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Last November, the university installed solar panels on the roof of the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center as part of a Power Purchase Agreement with EOS Ventures in an effort to make the campus more “green.” Although the panels have been supplying the university with solar energy since February, the university is not allowed to […]
Provost Marty Krauss will end her tenure as Brandeis’ chief academic officer and a university senior vice president by the end of this academic year, according to a community-wide e-mail from outgoing President Jehuda Reinharz. Krauss has been at the uppermost levels of the university’s administration for the last seven years, with “responsibility for all […]
The Brandeis faculty Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid announced Thursday that a partial transition of undergraduate admissions from “need-blind” to “need-sensitive” would be permissible “after all available financial aid is exhausted.” The committee chair Professor Steven Burg (POL), who made the announcement at Thursday’s faculty meeting, stressed that such measures should only be used […]
Five Brandeis faculty members discussed Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Palestine-Israel and Middle East relations Wednesday afternoon in a panel hosted by the The Crown Center for Middle East Studies. Naghmeh Sohrabi, Director of Research at the Crown Center, Professor Kanan Makiya (IMES), Crown Center Junior Fellow Joshua Walker, Professor Nader Habibi (ECON) and Professor Shai Feldmen […]
Brandeis piloted an all-new study abroad option this summer in The Hague, where 18 Brandeis students joined Professor Richard Gaskins (LGLS) for the new six-week immersion program. The program aimed to open students’ eyes to world-renowned international criminal courts and legal processes. While in The Hague, one of the largest cities and the seat of […]
With temperatures in the upper 90s this week, the university asked all members of the Brandeis community to turn off extra lights, close windows, avoid extra electrical use and close shades facing south, south-east and south-west in a statement sent on Monday from Peter Baker, director of facilities services. “The systems are not designed to […]
Presidential appointee Frederick Lawrence spoke briefly and met with students at an event in Ridgewood Commons courtyard Monday night. In the student body’s first opportunity to meet the new president, Lawrence, who will officially be installed as president of the university on Jan. 1, 2011, offered brief remarks on his excitement to serve as president […]
Everyone wears more than one hat at Brandeis. Whether it’s being a community service leader, academic advisor or club captain. As university President Jehuda Reinharz often says, “everyone’s a president at Brandeis.” The metaphor fits perfectly for Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Jean Eddy, who has also been the acting dean of admissions […]
Sitting in Mod 12 on a Monday afternoon, Karl Nauss acts like he lives there. In a plush turquoise folding chair bought from Bed, Bath And Beyond three years earlier, he knows all of the suite-mates, and even some of their families. “Hey Kansas City,” he calls to Madeline Mayer ’11, “how’s your Ma?” “She’s […]
The Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid Thursday announced that, if financially needed, the university should in the future become “need-sensitive” in its admissions. Currently, the only students not admitted through “need-blind” means are international students and students admitted from the wait-list. If approved by the Department of Admissions, this recommendation could soon come into […]
