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University ranked second in vegan-friendly college contest

by Tate Herbert | 11/21/2011

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals named Brandeis the runner-up in the Small U.S. Schools category of its Most Vegan-Friendly College Contest on Monday. Brandeis came in second to Northwestern University after making it through the brackets against schools such as Brown University and Bennington College in this year's competition. The contest is conducted by peta2, which describes itself as PETA's "youth division." According to the competition's website, winners of each round were determined by a combination of online voting, peta2's judgment of each school's vegan-friendliness, the schools' promotion efforts and feedback from individual students. Voting was conducted via Facebook, where each school received as many votes as people who "liked" its link to the competition.

Board approves dual HSSP degree

by Tate Herbert | 11/07/2011

The Board of Trustees recently approved the Health: Science, Society and Policy Master of Public Policy Advancement Program, a fast-track course of study for a master's degree in the field of public policy.

Museum's reopening draws crowd

by Tate Herbert | 10/31/2011

Brandeis students, staff, alumni and various other supporters of the Rose Art Museum gathered there last Thursday evening to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding, in addition to its reopening. The reopening marked a symbolic end to the two years of upheaval that followed the 2009 decision by the Brandeis Board of Trustees to allow then-President Jeuhda Reinharz to sell the Rose's collection.

James VanderVeen lectures about archeological artifacts

by Tate Herbert | 10/24/2011

James VanderVeen, assistant professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Indiana University South Bend, challenged "received wisdom" in archaeology in his presentation, titled "Interpretations of Taino Representational Art," on Friday evening in Brown Social Science Center. VanderVeen, visiting Cambridge for a conference, was invited to give the lecture at Brandeis by his former student Rebecca Gibson, who is now a master's student in Anthropology and Women's Studies at Brandeis. "Much of my desire to advance in the field of archaeology stems from Dr. VanderVeen's enthusiasm and passion for the subject," said Gibson in an email interview with the Justice.

Alumni describe prison lawsuit

by Tate Herbert | 10/18/2011

Husband and wife attorneys Michael Bien '77 and Jane Kahn '77, this year's Joshua A. Guberman Lecturers, spoke about their experience combating the overcrowding of and lack of mental health care in California prisons on Monday evening in Rapaporte Treasure Hall. Bien and Kahn discussed their 21-year legal battle against overcrowding in California prisons, beginning with a class-action lawsuit filed in 1990 by roughly 36,000 mentally ill prisoners and culminating in the United States Supreme Court's decision to require California to reduce the number of inmates in its prisons. Bien took the podium first to describe the initial lawsuit, which aimed to correct the poor conditions in California prisons, specifically for those with severe mental illness.

Bello describes health programs

by Tate Herbert | 09/27/2011

Dr. Rosa Elena Bello, a distinguished visiting practitioner with the The International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life spoke last Wednesday in Rapaporte Treasure Hall on her experiences promoting "lifelong empowerment for men and women" through improved health and education services in the community of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. Bello's weeklong residency at Brandeis apexed in this keynote address titled "Village by Village, Barrio por Barrio: Integrated Development in Nicaragua." Ready and Margaret Morganroth Gullette, a scholar in the Women's Studies Research Center, hosted the residency. Bello conducted the entire event in Spanish with the aid of translator David Gullette, Gullette's husband. She began by describing San Juan del Sur, a village on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua whose tourism industry has grown significantly in recent years.

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