Jennifer Walker named VP of Enrollment Management
On Dec. 5, Brandeis named Jennifer Walker as their new Vice President of Enrollment Management. Having served Brandeis for 17 years as Director of Admissions, Dean of Admissions and, most recently, as Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, Walker steps into this role with a significant amount of experience. In a “Brandeis Stories” article, Interim […]
‘Brandeis Commitment’ to increase financial aid
On Nov. 19, Assistant Vice President of Student Financial Services, Sherri Avery, sent an email to the Brandeis community announcing “the Brandeis Commitment, a program to improve transparency for incoming students and their families around the cost of attendance. Beginning with students entering in the fall of 2025, domestic students with total family incomes of […]
Harvest Table refuses to address student concerns about worker treatment
Over the course of the semester, Harvest Table has repeatedly been the subject of student criticism centered on their treatment of dining workers. Beginning in September, students associated with the Revolutionary Students Organization (RSO) and the dining workers union (Local 26 Boston) began protesting in the Usdan complex and Sherman Dining Hall for a fair […]
Multicultural hair products now available in C-Store
Student Union President Rani Balakrishna ’25 and Student Union Vice President Ria Escamilla-Gil ’27 have successfully spearheaded a movement to get “multicultural hair products into the C-Store to help black students with kinky, type four hair get these products in a more equitable manner.” According to an email sent to The Hoot by President Balakrishna, […]
Cross country teams compete at UAA Championships
On Nov. 2, both the men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the UAA Championship meet in Attleboro, Massachusetts. The event was hosted by Brandeis and attended by eight teams in total: the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Tartans, the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Spartans, the University of Chicago Maroons, the Emory University Eagles, […]
Peter Rojas joins ICC as new director
On Oct. 31, Brandeis’ Intercultural Center (ICC) announced via their Instagram account that they’re “thrilled to welcome Peter Rojas as our new ICC Director! With a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, Peter aims to strengthen our community and foster a space where all students feel heard.” In a separate news article on Brandeis Stories, […]
More details on the wrongful death lawsuit filed against Brandeis and three of its police officers
On Oct. 31 at 10:32 a.m., a “wrongful death lawsuit” concerning “Eli T. Stuart, a 20-year-old student who died in December 2023” was filed in the Superior Court in Middlesex County. This lawsuit named Brandeis University, former Brandeis Police Officer Kimberly Carter, Brandeis Police Officer Thomas Espada and Brandeis Police Lieutenant Detective Dana Kelley as […]
An interview with Brandeis’ interim president
As Brandeis’ interim president arrived on campus, The Hoot had the chance to speak to both Interim President Arthur Levine ’70 and Director of Presidential Communications Carolyn R. Assa about the new administration’s plans for Brandeis. President Levine has worked at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation as President Emeritus and a Senior Fellow, as […]
Brandeis chooses not to renew Lydian String Quartet’s contracts
In another cut made to the Music Department, Brandeis has declined to renew the Lydian String Quartet’s contract. The Lydian has been described as “one of the country’s superior chamber groups,” their performances described as both “richly satisfying” and “glorious.” After being formed more than 40 years ago, the Lydian String Quartet “has embraced the […]
Wrongful death lawsuit filed against Brandeis and three of its police officers
Content warning: This article mentions the death of a Brandeis community member. Reader discretion is advised. On Oct. 31 at 10:32 a.m., a “wrongful death lawsuit” concerning “Eli T. Stuart, a 20-year-old student who died in December 2023” was filed in the Superior Court in Middlesex County. This lawsuit named Brandeis University, former Brandeis Police […]
Jewish Brandeis Bund holds vigil for Palestine
On Monday, Oct. 21, The Jewish Brandeis Bund held a vigil to honor lost Palestinian lives. The Bund, a recently formed Jewish-led group of anti-Zionist students, came together in the Shapiro Campus Center (SCC) slightly before the scheduled start time of 7:00 to set up folding tables, hang posters, and pass out masks among attendees. […]
Brandeis declines to renew Prof. Taylor Ackley’s contract
As Brandeis moves through “headwinds” facing higher education, the university administration has made several budget cuts. Recently, these cuts have landed upon the Music Department. The university cut the Musicology PhD program just last year and now has declined to renew the contract of Assistant Professor of Music Taylor Ackley. Professor Ackley describes himself […]
SEA circulates petition to bring back Sustainability Office
On Oct. 11, Students for Environmental Action (SEA) authored a petition to reopen Brandeis’ sustainability office. The petition noted, “As the climate crisis worsens, we are personally experiencing the consequences of anthropogenic climate change as seasons get warmer, storms get stronger, droughts last longer and flooding gets more severe. In the summer of 2024, during […]
An interview with the Brandeis Boxing Club
The Hoot sat down with Haile Pereira ’27, the President of the Brandeis Boxing Club, to learn about what his club offers, what new members can expect at practice and what the rest of the year holds for the club. The club is “committed to providing a supportive and inclusive environment that fosters personal growth, […]
Judges cross-country teams attend UMass Dartmouth and Bates Invitationals
Since our last coverage of the teams, the Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams have competed twice. First, on Sept. 21, the teams traveled to North Dartmouth to compete in the UMass Dartmouth invitational. Here, both the men’s and women’s teams placed similarly, with the women’s team coming in 16th out of 45 schools (5th […]
Brandeis falls in U.S. News’ rankings
In the recently released U.S. News and World Report rankings of American Universities, Brandeis University has fallen in the rankings. Last year, the University was ranked 60th, and this year at 63rd. Brandeis is in a tie for that spot with George Washington University, Michigan State University, The Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Santa […]
President Ron Liebowitz announces resignation
On the morning of Sept. 25, 2024, Ronald D. Liebowitz formally announced his resignation as the President of Brandeis University, a post he had held since 2015. The resignation, reported on by national media outlets such as the New York Times and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, comes after a year dogged by controversy surrounding campus […]
Brandeis MakerLab celebrates 10 years
Brandeis’ MakerLab, a part of the Brandeis’ Design and Innovation (BDI) services is a “creative and collaborative space designed to foster innovation and hands-on learning” that recently celebrated its 10th birthday. The maker space provides students with free and open access to “state-of-the-art digital fabrication tools, consultation services, and a range of other resources to […]
Brandeis graduate students protest for a better contract, higher wages
Last week on Sept. 9, 2024, graduate students gathered at the senior administration open office in the Feldberg Lounge to advocate for fair wages and the negotiation of a fair graduate student worker contract. There are nearly 2,000 graduate students on campus, most of them full time, who also have various other jobs to help […]
Climate activist Luisa Neubauer comes to Brandeis
German climate activist Luisa Neubauer, the Center for German and European Studies’ (CGES) Visiting Research Scholar for the year, recently came to Brandeis’ campus for several days of climate-centric conversations. Neubauer is the leader of Germany’s Fridays for Future movement, described as “a youth-led and -organized movement that began in August 2018, after 15-year-old Greta […]
