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Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III spoke to Brandeis students about the complex relationship between the United States and Israel and discussed the countries’ shared governmental principles. The event, which took place Friday, was sponsored by the Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committee and was moderated by Prof. Yehudah Mirsky (NEJS).
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Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration took the first ever photo of a black hole on April 10. Prof. John Wardle (PHYS) at the University served on four of the EHT’s 23 working groups. The photo is a major development in science; it “shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun,” according to an April 10 article in BrandeisNOW, written by its science content editor Lawrence Goodman.
The University named John Paul Lederach, a scholar of conflict transformation, the recipient of the 2019 Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize, according to an April 10 BrandeisNOW article. Lederach is an American professor emeritus of international peacebuilding at the University of Notre Dame and is “widely known for his development of culturally appropriate approaches to conflict transformation.”
Parmesh Shahani spoke about his work as founder and head of the award-winning Godrej India Culture Lab on April 11 in the Mandel Atrium. As the lab’s home page explains, it was established in 2011 “as a space for cross-pollination of ideas” to “challenge existing notions of culture and encourage dialogue and experimentation through innovative programming.”
Prof. Anita Hill (AAAS, Heller, LGLS, WGS) will impart her valediction to members of the class of 2019 at Wellesley College’s commencement on May 31, according to an April 12 PR Newswire article.
Brandeis Climate Justice called for the University to divest by circulating a script among the community and prospective students on Admitted Students Day, April 14. The script, to be used when for calling or emailing University President Liebowitz and the Board of Trustees, thanks the Board of Trustees for agreeing to “not invest in coal and to freeze other existing fossil fuel investments for the next three years,” but says it is “not enough.”
Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley will be speaking at the Walk for Change on Saturday, April 28 at 9:30 a.m. in a showing of support for survivors of sexual assault, harassment and abuse. The Walk for Change is an annual event run by the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center and is commencing with a kick-off rally followed by a 2.8-mile loop at 10 a.m. at the Constitution Beach in East Boston.
Brandeis Pro-Choice will celebrate the opening of a Health and Wellness vending machine today in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium. The machine is located in the SCC TV Lounge next to the ATM and provides all-day access to Plan B One-Step emergency contraception as well as other wellness products, according to the event description.
Robert Gallucci M.A. ’68, Ph.D. ’74 came to Brandeis on Thursday and gave a Q&A-style talk entitled “Love and Fury: Trump Takes on North Korea and Iran.” The event was moderated by Senior Executive Director of the Crown Center Prof. Gary Samore (POL).
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The city of Waltham released a list of the 280 city employees who were paid over $100,000 in the past year, according to an April 2 Waltham Wicked Local article.
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Emmy award-winning consumer reporter and libertarian television host John Stossel spoke about the dangers of government overreach and sensational reporting during a talk on April 1. The lecture, titled “Freedom and its Enemies,” was hosted by the Young Americans for Liberty club. YAL member Trevor Filseth ’20 described the organization as “the closest thing we have to a conservative club at Brandeis.”
Brandeis hosted its third annual TEDxBrandeisUniversity showcase last Thursday in the Shapiro Campus Center Theater. The speakers were R Matthews ’19, Nakul Srinivas ’21, Ben Greene ’21, Shaquan McDowell ’18 and graduate student Abeer Pamuk COEX '20. This show comprised the youngest array of speakers for a TEDxBrandeisUniversity event to date.
Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez spoke about his career and the 2020 elections in the Shapiro Campus Center on April 1. The event, titled “Tom Perez on Progressive Policy in the Trump Era,” was a conversation with Heller School for Social Policy and Management Dean David Weil.
After the 2016 presidential election, many people began to question the legitimacy of the American electoral system and some even asked if there was another way to elect a president and, according to Eric Maskin, the answer to the latter question is yes. As part of an April 2 colloquium hosted by the Biology and Neuroscience departments, Maskin, a guest speaker from Harvard University, spoke about election theory and public policy in a conversation with Prof. Michael Rosbash (BIOL). Maskin received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2007 for his contributions in the area of mechanism design theory, one of the fastest developing fields in microeconomic research.
The Ollies, a newly-established, student-run award program, will present its inaugural awards on May 1. It celebrates important contributions to the Brandeis community by student leaders, faculty,u staff, clubs and events.