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International Business School named one of top 15 business schools

by Michelle Liberman | 03/31/2009

Brandeis' International Business School was named one of the top 15 business schools nationwide in the Princeton Review's "Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools" in the publication's issue on the Best 296 Business Schools.IBS was included among the top 15 business schools in two of six core qualifications of finance and global management that are the foundations of a successful business school, according to Holly Chase, Assistant Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid for the IBS.

April fire safety event planned

by Michelle Liberman | 03/24/2009

A 20-foot fire safety trailer that will recreate a dorm room and simulate different levels of smoke during a fire is coming to campus on April 1 as part of a fire safety effort organized by the Waltham Fire Department, the Office of Student Development and Conduct and the Student Union.

Student Union halts UPMIFA lobby effort

by Michelle Liberman | 03/17/2009

The Student Union has put on hold its initiative to lobby the Massachusetts state legislature to adopt the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, which would ease endowment restrictions on nonprofit institutions, according to Union Director of Communications Jamie Ansorge '09.

Univ joins effort to adopt UPMIFA law

by Michelle Liberman | 02/24/2009

Brandeis is involved in the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts, an effort to get the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to adopt the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act to ease endowment restrictions, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Peter French wrote in a Feb.

JuicyCampus shut down due to financial troubles

by Michelle Liberman | 02/10/2009

JuicyCampus, the online gossip forum created in August 2007 for college campuses, was shut down last Thursday, according to a press release distributed on that day from Matt Ivester, the founder and CEO of JuicyCampus."In these historically difficult economic times, online ad revenue has plummeted and venture capital funding has dissolved," Ivester wrote in the press release."I'd like to thank everyone who has engaged in meaningful discussion about online privacy and Internet censorship," Ivester wrote in the press release.

Alumni office changes pitch to donors for financial aid

by Michelle Liberman | 01/20/2009

The Office of Development and Alumni Relations has started to market donations as "current-use" financial aid that would go directly into the University's operating budget for financial aid rather than into the University's endowment fund, according to Senior Vice President of Institutional Advancement Nancy Winship.

University financial aid funding stable

by Michelle Liberman | 11/25/2008

Financial aid packages for students in the incoming class of 2013 will be similar to last year's, according to University admissions officials, while national trends indicate that the financial crisis has caused other colleges and Universities to cut back on the amount of financial aid they can offer students.

Alum loses first political race

by Michelle Liberman | 11/11/2008

Brandeis alumnus Dennis Shulman '72, whose unusual story drew national media attention and the endorsement of New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, lost to Republican three-term incumbent Scott Garrett after a long campaign to represent New Jersey's fifth congressional district.Shulman, a blind clinical psychologist and rabbi, obtained 42 percent of the votes in the district after a campaign that lasted 14 months.

Friedman encourages sustainable practices

by Michelle Liberman | 10/21/2008

Student environmentalist leaders, faculty and staff met with Thomas Friedman '75, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times columnist, before his speaking engagement to discuss Brandeis' environmental initiatives in light of Friedman's green revolution plan proposed in his new book Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why need a Green Revolution-and How it can renew America."The green revolution has grabbed hold of our campus.

Friedman expresses energy concerns

by Michelle Liberman | 10/21/2008

Thomas Friedman '75, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times columnist, stressed the importance of taking a leading role in the green revolution during his address to the Brandeis community last Thursday speaking about his new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution-and How it can Renew America.Friedman showed the audience a picture of a billboard he had seen in South Africa for a car, which presented the slogan "German Engineering, Swiss Innovation, American Nothing." He went on to explain that we've "lost our groove" as Americans because since Sept.

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