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Univ not affected by Madoff

by Shana D. Lebowitz | 02/10/2009

Brandeis University was cited as one of Bernard Madoff's clients on a recently released list of his investors, but the University maintains that it did not invest any University funds in Madoff's Ponzi scheme.Madoff, a former chairman of the NASDAQ composite, was accused of running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, a fraud operation in which investors are paid out of the money input by other investors rather than out of profits.Campus-wide concerns that Brandeis' endowment would suffer arose when Brandeis University appeared on the list of Madoff's clients.

Beckinsale brings 'Truth'

by Shana D. Lebowitz | 12/09/2008

It's hard to pay close attention to what Kate Beckinsale is actually saying when she speaks.Dressed in a sleek black dress and petite patent leather pumps, her sly smile half hidden by silky, straight brown tresses, Beckinsale looks exactly like that movie star you never thought you'd see up close.On her left sits M.A.S.H.

A departing legacy

by Shana D. Lebowitz | 05/20/2008

For Aaron Hattenbach '09, Prof. Jeffrey Abramson's (POL) seminar, "Topics in Law and Political Theory," was more than a required course for his major, a history of the jury system or the third class he took with Abramson.Hattenbach, a politics major, describes the course as "the best class I've taken at Brandeis." Abramson, he says, is the "reason why I'm considering going to law school" after graduation.Looking back on the University seminar "American Autobiographies," she took with Prof.

Enriching a University, changing the world

by Shana D. Lebowitz | 04/15/2008

Among the most important concepts Iroka Joseph Udeinya '76 learned when he arrived at Brandeis from Nigeria were hard work, the pursuit of excellence and how to make meatloaf.Udeinya was last to speak at the 50th anniversary of the Wien International Scholarship Program, among the members of a panel of four distinguished alumni scholars.

Hairdos for humanity

by Shana D. Lebowitz | 04/15/2008

Jessica Hutcheson '11 tried to look stoic as she awaited the single snip that would send nine inches of her golden locks to the carpeted floor of Sherman Function Hall.In her hands she held an empty Ziploc bag that, in just a few minutes, would be filled with enough of her locks to make a single wig for a patient undergoing chemotherapy cancer treatment.Hutcheson was one of 53 Brandeis students, faculty and Waltham residents to participate in the Hair Donation Event on Wednesday, April 8th.A wide variety of religious organizations and activist clubs sponsored the program, including the Brandeis Orthodox Organization, the Waltham Group, Tzedek Hillel, Mitzvah Corps, Colleges Against Cancer, Save a Child's Heart, Student Peace Alliance and Brandeis University Recycling Program.

Like beads on a string

by Shana D. Lebowitz | 11/13/2007

Their traditional turquoise and magenta silk dresses, the proudly displayed hand-woven tapestries, the way each Navajo woman's face communicated a slightly different self confidence, could have told the story by themselves.Four generations of women from a Navajo tribe in Arizona visited Brandeis last Wednesday to speak about a traumatic history of being forcibly relocated from their homes in the 1970s, and how they managed to find their way back to their cultural heritage.Grandmother Dorothy Walker-a great-grandmother- represented the oldest generation of the women and spoke only in Navajo-or Din

A different kind of trick or treat

by Shana D. Lebowitz | 11/07/2007

To the avid trick-or-treater, a shopping bag overflowing with canned minestrone soup and Hannaford cranberry sauce would be the last image that comes to mind as mouth-watering products of a triumphant Halloween.But to the more than 150 volunteers for Halloween for the Hungry-an annual program coordinated by the Hunger and Homelessness branch of the Waltham Group-the sea of brown bags filled with donated packaged goods in the Shapiro Atrium last Wednesday night marked the most successful Halloween for the Hungry event in several years.Brandeis' participation in the event marked approximately its 20th year, as student volunteers paraded the streets of Waltham dressed as princesses, zombies and cartoon characters in a door-to-door quest for donations of packaged goods.

A different kind of trick or treat

by Shana D. Lebowitz | 11/06/2007

To the avid trick-or-treater, a shopping bag overflowing with canned minestrone soup and Hannaford cranberry sauce would be the last image that comes to mind as mouth-watering products of a triumphant Halloween.But to the more than 150 volunteers for Halloween for the Hungry-an annual program coordinated by the Hunger and Homelessness branch of the Waltham Group-the sea of brown bags filled with donated packaged goods in the Shapiro Atrium last Wednesday night marked the most successful Halloween for the Hungry event in several years.Brandeis' participation in the event marked approximately its 20th year, as student volunteers paraded the streets of Waltham dressed as princesses, zombies and cartoon characters in a door-to-door quest for donations of packaged goods.

Greener outlook for new buildings

by Shana D. Lebowitz | 10/09/2007

The University is making environmental responsibility a high priority in its current construction projects.Brandeis positions buildings to make use of natural light and collect rainwater underground.

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