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Three time Pulitzer prize winning author Thomas Friedman ’75 told students to be activists in the “green revolution” and to use the government to make environmental technology widespread yesterday when he spoke at Spingold theatre in order to promote his new book, Hot, Flat and Crowded. Friedman, who is a columnist for the New York […]
Brandeis’ environmental sustainability grade increased from a C to a B- from last year, according to a recently released “Green Report Card” from the Sustainable Endowments Institute. Brandeis’ grade raise is partially due to a new student involvement category on the report card in which Brandeis received an A. The university also received an A […]
Administrators are examining the causes of the university’s $10 million budget shortfall for fiscal year 2009 and devising solutions to close the gap. While daunting, the $10 million shortfall could have been greater. Approximately five weeks ago, the university removed its money from the Common Fund, an endowment investment entity in which many college and […]
In response to student complaints over several years, the Student Union is advocating for a comprehensive review of the health center’s performance before the center’s contract is reviewed. Union Director of Executive Affairs and Chair of the Health Center Advisory Committee, Jess Blumberg ’09 explained that contract negotiations between Beth Israel Hospital and the university […]
On Sept. 18, Phil Lacombe ’10 wrote a post on the blog www.innermostparts.org entitled “A great day for Brandeis Progressives.” Lacombe’s post, written the day Adam Hughes ’11 was elected Vice-President of the Student Union, started, “It’s a great day for the Progressive Party (if you can call it that.).” He continued to say that […]
President Jehuda Reinharz announced that the university faces a $10 million dollar shortfall for the 2009 fiscal year at Thursday’s Faculty Senate meeting. The current economic downturn “obviously affects all of us,” Reinharz said, “universities are experiencing particular challenges.” “As we were closing the 2008 budget and planning for 2009, we knew things weren’t looking […]
Student Union President Jason Gray ’10 announced the creation of the Student Union Office of Student Rights and Advocacy in an e-mail to the student body Wednesday night. “In the past few years, it has come to our attention that there is a need to provide more information about students’ rights on campus,” Gray wrote. […]
Following their trip to Israel and the West Bank last February, Students Crossing Boundaries will release an application for their revamped program Tuesday. Last year, 11 students, including Students Crossing Boundaries founder Justin Kang ’09, went on a 10-day trip over February break to various sites throughout Israel and the West Bank in order to […]
In a campus-wide e-mail sent Thursday, President Reinharz announced the first recipient of the Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize, Princeton professor Kwame Anthony Appiah. The prize is supported by the Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Endowed Fund. Appiah will receive his award Oct. 27. The $25,000 prize, according to Reinharz’s message, is awarded to […]
Attorney Daryl J. Lapp taught Brandeis faculty members about issues of anti-discrimination law at a faculty meeting in Golding yesterday. The talk, which was organized by Provost Marty Krauss comes almost one year after Prof. Donald Hindley (POL) was charged with violating the non-discrimination and harassment policy after having made allegedly racist remarks in his […]
