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(09/30/14 12:26am)
University President Frederick Lawrence responded to the recent publication of controversial comments made by faculty members over a restricted email list, called the “Concerned” listserv. The emails sent to the listserv, which was created in 2003 as a private forum for professors to express their concerns surrounding the Iraq War, and has since evolved to bring attention to other issues in recent years, were exposed by Daniel Mael ’15.
(09/27/14 9:45pm)
This week, justArts spoke with Anneke Reich ’13, who is now working with Speak About It, a theatrical organization that deals with sexual consent awareness. Speak About It will also perform during First-year Orientation.
(09/27/14 9:17pm)
This summer, I was lucky enough to intern in Washington, D.C. for Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, my hometown representative from California’s Bay Area.
(09/27/14 5:29pm)
The University’s switch from Canon to Xerox Corporation as its provider for mail services, the Copy Center and student print solutions accrued backlash from the Brandeis community after longtime employees were terminated from Canon this spring and not automatically rehired by Xerox.
(09/27/14 5:19pm)
In the aftermath of the controversy surrounding the University’s severance of its educational partnership with Al-Quds University last November, several members of the Brandeis community took to pubic forums to express their discontent with how the situation unfolded—including a longtime member of the advisory board of Brandeis’ International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, Michael Ratner ’66.
(09/27/14 5:15pm)
As the University enters a new academic year, dining services is continuing with a theme of change that began last year when Sodexo took over control from Aramark as dining services provider.
(09/27/14 5:14pm)
Provost Steve Goldstein ’78 will leave the University after this academic year and will facilitate in the hiring of a new provost. Goldstein will have served about four years at the University upon his departure.
(09/27/14 5:12pm)
Former Senior Vice President for Communications Ellen de Graffenreid’s last day at the University was Aug. 15, according to a July 24 email to Brandeis faculty from University President Frederick Lawrence. Her departure takes place about one-and-a-half years after her hire went into effect on Feb. 1, 2013. De Graffenreid has accepted the position of vice chancellor of marketing and communications at the University of Missouri.
(09/26/14 6:33pm)
This week, justArts spoke with Sabrina Dieudonne ’14 who created a memorial monument devoted to the Boston Marathon Bombing. The statue currently stands in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium.
(09/25/14 1:00am)
When I graduated from Brandeis in 1972, where I majored in Philosophy, I immediately knew that I owed Brandeis a great debt. And so, over the past two decades I have been, at times, an adjunct lecturer at the Brandeis International Business School, served on the Board of Trustees of IBS, and the Board of the University itself. With gratitude I have contributed significant sums to my alma mater, including a chair in financial markets and Institutions to IBS.
(09/25/14 12:58am)
I recently stumbled across an article from The Princeton Tory (republished in Time Magazine) called “Why I’ll Never Apologize for My White Male Privilege,” written by Princeton University freshman student Tal Fortgang. In it, Fortgang vehemently protests the idea that all of his success in life (including his admission to Princeton) can be credited to his race or sex, and offers instead that to call someone privileged “[assumes] they’ve benefitted from ‘power systems’ or other conspiratorial imaginary institutions [and] denies them credit for all they’ve done.”
(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?
(09/23/14 6:15am)
Various “challenges” have been circulating Facebook, including one for which I was recently nominated: list 10 books that have impacted me. Not much of a challenge, in my opinion, although choosing which books to include did take some serious consideration.
(09/23/14 5:46am)
A New York Times/CBS News poll has found that President Obama’s approval ratings are similar to George W. Bush’s ratings in 2006. About 40% of Americans approve of the President and 50% disapprove, comparable to Bush’s 37% and 56% during his sixth year in office. While 70% of Americans disapprove of Congressional Republicans, 45% say they would vote for a Republican if the 2014 midterm elections were being held today, as opposed to 39% who say they’d vote for a Democrat. Do you approve of Obama, and do you plan to vote Democrat, Republican or neither in 2014?
(09/23/14 4:33am)
On Sunday, the United Nations launched an ambitious new women’s rights campaign aimed at people that don’t care about women’s rights campaigns. Titled the “He for She” campaign, this multifaceted lobby hopes to frame women’s rights as an issue that equally affects both men and women, and one in which both sexes should be equally involved. It couldn’t be more timely or more accurate. The Women Against Feminism movement has been gaining traction in recent years, promoting its misconception of feminism as being anti-men and of self-described feminists as being entitled and whiny, blaming society for all of their personal problems. It’s more critical than ever that we understand that gender equality is, in the words of the He for She website, “not only a women’s issue, it is a human rights issue that requires [our] attention.”
(09/22/14 2:03am)
The incoming Class of 2018 was filled by May 1—marking the first time an incoming class has been filled by this date since the fall 2000 entering class— according to Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel in an email to the Justice.
(09/22/14 1:55am)
The University announced on May 13 in a BrandeisNOW article that nine Brandeis undergraduates, graduates and recent alumni have been awarded grants from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The article also acknowledged that a Brandeis student was named a Goldwater Scholar and yet another was selected as the University’s second-ever Gates Cambridge Scholar.
(04/29/14 4:00am)
On March 31, Brandeis released its list of honorary degree recipients for this year's commencement ceremony, including keynote speaker Geoffrey Canada, and five other hon-orees. Among these other honorees was Ayaan Hirsi Ali, whose nomination caused an uproar in the Brandeis community, leading to her degree invitation being rescinded. Now, almost a month later, the school, its faculty and student body are still dealing with the fallout from someone, somewhere in the administrative food chain, not taking the time to read the first sentence of Hirsi Ali's Wikipedia page.
(04/29/14 4:00am)
The University's Exploratory Committee on Fossil Fuel Divestment, which was established in October 2013 in order to assess whether or not the University should divest and how it would go about doing so, is continuing to work toward a way for Brandeis to divest from fossil fuels According to Michael Abrams '15, a student representative on the committee, the committee is currently looking at a period of three to five years during which the University would gradually move its portfolio away from fossil fuel corporations. The committee is comprised of students, faculty and administrators. Based off its analysis, the committee is expected to put together a proposal to present to the faculty and the Board of Trustees including its recommendations. A timeline has not yet been released. In April 2013, Students for a Just and Stable Future partnered with Brandeis Democrats and Students for Environmental Action to put divestment on the ballot for a vote by the student body. Students were given the opportunity to decide whether or not they thought the University should divest from fossil fuel corporations and instead invest in other, more "green" stocks for its endowment portfolio. The student body passed the motion with 79 percent of voters in favor of divestment, a total of 897 votes. Divestment is a "gradual process," Abrams said. "It takes time to find suitable replacements for the fossil fuel stocks." The chair of the committee and Dean of Student Financial Services, Peter Giumette noted in an email he wrote to the Justice that "there are a wide range of opinions as to that best course, and I am glad that we have a broad and well informed group considering these important issues." Senior Vice President of Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel wrote in an email to the Justice that the committee is continuing to work to make sure that its eventual proposal will "honor our social justice values and be representative of our diverse student and community views" and limit the "costs to Brandeis students." -Kathryn Brody
(04/29/14 4:00am)
After a seven-year career at Brandeis, Dean of Career Services Joseph DuPont at the Hiatt Career Center is leaving the University to assume the position of associate vice president for student affairs at Boston College, beginning in the fall. "I am delighted about the opportunity at Boston College but will miss the amazing colleagues, staff and students that I have had the good fortune to work with in the past 7 years," DuPont wrote in an email to the Justice. "They are truly special, as is Brandeis." At Boston College, DuPont continued, he would have the opportunity to oversee "career initiatives for undergraduate, graduate and professional students in several different schools," including the College of Arts and Sciences, Carroll School of Management, Lynch School of Education, Connell School of Nursing and Woods College of Advancing Studies. DuPont wrote that he hopes to "create a united cross divisional school approach," which would "maximize career opportunities" for all of Boston College's students. The system would, as DuPont went on to say, draw upon "the expertise and strengths of many different departments and members" of the university. DuPont wrote that he is excited about being part of this "new venture to serve student career needs," and wrote that his time at the Hiatt working with both students and alumni has been "wonderful." According to DuPont, University administration is putting together a search committee to replace him. The last search for the position, which ended with DuPont's appointment in 2007, lasted almost a year before finding a suitable candidate. -Kathryn Brody
