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(09/15/20 10:00am)
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, college students and professors have experienced a start to the academic school year that differs from those in previous years. At Brandeis, the beginning of the fall 2020 semester was met with virtual classrooms, club meetings and campus activities. For some, the fall semester is taking place off-campus or at home. Has the shift to online learning changed your relationship to the Brandeis community? If so, in what ways? Additionally, for those participating in the community remotely, whether that be off-campus or at home, do you still feel connected to those living on-campus? And for individuals either living or participating on-campus, do you feel connected to the virtual community being created?
(09/15/20 10:00am)
This year, the Brandeis Mutual Aid Fund has emerged as a valuable resource for students in need of financial aid. The Fund is a student-run group created in March when the spread of COVID-19 forced students to leave their dorms and quickly transition to online learning.
(09/15/20 4:00am)
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
(09/15/20 10:00am)
As students returned to campus following a roughly five month quarantine, many hoped to recoup some of the freedom lost over the summer break. However, rejoining campus life is not as easy for individuals who test positive for COVID-19 or for students who are deemed close contacts of those who test positive. Two students spoke with the Justice to share their stories of isolation and quarantine while on campus.
(09/08/20 2:51pm)
The University has made adjustments to accommodate social distancing guidelines on campus
(09/08/20 2:40pm)
Brandeis University is keeping the community informed about its COVID-19 statistics through an online dashboard. This dashboard contains information about how many tests were collected, how many individuals were tested, how many individuals tested positive, how many students are in quarantine, how many students are in isolation and the seven-day average for positive tests on campus. The dashboard also includes various statistics about areas in Massachusetts. The Justice will produce infographics each week, visually displaying the information that the University releases online.
(09/08/20 3:27am)
Candidates met over Zoom to share their platforms and debate their opponents.
(09/08/20 10:00am)
The Student Union held a delayed Spring 2020 election debate, postponed due to COVID-19, over Zoom this Thursday. Candidates discussed their goals for the Student Union during the debate, led by current Union Secretary Taylor Fu ’21. Since candidates are restricted to virtual campaigning for safety protocols, they used this chance to share their platforms prior to the election, which will be held today.
(09/08/20 10:00am)
With the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement and continued protests pushing for combating racial injustice, many people have discovered and donated to bail funds through social media this summer. In a June 5 interview, the Justice spoke with Brandy Henry, a graduate of the Heller School of Social Policy, research fellow at Columbia University’s School of Social Work and internship coordinator at the Massachusetts Bail Fund, to learn more about the problems with the United States' bail system and the role of bail funds in addressing those issues. In the interview, Henry did not speak on behalf of the Massachusetts Bail Fund.
(09/08/20 2:03pm)
Brandeis University is keeping the community informed about its COVID-19 statistics through an online dashboard. This dashboard contains information about how many tests were collected, how many individuals were tested, how many individuals tested positive, how many students are in quarantine, how many students are in isolation and the seven-day average for positive tests on campus. The dashboard also includes various statistics about areas in Massachusetts. The Justice will produce infographics each week, visually displaying the information that the University releases online.
(09/08/20 2:06am)
To promote social distancing, Brandeis has added some outdoor features to campus. Brandeis placed tents around campus — including outside of Skyline Residence Hall (pictured) and the Shapiro Campus Center — to add outdoor seating due to restrictions in dining hall capacity.
(09/08/20 2:01am)
When a student is done self-administering the test, they hand it to a worker who ensures that the test meets the requirements set by the Broad Institute.
(09/08/20 10:00am)
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
(09/08/20 10:00am)
The Justice unanimously elected Gilda Geist ’22 editor in chief for the 2020-2021 academic year on a Zoom call on Aug. 16. Geist presented her vision for the paper’s future, reflected on the challenges presented by the ongoing pandemic and answered questions from Justice editors and staff before being voted EIC.
(09/08/20 10:00am)
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten the health and safety of communities across the globe, Brandeis welcomed students back to campus with a number of new protocols in place to prevent the spread of the virus and keep students and staff healthy. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, President Ron Liebowitz, along with other administrators, hosted a virtual check-in for students and their families in order to answer questions about the fall semester. “We are very confident about the plan we have put in place,” Liebowitz said.
(07/08/20 5:39pm)
Following the first Sankofa Community Conversation held in December 2017, the University’s Sankofa event series has continued to promote intimate and critical conversations surrounding social justice, race and ethnicity. On June 2 and 3, the Heller School for Social Policy and Management's Office of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity hosted a virtual Sankofa Community Conference titled “Co-Constructing Racial Justice through Life and Work.”
(06/30/20 5:02pm)
In early March, Brandeis students were invited to participate in a decision that would affect student life at the University for years to come. With COVID-19 only beginning to impact campus operations, presentations from four dining vendors competing to earn the next University dining contract took center stage March 4 and 5. Yet in the chaos that ensued in the next weeks, the debate over the future of Brandeis dining fell to the background. According to the Dining Services Request for Proposals website, a new dining contract was supposed to be awarded in April and was set to begin on July 1, but amid the disruption caused by COVID-19, no such announcement has been made. The Justice examined where that leaves the RFP process and the current state of Brandeis dining services for students still on campus.
(05/27/20 10:32pm)
Due to the cancellation of the May 17 in-person Commencement ceremony because of COVID-19, the University administration decided to host virtual mini celebrations to honor graduating students. While an in-person Commencement will still take place in the future, the virtual celebrations are meant to pay tribute to students’ “hard work and achievement” while at Brandeis, according to the University’s website.
(05/21/20 1:07am)
In an email sent May 1, University President Ron Liebowitz updated the Brandeis community on the mission of the COVID-19 Task Force and how the University will be moving forward with plans for both the remainder of this school year and reopening campus in the fall.
(05/19/20 8:23pm)
The Student Union’s spring elections will be postponed until the Fall 2020 semester, according to an April 23 email to the community from Union President Simran Tatuskar ’21. This includes the race for Union president.
