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Students develop real-time interpretation app

(04/02/19 10:00am)

Drawing on skills fostered through a range of Brandeis coursework and life experience, a team of four Brandeis students made it to the final round of the Hult Prize Boston Regional competition on March 15-16. Graduate students Max Brodsky (Heller), Abigail Montine (Heller), Liza Korotkova (IBS) and R Matthews ’19 pitched their project, Talk, an app that would connect interpreters with people who need interpretation services in real time through a video call.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2019/04/brandeis-students-develop-real-time-translation-app

‘Brandeis in The Hague’ study abroad program canceled

(03/26/19 10:00am)

The “Brandeis in The Hague” study abroad program has been officially canceled, according to Associate Dean of Study Abroad J Scott Van Der Meid. While initially only the semester-long program had been canceled last year, its summer iteration will also come to an end after a final session this year. The program was a collaboration with Leiden University’s Grotius Centre for Legal Studies, which specializes in international law. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2019/03/brandeis-in-the-hague-study-abroad-program-canceled

Finding her passion

(03/26/19 10:00am)

From her pun-filled emails to her presence at Student Union events, Simran Tatuskar ’21 has become the face of the Union this semester. Next year she will be even more visible, as she was elected Union president on Thursday. Yet Tatuskar’s journey to becoming so involved in the Union has not been as straightforward as some may assume. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2019/03/simran-tatuskar-passion

Student union candidates debate campus issues

(03/19/19 10:00am)

At 11:59 p.m. Tuesday March 19, polls will open for the first round of spring Student Union elections. Positions up for vote will be president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, junior representative to the Board of Trustees, representative to the Brandeis Sustainability Fund and junior representative to the Alumni Board. Last night, the candidates shared their perspectives on a variety of Brandeis-related subjects at the candidate debate led by current president Hannah Brown ’19. In addition to those who attended the debate in person, over 140 people watched the live stream, hosted on the Union’s Facebook page.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2019/03/brandeis-student-union-candidates-debate-campus-issues

APAHM: Dare to Dream

(03/12/19 10:00am)

Earlier this month, the Brandeis Asian American Students Association opened Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with their “Dare to Dream” event. While APAHM is normally celebrated in May, the event was held in March to avoid conflicting with finals, as the hosts explained. The more people contribute the better, especially when raising money: BAASA sent the proceeds from the event to the National Immigration Forum, a leading organization in advocating for immigration policy reform and helping immigrants, including Dreamers. In fact, this is what the event name — “Dare to Dream” — refers to.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2019/03/apahm-dare-to-dream

CEOs' personal identities are inseparable from their companies

(03/12/19 10:00am)

“You’ve really put a big investment in our country. We appreciate it very much, Tim Apple,” Donald Trump said as he commended Apple CEO Tim Cook at an American Workforce Policy Advisory Board on Wednesday. This hilarious slip of the tongue caused Tim Cook to change his Twitter name to “Tim” with the Apple logo next to his name, according to a Thursday CNBC report, as well as his official profile. The meme volcano erupted with references to well-known entrepreneurs ‘Bill Microsoft’ and  ‘Elon Tesla,’ as well as colonial forebears ‘George America’ and ‘Ben Electricity.’ Technically, Elon’s surname should be a hyphenated PayPal-Tesla-SpaceX, but let us not get too pedantic. This is not the first time Trump has flubbed a CEO’s name in a corporate Freudian slip; last March he introduced Marilyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin as “Marilyn Lockheed.”

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2019/03/ceos-personal-identities-are-inseparable-from-their-companies

Brandeis alumni recount Ford Hall occupation

(02/12/19 11:00am)

On Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1969, between 60 and 75 student members of the Brandeis Afro-American Society began to occupy the Ford Hall building. The occupation, which lasted until Saturday, Jan. 18., began when 10 to 15 Black students told the building’s two switchboard operators to vacate the premises and took over the phone system. The students ordered students in classes to leave the area and secured the building. They then held a news conference in the office of Black student advisor Lathan Johnson, during which Rocard Millet ’68, MSW ’71, Ph.D. ’74 and Brandeis Afro-American Society President Roy DeBerry ’70, MA ’78, Ph.D. ’79 read a statement consisting of  ten non-negotiable demands for the University. This historic event now lives on in the University’s archives. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2019/02/ford-hall-panel-brandeis

At AAAS event, Angela Davis discusses her life in activism

(02/12/19 11:00am)

 Angela Davis ’65 spoke about her experiences as an activist and Brandeis student on Friday as the keynote speaker for an event series commemorating the African and African American Studies Department’s 50th anniversary. Julieanna Richardson ’76, H’16 introduced Davis and asked her questions throughout the program that fueled the conversation. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2019/02/angela-davis-brandeis