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(11/26/19 11:00am)
The Crown Center for Middle East Studies on Wednesday hosted Gary Grappo, a former diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Oman between 2006 and 2009. Grappo discussed Oman’s leader, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who was instrumental in modernizing the country, and he analyzed current and upcoming challenges that Oman faces looking forward.
(11/26/19 11:00am)
During a brief Senate meeting on Sunday, Student Union Vice President Kendal Chapman ’22 directed a discussion regarding incentives for senators to attend more Senate meetings.
(11/26/19 11:00am)
Terisa Siagatonu, an award-winning poet, teaching artist and mental health educator, spoke Tuesday about Indigenous perspectives on climate change. Her lecture focused on the Mauna Kea protests in Hawaii and redefining the climate justice movement through artistic contributions and Indigenous ways of knowing.
(11/26/19 11:00am)
A panel of science majors spoke at a Nov. 21 event titled “How I Succeed in Science: Science Majors Share Stories of Facing and Overcoming Challenges.” The featured panelists were Neuroscience and Philosophy major Gabe Trevino ’20, biology and Health: Science, Society, and Policy major and Chemistry minor Herlyne Das ’18 and Psychology major and Education Studies minor Allison Lawsky ’16, as well as featured speaker Prof. Kene Piasta (BIOL). There was also a representative from each of the organizations sponsoring the event: Associate Director of Academic Services Julia Mani, Assistant Director of Career Programs at the Hiatt Career Center Jackie Blesso and Program Manager of Health and Wellness Promotion Leah Berkenwald.
(11/19/19 11:00am)
The University has a plethora of resources to offer support to different groups and individuals on campus that were created to ensure that Brandeis community members feel safe and know their rights. These resources include the Student Sexuality Information Service, the Gender and Sexuality Center, 6TALK, Students Talking About Relationships, The Prevention, Advocacy & Resource Center, the Office of Equal Opportunity and the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
(11/19/19 11:00am)
Since 2016, Brandeis has slowly been transitioning to increasing recycling and composting around campus.
(11/19/19 11:00am)
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Two restaurants, RoyalTea and Penang, are looking to open new franchises on Moody Street, according to two Nov. Waltham Patch articles.
(11/19/19 11:00am)
At its weekly meeting on Sunday, the Senate swore in newly-elected Student Union Vice President Kendal Chapman ’22 and discussed controversy surrounding the special election of the racial minority senator. They also passed a Senate Money Resolution to purchase cooking equipment for Polaris Lounge.
(11/20/19 5:50am)
Student Union Director of Outreach Kendal Chapman ’22 won the special election for Union vice president with 120 votes, Union Secretary Taylor Fu wrote in an email to the Justice on Sunday.
(11/19/19 11:00am)
The University administration made changes to the student handbook this semester to mandate the administration’s prior approval of protest demonstrations by student groups. The changes to Section 7.1 of the Student Rights and Responsibilities handbook makes campus demonstrations more difficult, according to a student activist group that spoke with the Justice. The language in 7.1 is identical to a section in the Princeton University handbook, but Brandeis applies it differently.
(11/19/19 11:00am)
The 2019 Campus Climate survey found that students with marginalized identities reported experiences with sexual violence and misconduct at higher rates than their peers. The report details students’ experiences with and attitudes toward sexual misconduct, reporting procedures and prevention resources on campus.
(11/19/19 11:00am)
Prof. Susan Eaton (Heller) spoke on Thursday about her research on efforts to promote racial and ethnic equity and inclusion in U.S. K-12 schools in a keynote lecture entitled “Getting to ‘We’: Educators as a Counterforce to Othering in a Polarized Nation.”
(11/19/19 11:00am)
The Goldfarb Library celebrated its 60th anniversary on Nov. 12. Library staff held an event that day in its honor that included speeches, a display of photographs of the library’s history, singing “Happy Birthday” and a birthday cake.
(11/12/19 11:00am)
The elections for Waltham mayor and city councilors took place on Nov. 5 and featured several close races and upsets of longtime incumbent councilors.
(11/12/19 11:00am)
At its Sunday meeting, the Senate passed a Senate Money Resolution to fund Midnight Buffet, brought up concerns regarding students getting sick in Deroy Residence Hall and discussed Student Union President Simran Tatuskar’s ’21 apologies to the Brandeis community and Union members.
(11/12/19 11:00am)
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Student Union President Simran Tatuskar ’21 apologized for her role in breaking down communication within the Union in an email to the Brandeis community on Friday. “I apologize for the role that I played in perpetuating this cycle and want to make it clear that my focus moving forward within the parameters of my role is to ensure that these lines are strengthened via internal restructuring and overall policy changes,” she wrote.
(11/12/19 11:00am)
Prof. Paul Miller (BIOL) and Prof. Sabine von Mering (GES, WGSS) sat down with moderator Prof. Charles Chester (ENVS) on Nov. 5 for an event titled, “Fiddling While Rome Burns: Understanding Humankind’s Response to Climate Change.” The event was offered as a part of Brandeis’ Critical Conversations. Miller, a scientist, and von Mering, an activist, shared how their different backgrounds have shaped their ideas of what is most important in the scramble to combat climate change.
(11/12/19 11:00am)
City University of New York Professor of Anthropology Katherine Verdery gave a talk on Friday about her discovery of a Romanian secret police case file about her years of anthropological fieldwork in 1970s Romania. She has written about these experiences in a recent book titled “My Life as a Spy: Investigations in a Secret Police File.”