White supremacist posters found on campus
Posters with the logo or name of a white supremacist group were found on campus Wednesday night around 10 p.m. The posters were reported to Director of Public Safety Edward Callahan, who related the incident to the Brandeis community in an email Thursday afternoon. An image of one of the posters was obtained by The […]
Brandeis professor and graduate student publish research on memory
Brandeis Associate Professor Angela Gutchess (PSYCH) published research in the online journal Brain and Cognition along with two graduate co-authors, demonstrating that older adults were more likely than younger adults to believe a lie they had told 45 minutes earlier, according to an article from BrandeisNOW. The study found that older adults had less accurate […]
Liebowitz speaks on changes to address second independent investigation report
President Ron Liebowitz released the second independent investigation report on Nov. 29, describing the climate of Brandeis as built on personal relationships that can confuse the chain of command, unclear about complaint processes and host to a “widespread anxiety” about coming forward with complaints. The report itself did not focus on recommending reforms, but listed […]
Special elections to fill vice president, treasurer seats
A special election will be held to fill the vice president and treasurer seats on the Student Union after the resignation of current Vice President, Benedikt Reynolds ’19, and Treasurer, Jerry Miller ’19. Nine students declared that they would run for the position of vice president, and one student declared that he would run for […]
Brandeis professor wins early career award from American Physical Society
Brandeis Professor Aparna Baskaran (PHYS) received the 2019 Early Career Award for Soft Matter Research from the American Physical Society (APS), a nonprofit organization that works to advance knowledge on physics, according to the APS website. The award recognizes “outstanding and sustained contributions by a young researcher to the field of Soft Matter during his […]
Student Union vice president and treasurer resign
The Student Union Vice President and Treasurer are resigning, according to an email sent from the Union to the student body Tuesday, Nov. 27. Both positions must be filled by the end of the semester, according to the email. Vice President Benedikt Reynolds ’19 is resigning to focus on his personal health. He expects his […]
Academics discuss challenges facing democracy
Three authors met to discuss their separate research on the state of democracy and to evaluate how all of their works intersect in a panel event, “Democracy in Danger,” on Nov. 19 in Rapaporte Treasure Hall. Quinn Slobodian, Nancy MacLean and Yascha Mounk agreed that the United States’ current political system is flawed in representing […]
Liebowitz releases second report into campus climate
President Ron Liebowitz released a second report from independent investigators who were tasked with examining the Brandeis athletics department and the larger climate of campus. The report was issued after former Brandeis Men’s Basketball Coach Brian Meehan was fired last year over allegations of discriminatory and abusive conduct against African-American and Jewish players. The report […]
Senator introduces amendments changing Allocations Board powers
Student Union Senator Aaron Finkel ’20 introduced two amendments that would give the Senate additional powers to oversee Allocations Board policies and would allow the Senate to overturn a presidential veto of the A-Board’s policies, rule of orders or specific allocations, according to Finkel. The amendments were introduced after growing divisions between the A-Board and […]
Students discuss issues for Transgender Remembrance Day
Brandeis students commemorated Transgender Remembrance Day by discussing different statistics and issues relevant to the transgender community in the Gender and Sexuality Center (GSC) office on Monday, Nov. 19. The event was organized by the GSC and began with GSC Program Administrator Ryan Mishler introducing the history of Transgender Remembrance Day, which began after Rita […]
Union clashes with Allocations Board on funding, pianos
Two Student Union senators accused the Union of a lack of transparency on Brandeis University class Facebook groups and in an email to the class of 2022 on Tuesday, Nov. 6. In a Facebook post, first-year Senator Alex Chang ’22 proposed amending the Union’s constitution requiring $50,000 of funding, after claiming that the union only […]
Letter sent to Liebowitz calls for reform on accessibility
The group Addressing Accessibility at Brandeis sent a letter asking for an open forum to discuss accessibility on campus to President Ron Liebowitz this Thursday. The letter questioned whether Brandeis was truly accessible to those within the disability community. The letter was authored entirely by the members of the disability community at Brandeis. The letter […]
Brandeis graduate arrested for hate crimes
Brandeis graduate James Polite ’18 was charged with four hate crimes crime last Friday, Nov. 2, according to articles by The New York Times and CNN. He was charged for anti-Semitic statements written on a temple and fires set at several locations in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was charged for writing on the walls of the […]
Brandeis land had significance to indigenous peoples
The land Brandeis sits on was sacred to the indigenous peoples who lived on it, according to the Mattakeeset tribal Chief. The land was shared among the Massachusett people, which includes four contemporary surviving tribes: the Mattakeeset, Natick, Ponkapoag and Namasket. Chief Sachem Wompimeequin Wampatuck of the Mattakeeset tribe first visited Brandeis on Indigenous People’s […]
Liebowitz shares framework for univ. changes
President Ron Liebowitz shared a framework for changes which would bring university programs in line with Brandeis’ mission and the institution’s financial capabilities on Monday. He described the university as “far too complex an institution for our size and wealth.” Liebowitz described the university’s mission as relying upon its founding values of inclusivity and traditional […]
Greek life members wear pins to support survivors of sexual assault
Members of sororities and fraternities could be seen wearing “these letters believe survivors” pins and apparel displaying their Greek letters on Tuesday, in solidarity with the national movement supporting survivors of sexual assault. The idea for Greek life members to wear the pins started with Ricki Levitus ’20, vice president of programming in Delta Phi […]
Boston University professor describes loss and recovery in Rome
A Boston University professor spoke about how Roman historical figures strove to recover lost information at an event sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies on Oct. 24. Assistant Professor of Classical Studies Hannah Čulik-Baird described how the Romans’ search for lost knowledge mirrors a modern-day search for information lost after Brazil’s 200-year-old National Museum […]
GSC urges Brandeis students to ‘vote yes on 3’
The Gender and Sexuality Center hosts a phone bank every Thursday where students and Waltham community members call local voters to urge them to ‘vote yes on 3’: to vote in favor of the third ballot question on the 2018 Massachusetts Nov. 6 ballot. This question asks voters whether or not they support a 2016 […]
Former Israeli soldier speaks about her experience
A former soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces, Merphie Bubis, spoke about her experience in the Israeli Civil Administration and the favoritism with which Israeli citizens and settlers were treated as compared to Palestinians. J Street U Brandeis hosted the lecture on Monday, Oct. 15. J Street U Brandeis, a Jewish organization at Brandeis, advocates […]
Sodexo workers protest hours
Sodexo workers crowded into the Lower Usdan dining office to protest their hours being cut on Monday, Oct. 1. The workers were joined by some students, including those from the Brandeis Labor Coalition. Many workers complained that their hours had been cut, and one woman, speaking through a translator, alleged that she was struck during […]
