Kramer misses All-American mark at NCAAs, looks for redemption in outdoor season
For Alex Kramer ’13, the moment had finally come. Surrounded by the top runners in the division, he was preparing to run the race of his life at the NCAA Division III track and field Championships. Making a shot at achieving an All-American title, Kramer admits that the only thing going through his mind moments […]
Baseball team leaves UAA tournament on low note
The last week has not been what the Brandeis baseball team had hoped for. The UAA Tournament took place in Central Florida between March 10 and 17. Rochester, Case Western, Washington University and Emory participated in the contest, each playing eight games. The Judges last game took place on Saturday against the Rochester YellowJackets. After […]
Board of Trustees appoints Traquina as new chair
The Board of Trustees elected Perry M. Traquina ’78 as its new chair of the for a three-year term, beginning May 19, at their meeting this week. Traquina, the son of Portuguese immigrants, is now the chairman and CEO of Wellington Management Company LLP. He graduated from Brandeis summa cum laude, as a member of […]
Brandeis police investigating alleged sexual assault
Brandeis University police are investigating an alleged sexual assault that occurred off campus and was reported to the department on March 14, Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan said. “We’re reviewing it,” Callahan said in a phone interview Thursday. “We’re doing what we need to do to assist the parties involved.” University police do not […]
Goldstein hears feedback on strategic plan draft
Several community feedback sessions took place last week so that students, staff and faculty could offer comments on the most recent draft of the strategic plan. On March 14, an intimate discussion took place in Levin Ballroom in Usdan Center. The session was led by Provost Steve Goldstein, who forfeited the microphone to sit down […]
Board approves 3.94 percent student cost increase
The Board of Trustees approved a 3.94 percent overall increase in student costs as part of its FY 2014 budget, university officials announced Thursday evening. Last year, overall student cost increased by 4.1 percent for continuing students and 4.85 percent for new students, making Brandeis the second most expensive college in the state, behind only […]
Ethics Center hosts UN panel on rule of law
The International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life organized a discussion last week, featuring former South African Justice Richard Goldstone, on how the U.N. implements rule of law standards. Led by Daniel Terris, director of the Ethics Center, the panel discussion focused on the 2012 proclamation by the United Nations, which says that “the […]
McKenna delivers management lecture on philanthropic leadership
Margaret McKenna, author, speaker and expert of issues such as educational access women’s economic empowerment, hunger and social change leadership, discussed components of good leadership at the 2013 MBA Distinguished Management Lecture, which took place at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management on March 19. McKenna was named president of the Walmart Foundation […]
Harvard Divinity scholar speaks on refugee trauma in Bosnia
Exploring the implications of the trauma endured by countless refugees expelled from their home country during a period of bitter political and emotional turmoil, Dr. Zilka Spahic Siljak of the Harvard Divinity School presented the lecture “Women peacemakers on the ethnic borders of Bosnia Herzegovina” at the Women’s Studies Research Center. Emphasizing the crucial role […]
Students arrested for Keystone pipeline protes
On March 11, several Brandeis student activists were arrested for an act of civil disobedience. As part of a group that included students, members of the Massachusetts Methodist clergy, mothers fighting for their children, and concerned community members, 100 people marched into the Westborough, MA office of TransCanada Corporation and, in protest of the Keystone […]
From enemy to brother
Father Walter Cuenin, the Brandeis Catholic chaplain, attended a conference earlier this month that addressed the revolution in Catholic discussion of Jews. The conference, titled, “From Enemy to Brother: What Changed?” celebrated the publication of the book, “From Enemy To Brother” by John Connelly, a historian at the University of California, Berkeley, and featured Jewish […]
Controversy at Harvard continues to grow
A scandal at Harvard University has recently expanded from accusations pertaining to students’ academic violations to new charges regarding the university’s invasion of administrators’ privacy. The situation began at the end of the Spring 2012 semester, at which time questions arose regarding plagiarism conducted on a take-home final exam for the course “Government 1310: Introduction […]
Documentary by Oscar nominee Robert Bilheimer explores child trafficking
Riveting in its content and heart wrenching in its tragic portrayal of the horrors of child trafficking, the documentary “Not My Life,” directed by Oscar nominee Robert Bilheimer, was screened to the Brandeis Community by the Women’s Studies and Research Center. Seeking to raise awareness, the documentary depicts the shocking prevalence of child trafficking and […]
Anxiety expert Daniel Smith ’99 lectures on ‘Monkey Mind’
Daniel Smith ’99 has not been inside Rapaporte Hall in the Goldfarb Library since 1998, when the Dalai Lama visited Brandeis. But that is where he was this Wednesday, reading excerpts from his new bestselling memoir “Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety.” The book tells a comical yet also very real account of Smith’s lifelong […]
Match Corps
Among the many postgraduate education programs available to Brandeis students is Match Corps, a highly selective, one-year urban education fellowship program in Boston. Once selected, Match Corps members, most of whom are recent graduates, act as tutors for children in either a middle school in Jamaica Plains, or a high school in Lawrence. Match Corps […]
SKIN fashion show both stuns and raises awareness
Brandeis Asian American Student Association (BAASA) brought a night of fashion to the Levin Ballroom March 16. The show, which was part of the celebration for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), showcased various fashion lines that were designed by Asian Americans. The lines they featured included FOB lifestyle & apparel, Angela & Roi, Rent […]
Seussical opens up a world of imagination
Dr. Seuss once said, “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” The enduring quality of a Dr. Seuss novel has always been its ability to transport readers to an incredibly imaginative world where valuable wisdom can come from even the smallest and unassuming person. Tapping into […]
Russian club celebrates International Women’s Day
Russian Culture Week, organized by the Brandeis Russian Club, Russian Studies Program and Brandeis-Genesis Institute for Russian Jewry, hosted events that gave students a terrific opportunity to explore even the meticulous details of Russian life. Hosting the screening of a contemporary interpretation of the Soviet youth subculture of the late 1950s, in the form of […]
Liquid latex showcases student talent
Amid the odor of fresh paint and the tightly packed balconies brewing with intricately painted nude bodies, Levin Ballroom was packed with students waiting in eager anticipation for the annual performance of Liquid Latex. Liberating and serving as a means of artistic expression, the event garnered excitement form the campus, as tickets sold out and […]
Seminal Israeli poet’s work celebrated in new book
Recently, Professor Ilana Szobel (NEJS) published her third book on Israeli poet Dahlia Ravikovitch, “A Poetics in Trauma: The Work of Dahlia Ravikovitch.” Last Tuesday, a group of students, faculty and other guests gathered in the Mandel Center to mark the release. After an introduction by Schusterman Director Ilan Troen, Szobel read from her book […]
