After last semester's search for a part-time Jewish chaplain didn't produce a desirable candidate, the University hopes to hire a new fulltime rabbi this semester.Director of Student Activities Stephanie Grimes announced Dec.
The Office of Communications and Library and Technology Services recently launched a redesigned Web site to create a more usable, uniform site as part of an ongoing effort to develop the Brandeis brand.
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management hired Lisa Lynch, Ph.D., a former chief economist for the U.S.
The University's Hebrew Language department will team up with the Middlebury College's Sunderland Language School starting this June for a summer program that will stress both linguistic and cultural study.
Best-selling Israeli author Meir Shalev talked about the meaning of his newest book, A Pigeon and a Boy, as well as his personal inspiration behind the book's two loves stories, at last Wednesday's Meet the Author event in the Shapiro Campus Center Multipurpose room.Professor Ilan Troen (NEJS), director of the new Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, which co-sponsored the event along with the Hebrew and Arabic Languages program, opened by congratulating Shalev on winning the title of most popular author in Israel in a recent poll conducted by Ynet, a popular Israeli news search engine, in which 10,000 people participated.The first love story in Shalev's book is about Yair Mendelson, a tour guide who is an expert on migrating birds.
Brandeis Television has changed its constitution to reflect its recent shift to primarily online content.A line was added to the organization's constitution at the Nov.
A new full-time professor for the Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies program will be hired for the 2009 to 2010 academic year, and an adjunct professor was added to the program for next semester, Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe said.Since the retirement of Prof.
Prof. Larry Wangh (BIOL) and his laboratory have developed a new technique of DNA amplification, called LATE-PCR, which can detect DNA and RNA for disease diagnosis and is now being used by veterinarians in order to detect diseases quickly.LATE-PCR, Linear-After-the-Exponential Polymerase Chain reaction, is a portable device that "mimics what nature does when cells divide," says J.
Noted Forensic Anthropologist William Haglund will visit campus Tuesday through Friday to advise students looking to pursue careers in the field of physical anthropology.
Students majoring in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies have expressed frustration with the department's shortage of full-time professors and lack of courses focusing on contemporary issues in the Middle East.Since the retirement of Prof.
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