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How do you follow up one of the highest-grossing films of all time, one that made more than $1.5 billion in box-office revenue? In Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, the answer is, apparently, an overabundance of quips and one-liners.
The Rose Art Museum announced that five new members will be joining its Board of Advisors in a May 12 press release. The new members include Lazar Fruchter, Prof. Anita Hill (Heller), Cynthia Reed, Rivka Saker and Carey Schwartz ’87.
Last Tuesday evening, the Justice elected Max Moran ’17 as its editor in chief for the 2015 to 2016 academic year.
Noam Chomsky, considered to be one of the most prominent public intellectuals in the world, spoke at the University on Thursday in a lecture titled “Activism from Vietnam to Palestine.”
Bethany Adam ’15: Commencement Speaker
Five-hundred and twelve candles lit up the front of the Rose Art Museum on Friday evening for “The Burning Boards,” a piece of performance artwork created by Los Angeles-based artist Glen Kaino.
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As part of the second national Carry That Weight Day of Action, members of Brandeis Students Against Sexual Violence marched across campus last Monday carrying mattresses and pillows to support survivors of sexual assault. Between 10 and 15 students marched from the Rabb steps to Bernstein-Marcus Administration Center.
“What are the flowers for?” was a common question or thought for most students who happened to walk through the Fellows Garden on Friday afternoon. The yellow flower windmills were spread throughout the pathway between Gerstenzang and the Shapiro Campus Center to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s disease.
A regular courseload for Jodie Austin, an adjunct professor in the English Department, is three courses—but it’s barely enough to make ends meet. At the March 31 teach-in facilitated by Brandeis Labor Coalition, she remarked, “I think it greatly affects my ability to teach as effectively because I cannot devote as much energy to each course.” Austin notes that even when her husband received unemployment benefits, the income was greater than hers as a university professor with a PhD.
While some Brandeis students will be spending their summer months working jobs and internships or enjoying sunny vacations, Betsy Hochman ’17 will be training to compete against triathletes from around the world.
Yesterday, former Director of the Rose Art Museum Michael Rush passed away at the age of 66 after battling pancreatic cancer for two years. Rush is remembered as an award-winning curator and co-founder of the Contemporary Art Museum Directors Association.
The internationally-known modern dance company Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater premiered original choreography by Matthew Rushing, Hofesh Shechter and Alvin Ailey at Revelations this past weekend at Boston’s Citi Wang Theater. The three contrasting pieces played on opening night to a diverse audience of all ages and races. Although AAADT showcases Ailey’s original choreography in multiple pieces, current artistic director Robert Battle premieres original works from various choreographers within the modern dance world.
As part of the 2015 Brandeis Improv Festival, Milford Graves joined a small group of fellow musicians and other attendees to speak about his experiences with musical improvisation, drumming and healing through music. The keynote address was held last Saturday afternoon in the Slosberg Recital Hall. Graves’ eclectic storytelling style illuminated the hall and captured the attention of the audience.
The men and women’s track and field teams both competed in the Tufts Snowflake Classic at Tufts University on Saturday and had several members record top-10 finishes on a day that saw low temperatures and late March snow.
Scot Bemis has resigned as the University’s vice president for Human Resources. He will be starting a new position as chief human resources officer at Dartmouth College on April 27, according to Dartmouth’s website.
Within the past few years, there has emerged a global movement of fast-food workers from 33 countries demanding a living wage and better working conditions. Days after a 2014 Labor Day speech in which President Barack Obama praised the “Fight for 15” movement, thousands of fast-food workers in 150 U.S. cities walked off their jobs. Nearly 500 striking workers were arrested in sit-ins, demanding a $15 per hour minimum wage and union rights.
Student Union Vice President Charlotte Franco ’15 announced in an email to the community on Sunday that the University will see the implementation of a new meal plan system at the beginning of the next academic year.
Facilities worker Ricardo Rivera passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 24. He was 57.
On Thursday, Students for Accuracy about Israeli and Palestinian Affairs hosted Judaic scholar and activist Hussein Aboubakr to speak about the “Perceptions of Israel in the Arab World.”