Brandeis students strike for climate justice
Among the thousands of people gathered in Boston City Hall Plaza for a national climate strike on Sept. 20 were close to two hundred Brandeis students—some skipping class for the day to show their support of addressing climate change. The strike was one among a national series of protests inspired by Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old […]
IfNotNow no longer seeking to be a chartered club
A member of IfNotNow’s Brandeis chapter requested the club to be chartered at the Senate’s weekly meeting on Sept. 22. IfNotNow is a campus group part of a national organization trying to end American Jewish support of the occupation in Israel and Palestine, according to the organization’s website. The Senate miscounted the vote, informing IfNotNow […]
Two Brandeis graduate students stabbed on Wheelock Road
Two Brandeis graduate students were stabbed earlier this morning on Wheelock Road according to an email sent by Public Safety Officer Ed Callahan. The students have been transported to local hospitals, wrote Callahan. Brandeis students learned of the stabbing at 2:28 a.m. from a Brandeis Emergency Notification System (BENS) alert, which told students of a […]
Changes in agricultural practices raised disease rates in rural populations in Egypt in the 20th century says UC-Santa Cruz professor
As agricultural practices in Egypt changed under the British occupation, the new flooding cycle of the Nile River marked the lives of the rural farmers with more river borne diseases like hookworm, creating a new normal for lower-class Egyptians. Associate Professor at the University of California-Santa Cruz Jennifer Derr presented her newest work, “The Lived […]
Lower Usdan gains vegan action station, changes coming to Brandeis dining
Students, faculty and staff dining at Brandeis can now enjoy a permanent vegan action station in one of its dining halls, Lower Usdan, which opened Monday and is here to stay, according to the Student Union Senator-at-Large and Dining Committee Chair Nancy Zhai ’22. The action station opened Monday with a jackfruit sandwich bar, where […]
Clubs get new online home with Presence
Brandeis student clubs have a new (online) home. Presence—a new online club platform launched in late August by the Department of Student Activities (DSA)—offers a variety of new functions for student clubs, including centrally locating club information, forms and hosting events, said Director of Student Activities Dennis Hicks. DSA and the Brandeis Student Union have […]
Director of SAS to retire
The director of Student Accessibility Support (SAS), Beth Rodgers-Kay, is retiring from Brandeis after 14 years at the university, wrote Accessibility Specialist for Undergraduate Students Kaitlyn Rogers in a Sept. 6 email obtained by The Brandeis Hoot. Rodgers-Kay’s final day at Brandeis will be around the middle of this month, wrote Dean of Academic Services […]
Brandeis warns students about mosquito-borne diseases
Several communities in Massachusetts, including Middlesex County where Brandeis resides, are at risk of two mosquito-borne diseases: Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus and West Nile Virus, according to a Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) press release. The risk for Waltham is low though the surrounding area is moderate, according to an email from Student […]
Class of 2023 first to undertake new Core requirement
CFirst year students entering Brandeis during this semester will be the first students to fulfill the new university general education requirements, called “The Brandeis Core,” that expand the previous course requirements needed to be completed before graduation. The new requirements, passed unanimously in the spring of 2018 by the Brandeis Board of Trustees, mark the […]
Brandeis Israel investment organization ranked first in consulting
Brandeis TAMID, an international business consulting organization advising start-ups in Israel, was awarded the Outstanding Consulting Award out of 54 TAMID chapter organizations on Sunday, Sept. 1, at TAMID’s national convention in Maryland. Brandeis TAMID is part of an international non-profit with three collegiate chapters abroad, said club president Mitchell Dodell ’21 in an interview […]
Nine of thirteen open races uncontested in student union elections
Nine races are unopposed in the upcoming Student Union Senate and Allocations Board elections. With 13 open seats on the Senate, six seats have more than one person running to fill them and one A-board election has more than two candidates. The elections for the Student Union Senate, which represent the student body on a […]
Administration updates policies on student protests and diversity, equity and inclusion
President Ronald Liebowitz responded to calls for university action to address issues pertaining to Brandeis students of color on Aug. 28 in an email to the Brandeis community. “This has been a year of growth for Brandeis,” said Liebowitz in his email. “Last fall, through the Independent Investigators’ report on campus climate, we learned that […]
Brandeis makes $263 million in tuition and fees, provides $100 million in financial aid for 2017-18 fiscal year
Brandeis University has filed and released their tax returns, as the university does every year, disclosing the salaries of Brandeis’ top paid employees, how much money is made in fundraising and other university financials. Brandeis made over $263 million in tuition and fees, according to the documents. Expenses included around $150 million in employee salaries […]
Summer means activism for three students
Though he didn’t know it at the time, on June 30 Sagie Tvizer ’19 became one of the first people arrested in a series of protests against U.S. immigration policy—specifically Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) use of immigrant detention camps. “I was the first person arrested in this protest at Elizabeth, [N.J.], which was the […]
Univ. responds to an HR employee’s suit alleging employment discrimination
A human resources employee is suing Brandeis for over $2 million on three claims of discrimination based on her race, color, age, sex and decision to retaliate against mistreatment. Counsel for Brandeis University denied all allegations of discrimination in a reply on June 28th. The suit, filed by former Vice President of Human Resources Robin […]
Photos of Brandeis students found on white nationalism website
Public safety has uncovered images of Brandeis community members on a thread belonging to the white nationalist website Vanguard News Network. The thread, which began over a year ago, focuses on stereotypical Jewish facial features and contains hateful and anti-Semitic language. However, it poses no direct threat to the individuals posted about, wrote Director of […]
Brandeis asks for donations for sustainability fund
Brandeis parents, alumni, grandparents and donors received emails this June asking for donations for the Brandeis Fund for Green Initiatives and Campus Sustainability, a fund dedicated to improving carbon-footprint initiatives at Brandeis. The fund was created in June to exclusively support initiatives that reduce Brandeis’ carbon footprint, according to Vice President for Administration and Operations […]
HR employee sues Brandeis for $2 million, alleges employment discrimination
A human resources employee is suing Brandeis for over $2 million on three claims of discrimination based on her race, color, age, sex and decision to retaliate against mistreatment. The suit, filed by former Vice President of Human Resources Robin Nelson-Bailey after a shake up in the Brandeis Athletics department, names not only the university […]
Brandeis searches for Athletics Director, Vice Provost for Student Affairs
Brandeis has begun its search for a new athletics director and the vice provost for student affairs (VPSA), Provost Lisa Lynch announced to the Brandeis community on April 26. Brandeis hopes to have final candidates interviewing on campus over the summer, according to the email announcement. The vice provost of student affairs position was created […]
Slaughter in suburbia: ‘Santa Clarita Diet’ kills
Everyday challenges of suburban life—like parenting, keeping up with work and, of course, killing people for food—are struggles Drew Barrymore’s character in “Santa Clarita Diet” faces in every episode. But the show, which centers around a recently zombified mom and her Californian family, is about much more than what part of the human body most […]
