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Margaret Marshall, former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and Professor Anita Hill (Heller), spoke to Brandeis students about their lifelong careers and their commitment to social justice and civil rights. “My commitment to equality is a higher calling,” Hill said. “When things keep calling out to you, you should listen. I came […]
Herbie Rosen ’12 was elected president Friday morning in the first round of Student Union elections. Rosen won by more than 600 votes. The election was highly anticipated and involved detailed pre-election coverage in all major campus publications. Akash Vadalia ’12 who ran against Rosen for president and finished in second place felt that the […]
Internationally-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma will perform “a five- to 10-minute piece” at this year’s commencement May 22, Andrew Gully, university senior vice president for communications and external affairs, said late Thursday after the commencement honorees were announced this week. “It just adds a great touch to a day that is already really great,” Gully said […]
Former British doctor Andrew Wakefield, who authored the 1998 Lancet paper suggesting that vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella can cause autism, defended his research during a speech in Rapaporte Treasure Hall Wednesday evening. Last February, The Lancet retracted the article and in May 2010, the British General Medical Council prohibited Wakefield from practicing medicine […]
The Student Union Senate voted Sunday to join nearly 300 supporters and sign a letter disapproving of the Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine protest at a forum with six Israeli Knesset members on April 4. Abraham Berin, executive senator and senator for the class of 2011, wrote the letter. When Minister of Internal Security […]
Professor Richard Gaskins, the American Studies-affiliated director of the Legal Studies program, and Professor Eileen McNamara, full-time American Studies and Journalism instructor, won the top faculty awards Thursday at the annual presentation faculty meeting. Gaskins was named the winner of the 2011 Lerman-Neubauer ’69 Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring, an award that, according […]
Junior Herbie Rosen’s victory in the presidential election represents the success of a campaign that began with the most name recognition of any of the candidates and succeeded in large part because of a detailed platform that described not just the areas of desired reform but also how to enact it. While Akash Vadalia ’12 […]
Professor Mingus Mapps (AAAS, POL) has been teaching race and politics at Brandeis for the past four years. As one out of the handful of African-American professors at Brandeis, Mapps points out, “I’m really lucky in a lot of ways because I teach at the intersection of race and politics, so I get a lot […]
Four esteemed faculty members were honored by the university at this week’s faculty meeting and received prestigious awards for mentorship and excellence in teaching. Half of these professors, including those taking home the two most prestigious prizes, belonged to the American Studies program. Last year the American Studies department, which hosts one of the oldest […]
Andrew Wakefield has caused great harm through his research, which is filled with fraud and unethical conduct far more than it is with facts. Wakefield has every right to free speech and students at Brandeis have every right to invite him to speak here, regardless of how controversial and discredited his work has become. But […]
