Univ. alumna and activist dies at 80
Meredith Tax ’64, a writer and political activist, passed away at 80 years old on Sept. 25. Tax was involved in multiple causes including anti-war movements and social feminist organizations. After graduating from the university, Tax spent four years in London at Birkbeck College, according to her Wikipedia page. Tax attended Birkbeck on both Fulbright […]
BookTok worth it or not: ‘Anxious People’
I’m back! (Shocking!) My TBR stack at school is dwindling and I’m down to only five books out of the good 15-20 that I brought up with me from home. Basically, the point of this column is that I read books so that you don’t have to and tell you whether they are worth your […]
Univ. announces room decorating competition
Brandeis Communications and Community Living announced a room decorating competition for community members, according to the university’s social media webpage. The competition has monetary prizes for the selected winners. Students are invited to share pictures and/or videos of their decorated dorm room to win the competition. There will be one winner picked from each quad […]
Harvest Table hosts ‘Welcome Home’ event
The university’s hospitality group—Harvest Table—hosted a ‘Welcome Home’ event for community members in Fellows Garden on Sep. 15. Allison Deyo—Harvest Table’s Sustainability Manager on campus—talked with The Hoot about the hospitality group’s hopes to increase transparency and conversations between the hospitality group and community members through pop-up events like this. The event featured various drinks […]
BookTok worth it or not: ‘The Guest List’ by Lucy Foley
I’m back and likely not going away anytime soon my dudes. ’Cause guess what, I’ve got books so I’m gonna review them. Are my reviews terrible and entirely biased? Yes. But whatever, joke’s on you ’cause you’re reading this. Here’s what I do: I see books on BookTok. I decide whether I should read them […]
Do you hear that? It’s a Brandeis helicopter parent.
The Brandeis Hoot has been in contact with an insider source of the Brandeis Parents Facebook Community—Michael [last name redacted]. This informant has been willing to share some details of the messages being shared in the chat. And let me tell you— it is some juicy information. “My son lost a favorite jacket on campus […]
Univ. community reaches green COVID-19 status
The university announced that they have shifted from a Yellow to a Green COVID-19 status level effective Sept. 9, according to an email sent to community members by Carol Fierke, Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, Stew Uretsky, Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration and Andrea Dine, Interim Vice President for Student […]
Brandeis University listed on Mapping Project website
University president Ron Liebowitz sent an email to the Brandeis community discussing the Boston area group known as the Mapping Project, according to an email sent on June 14. The Mapping Project is an initiative that looks at organizations and institutions in the greater Massachusetts area and their connection to the colonization of Palestine, according […]
Muffin review
Seeing as our former resident food reviewers have graduated—Sasha Skarboviychuk ’21 MA ’22 and John Fornagiel ’22—it seems only fitting to continue their legacy by writing food-related opinion pieces. While I am just a young novice compared to them, I hope to make them proud by letting their food reviews live on. For this edition, […]
BookTok worth it or not: Emily Henry edition
Welcome back to another week of me reviewing books so you don’t have to read! Wow, I feel like SparkNotes or Shmoop—all the real ones used Shmoop in high school. Anyway, I watch TikTok on Instagram Reels (since I refuse to download the app because I think it would feed my addictive personality) and then […]
Univ. announces The Legacy of Louis project
The university announced the start of a new initiative—The Legacy of Louis: Inspiring Inquiry. The Brandeis National Committee made the release on their website talking about the initial stages of the project. The Legacy of Louis: Inspiring Inquiry was announced leading up to the university’s 75th anniversary, which will be in 2023. The project is […]
Univ. received $16.5 million for endowed professorships
Ron Liebowitz, university president, announced that the university received five separate donor gifts accumulating to $16.5 million in this fiscal year, according to an email sent to community members on Sep. 7. The money will be spent on establishing four new faculty chair positions, according to the email. “I am delighted to share more information […]
Breonna Taylor memorial moved to DEI office
Breonna Taylor, an African American medical worker, was murdered by Louisville law enforcement in March 2020 in her home after a misled pursuit of a drug dealing operation, according to a New York Times article. In her memory, students on campus created a memorial at the entrance of Sherman Dining Hall. The memorial has since […]
Student Union elections
The Student Union is currently hosting its fall elections; there are 24 open positions for the Senate, three Judiciary seats available and two Allocations Board seats open. Voting will be held on Sept. 14. For this round of elections, students could run for the Class of 2026 Senator position, Class of 2025 Senator Position […]
Univ. announces The Legacy of Louis project
The university announced the start of a new initiative—The Legacy of Louis: Inspiring Inquiry. The Brandeis National Committee made the release on their website talking about the initial stages of the project. The Legacy of Louis: Inspiring Inquiry was announced leading up to the university’s 75th anniversary, which will be in 2023. The project is […]
Brandeis Board of Trustees welcomes three new members
The university announced that it has welcomed three new members to the Board of Trustees (BOT). The members recently elected to the board are Marjorie Hass, Leonard X Rosenberg ’89 and Jay Ruderman ’88 H’18. According to the announcement on the Brandeis alumni page, each of the new members has “a distinct commitment to the […]
Brandeis alumni named to scientific advisory board for biotech company
David Housman ’66, PhD ’71 was named to a scientific advisory board for a biotechnology company—Thiogenesis Therapeutics Corp. (TSXV: TTI), according to a recent publication. The company’s main goal is focused on “developing proprietary thiol-active therapeutic compounds to treat unmet medical needs,” according to the company’s corporate overview. The members of the Scientific Advisory Board […]
BookTok worth it or not: ‘Dance of Thieves’ duology
Welcome back for another week of book reviews! Basically, I have an addiction and it fuels this column so I find books on BookTok and if I can get my hands on a copy I read it and then review it. This week I will be reviewing “Dance of Thieves” and “Vow of Thieves,” a […]
Here’s to the end of COVID-19 caution
Since the start of the pandemic there has been a huge question—when will it end? For most, we thought it would be two weeks in our houses and then life would return to how it was. That was simply not the case. Now two and a half years later, have we reached the end of […]
Aiden Guthro’23 talks soccer and family
Some people say their teammates are like family, and this is without a doubt true about the Brandeis men’s soccer team. Aiden Guthro ’23—the men’s soccer captain and goalkeeper—spoke with The Brandeis Hoot about the team that doubles as his family. Guthro referred to his teammates affectionately as his brothers; he wrote saying that every […]
