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The second round of Student Union Elections was held Thursday, April 25 to fill open Senate and Associate Judiciary seats, and most notably to vote on a ballot initiative supporting divestment at Brandeis. The Brandeis University Undergraduate Divestment Campaign Petition passed with a majority of 79.03 percent voting in favor of it. Abstentions are not […]
An MIT police officer was shot and killed in Cambridge Thursday evening and gunfire and potential explosive devices were reported in Watertown, according to media reports and audio on the local police scanner. The Boston Globe reported that one suspect in Monday’s marathon bombing had been captured while another was still on the loose in […]
Immediately following Monday afternoon’s bombings at the Boston Marathon, the university police increased security measures on campus after communication with Boston law enforcement officials. Since Monday’s attack, additional police officers, both in uniform and in plainclothes, have patrolled the Brandeis campus. Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan said officers received instant communication of the bombings […]
President Barack Obama selected Professor and Director of the Division of Science Eve Marder ’69 (NBIO) as a member of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative’s advisory board earlier this month. Obama unveiled the BRAIN Initiative on April 2, granting $100 million toward research for developing new technologies that may help cure […]
Brandeis University police are investigating an alleged sexual assault that occurred off campus and was reported to the department on March 14, Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan said. “We’re reviewing it,” Callahan said in a phone interview Thursday. “We’re doing what we need to do to assist the parties involved.” University police do not […]
Daniel Smith ’99 has not been inside Rapaporte Hall in the Goldfarb Library since 1998, when the Dalai Lama visited Brandeis. But that is where he was this Wednesday, reading excerpts from his new bestselling memoir “Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety.” The book tells a comical yet also very real account of Smith’s lifelong […]
We all know of some of the ridiculously unjust laws that plagued this country in defense of slavery before the Civil War. Take, for example, the Three-Fifths Compromise, which counted slaves as three-fifths of a person in their state’s population for federal representation in Congress. The idea that skin color could determine whether or not […]
University officials released a draft of the strategic plan on Tuesday, highlighting their commitments to academic excellence, faculty investment, research opportunities and responsible stewardship.
One year after a tuition hike made Brandeis the second the most expensive college in the state, university officials are exploring the model of another 4 percent tuition and fees increase as part of their budget proposal at the March board of trustees meeting, Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel said. “What […]
This Friday marks the application deadline for students who plan to study abroad next fall and spring. Students, the majority of whom are sophomores, must scramble to meet the approaching deadline and continue the lengthy application process for the next several months. Although the exact number of students studying abroad varies by year, this year […]
