There is no dearth of savory sushi in David Gelb's first documentary feature film, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, but the movie is more than just a sea of close-up shots displaying colorful fish and rice as well as chefs massaging octopus and slicing tuna.
Lisa Lynch, dean of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, formed a Diversity Steering Committee this month to address issues of diversity at the Heller School after the school's strategic plan, completed over summer 2011, recommended that the committee be formed. The committee comprises students, staff, faculty and alumni, with Prof.
Spring semester started with a splash as students dove into the newly renovated
Evelyn E. Handler, 78, Brandeis' fifth president, died Dec. 23 after being struck by a car in Bedford, N.H. Handler served as president of the University from 1983 to 1991 and is the only woman to have held that position.
The Justice spoke to John Unsworth, the next vice provost for Library and Technology Services and chief information officer.
Student Union Treasurer Daniel Lee '12 reported $650 missing from the Student Union safe on Nov.
The trial shuttles to the Riverside MBTA station failed to attract a substantial number of students, challenging the Student Union's claim that students want and need transportation to Riverside. Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan said in an interview with the Justice that the shuttle buses served a total of 145 students, which is about 12 percent of the total capacity of the buses and about 2.5 percent of the entire student body. These numbers are not enough to justify a permanent shuttle.
Student Union President Herbie Rosen '12 has called for a constitutional review of the Student Union Constitution, two years before an official review would be mandated by the constitution, he said in an interview last night with the Justice. According to Article XIII of the Student Union Constitution, a Constitutional Review Task Force instructed to conduct "a full review of all aspects of the Union" must be formed every four years. The task force would comprise students from various constituencies, including secured groups, club sports, the Union Senate, artistic and performance organizations and religious organizations, as per the constitution. Rosen said the review would be implemented due to questions that have been raised about the constitution. "We are doing it because people have asked me to, ? and I looked at [the Constitution] when I got elected and was just like, ?I don't want to be the president of a Union with this as a constitution, '" said Rosen. Rosen listed past troubles with the student elections voting system and the term lengths of senators as two issues that helped prompt the review. "The voting system, the question of abstain and can that just be worded better?that's the main thing, making our constitution be more clear and less pretentious sounding," he said. Earlier this year, a Justice review of election results revealed that the instant runoff election system used by the Union incorrectly tallied votes and failed to express voter desires in the election results.
Executives of data storage and security companies from both Israel and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Massachussetts Governor Deval Patrick arrived at Brandeis yesterday for a daylong summit to discuss the possibilities of collaboration between Israeli companies and those based in the Commonwealth. The New England-Israel Business Council coordinated the summit, which was hosted by the Asper Center for Global Entrepreneurship of the Brandeis International Business School in the Hassenfeld Conference Center. Patrick headlined the opening remarks and described the summit as an opportunity "to strengthen and grow the relationship between Massachusetts and Israel." Patrick said that Massachusetts could be a "home away from home" for Israeli companies and that he would continue to "build those bridges [and] to ask for those partnerships understanding that they must be mutual." Patrick welcomed the Israeli executives and said he is looking to "create opportunities both here in Massachusetts and in Israel." "Our opportunities lie not just here in the Commonwealth, but beyond the Commonwealth as well," he said. University President Frederick Lawrence, who introduced Patrick, said in his remarks that the University was "delighted" to host the summit. Lawrence said that the mission of the IBS "has never been, I was going to say more compelling, in a sense it has never been more obvious that to be involved in business today, to be involved in the economy today is to be involved in the world." Lawrence similarly commented that the "strategic partnership" between the United States and Israel "has never been more obvious." "To those who are aware of the challenges in the global economy and the global political economy today, to have a strong ally based on a democratic system and based on a market system makes it an obvious partnership," continued Lawrence. Dean of the International Business School Bruce Magid has taken time over his tenure at Brandeis to involve himself with Israel and the governor's office.
The Justice sat down for an exclusive interview with Sherron Watkins, the former Enron executive who alerted then-Enron CEO Ken Lay to accounting fraud within the company.
Brandeis staff, student, and facilities members protest against merit delays
Fight breaks out at Springfest over presence of Israeli flag
A look towards the upcoming French Open
Team Mangok: Mangok Bol and other faculty work to resettle Bol’s niece and nephew in the U.S.
Tara VanDerveer, women’s basketball legend, retires