Profs. Timothy Hickey '77 (COSI), Irina Dubinina (GRALL), Christine Thomas (CHEM) and Wendy Cadge (SOC) received four different awards for teaching and mentoring, which were presented at last Thursday's faculty meeting. Dubinina received the Louis Dembitz Brandeis Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
According to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Brandeis is one of the worst universities in terms of promoting free speech, a finding that was published in the Huffington Post last week. The Huffington Post list, compiled by Greg Lukianoff, the president of FIRE, explains that Brandeis is on the list because of an incident involving Prof.
According to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Brandeis is one of the worst universities in terms of promoting free speech, a finding that was published in the Huffington Post last week. The Huffington Post list, compiled by Greg Lukianoff, the president of FIRE, explains that Brandeis is on the list because of an incident involving Prof.
According to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Brandeis is one of the worst universities in terms of promoting free speech, a finding that was published in the Huffington Post last week. The Huffington Post list, compiled by Greg Lukianoff, the president of FIRE, explains that Brandeis is on the list because of an incident involving Prof.
According to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Brandeis is one of the worst universities in terms of promoting free speech, a finding that was published in the Huffington Post last week. The Huffington Post list, compiled by Greg Lukianoff, the president of FIRE, explains that Brandeis is on the list because of an incident involving Prof.
Profs. Anita Hill (Heller) and Bernadette Brooten (NEJS) hosted a conference yesterday to explore the issue of sexual assault of African-American women, which featured panel discussions with several outside professors who research various aspects of sexual violence and race. The conference, which was an all-day affair that took place in the Levin Ballroom, was designed to foster discussion about the "multi-layered legal, religious and cultural histories which have created myths and stereotypes that add up to a 'script' that determines who will be readily believed as a victim, who will be doubted and what impact that has on who reports rape and who does not," according to BrandeisNOW. It included two panels and a short play. Hill opened the conference by saying that its goal was to "expose slavery's enduring legacy and give definition to the terms 'justice' and 'fairness' in the lives of African-American women who are victims of sexual assault." Hill also explained that an enhanced understanding of sexual assault could ultimately produce better enforcement of equal protection laws. "Courtroom dramas, ... as evidenced by plays like 12 Angry Men and television shows like Law and Order, resonate with the public and can effectively communicate nuanced legal and moral issues to a broader audience," she explained.
The student-faculty ratio rose from 9-to-1 to 10-to-1 for fall 2011 from the previous year, according to data provided to the Justice by the University Registrar. While this increase is not drastic, both Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel and Dean of Arts and Sciences Susan Birren have acknowledged the potential impact the increased size of the student body will have both on class sizes and the student-faculty ratio and are planning on taking measures to ensure close student-faculty interaction. The issue of an increase in the potentially enlarged student-faculty ratio stems from the University's decision in 2009 to increase the incoming first-year class in order to raise revenues, an increase that has been most noticeable with this year's first-year class. According to the 2011-2012 Common Data Set, the Class of 2015 consists of approximately 858 students.
The Office of Development and Alumni Relations recently announced the launch of its new program, Brandeisians of the Last Decade, a series of initiatives designed to engage alumni who have graduated since 2002.
Director of Public Safety Edward Callahan and the Escort Management team have collaborated with Student Union President Herbie Rosen '12 and three other members of the Student Union to implement a trial run of a shuttle bus running from campus to the Riverside MBTA Station for the next two weekends, according to a press release from the Head Coordinator of Operations for the Escort Safety Service Shirel Guez '12. The Riverside Station provides public transportation to multiple destinations on the Green Line in Boston, including Government Center, Copley Station and Fenway Park. According to Guez's press release, "the Department of Public Safety will be providing and covering the cost for a shuttle bus that seats 39 passengers." The press release further states that the shuttle will be conducting its test run on Saturday, Nov.
The University has begun to search in earnest for a new director of the Rose Art Museum following a settlement of the Rose lawsuit this summer, Director of the Office of the Arts Scott Edmiston announced at the faculty meeting last Thursday. The Rose has not had an official director since 2009, when the University did not renew former Director Michael Rush's contract.
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