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The Community Engagement Working Group of the President’s Task Force on Campus Sustainability hosted a community forum about climate change last Monday with the goal of garnering the recommendations and opinions of both students and faculty on sustainability at Brandeis, and providing context of the University’s current situation.
Brandeis Climate Justice participated in a Fossil Fuel Divestment Day rally in tandem with over 50 universities across the U.S. on Feb. 13. Both students and faculty spoke at the event, demanding that the University immediately divest from direct holdings in the fossil fuel industry and withdraw all indirect investments by 2022, according to a BCJ press release.
The Brandeis Board of Trustees has approved the Framework for the Future, University President Ron Liebowitz announced in an email to the community on Feb. 18, cementing the plan’s “strategic vision for Brandeis” with changes to residence hall communities, building renovations and academic programs.
Provost Lisa Lynch announced new travel restrictions regarding Italy, Iran and South Korea and their corresponding travel advisory levels in two updates sent to the Brandeis community this past week. A follow up email from the Brandeis Health Center also announced a website that deals with the University’s response to the new coronavirus.
The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies hosted a screening of “Next Year in Argentina,” a film about Argentina’s Jewish diaspora, on Feb. 12. Dalia Wassner, the director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute project on Latin American Jewish and Gender Studies, led a panel following the film with Raanan Rein, the vice president of Tel Aviv University, Tali Flomenhoft, the associate director of Parent and Family Giving at Brandeis and Adrian Krupnik, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Tel Aviv.
Brandeis University joins over 40 other schools, universities and institutions in “Stop the Bleed,” a blood loss prevention program, by installing bleeding kits around campus and adding preventative training to CPR classes in an initiative led by Brandeis Emergency Medical Corps.
Laurel Nakadate gave an artist talk at the Goldman-Schwartz Art Studio on Feb. 3. The standing-room-only presentation included overviews of Nakadate’s various projects and artistic endeavors, as well as a brief Q&A.
Dr. Adrienne Keene, an assistant professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University, discussed her research regarding native college students’ involvement in protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline on Friday.
The University established an international composition award in honor of musician and composer Henri Lazarof M.A. ’59 in January. The Henri Lazarof Living Legacy includes the composition award, several concert series and an archival exhibit in the Goldfarb Library.
In a joint effort to reduce single-use plastic on campus, the Office of Sustainability and Sodexo announced that following February break, single-use straws will only be given out by request, according to the Office of Sustainability’s website.
The races for Community Senator and International Senator will be decided in a special election that will take place on Thursday. The Justice attended the “Meet the Candidates” event on Monday and interviewed prospective senators about their goals if elected.
In an email to the Brandeis community on Sunday, Provost Lisa Lynch updated community members as to how Brandeis is responding to the Coronavirus outbreak. Lynch stated that the updates have resulted in Brandeis “restricting all Brandeis students, faculty, and staff from traveling to China on official University business, effective immediately.” Lynch also said that the University will continue to monitor statements from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “with the intention of removing restrictions as soon as it is deemed safe to do so.”
Medical Emergency
At the Senate’s weekly meeting on Sunday, Union President Simran Tatuskar ’21 presented a series of ongoing Executive Board projects, but was met with backlash from senators who were engaged in similar projects and accused her of poor communication.
The Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance and the Women of Color Alliance co-hosted a discussion titled “The Power of Protest: Protesting at Brandeis University” at the Shapiro Campus Center on Monday.
Former president of Tufts University John DiBiaggio has died, according to a Feb. 8 Boston Globe article.
An accident during repairs to a broken water main by Pearlman Hall on Jan. 28 damaged a nearby control valve and caused water to leak onto the surrounding sidewalk, Vice President of Campus Operations Lois Stanley told the Justice in an email on Wednesday.
The Student Union announced the results of the 2020 winter elections on Friday. The student body elected six new senators, along with five new members of the Allocations Board and one new member of the Judiciary, per an email to the community from Union Secretary Taylor Fu ’21.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
Union Chief of Staff and Union Representative for the Community Emergency and Enhancement Fund Zac Wilkes ’20 discussed upcoming goals for CEEF and a new student newsletter project at Sunday’s Senate meeting. The Union then voted on a new Amendment to Article V of the Student Union bylaws defining quorum, and Class of 2022 Senator Joseph Coles proposed changes to Student Union Club bylaws.