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With over 100,000 participants, the 2023 Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Hollywood actor strike hit 100 days on Oct. 22 — one of the longest strikes in the union’s history. On Oct. 16, Brandeis hosted a conversation with leaders of the New England's Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Union on the Hollywood actors on strike. The event featured the New England President of SAG-AFTRA Andrea Lyman as well as the New England Vice President of SAG-AFTRA Tom Kemp. Profs. Thomas Doherty (AMST) and Dan Breen (LGLS) joined the discussion to help provide context for the current strike.
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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.
(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.
(10/17/23 10:00am)
The morning of Oct. 7 saw an attack on Israel by Hamas, targeting civilians after breaking through the Gaza-Israel border. The impacts of such an attack were instantaneous, with the immense loss of life and destruction going as far to impact countless members within the Brandeis community halfway across the world.
(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.
(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.
(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.
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MEDICAL EMERGENCY
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At its Oct. 8 meeting, the Student Union Senate chartered one new club, elected a Brandeis Sustainability Fund representative, held a policy discussion, and confirmed new Executive Board members.
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This weekend Brandeis celebrated its 75th anniversary across campus, inviting family and alumni alike to attend. The schedule boasted more than 70 unique panels, lectures, class reunions, and activities that began on Oct. 13 and concluded on Oct 15.
(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.
(10/17/23 10:00am)
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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.”
(10/03/23 10:00am)
On Sept. 18, the U.S. News and World Report released its annual college ranking which revealed drastic shifts on the previous rankings due to a change in the metrics used to determine the rankings of colleges. As a result, Brandeis University dropped 16 spots on the list from 44 to 60.
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Speaking to a crowd of a few dozen supporters at a bar in downtown Waltham on Sept. 28, Ward 9 City Councilor Jonathan Paz argued his case for Waltham mayor, marking the beginning of his general election campaign.
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