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The Brandeis 2020 Committee today released a list of 18 proposals to either terminate or reorganize graduate and undergraduate programs in an effort to save the university $3.8 million annually beginning in 2012. Eight of the proposals affect graduate programs, and include indefinitely suspending admissions to the doctorate Anthropology program, the master’s program in Cultural […]
Jeremy Ben-Ami, founder of the national Jewish lobbying group J Street spoke Thursday about the need for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue, emphasizing the need for an American presence. J Street, founded as a “pro-Israel, pro-peace” lobbying body which advocates for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, means to represent Americans who support a two-state solution: a […]
The Brandeis 2020 Committee today released a list of 18 proposals to either terminate or reorganize graduate and undergraduate programs in an effort to save the university $3.8 million annually beginning in 2012. Eight of the proposals affect graduate programs, and include indefinitely suspending admissions to the Anthropology Ph.D. program, the master’s program in Cultural […]
The university board of trustees approved a “major renovation project” to the Charles River Apartments at their Wednesday meeting. The construction will take place over the summer with the aim of being completed in time for the 2010-2011 academic year. The approximately $9 million project will revamp the 140 off-campus apartments’ kitchens and bathroom spaces, […]
In an ironic Student Union turnaround, Diana Aronin ’11 won reelection as Secretary Thursday with 483 out of 640 votes in a race with unprecedented voter turnout. Aronin, who was not originally running to reclaim the seat from which the Union Judiciary (UJ) removed her last Sunday, made it into the final elections through a […]
Attorney Alan D. Rose of Rose, Chinitz & Rose has taken over the role of outside counsel from Tom Reilly in the suit filed against the university by three donors to the Rose Art Museum looking to stop the sale of the museum’s art. Rose is not related to any member of the family for […]
A group of 14 students has begun dormstorming to educate their peers about the university’s budget cuts in an effort to fill what they say is a void in communication between the university’s administration and students. “We feel really out of the loop, and we’re worried about a repeat of last year,” Mariel Gruszko ’10 […]
New York Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief Ethan Bronner spoke to the Brandeis community Tuesday about the necessity of objective reporting in Israel, and the difficulties reporters face in pursuit of it, in the International Lounge of the Usdan Student Center. Bronner explained to his audience how he tries to report on two opposing narratives, Jewish-Israeli […]
The Brandeis 2020 Committee will announce its proposed academic cuts on Feb. 24, the committee’s chair Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe told Thursday’s faculty meeting. The 2020 Committee has three major criteria for deciding which academic programs should remain intact: Programs needed in order to maintain Brandeis’ standing as a respectable research and […]
The Union Judiciary (UJ) voted to remove former Union Secretary Diana Aronin ’11 from office Sunday following last week’s impeachment trial. The ruling by the UJ found in favor of the senate which claimed Aronin “willfully corrupted and violated the duties set forth to her in the Constitution.” According to the Union Constitution, in order […]
