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Court ruling causes policy evaluation

by Andrew Wingens | 08/30/2011

A recent United States Supreme Court ruling has caused the University to evaluate its policies regarding intellectual property rights, according to Associate Provost for Innovation and Executive Director of the Office of Technology Licensing Irene Abrams in an interview with the Justice. In June, the United States Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of Roche Molecular Systems over Stanford University in a patent dispute. The case originated from a situation in 2005 in which Stanford University sued Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. for patent infringement, said Senior Vice President and General Counsel Judith Sizer in a November 2010 interview with the Justice. An appeals court decision in 2010 ruled against Stanford and granted Roche the rights to federally funded research that was done at Stanford. The patent in dispute was for methods of evaluating the efficacy of anti-HIV therapies, which Stanford University postdoctoral fellow Mark Holodniy developed with funding from the federal government. In November, Abrams said that if the Federal Circuit Court decision were to stand, this case could create a problem for the University.

Flagel will fill vacant SVP for Students and Enrollment job

by Andrew Wingens | 08/30/2011

University President Frederick Lawrence announced in a August 8 campuswide email that he appointed Andrew Flagel to the position of senior vice president for Students and Enrollment. Flagel, who previously served as dean of admissions and associate vice president of enrollment development at George Mason University, will begin serving in his new role at Brandeis on Sept.

Irene disrupts arrivals, causes minor flooding

by Andrew Wingens | 08/30/2011

Scattered branches. Pools of water. Droves of first-years following yellow-shirted orientation leaders. The sun shone brightly on campus yesterday with little noticeable damage other than a few lingering puddles and tree branches strewn about in the wake of the Hurricane-turned-Tropical-Storm Irene. Other than minor flooding and branches falling, the most significant disruption Irene caused was the cancellation of Sunday move-in activities and the opening of campus on Saturday to new students. The University was "prepared for the worst" with emergency supplies and "had lined up a lot of people in advance, both in-house help and some contractor support," said Senior Vice President for Administration Mark Collins in an August 29 interview with the Justice. The basement of the Goldfarb Library flooded with about 5 inches of water on Sunday, but that was immediately taken care of with water pumps and ventilation within about an hour, according to Collins.

University and members of Rose Art Museum Board of Overseers settle lawsuit

by Andrew Wingens | 06/30/2011

The 2-year-old lawsuit that was brought against the University by four Rose Art Museum overseers concerning its management of the museum during the 2009 financial crisis has been settled, according to a BrandeisNOW press release. "The settlement agreement, which brings to an end all claims concerning management of the Rose and the potential sale of artwork, states that the Rose is, and will remain a university art museum open to the public and that Brandeis has no plan to sell artwork, "the press release stated. In an interview with the Justice, University President Frederick Lawrence said that the University will now focus on the museum's upcoming 50th anniversary by exposing the Rose to the outside world through traveling exhibitions of artwork typically on display at the Rose. According to the settlement agreement provided to the Justice by Andrew Gully, senior vice president for communications and external affairs, Lawrence and the plaintiffs "engaged in a series of constructive and collegial conversations" about the museum and its future.

Steve Goldstein '78 named next University provost

by Andrew Wingens | 06/01/2011

The Board of Trustees voted to appoint Steve A.N. Goldstein '78 as the provost of the University, University President Frederick Lawrence announced today in an e-mail to the Brandeis community. Goldstein is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and director of the Institute of Molecular Pediatric Sciences.

Workers to negotiate contract

by Andrew Wingens | 05/24/2011

With their contract set to expire on the last day of June, Dining Services workers and UNITE HERE Local 26 will begin negotiating a new contract with Aramark on May 26, said Dana Simon, a staff member with UNITE HERE Local 26, in an interview with the Justice.

More students accepted for the Class of 2015

by Andrew Wingens | 05/03/2011

The University admissions acceptance rate for the Class of 2015 was 38.58 percent, an increase of 3.16 percent from the Class of 2014, according to Vice President for Students and Enrollment Keenyn McFarlane in an interview with the Justice.

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