Adjunct and part-time contract faculty joined the Faculty Forward division of the Service Employees International Union Local 509 today, creating the first-ever collective bargaining unit on campus for non-tenure track faculty.
Ronald D. Liebowitz, the former president of Middlebury College, will serve as the University’s ninth president starting July 1, 2016, according to an email to the University community from Chair of the Board of Trustees Perry Traquina ’78. Liebowitz’s appointment concludes an eight-month-long search process that began in April after the eighth University president, Frederick Lawrence, announced his resignation in February.
Students rallied outside the Bernstein-Marcus Administration Center today from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in support of the Brandeis Asian American Task Force’s initiative to create an Asian American Studies program at Brandeis.
Interim University President Lisa Lynch announced the negotiated agreement for the demands.
The Brandeis Asian American Task Force seeks to increase visibility for Asian American scholarship.
Student Union President Nyah Macklin and other Student Union members spoke at the biannual event.
Prof. Jillian Powers (AMST) is currently on a one-year contract and may not be able to teach next year.
Senator at Large Lucy Wen ’18 created a survey to gauge awareness of trans issues on campus.
Vandals emptied fire extinguishers and pulled the fire alarm in Hassenfeld-Krivoff residence hall at approximately 3 a.m.
A group of scholars discussed and debated how ISIS’s ideology and goals will shift in the coming months.
Director and producer Stan Brooks ’79 reflected on the highlights of his career in television and film.
There were three separate incidences of individuals exposing themselves to Brandeis students on South Street in the last month, according to Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan. Callahan wrote two emails to the community — on Nov.
On Sunday, the Senate convened for its last meeting of the semester to discuss the Midnight Buffet and other ongoing initiatives. Senator At Large Lorenzo Finamore ’18 ran the meeting, as Executive Senator David Herbstritt ’17 and Student Union Vice President Dennis Hermida-Gonzalez ’17 were not present.
Medical Emergency Nov. 27—A caller reported an unknown emergency inside the Heller School.
Interim President Lynch received a list of 13 demands on Thursday to address systemic racism at Brandeis.
After passing an amendment to add seats to the Allocations Board, the student body voted on two of the new representatives.
To further green interests on campus, Interim President Lynch appointed a task force on sustainability.
Professors and adminstrators have visited the sit-in to show support and stand in solidarity.
Leaders of Ford Hall 2015 issued 13 demands, evoking the 1969 protest for which it is named.
Prof. Deborah Stone (Heller) drew upon Justices Brandeis and Sotomayor in her Guberman lecture.
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