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(03/23/21 10:00am)
Resident scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center and retired electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Susan Eisenberg held a collaborative lecture with filmmaker Mallory Newman on March 18 called “Solidarity: How Do Construction Unions Move from Exclusion to Inclusion?” Prof. Harleen Singh (WGS), the new director of the WSRC, introduced Eisenberg.
(03/23/21 10:00am)
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
(03/23/21 10:00am)
“If you could choose one word to describe how you’re feeling right now, what would it be?” asked a moderator during one of the breakout rooms in the second portion of last Thursday’s event.
(03/23/21 10:00am)
On Wednesday, March 10, the House of Representatives approved President Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill. House Democrats passed the bill on the party-line vote of 220-211 with no Republicans voting in favor of the bill. The bill includes direct payments of up to $1400-per-person stimulus payments for most American households, an expansion of the child tax credit of up to $3,600 per child and an extension of $300 weekly unemployment supplement. Dependents 17 and older are now eligible for stimulus payments, which will benefit Brandesians and college students around the country. With the challenges this bill faced in Congress, what was your reaction to the final approval of Biden’s stimulus package? What part of the bill is most important to you and which aspects of the bill should people be most aware of? Why do you think what should have been a bipartisan, common-sense bill became polarized along party lines?
(03/23/21 10:00am)
(03/16/21 10:00am)
The Senate updated plans regarding this year’s Midnight Buffet, which will be altered to conform to COVID-19 regulations. The Union Senate did not charter, recognize or de-charter any clubs at its March 7 or 14 meetings.
(03/16/21 10:00am)
The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies co-hosted an event on Mar. 3 with Jaqueline Saper to promote Saper’s book, “From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran.” According to Saper, her debut book — which she had dreamt of writing for over 25 years — is about survival, pre-revolutionary Iran and female empowerment. Award-winning author Farideh Goldin moderated the event.
(03/16/21 10:00am)
Dr. Rochelle Ruthchild, a scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center and at Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, led a Zoom lecture on Russian feminism pre-Bolshevik Revolution on Mar. 4.
(03/16/21 10:00am)
The recent winter storm in Texas left millions without power or water from Presidents Day weekend until the following Friday, according to NBC News. With more than 80 people dead due to hypothermia, the death count of Winter Storm Uri rivaled that of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The storm revealed major problems in Texas’ energy supply and emergency preparedness.
(03/17/21 1:46am)
At 108 years old, Carl Shapiro H’03 passed away on March 7. Serving various roles at Brandeis, including benefactor, member of the Board of Trustees and recipient of an honorary degree, Shapiro contributed to the University for over 70 years. “We are grateful for and inspired by the legacy Mr. Shapiro and his family have built here at Brandeis,” President Ron Liebowitz wrote in a March 9 email to the Brandeis community.
(03/16/21 10:00am)
The Brandeis Journalism Program and Office of the President sponsored “Science in a Pandemic: A Brandeis Journalism Forum" to discuss the role journalism has had on the public’s understanding of the pandemic and overall view of public health institutions. The virtual event, which took place on March 3, was a part of “Science Journalism, the Pandemic, and Disinformation,” a new course offered by the Journalism Program.
(03/16/21 10:00am)
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
(03/16/21 10:00am)
The Brandeis Interdepartmental Program in Italian Studies hosted a talk featuring Shaul Bassi, a professor of English Literature at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy, to virtually present his work about the Jewish Venician Ghetto on Mar. 3. Brandeis Prof. Paola Servino (ITAL) and Prof. Ramie Targoff (ENG) introduced Bassi and his influential work for Italian Jewry.
(03/16/21 10:00am)
(03/02/21 11:00am)
The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies hosted a Zoom conversation on Feb. 28 with Israeli judo world champion Sagi Muki. With Keren Schneidinger ’22 moderating the event, Muki talked about his career as a judo player, or judoka, with particular emphasis on how his experiences shaped his commitment toward using sports to promote empathy between countries with fractious relationships.
(03/02/21 11:00am)
Virtual Commencement
(03/02/21 11:00am)
Simon Maxwell, a renowned international development economist, spoke to the Brandeis community about climate change and development on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at a virtual event titled “Next Steps in Climate Compatible Development.” This discussion was hosted by the Center for Global Development and Sustainability at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management.
(03/02/21 11:00am)
No clubs were chartered, de-chartered or recognized at the Feb. 28 Student Union Senate meeting. Vice President Krupa Sourirajan ’23 was unable to attend, so Executive Sen. Joseph Coles ’22 ran the meeting.
(03/02/21 11:00am)
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
(03/02/21 11:00am)
