Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
When protesters from Occupy Boston, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement demanding corporate responsibility and attention to income inequality, began to camp out at Dewey Square in Boston’s downtown financial district, several rows of tents and tarp huts, neatly dotted the square. As time has passed, the camp at Dewey Square expanded and […]
The United States Supreme Court in May ordered the California state prison system to reduce its population by 30,000 prisoners in a strong case of judicial intervention in the name of constitutional standards. Michael Bien and Jane Kahn, a married couple who are both members of the Brandeis class of 1977, dedicated more than two […]
The ongoing famine in Somalia is still causing massive harm, plaguing the population with hunger and yet receiving little media attention. Brandeis students are recognizing the problems associated with Somalia and giving aid, as evidenced by the “24-Hour Famine” event.
Teach For America, a growing movement of leaders working to ensure impoverished children have access to quality education, hosted an alumni panel at Brandeis on Monday to recruit students interested in enlisting for two years of service. Once selected, service members are placed in one of 43 national regions for two years. Service members are […]
As the Brandeis community gathers to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Rose Art Museum next Thursday, it will find a renovated museum matched with a new image on campus, including the triptych film by the late Boston artist Bruce Conner, “EVE-RAY-FOREVER (1965/2006).” The Conner work was purchased with Acquisition Funds from The Rose, Director […]
For those who aren’t avid fans, Sugarland is a country band, comprised of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, with five number-one singles under their belt. While I’m aware that country isn’t everybody’s favorite genre like it is mine, I want to impress upon everybody that Sugarland is capable of drawing fantastically large crowds of various […]
Just named senior adviser to the provost and hired at the Cohen, Milstein, Sellers and Toll law firm in Washington, D.C., Professor Anita Hill (Heller) has had a booming month. To add to her academic and legal success, Beacon Press released Hill’s newest book on Oct. 4. “Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding […]
Tufts inaugurates Oxford scientist Tufts University will inaugurate Anthony P. Monaco, the former Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Planning and Resources at the University of Oxford, as its 13th president on Friday. Before serving as Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Oxford, Monaco ran the university’s Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics since 1998 and served as a professor of human genetics […]
Last month, a coalition of student and advocacy groups asked the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy to investigate regulations pertaining to co-insurance, according to a press release from Mass-Care. They maintained that according to the regulations for the Student Health Insurance Plans, co-insurance falls outside the parameters allowed for excludable coverage. Massachusetts requires […]
The use of social media by institutions has soared in the past decade, reaching even the ivory towers of academia. A method of communicating with not only friends but idols and community members, social media has long been used by digital natives, those who spent most of their lives with the Internet, and popular culture. […]
