Univ. names two to Board of Trustees
(09/06/16 12:33am)
The Board of Trustees recently elected Georg B. Muzicant ’02, IBS MA ’03 and Mindy L. Schneider ’75 to the Board. Their four-year terms began on July 1.
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Toxic Blue-Green Algae blooms on Charles River
(09/06/16 12:27am)
The Charles River — the body of “Dirty Water” that the Standells immortalized in song — just got a little dirtier. Water samples collected recently by the Charles River Watershed Association confirmed an outbreak of Blue-Green Algae, also known as cyanobacteria, in the river’s Lower Basin.
Liebowitz issues diversity and inclusion updates
(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.
Univ. updates dining hours and locations
(08/30/16 6:35am)
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Police log
(08/30/16 6:24am)
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Richardson encourages grads to dream and fly
(05/24/16 5:41am)
“Repeat after me: ‘I believe I can fly,’” HistoryMakers founder and Brandeis alumna Julieanna Richardson ’76 instructed graduating students at the University’s 65th annual commencement on Sunday. She delivered her address, which drew heavily upon themes of dreams and unrealized potential, to 915 bachelor degree recipients and 854 Masters and doctoral degree recipients.
Prof cites Islamophobia as reason for tenure denial
(05/24/16 5:32am)
A recent article in the Islamic Monthly magazine alleges that the University denied tenure to former Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies professor Joseph Lumbard because he is a Muslim.
Former University President Frederick Lawrence chosen to serve as Phi Beta Kappa CEO and secretary
(05/24/16 5:26am)
The Phi Beta Kappa Society announced on May 19 that former University President Fred Lawrence will serve as its 10th Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, starting on Aug. 1.
Examine the rising inequality of opportunity in American society
(05/23/16 11:26pm)
In his 1835 text “Democracy in America,” French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville was perhaps most captivated by what he dubbed America’s “equality of condition.” According to the First Principles Journal, de Tocqueville employed this phrase to refer not to “the literal material equality of all American citizens, but rather the universal assumption that no significance was to be accorded to any apparent differences—material, social, or personal.”
Address the negative environmental impacts of methane gas
(05/23/16 11:25pm)
Carbon dioxide emission is the iconic image of pollution. I vividly remember reading science textbooks throughout grade school with pictures of factories spewing a dirty brown gas into the atmosphere. I was repulsed. People need to do something about this, I thought. As it turns out, I — not to mention many other advocates — may be looking at global warming all wrong. By focusing solely on carbon dioxide, we have overlooked other dangerous greenhouse gases like methane and nitrous oxide produced by the agriculture industry. These gases have had detrimental effects on our planet and will continue to do so unless remedied in the near future.
Profs receive teaching awards at meeting
(04/19/16 7:50am)
Several professors were honored for their teaching in this month’s faculty meeting, which took place on Friday. These professors come from vastly varied backgrounds, from Prof. Claudia Novack (CHEM), who won the Louis D. Brandeis Award for Excellence in Teaching, to Prof. Jasmine Johnson (AAAS), who received the Michael Walzer ’56 Award for Teaching. Additionally, Prof. Sarah Lamb (ANTH) received the Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and Joseph Neubauer prize for teaching and mentoring.
Views on the News: Global Mental Health
(04/19/16 5:51am)
On April 13 and 14, the World Health Organization and the World Bank held a conference in Washington, D.C. with the goal of prioritizing mental health in the same way they have previously prioritized HIV/AIDS in the international development agenda. This movement came in response to limited mental health care in developing countries and increasing frequency of mental illness worldwide — especially in conflict zones and among refugees. According to an April 12 New York Times article, some economists predict that an investment in global mental health care would lead to large returns for the economy as a result of improved productivity. Do you agree with these economists’ prediction, and what do you think of an initiative giving precedence to mental health when efforts have previously focused on physical health?
Support improved accessibility of scientific research
(04/19/16 5:44am)
In May of 2015, Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) and House representatives Mike Doyle (D-PA), Kevin Yoder (R-KS) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) proposed the bipartisan Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act in Congress. Reported by committee in July of 2015, the goal of this legislation is to mandate public release of taxpayer-funded research. It would require that U.S. departments and agencies — which fund outside research through tax money — make results publicly available on the internet as soon as 12 months after they are published in a peer-reviewed journal. The FASTR bill promises to expand the public’s access to research, which would improve academic literacy and increase scientific engagement in nonacademic communities.
Views on the News: Al-Quds raid
(04/12/16 8:28am)
Last Tuesday morning from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m., Israeli forces conducted a raid at the Abu Dis campus of Al-Quds University. Focusing on the Dean of Students office, the Faculty of Islamic Studies and the students activity center, soldiers destroyed property and seized Hamas propaganda, according to an April 5 Ma’an News Agency article. During the two-hour period, soldiers kept campus security guards locked in one room. Israeli forces explain the raid with claims that Al-Quds contributes to the incitement of terrorism through its links to Hamas and history of honoring martyrs who killed Israeli civilians. What do you think of the raid?
Speakers come together to educate in ’DeisTalks
(04/12/16 8:19am)
Last Tuesday saw the arrival of ’DeisTalks, a TED Talks-style discussion on various topics with speakers from both within the University community and outside of it. The event, hosted by the Education for Students by Students Board, sought to shed light on different topics, such as anxiety and the myth of the “model minority” which are not often discussed in public discourse.
Charges dropped against Brandeis grad student
(04/05/16 7:51am)
Last Thursday, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan announced that she was dropping the conspiracy charges against Brandeis Computer Science doctoral student Jessie Lowell. The charges date back to January 2015, when 28 protesters affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement blocked parts of Interstate 93.
Costs for students to rise by 3.9 percent next semester
(04/05/16 7:33am)
In an email to the student body last Friday, Interim University President Lisa Lynch announced a 3.9 percent increase in comprehensive undergraduate charges for the 2016 to 2017 academic year. This increase was approved by the Board of Trustees on Thursday to allow the University to maintain its “commitment to providing you [the students] with an education of the highest quality” and to “sustain the financial aid that makes Brandeis accessible to students across the socioeconomic spectrum,” according to the email.
Richardson to deliver address at commencement
(04/05/16 7:16am)
Julieanna Richardson ’76 will deliver this year’s commencement address on May 22. Graduating members of the Class of 2016 will hear from Richardson — founder of The HistoryMakers, a video archive of the oral histories of African-Americans — who will also accept an honorary degree from the University alongside physicist and engineer Mildred Dresselhaus; historic-preservationist, attorney and grandson of Louis D. Brandeis Frank Brandeis Gilbert; filmmaker Agnieszka Holland; and artist Jack Whitten.
Condemn Martin Shkreli’s price increase of AIDS medication
(04/05/16 5:35am)
One would assume that the path to success at a pharmaceutical company would include a degree in a field of science — preferably chemistry. If you are Martin Shkreli, however, all you need is money and a pompous attitude. Martin Shkreli is the founder and CEO of the budding company Turing Pharmaceuticals. He is also notable for raising the price of a potentially beneficial HIV/AIDS medication from $13.50 per tablet to $750 per tablet.
You can have your cake and read it, too
(04/05/16 1:41am)
Last Friday, Goldfarb Library hosted its third annual Edible Book Festival, in which students and faculty from the Brandeis community were invited to combine cooking ingredients with words in order to create their own edible bestsellers.