An in-depth account examining the demonstrations that took place at Al-Quds University on Nov. 5 and the nature of Al-Quds' subsequent response, titled "A Report to the Brandeis Community on the Events of 2013 Involving Brandeis University and Al-Quds University," was made public yesterday afternoon.
The arrival of furniture merged with trees by Sarah Bierman '14 on campus is a welcome addition to a lineage of public art by students that has been displayed over the past couple of years. The most prominent examples of student artwork featured on campus are the interactive works of Maayan Bar-Yam '12 and Sarah Bierman '14, who have both contributed to the campus aesthetic. In early 2012, Bar-Yam installed swings on tree branches around campus for people to enjoy at their leisure, according to a BrandeisNOW article from February 2012.
University President Frederick Lawrence has suspended the University's formal academic partnership with Al-Quds University, a university in East Jerusalem, effective as of last night, and will "reevaluate the relationship as future events may warrant" according to a Nov.
Prof. Adrianne Krstansky (THA) has expanded into new scholarship in the past couple of years with film acting, a type of acting uncommon in the University's Theater Arts department.
Last Tuesday, Patricia Hill Collins '69, Ph.D. '84, the distinguished university professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, was awarded the Joseph B.
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation recently gave a $5.25 million gift to the University to fund an endowed chair and strengthen the programming of the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, according to a Nov.
At Brandeis and other universities, there are stark demographic differences in gender within certain sections of the humanities.
The Rose Art Museum, true to form, has offered an exhibit that unites both the past and the present while expanding the viewer's idea of what can be considered "minimalist art." Looking back to the era of counterculture, the new exhibit Minimal and More: 60s and 70s Sculptures from the Collection, curated by Christopher Bedford, the Henry and Lois Foster Director of the Rose Art Museum, features an eclectic combination of abstract sculptures from artists of those years. The history of Minimal and More is uncommonly relevant to its current production.
Public art, such as sculptures, carries the special characteristic of developing an iconic status over time, becoming a key part of a landscape even as its surroundings change.
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