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Carol Anderson presents her work on voter suppression

On Oct. 26, Provost Carol A. Fierke presented Dr. Carol Anderson the Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize. 

Outdoor space dedicated in memory of alumna

Another year of success for Giving DEISday

Senate charters new clubs, plans for family weekend

The Student Union Senate chartered three clubs and passed two Senate money resolutions at its Oct. 23 meeting. The Senate denied probationary status to a fourth club, Brandeis Chinese Students and Scholars Association, after an extended discussion in executive session.

Police log 10-25-2022

MEDICAL EMERGENCY

September Board of Trustees meeting report

On Oct. 3, University President Ron Liebowitz sent an email to the Brandeis community with a summary of the September Board of Trustees meetings. The Board convened in person for the first time since January 2020. 

Administration responds to student opinions on University COVID-19 policies

The University administration recently shared more insight into the reasoning behind their current COVID-19 policies with the Justice. These insights follow an article published on Sept. 20 featuring various student perspectives about the University’s switch from “yellow” to “green” COVID-19 Passport status in early September. 

Univ. announces science complex expansion

VoteDeis pushes people to polls in voter registration event

 The VoteDeis Campus Coalition, in collaboration with the Brandeis Student Union, held a voter registration and absentee ballot event in Fellows Garden on Oct. 7. The event had several booths set up for Brandeis students to receive assistance, resources, and be walked through the process of having their ballots mailed to them. Students also had the opportunity to register to vote for the first time prior to the upcoming Nov. 8 election. 

University Archives receives historical artifacts

In early September, the University received a major gift from Louis Brandeis’ great-granddaughters Susan Popkin Cahn, Anne Brandeis Popkin, and Louisa Brandeis Popkin. These donations — which include family photographs, historical documents and even a letter from former President Franklin Roosevelt — not only contribute to the commemoration of the University's 75th anniversary, but also help enlighten the community about Louis Brandeis’ impact and influence. 

Police log 10-04-2022

Student Union Senate confirms executive board officers, votes on Senate Money Resolution

Photojournalist Ellen Warner visits campus

Brandeis University Press recently published photojournalist and portrait photographer Ellen Warner’s book entitled “The Second Half: Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty.” For the past fifteen years, Warner has been studying how women from multiple cultures experience the second half of their life. She then documented their stories through black and white portraits and interviews. In collaboration with the Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University Press hosted an artist talk, book signing, and art exhibition curated by Olivia Baldwin on Thursday, Sept. 29. 

Boston Poet Laureate shares poetry

On Sept. 21, the Creative Writing Program held the first in-person “Creative Writing Reading Series” event since the start of the pandemic, showcasing the poetry of Boston Poet Laureate and current Brandeis Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence, Porsha Olayiwola. 

Brandeis Professor unearths Mayan civilizations

Professor Charles Golden (ANTH) can be found around campus teaching introductory anthropology courses and attending meetings with students and colleagues. Prof. Golden’s responsibilities also include searching to fill in the gaps of human history, and uncovering missing pieces to a historical puzzle.

Harvest Table calls Police on student-worker delegation

At Sherman dining hall, there is a black bulletin board adjacent to the entrance. Students can voice their opinions on brown paper napkins and attach them to the board. One comment read “Please bring back skim and 2% milk” with a smiley face. A small yellow sticky note attached on top of the napkin (presumably from a dining worker or Harvest Table employee), read “on the way!” in response. Sure enough, skim and two percent milk were back in the dairy section. A fair amount of the napkins, however, read statements such as “Reinstate Kevintz.” There were no yellow sticky notes attached to these suggestions. Veteran Catering Lead Kevintz Merisier was not back on the job. According to dining worker Lucia Hsiung — who also serves as a Union Steward for Boston Local 26, the union that represents the Brandeis dining and catering team — Director of Hospitality Clayton Hargrove declined to rehire Merisier on Tuesday, Sept. 27. 

Medication delivery service comes to campus

 With the numerous hills, stairs, and limited number of elevators, accessibility — or rather inaccessibility — has long been a point of contention on campus. This rang true for Hana Klempnauer Miller ’25 as she managed the Student Union presidential campaign of Peyton Gillespie ’25 and Lia Bergen ’25. Through personal experience, and testimonies from other students, Miller became increasingly aware of the lack of accessibility at the University. This applied to many areas of campus, but one relatively unexplored need was that of access to medications. 

Dining staff and students rally over abrupt firing of worker

Catering Lead Kevin Merisier showed up to work early on Wednesday, Aug. 31 in a good mood. Though there had been struggles with the transition to Brandeis’ new dining vendor, Harvest Table, Merisier still loved his job. He had worked as a caterer at Brandeis, including two and a half years working for Brandeis through a temp agency, since February 2014. In the eight years Merisier has worked here, he has never been disciplined, according to Michaela McCormack '23. But by the next week, Merisier no longer held his position on the catering team.

Students Reflect on Univ.’s recent COVID-19 Response

On Sept. 9, the University administration sent an email to inform the Brandeis community of the University’s shift from a yellow to a green COVID-19 Status Level. This email was sent by Carol Fierke, Stew Uretsky, and Andrea Dine, who hold the positions of provost and executive vice president of Academic Affairs, executive vice president of Finance and Administration, and interim vice president for Student Affairs, respectively.

Student Union election results

 Student Union Secretary Ashna Kelkar announced the results of the fall 2022 Union elections on Sept. 17 in an email to Brandeis students. The senate positions open to students in this round were senators for the Classes of 2024, 2025, and 2026, as well as racial minority senator, international student senator, allocations board, North Quad senator, Massell Quad senator, East Quad senator, Skyline/Rosenthal senator, 567/Village senator, off-campus senator, and Myra Kraft Transitional Year Program senator.