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Police Log 10-20-20

MEDICAL EMERGENCY

Scholar discusses religious graffiti’s role in Jerusalem life

The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies held a seminar with Dr. Yair Wallach on Thursday Oct. 15, called “Text and Violence in Jerusalem: Hebrew Graffiti on the Western Wall.” Wallach, a senior lecturer in Israel Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies University of London, spoke about a chapter of his recent book, “A City in Fragments: Urban Text in Modern Jerusalem.” He discussed a new perspective on how graffiti has been used as a religious ritual on Jerusalem's Western Wall. 

Police Log 10-13-20

MEDICAL EMERGENCY

Union members met over Zoom to discuss Kindness Day and Midnight Buffet

At the second Student Union meeting of the year, Union members confirmed the appointment of Jeremiah Lemelson ’23 as Director of Academic Affairs over Zoom.

University announces campus changes in response to COVID-19

Over the past week, the University has made several announcements regarding campus changes for the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters.  

Brandeis University COVID-19 Statistics: Week of Oct. 4

The University’s Jakob Ziskind Poet in Residence and English professor discuss role of identity in poetry

Prof. Yuri Doolan (HIST) moderated a discussion on the role of personal identity in poetry and academia with Prof. Elizabeth Bradfield (ENG) and Chen Chen, the University’s Jacob Ziskind Poet in Residence. The discussion, which was conducted through a Zoom webinar Oct. 7, was part of the Critical Conversations series, a segment of the First-Year Experience which introduces students to the interdisciplinary conversations and intellectual pursuits of the University’s academic community. 

Three University students create app to assist nonprofits negatively impacted by COVID-19

This past summer, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, three University students who participated in the Perlmutter Fellowship at the Brandeis International Business School worked together to create the Perlmutter App. They combined their interests of technology, business and social justice to create an app that would help organizations who were negatively affected by the outbreak. 

Student Union holds first Senate meeting of the semester

 In the first Student Union meeting of the semester, Union members discussed de-charters, appointed members of the Executive Board and shared their goals for the upcoming semester over Zoom.  

Boston given 'red' status for COVID-19 cases

 State health officials announced Thursday that the city of Boston was given the “red” status for COVID-19 cases, along with the cities of Worcester and Springfield, according to an NBC Boston article. The red status denotes a positive test rate of greater than eight cases per 100,000 population per day. According to the map on the University’s COVID-19 dashboard, last updated Sept. 30, the city of Boston has an average of nine cases per 100,000 population per day.

Brandeis University COVID-19 Statistics: Week of Sept. 27

Police Log 10-6-20

 MEDICAL EMERGENCY

Dr. Samuel Myers spoke to University students about planetary health

 Dr. Samuel Myers, the Director of the Planetary Health Alliance and the Principle Research Scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, spoke to the Brandeis community at an online event on Friday, Sept. 25 about his newly published book, “Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves.” Prof. Charles Chester (ENVS) hosted the talk.

Brandeis creates virtual opioid resource

 The Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management created the Brandeis Opioid Policy Research Collaborative, with principal investigator Cindy Parks Thomas. BORC is a resource for information about opioid use disorder and the opioid epidemic in the United States.

University launches coalition to encourage students to vote

 In early September, the University launched VoteDeis, a campus coalition dedicated to encouraging students to register and vote in upcoming elections. The coalition is composed of faculty, students and staff members. They help people register and make a plan to vote, share stories of why community members vote and provide links to voting resources, all of which can be found on the VoteDeis website. 

Brandeis University COVID-19 Statistics: Week of Sept. 20

Brandeis community members met on June 2 to discuss systemic racism

 COVID-19, which disproportionately affects communities of color and especially Black and Latinx communities, has further amplified and exposed racial disparities that the United States was built on. Black Americans today face the brunt of police violence in the time of COVID-19. George Floyd is an example of this — he died with COVID-19 antibodies in his blood, surviving infection only to die as a result of police brutality, according to an article from The New York Times. 

COVID-19 brings forth sustainability challenges for the University

In response to the impending threat of climate change, corporations, governments and universities have released plans to reverse its effects before the Earth is irreparably damaged. In recent years, the University has created and tracked various sustainability goals, including more efficient lighting and more thorough waste disposal procedures; however, COVID-19 health protocols have influenced some new sustainability measures at Brandeis.

Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg H’96

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg H’96, the second woman to ever serve on the United States Supreme Court, died of pancreatic cancer on Sept. 18 at the age of 87. Ginsburg spoke to the Brandeis community in 2016, celebrating the centennial of Justice Louis Brandeis being nominated to the Supreme Court. In this ceremony, entitled “Louis D. Brandeis, The Supreme Court and American Democracy,” Ginsburg talked about the lessons that she learned from Justice Brandeis. In this speech, she mentioned that although she did not agree with all of the decisions Brandeis made during his time on the Supreme Court, she did admire his methodology at the bar.

Sodexo will continue its contract with the University until June 2022

Sodexo will continue to serve as the University’s food service vendor until June 2022, under a new contract that is currently being finalized. This new two-year contract is a departure from the University’s pre-pandemic plan to sign a longer-term contract following a Request for Proposals process, which would have potentially replaced Sodexo with one of three other dining contractors.