Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Though Board of Trustees Chair Malcolm Sherman has promised that faculty and students will be involved in the search for the next president of the university, the capacity to which they will be involved on the actual search committee is yet to be determined. Sherman said he aims to formulate a presidential search committee of […]
Last spring, when non-profit organizations all over the country were clamoring for the passing of the Universal Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, better known by the catchy acronym UPMIFA, this editorial board set forth the opinion that UPMIFA could not be a panacea. And now that UPMIFA has been passed by the commonwealth of […]
According to a report of crime statistics disseminated by the Department of Public Safety, there were two forcible sex crimes on the Brandeis campus in 2008. Given that sexual assaults are chronically under reported, the actual incidence of sexual violence on our campus is likely higher. In light of the ubiquity of sexual assault, one […]
A 277 kilowatt solar energy system will be installed on the roof of the Gosman Athletic Center in order to provide the university with over 300,000 units of Kwatt energy per year in cooperation with Alteris Renewables, university President Jehuda Reinharz announced Wednesday evening. The energy gained from the solar energy system will be the […]
The university’s latest Fiscal Year 2010 budget projection is “a little worse” than last May’s projection, in part due to potential problems in raising restricted funds for the university’s operating budget, Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance Jeff Apfel announced at yesterday’s faculty meeting. Such changes in the budget, while small, only serve to […]
The university will begin interviewing candidates to fill the position of nurse manager at the Brandeis Health Center, filling a vacancy created by the departure of former director Kathleen Maloney. Maloney retired in May after having worked at the health center for 11 years. She initially came to Brandeis in 1998 intending to set-up the […]
As the initial shock of university President Jehuda Reinharz’s resignation announcement begins to wane, Brandeis community members are turning towards the future. While appropriately considering Reinharz’s strengths and weaknesses, successes and failures, the university community has begun to consider what characteristics a new president must possess. Certain qualities are obvious. The new president must be […]
Wednesday, university President Jehuda Reinharz had the pleasure of making an announcement that was actually good. Starting in November, preparations for the installation of a solar panel system atop Gosman will begin. The solar panels will provide the university with over 300,000 units of Kwatt energy per annum and will prevent nearly 12 million pounds […]
University President Jehuda Reinharz announced his intention to resign at an emergency meeting of the Board of Trustees yesterday evening. At the request of the Board of Trustees, Reinharz will remain as president of the university for the duration of the 2009-2010 academic year. Reinharz has also agreed to stay president through June 30, 2011, […]
At 4:30 p.m. Thursday, the news editor of The Brandeis Hoot and the editor-in-chief of the Justice, were called into a meeting with a university official who informed them of University President Jehuda Reinharz’s decision to resign. They were informed that Reinharz would make his resignation official at midnight and that any information shared with […]
