After being caught twice last year serving alcohol to underage students, The Stein restaurant opted to participate in a new statewide program designed to prevent alcohol sales to minors and intoxicated persons.
The University recently approved changes to its non-discrimination policy to include the protection of individuals on the basis of "gender identity and expression." The change was written and proposed by members of TransBrandeis, a division of Triskelion.
After an eight-month-long campaign by the Brandeis Labor Coalition, the University has signed on to a new anti-sweatshop initiative.University President Jehuda Reinharz wrote an April 19 letter supporting the Designated Supplier Program, which stipulates that retailers, like the Brandeis Book Store, must only buy from factories that treat their workers fairly.Reinharz stated that the University will commit to the basic principles of the DSP and, "pledges to work collaboratively with the Brandeis Labor Coalition and the WRC toward the goal of ensuring that Brandeis' licensed apparel is manufactured by suppliers who respect workers' rights and pay a living wage."BLC member Dan Mauer '06 said that there is a tentative six-month grace period before the DSP takes effect."Hopefully by the fall there will be the actual beginning of the program," Mauer said, noting he would like to see a Nov.
The Language and Linguistics program hired its first tenure-track professor following changes to the Linguistics program were approved by the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee in November.
A women's studies research project received a $1.4 million start-up grant to investigate the disparity between the number of men and women who hold senior positions in medical research in this country.Linda Pololi, a resident scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center, has just begun leading a team of investigators from Brandeis, Boston University and Johns Hopkins in interviewing a diverse range of faculty at five medical schools about their personal experience in academic medicine and the role of gender in their professional experience.
The Brandeis Labor Coalition is lobbying the University to join The Designated Supplier Program, which certifies factories that treat their workers based on certain standards.In a letter to Mark Collins, the head of university services, the club argued that joining would ensure factories producing Brandeis apparel pay workers a living wage.
The administration is considering what to do with an excess of $20,000 that usually goes toward funding the Union's budget analyst, a position that was vacant until this semester.Steve Costa, who now holds the post, is paid for by a $7 charge on each undergraduate tuition bill.
Adults who don't think growing older means they will lose their memory, and who employ memorization strategies they learned in school, have a greater chance of retaining their memory as they age, according to a new study conducted by Brandeis psychology researchers.After studying the effectiveness of these strategies among 335 adults age 21 to 83 for about a year starting in 2003, Department chair Prof.
Brandeis scholars spoke on the history of the Civil Rights Movement at a panel discussion focused on the year 1955 in the Intercultural Center Thursday, Feb.
Over the course of the week-long February vacation, eight students traveled to the Mississippi Delta region to experience life among the local communities and to document oral histories of the region's culture and tradition.
Over 180,000 people rally in Boston Common for March 28 "No Kings" protest
Brandeis Public Safety dispels circulating ICE vehicle rumors
A seat at the table: inside the ICC's "Be Curious Dinner"
Re/Chic: Threading together clothing and community
Professors discuss possibility of nuclear disarmament amid high political tensions