do not have partial or full sprinkler systems installed, according to The Department of Public Safety’s annual report issued Thursday in compliance with federal laws. As part of a yearly report on crime and public safety, the Annual Fire Safety Report must be published, […]
Every week, The Hoot will publish an article related to the financial organization of the university as part of our series Financial Exposure. Each article will be based on copies of the university’s tax exemption forms obtained by The Hoot. Brandeis has conducted business with two companies whose owners are closely related to the university’s […]
