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This semester, Prof. Antonella Di Lillo (COSI) deployed a new academic tool in the core computer science class, “Data Structures and the Fundamentals of Computing,” COSI 21A. The tool, known as DALPy, formerly Cormen-Lib, was built and published as open-source software by two students, Eitan Joseph ’22 and Chami Lamelas ’22.
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“Aside from art being just an expression of your ideas and expression of who you are and what you think the world is about, I think it’s just also a connection tool,” Jonathan Joasil ’22 said when asked how he defines art during our April 7th Zoom interview. Jonathan is a Black painter and visual artist whose work has been featured in the senior exhibition at the Dreitzer Art Gallery in Spingold Theater.
“Everything, Everywhere, All at Once” is the most movie I’ve seen in years, and that’s a compliment.
Brandeis students and alumni spoke to inspire the campus community at the TEDx BrandeisU event on Saturday, April 2. Titled “New Paths to Discovery,” the speakers discussed ways to transform one’s life and ways of thinking, as told through their own personal stories and experiences.
Peter Frumhoff is a prominent environmental activist who has helped bring global attention to issues related to climate change. He spoke to the Brandeis community on March 30 on a broad range of environmental-related topics, including the history of environmental activism, the impact capitalism has on climate change, what passionate students can do to make a difference, and how to stay positive when working in a field that is so often discouraging.
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Fellows Garden was bustling with bubble tea, ice cream, puppies, and more on Friday, March 25. These treats were all part of “Wellness Day,” planned by the Division of Student Affairs and the Student Union.
The year was 2019. Alex Dainis ’11 had just graduated from Stanford University with a doctorate degree in genetics. Many of her peers stayed in academia to continue their research, and others joined the biotech industry. Instead of taking one of those traditional paths, Alex took a leap of faith and started making science videos on YouTube full-time. She also started her own video production company and named it, in classic biology nerd fashion, Helicase Media, after a protein essential for DNA replication in cells. At this point, she had been making science videos on YouTube since 2012, a year after she graduated from Brandeis. Now, she just needed to make it a real job.
The Oscars were on Sunday, March 27. Or, more accurately, Sunday was the night that Will Smith smacked Chris Rock, something that happened to occur at the Oscars.
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In a reversal of policy that was surprising to almost no one, on March 16 the University restored the 96-hour testing window requirement that has been in place for much of the pandemic. This change came less than a week after a sternly worded email from the administration regarding a rise in positive cases and close contacts, and only 11 days after the testing window was reduced to 168 hours. This board had previously questioned the sensibility of reducing testing frequency at the same time as lifting the campus-wide mask mandate. While we appreciate that community members have been able to continue to test at any chosen frequency, we believe that this campus-wide requirement is best-suited to keep everyone safe.
On March 16, Andrea Dine, assistant vice president of student affairs, sent out an email to the Brandeis community with a subject line of “Important update: Increase in Testing Frequency for Students.” The email announced that as of March 17, the required testing frequency was once again every 96 hours. Students must submit on-campus PCR tests roughly twice a week, a quick turnaround from the previously announced relaxation of requirements that reduced testing to once a week. The email specified that the update in the testing policy was due to an increase in positivity and quarantine rates on campus. It also stated that as of that Thursday, they expected the University to “have the highest number of students in isolation or quarantine since the pandemic began.”
A 2022 Women’s Power Gap Initiative study titled “The Women’s Power Gap At Elite Universities: Scaling the Ivory Tower,” ranked Brandeis number five out of all 130 R1 universities for gender diversity.
To the Editors of the Justice:
In recent years, a genre of YouTube videos purporting to document implicit human opinions has quietly dominated one corner of the platform. Channels like WatchCut and Jubilee are regularly releasing videos that attempt to put people in situations where their implicit biases will be revealed through a series of heightened questions.
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Russia launched a military attack on neighboring country Ukraine on Feb. 24. While unprovoked by Ukraine, the tension on the Russian side has been building up over a long period of time, as Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, has continuously denied the existence of Ukraine’s sovereignty as a state.
With the recent reduction in positive rates on campus, the University has implemented changes to COVID-19 regulations on campus, including making masks not mandatory in many locations and reducing testing frequency.
On Feb. 1st, 2022, the University named African American studies scholar Carol Anderson as the 2022 winner of the Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize. The prize honors “outstanding and lasting scholarly contributions to racial, ethnic and/or religious relations,” according to the University website. The recipients, named annually, receive $25,000 and a medal, both of which are presented at a ceremony to honor the winner. Recipients also have a residency at the University; Anderson’s will take place from Oct. 24 to Oct. 26, 2022.