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(05/10/20 6:58pm)
Wrapping up a year of innovative projects and unprecedented challenges, the Student Union delivered its annual State of the Union address virtually in a collection of videos and transcripts emailed to the Brandeis community on Monday. Members of the Union Executive Board and heads of the Union’s five branches shared their accomplishments, how they responded to the COVID-19 crisis and their plans for the future.
(05/07/20 3:02pm)
Student organizers from the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, the Jewish Feminist Association of Brandeis, the Gender and Sexuality Center, the Prevention, Advocacy & Resource Center and Students Talking About Relationships sponsored the annual Take Back the Night event April 23. The event, which usually occurs towards the end of April, explained organizer Becky Schwartz ’20, took place online after the campus shut down in early March. Initially a way to raise awareness about the dangers women face when walking alone at night, the event “has evolved into a transnational movement … to raise awareness for commonplace campus sexual violence,” co-organizer Alison Hagani ’22 explained in an April 27 email to the Justice.
(04/30/20 10:20pm)
What started off as the parents of Brandeis students talking in a group chat eventually turned into a donation of 30,000 one-time use surgical masks to Massachusetts General Hospital and 4,500 one-time use surgical masks to Newton-Wellesley Hospital. With worry surrounding mask shortages spreading across the United States, parents decided to do their part in helping the University and its surrounding community.
(04/11/20 7:17pm)
University Provost Lisa Lynch will remain in her position through December to help guide the University through the COVID-19 pandemic, delaying her planned transition to teaching at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management.
(04/05/20 1:34pm)
Given the financial uncertainty institutions are facing as a result of the coronavirus, the University is taking specific steps to respond to the emerging economic situation, according to a March 30 address from University President Ron Liebowitz.
(03/17/20 1:34pm)
DEMOCRACY IN THE US: State and local government members gathered in Rapaporte Treasure Hall on Monday, March 9, to discuss democracy and voter engagement in the American democratic process.
(03/17/20 1:36pm)
RAPIDLY CHANGING SITUATION: University President Ron Leibowitz, whose office is housed in Bernstein Marcus, sent updates to the Brandeis community as the COVID-19 threat expanded.
(03/17/20 10:00am)
In response to concerns about the spread of COVID-19, the University has moved its classes online and required that students who live on campus leave by Wednesday, instead of the previous date of March 25, University President Ron Liebowitz announced in an email on Monday.
(03/17/20 10:00am)
The International Center of Ethics, Justice and Public Life hosted a panel, “Voting and Democracy in 2020 and Beyond,” on Monday, March 9 in Rapaporte Treasure Hall. The panelists were Boston city councilor Lydia Edwards, Massachusetts State Sen. Becca Rausch ’01 and Ethics Center Board chair John Shattuck. Scheduled panelist and mayor of Framingham Yvonne Spicer was unable to attend due to complications relating to COVID-19. Former Rep. Jay Kaufman ’68, MA ’73 (D-MA) moderated the event.
(03/17/20 10:00am)
For the past 72 years, Time Magazine has named a “Man of the Year.” Beginning in 1999, women were allowed to hold this title when Time broadened its parameters to “Person of the Year.” However, women were still largely unrepresented in these issues — only 11 women were featured, and three women were named Woman of the Year prior to the 1999 change.
(03/17/20 10:00am)
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
(03/17/20 10:00am)
In the Senate’s first meeting since the University’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak, senators discussed the Union’s response to “uncertainty” surrounding communications from the administration and how they could help students who will remain on campus.
(03/17/20 10:00am)
Several local St. Patrick’s Day parades have been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns, including parades in South Boston, Worcester, Holyoke and on Scituate St. and Newport St., according to a March 12 Wicked Local Waltham article.
(03/10/20 10:00am)
North Quad Area Coordinator Josh Adlerman left his position on Friday “to pursue another opportunity in [his] home state of New Jersey,” according to a Feb. 28 email to North Quad residents.
(03/10/20 10:00am)
Prof. Bernadette Brooten (NEJS) joined more than 150 other academics in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to sign a letter opposing the use of facial recognition on college campuses. The letter, published on Feb. 28, was written in conjunction with Fight for the Future. The letter states that “the constant surveillance of facial recognition threatens our human rights and privacy” and that “facial recognition is invasive, enabling anyone with access to the system to watch students’ movements, try to analyze facial expressions, monitor who they talk to, what they do outside of class and every move they make.” Fight for the Future is a group that aims to “harness the power of the Internet to channel outrage into action, defending our most basic rights in the digital age,” according to their website.
(03/10/20 10:00am)
March 2 — A party in the Stoneman Infirmary and Public Safety lobby reported a twisted ankle and requested assistance transport. University police transported the party to the Urgent Care facility for further care.
(03/10/20 10:00am)
The Senate discussed a popular petition concerning the continuation of in-person classes if the coronavirus were to come to campus, passing several amendments and Senate Money Resolutions during its weekly meeting on Sunday.
(03/10/20 10:00am)
As part of its annual lecture series, the African Diaspora Cluster organized the Inaugural M. Jacqui Alexander Lecture in African Diaspora Studies on Thursday. Prof. Faith Smith (AAAS, ENG) held a talk titled, “After the Dance: Performing Sovereignty in the Caribbean,” which is drawn from her upcoming book, “Strolling in the Ruins: The Caribbean’s Non-Sovereign Modern in the Early 20th Century.”
(03/10/20 10:00am)
Boston’s first recreational marijuana store is set to open Monday, March 9, according to a March 6 Boston.com article.
(03/10/20 10:00am)
Chartwells, a New England-based independent subsidiary of Compass Group, presented its plan for the University’s Request for Proposals for the new dining contract during an open forum on Thursday in Sherman Function Hall, which emphasized the integration of technology into dining services.
