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Approaching the Arab-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts

(10/24/23 10:00am)

With the intensifying Israeli-Palestinian conflict, questions remain regarding whether Arab-Israeli peace can be improved. On Oct. 18, the Crown Center for Middle East Studies hosted a panel discussion in Rapaporte Treasure Hall addressing this theme. Profs. Shai Feldman (POL), Abdel Monem Said Aly, and Kahlil Shikaki were the three panelists. Feldman is the Raymond Frankel professor in Israeli Politics and Society and the founding director of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies. Abdel Monem Said Aly is the chairman, chief executive officer, and director of the Regional Center for Strategic Studies in Cairo, chairman of the Egyptian daily newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm, and a founding senior fellow at the Crown Center. Khalil Shikaki is the director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah and a founding senior fellow at the Crown Center.


PARC’s Purple Thursday event raises awareness about domestic violence

(10/24/23 10:00am)

Across from the blue booths in Fellow’s Garden stood over 100 mini purple flags — each of which represent a certain number of Brandeis students who have disclosed that they’ve been impacted by domestic violence, in accordance with the most recently conducted campus climate surveys in 2019 and 2022. The Prevention, Advocacy, and Resource Center set up the flag display to stand in solidarity with survivors of domestic abuse on the nationally recognized Purple Thursday.



Schusterman Center hosts teach-in on Israel-Hamas war

(10/17/23 10:00am)

In the midst of the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas, the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies organized an event titled “Teach-In: War in Israel, Reflections from Brandeis Faculty.” Featuring esteemed members of Brandeis faculty, the event aimed to provide intellectual insight and scholarly perspectives on the complex dynamics surrounding the conflict, offering the Brandeis community a platform to navigate the challenging discussions surrounding the war. 


Brandeis Professor emeritus Ilan Troen loses daughter and son-in-law in Hamas-Israel War

(10/17/23 10:00am)

In an unprecedented act of violence, Hamas terrorists breached the border wall between Israel and Gaza on Oct. 7, infiltrated neighboring towns, killed 1,300 civilians, and took 150 hostages. The attack caught Israel by surprise and triggered one of the most devastating waves of violence that the region has seen in decades, and the Brandeis community has suffered a heartbreaking loss as a result of the war. Brandeis Prof. Emeritus Ilan Troen (NEJS) lost his daughter and son-in-law, Deborah and Shlomi Matias, who were killed while shielding their 16-year-old son, Rotem, from Hamas terrorists. During the initial series of attacks that triggered the subsequent war, Hamas terrorists entered the Matias home in Holit, a kibbutz (a collective community) near the Gaza border, and unleashed gunfire on the family. 


ICC celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Day

(10/17/23 10:00am)

“Land back, language back” — this was the focus of community organizer Eva Blake’s remarks at the Intercultural Center’s annual Indigenous Peoples' Day teach-in on Oct. 5, which was centered around the theme of building Indigenous sovereignty through community. The event included a discussion with Blake, a member of the Wampanoag Nation, on Indigenous language reclamation and the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project, as well as the opportunity to participate in a round dance, a type of Indigenous group dance performed in social settings.





Drew Weissman ’81 wins Nobel Prize for research

(10/17/23 10:00am)

It was 4:00 in the morning when Katalin Karikó H’23 received the call that she and Drew Weissman ’81 GSAS MA ’81 P ’15 H ’23 had been awarded the Nobel Prize for their seminal messenger RNA research, which ultimately led to the expedited development of COVID-19 vaccines and the prevention of millions of deaths worldwide.





Brandeis attends march in New York City to protest fossil fuel use

(10/03/23 10:00am)

On Sunday, Sept. 17, about 50 Brandeis students and faculty took to the streets of New York City to demand an end to the expansion of fossil fuels. The March to End Fossil Fuels, organized by a broad base of NYC grassroots organizations, was the largest climate action since the start of the pandemic; event organizers estimate that 75,000 people were in attendance. The intent of the protest was to place pressure on President Joe Biden ahead of Climate Week NYC and the United Nations 2023 Sustainable Development Goals Summit, which took place in New York City on Sept. 17-24 and Sept. 18-19, respectively. The event organizers called for Biden to ban the usage of fossil fuels and protect communities’ rights to a clean and healthy environment by “stopping oil and gas projects, phasing down drilling, and declaring a climate emergency.”







A look into presidential candidates' polling performances

(09/19/23 10:00am)

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump — the same candidates who secured the Democratic Party and Republican Party nominations in 2020, are polling higher than the rest for the 2024 presidency. Including Biden and Trump, there are currently 17 candidates vying for the presidency — 13 Republicans, three democrats, and one third-party candidate.