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Joining the rest of the campus community and beginning their Brandeis journeys, midyear members of the class of 2023 will move onto campus on Jan. 10. But with the number of midyears this year, the question has turned to where incoming students will live this spring.
Academic Services held meet and greets for three finalists in the University’s search for a new director of Student Accessibility Support. The first meeting was with Christopher “Chip” Kennedy on Nov. 26, the second was with Andrea Vassar on Dec. 4 and the third was with Catherine Dugan on Dec. 9.
Brandeis recently announced it surpassed its goal of 1,948 donors on Giving Tuesday this past Dec. 3, according to the University’s website. Additionally, donations nearly doubled from last year's contribution total reported on the University’s Giving Tuesday page.
Three candidates will be running in the Student Union’s special election for racial minority senator, which will be held today.
University President Ron Liebowitz sent an email to the Brandeis community last Monday announcing the creation of the President’s Task Force on Campus Sustainability.
The Brandeis Labor Coalition delivered a petition to the Office of the President on Nov. 22 demanding language that guarantees worker retention in the University’s Request for Proposals for a new dining vendor.
Biology Department chair and Prof. Piali Sengupta (BIOL) was one of 443 recently elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2019.
There are constant reminders of an upcoming election: passing conversations, news headlines and social media posts. Voters discuss a blond, conservative incumbent, an elderly democratic socialist and a fresh face in the Liberal Democrats. But these conversations are not about the U.S. presidential election next year.
The Senate met for its last meeting of the semester on Sunday, where it elected members to various positions and discussed updating the attendance policy.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
A 62-year-old man from Newton has been charged with impersonating a Waltham police officer, according to a Nov. 18 Waltham Wicked Local article.
’Deis IMPACT!, the University’s annual celebration of social justice and activism, will take place later than usual next semester to allow the Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion to hire a program administrator to manage its educational programs.
Club Support Committee Chair Joseph Coles ’22 is working on an expansion of the club consultant bylaw which would mandate all chartered clubs to have faculty or staff consultants.
After several Deroy Hall residents noticed a disproportionate number of students who lived in the building sick with sinus infections, they notified the Department of Community Living to take care of what appeared to be a mold issue in the residence hall. Although DCL did not find any mold in Deroy, many residents were unhappy with DCL’s response to the issue.
The eduroam WiFi network has been fixed after there were a number of connectivity issues across the Brandeis campus, which began on Nov. 12 and continued through Nov. 19, according to the Brandeis Status website.
Student Union Secretary Taylor Fu ’21 and Class of 2022 Senator Joseph Coles sent an email to the Brandeis community on Nov. 19 apologizing on behalf of the Union for its failure to fill the open racial minority senator seat.
One of the finalists for the role of Waltham superintendent of schools has unexpectedly withdrawn, according to a Nov. 22 Waltham Patch article.
Barbara Mandel P’73, H’19, one of the University’s most generous benefactors and a Board of Trustees vice-chair, has died.
Medical Emergency
Artist and immigrant rights activist Michelle Angela Ortiz spoke to the Brandeis community on Nov. 19 about her “Familias Separadas” project, a series of public art installations highlighting the plight of families affected by detention and deportation in the United States.