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(11/01/16 4:51am)
The University is “taking an approach that is not the UChicago approach” to examining free speech on campus, Student Union President David Herbstritt ’17 told the Student Union Senate at Sunday’s Senate meeting. In an executive officer report, Herbstritt said the Presidential Task Force on Free Expression currently has one undergraduate and one graduate student member and is looking for more participants.
(10/31/16 9:35pm)
The 2016 to 2017 National Basketball Association season began last week, and with it come several exciting storylines that fans are eager to see play out between now and June. Can the Cleveland Cavaliers defend their title? Can Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors continue to perform at a historically impressive level of eliteness? However, there are three notable storylines that every NBA fan should keep their eyes on as the season kicks in.
(10/17/16 10:18pm)
When Rosemarie Garland-Thomson ’93 Ph.D. first came to Brandeis, she had a variety of identities. Mother, wife and English teacher were among them. Yet she avoided thinking of herself as disabled, despite being born with a congenital difference. One of Garland-Thomson’s arms is shorter than the other, and she has a total of six fingers.
(10/11/16 12:40am)
Thinking of Brandeis University, “community engagement” is probably one of the first phrases that comes to mind. You might even say that Brandeis is partially defined by its thriving and diverse community engagement opportunities. This being the case, there are few better representatives of the school than Shana Criscitiello ’18, who is majoring in Health: Science, Society and Policy. Criscitiello is a campus ambassador to Gift of Life, a marrow registry that matches potential bone marrow and stem cell donors to patients suffering from blood cancer.
(09/21/16 10:38pm)
“American Jewish history for me was not a job, it was a career. It defined me,” said Professor Jonathan Sarna (NEJS) who, after decades of writing, publishing and teaching, has been named a University Professor.
(09/20/16 5:17am)
Prof. Chad Williams (AAAS) facilitated a discussion on racial violence in both its American and global contexts in a talk on Monday night at the Intercultural Center Swig Lounge. The event involved two components: Williams speaking on the uniqueness — or lack thereof — of the past summer’s violent incidences and students posing their own questions on how to move forward.
(09/13/16 5:21am)
As the newly formed adjunct and contract-faculty union prepares for its fourth bargaining round with the University this month, officials on both sides say the negotiations thus far have been a positive experience. But the University has frozen wages and benefits for bargaining unit professors until a contract is reached, and the faculty union is publicizing part of their agenda online.
(09/13/16 5:19am)
The Student Union senators convened on Sunday to charter a club and discuss forming a new Senate committee.
(09/12/16 9:48pm)
Allen Iverson, legendary NBA point guard best known for his 10-year career with the Philadelphia 76ers, was enshrined into basketball immortality on Saturday, joining centers Shaquille O’Neal and Yao Ming, and coach Tom Izzo in the 2016 class of Hall of Fame inductees. Iverson’s career was characterized by electrifying crossovers, jaw-dropping slam dunks and daily exhibitions of what it means to be competitive to one’s core.
(09/06/16 12:31am)
On Aug. 23, the National Labor Relations Board ruled in a historic 3-to-1 decision that graduate students at private universities have the right to unionize. The case, out of Columbia University, reversed a 2004 decision barring graduate student unionization at private schools. In the days since, graduate students nationwide have begun fighting to join unions, including at Yale University and Northwestern University.
(09/06/16 12:27am)
On Sunday, the Senate convened to recognize a club and discuss student grievances over the recent changes in dining hours and locations. Due to Labor Day weekend, only seven senators attended.
(09/05/16 11:59pm)
This past year has been filled with almost daily terror attacks somewhere in the world, according to a July 15 USA Today article. However, for France in particular, there have been many tragedies, from a lorry running over more than 80 people — including children — on a national holiday to a priest who was stabbed in a Catholic church by two attackers.
(08/30/16 6:50am)
The months-long search for a chief diversity officer is nearly over, University President Ronald Liebowitz announced in an email to students yesterday. The email — which updated students on a number of the University’s diversity and inclusion efforts — also gave some insight into what the coming months will look like.
(08/30/16 6:50am)
In a word, stunning. From within an animation industry churning out CG film after CG film, “Kubo and the Two Strings” swept onto the summer screen Aug. 19 in a captivating storm of vision, beauty and heart. The movie was produced by stop-motion animation studio Laika Entertainment, who also produced“Coraline” (2009) and “ParaNorman” (2012), and they continue to be living proof that patience is a virtue.
(08/30/16 6:36am)
New students from 43 states and 30 countries filled Chapels Field for the annual Convocation ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 21, the theme of which was “remember yesterday, explore today, brighten tomorrow.”
(08/30/16 6:33am)
Crustaceans may be delicious additions to a summer seafood menu, but thanks to the work of Prof. Eve Marder ’69 (NBIO), they have given the neurological community valuable insight into the mechanisms of learning and development in the brain. On Jun. 2, Marder was awarded the prestigious Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for her work studying the nervous systems of crabs and lobsters.
(08/30/16 6:07am)
On Aug. 1, the Movement for Black Lives coalition of over 50 organizations and partners released a comprehensive manifesto designed to eradicate systemic racism and its destructive symptoms, including economic insufficiency and discriminatory policing. The manifesto, a culmination of racial activism, is meant “to articulate and support the ambitions and work of Black people,” according to the document.
(08/30/16 2:07am)
The men and women’s cross country teams kick off their 2016 campaign on Sep. 3 at the Fens Classic hosted by Emmanuel College. Both squads will be looking to capitalize on the success of last year.
(05/24/16 5:34am)
The Phi Beta Kappa initiation ceremony took place on Saturday afternoon within the Spingold Theater, welcoming 87 new members to the oldest undergraduate honors organization in the United States. The University houses the Mu Chapter of PBK, meaning it is the twelfth chapter of the society established in the state of Massachusetts. According to the program handed out at the ceremony, the University was granted the privilege of forming a PBK chapter more quickly than any other university in the United States.
(05/24/16 5:26am)
The University named Robin Nelson-Bailey as the next Vice President for Human Resources on May 9. Reporting to Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Steven Manos, Nelson-Bailey will lead a team of 15 in managing all human resources work at the University, including staff compensation, employee relations, benefits and legal compliance. She will assume the role on June 6.
