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The Rose Art Museum this week announced it’s fall 2010 exhibit, “Atmospheric Conditions,” featuring the works of Eric Fischl, April Gornik and Bill Viola. The announcement follows 14 months of uncertainty concerning the museum’s future after the board of trustees unanimously voted to sell a portion of the museum’s artwork to help close a then […]
Political analyst Chip Berlet distinguished the differences between the American Tea Party movement and neo-Nazis at a conference Wednesday that had received attention from right-leaning media outlets concerned Berlet would conflate the two. To read more on the media surrounding the conference see this page. The New Right-Wing Radicalism Conference, sponsored by Brandeis’ Center for […]
Keenyn McFarlane, former director of budget for the Division of Students and Enrollment, returned to Brandeis on April 5 to serve as the university’s vice president for enrollment, according to a statement from Jean Eddy, senior vice president for students and enrollment. Frank Urso, who left the university in February, used to hold McFarlane’s position […]
Take Back the Night, an annual march through the Brandeis campus, took place Thursday against worldwide rape. This year the Committee on Rape Education (CORE), which usually organizes the walk, this year worked in conjunction with the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance (FMLA). The main goal of the march is to make it safe for women […]
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael B. Oren will speak at commencement May 23, angering some members of the Brandeis community because of the polarizing nature of Oren’s politics. A member of the Israeli right-wing, Oren will also receive an honorary degree along with Partners in Health founder Paul Farmer; the first woman to […]
The Hague summer program has now been extended into a spring 2011 study abroad option by the Office of Global Affairs in conjunction with the Study Abroad Office, the International and Global Studies Program and the Legal Studies Program. The new study abroad program will be similar to the six-week program at The Hague, which […]
Library and Technology Services (LTS) has announced that this summer, Bmail, Brandeis’ campus e-mail system, will be converted to a system managed and controlled by Google. It is also considering moving to a completely wireless Internet network in the residence halls, in addition to reducing or eliminating campus room phones. Brandeis currently controls Bmail, meaning […]
(Photo gallery link) Former Democratic National Committee Chairman and Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean advocated student activism in politics in his speech to a crowded Levin Ballroom Thursday night. “Don’t drop the ball now,” he said. In his first speach to a campus chapter of Democracy for America (DFA), which he created in 2004, Dean […]
University President Jehuda Reinharz will become President and CEO of the Mandel Foundation once he officially leaves office at Brandeis. The move is yet another step in the long-time friendship between the university and foundation, which funded the Mandel Center for Humanities currently under construction. Reinharz, who announced in October he would be resigning as […]
The student body elected Daniel Acheampong ’11 the next Student Union president in Tuesday’s election in which he defeated classmates Sahar Massachi and Matt Kriegsman and J.V. Souffrant ’13 with an outright majority in the first round of the instant-runoff system. Other winners include Vice President-elect Shirel Guez ’12, Secretary-elect Herbie Rosen ’12 and Treasurer-elect […]
