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Members of the university’s Board of Trustees told The Hoot this week that they have complete confidence in President Reinharz’s ability to lead the university. These statements of assurance follow an article in the Boston Globe entitled “Brandeis woes put president on the line.” Chair of the Board of Trustees Malcolm Sherman told The Hoot […]
Executive Director of Union Communications Jamie Ansorge ’09 and 59 other Brandeis student leaders met with university President Jehuda Reinharz about the university’s budget crisis on Dec. 5 2008. During the meeting, the students were shown a presentation of the budget projections and were told that budget cuts were going to be made. “But we […]
A signal amplifier will be installed in lower Usdan over February break in order to increase cell phone service in the dining hall. The amplifier, which should work for all cell phone providers, was the idea of former North Quad Senator and current Union Director of Community Advocacy Andy Hogan ’11. The amplifier consists of […]
Money from a ten percent pay cut taken by both President Reinharz and Cheif Operating Officer Peter French will be used to pay for the services of the public relations firm Rasky Baerlein, Reinharz wrote in an e-mail to faculty senate chair William Flesch which was then fowarded to the faculty listserv. Rasky Baerlein has […]
University President Jehuda Reinharz announced last week that the university’s senior administration had employed the services of the public relations firm Rasky Baerlein in order to help handle the media storm after the Board of Trustee’s authorization to close the Rose Art Museum. According to an e-mail from Reinharz to Faculty Senate chair Prof. William […]
House Representative Barney Frank explained why the economy plummeted, what the Obama administration is currently doing to fix it, and what should be done in the immediate future during the Heller School’s Distinctive Public Policy Speaker event on Monday. The day before the Senate approved the $789 billion economic stimulus package, Frank, who is a […]
When the Curriculum and Academic Restructuring Steering Committee was created by the Faculty Senate in early January, it was crafted with the idea that the committee would find ways to save money by reorganizing Brandeis’ academic curriculum. Almost one month later, the committee’s sub-committee on academic requirements has developed some ideas for restructuring the curriculum […]
University President Reinharz clarified what he called “misperceptions picked up by the press” at a student press conference yesterday, saying that the university’s Board of Trustees never voted to close the Rose Art Museum and sell its collection.
Reinharz said that while the trustees authorized the administration to close the Rose in order to transition it into an art teaching and exhibition center, “the Board of Trustees resolution did not speak about the closing of the rose. The resolution said that we ought to find a way to integrate the roes more closely into the education mission of the university.”
“The board resolution never talked about selling the collection,” he continued…
The university’s counsel is evaluating the possibility of changing the Massachusetts state laws governing endowment spending, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Peter French said at a student press conference yesterday. Questions about the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA) arose at last week’s student forum with university President Jehuda Reinharz. “Our […]
The Board of Trustee’s authorization for the university to close the Rose Art Museum and sell its collection has been met with disbelief, outrage and protest from both within the Brandeis community and beyond. The reactions of people who cannot comprehend the decision the Board made have been the topic of tens of national headlines in the past two weeks.
Less well heard, however, are the voices of community members who dislike the decision, but understand the difficulties…
