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Tellus Institute publishes report on executive pay

by Allyson Cartter | 10/04/2011

Brandeis has ranked seventh out of 20 private universities in average disclosed compensation of its top eight employees in 2008 and fifth in combined compensation of its four highest-paid employees reported in 2008, according to a recent report from the Tellus Institute, a Boston-based nonprofit research organization. The report examines the pay packages received by upper-level college executives at the wealthiest 20 private universities in Massachusetts, revealing information about income differences between top officials, lower-level employees and third-party corporate compensation within these schools. It lists former University President Jehuda Reinharz as Brandeis' highest compensated employee in 2008 with a compensation of $830,643. The Tellus Institute and its Center for Social Philanthropy compiled the report, titled "Academic Excess: Executive Compensation at Leading Private Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts." According to its website, the Institute "works to advance a global civilization of sustainability, equity and well-being through research, education, and action." Because the Institute did not have access to universities' most recent tax forms, the report draws from the schools' 2009 federal tax filings, according to Joshua Humphreys, senior associate at the Tellus Institute and founding director of the Center for Social Philanthropy, in an interview with the Justice.

Lawrence and Reichman discuss higher education

by Allyson Cartter | 09/27/2011

Last Thursday, University President Frederick Lawrence and President of the Interdisciplinary Center in Israel Uriel Reichman answered questions from Brandeis and IDC students concerning higher education, student life on campus and approaching cultural differences in an academic setting. The event, titled "Interview with the Presidents," was held in the Multipurpose Room in the Shapiro Campus Center and was broadcasted live on the WBRS radio station and on its website.

Prof discusses faith and feminism

by Allyson Cartter | 09/20/2011

The International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life and the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Project on Gender, Culture, Religion and Law co-sponsored "Jewish and Muslim Women Reclaim their Rights," an event exploring the role of faith in religious feminists' quest for gender equality, in the Women's Studies Research Center last Thursday. The event featured Dr. Jan Feldman, associate professor of political science at the University of Vermont, and Dr. Zainab Alwani, assistant professor of Islamic studies at the Howard University School of Divinity. At the event, Feldman discussed the main arguments of her book?Citizenship, Faith and Feminism: Jewish and Muslim Women Reclaim their Rights, published by Brandeis University Press?and read selected excerpts.

State of the Union details plans

by Allyson Cartter | 05/03/2011

Former Student Union President Daniel Acheampong '11 announced details about Brandeis' new financial aid policy, arrangements for a student representative on the Governance Committee of the Board of Trustees next fall and plans for the Social Life Committee in the semiannual State of the Union Address last Thursday in Rapaporte Treasure Hall.Acheampong spoke about students' involvement in the University's administrative decision-making process.

Israeli Knesset members speak at town hall-style meeting

by Allyson Cartter | 04/05/2011

Six members from three opposing parties of the Israeli Knesset spoke yesterday evening at a town hall meeting in the Levin Ballroom about Israel's relationship with the American Jewish community and Israel's role in the world and in global politics as part of the inaugural Ruderman Fellows Program.The six members in attendance represented three of the parties of which the Knesset, the legislative branch of the Israeli government, is comprised.

Prof receives academy honor

by Allyson Cartter | 04/05/2011

Professor Emeritus Martin Boykan (MUS) will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters at its annual awards and inductions ceremony in mid-May, according to a press release from the Academy.

Farm share program offered to community

by Allyson Cartter | 03/29/2011

The Brandeis Campus Sustainability Initiative will host a 20-week summer and 8-week fall Community Supported Agriculture farm share program in collaboration with Warner Farm from June to October for Brandeis students, faculty and staff, according to Sustainability Coordinator Janna Cohen-Rosenthal '03.

Sprout Grants to finance research

by Allyson Cartter | 03/29/2011

The Brandeis University Virtual Incubator program will award up to $50,000 to approximately four recipients-depending on the individual finances of each project-to fund science and technology research as part of the Sprout Grants entrepreneurial seed-fund program, according to Associate Provost for Innovation and Executive Director for the Office of Technology Licensing Irene Abrams.The grants are intended to "support faculty and students who want to take their research or discoveries to the next level for possible collaboration with industry," Provost Marty Krauss wrote in an e-mail to the Justice, and are available to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, postdoctoral fellows and staff.

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