Segregation’s shadow
(10/02/14 1:21am)
In 1954, 60 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education to desegregate public schools. In 1964, 50 years ago, the Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination.
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(10/02/14 1:20am)
Students stayed at Jackson State University in the Margaret Walker Center as they studied the current and past reality of segregation in schools.
Unearthing Canaanite relics
(10/02/14 1:16am)
From a young age, Prof. Andrew Koh (CLAS) was enamored with beginnings. Then he grew up and became an archaeologist— a profession that takes him back to the start of the world’s first ancient civilizations every day. At the height of his career, he has managed to marry his diverse areas of expertise, using his dual background in both classical studies and biological chemistry to unearth truths about ancient viticulture and the Canaanite community that might otherwise have remained shrouded in historical guesswork.
(10/02/14 1:13am)
Prof. Andrew Koh (CLAS) has managed to combine his knowledge of science and passion for ancient history.
(10/02/14 1:13am)
Excavators at the Tel Kabri archaeological site discovered 40 jars which an ancient king used to store wine in 1600 B.C.
Trip down memory lane
(10/02/14 1:06am)
Usually, when you sit down to talk with a friend, you can be sure that he or she will look you in the eye and, with no hesitation, talk about the one day that made his or her past summer so special.
(10/02/14 1:04am)
Student volunteers learn to interact with those who suffer from cognitive diseases.
Science majors overseas
(09/30/14 1:08am)
In February 2013, Jake Cohen ’15 and Alex Cortesi-Gesten ’15 toured a sacred temple outside of Bangalore, India. Overwhelmed by all the experience offered them, they shaved their heads and donned Buddhist monk robes as they bathed in the meditative holy waters of the temple. After being blessed, they listened to yogis speak about the mechanics of time and space and how that seamlessly meshed with the spirituality inherent in all human beings.
(09/30/14 1:07am)
Jake Cohen ’15, a student of physics and mathematics, was blessed by an elephant during his study abroad term in Bangalore, India.
Novelist makes her debut
(09/30/14 12:49am)
As a Brandeis undergraduate on the pre-med track, Nadia Hashimi ’00 didn’t imagine her professional life would turn out as it has. Literature was always something she appreciated, but it wasn’t until she’d settled into life as a doctor that she realized she could pursue writing as a second career.
Kinship across barriers
(09/27/14 9:01pm)
How much responsibility do you have to the culture in which you live? If Brandeis students turn their heads and choose not to see what is uncomfortable, will this perpetuate a culture of ignorance within the American Jewish community?
(09/27/14 9:00pm)
UNIVERSAL EMOTION: Al-Quds Student Dialogue Initiative participants took turns drawing their emotions during a peace-building workshop, eliminating language barriers.
(09/27/14 8:59pm)
ACADEMIC PRECEDENT: Dialogue founders Catie Stewart ’16 (left) and Eli Philip ’15 (right), Al-Quds president Imad Abukishek and former president Sari Nusseibeh were instrumental in the success of the Al-Quds Peace Prize initiative.
(09/27/14 8:59pm)
A CIRCLE, NOT POLARITY: Students participating in the Al-Quds Dialogue initiative that took place in Israel over the summer circle up for a intercultural group discussion.
Legendary Professor Passes
(09/27/14 8:57pm)
Brandeis Prof. Emeritus Allen Grossman Ph.D. ’60 (ENG) passed away in Chelsea, Mass. on Friday, June 27 at the age of 82 as a result of Alzheimer’s complications.
(09/27/14 8:57pm)
ACCOMPLISHED TEACHER: The late professor Grossman is the author of several volumes of critically acclaimed lyric poetry.
(09/27/14 8:55pm)
POET AND SCHOLAR: Professor Allen Grossman was a passionate lecturer and met with each on of his students individually.
Consulting put into practice
(09/25/14 12:39am)
When the chance to compete in a real-life consulting scenario involved in growing a Kenyan pig farm presented itself, business students from Brandeis and Babson College enthusiastically embraced the task. But the daunting nature of the problem quickly became evident: how can a group of university students in America devise a business model for farmers living thousands of miles away in a country most of them have never visited?
(09/25/14 12:38am)
LONG-TERM OUTLOOK: Team C’s plan supported Atieno’s farm, but suggested she put her efforts into one pig house before building a second one.
(09/25/14 12:38am)
SMART FARM: Eunice Atieno, a Kenyan woman, will implement the winning student business strategy to grow her family pig farm.