Provost Steve Goldstein '78 announced in an email to faculty, students and staff that a steering committee has been formed to begin the strategic planning process that University President Frederick Lawrence initiated earlier this year. Goldstein will serve as the chair of the committee.
Dean of the Brandeis International Business School Bruce Magid plans to accompany a delegation led by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on a trade mission to Brazil later this year. It is the second time this year that Magid has been invited by Patrick to join a venture overseas.
Student Union President Herbie Rosen '12 announced in an email to the student body on Friday that the Provisions On Demand Market in the Usdan Student Center would be open until 2 a.m.
The Brandeis chapter of Colleges Against Cancer received the Leader of Hope award at the American Cancer Society's New England Division Relay for Life Collegiate Leadership Summit earlier this month. The award is given to university chapters that fulfill requirements that include hosting at least six events over the course of the academic year, participating in conference calls, submitting content to the American Cancer Society website and filling out a year-end report.
Senator for the Class of 2014 Senator Ricky Rosen is working with Dining Services on potential changes at the Provisions on Demand Market in the Usdan Student Center. Rosen has been in communication with Aramark employees, including Director of Dining Services Aaron Bennos, to discuss potential improvements that could both raise student satisfaction with the food on campus and provide healthier and more convenient dining options for students.
Matt Gabrenya '13 was arrested early last Tuesday morning for his role in last week's Occupy Boston protests.
Representatives from the organization Invisible Children, which uses documentary film and other forms of outreach to combat violence and the use of child soldiers in central Africa, brought their latest documentary, "Tony," and a speaker from Uganda to a full auditorium in the Mandel Center for the Humanities building last night. The official sponsors of the event were the International Club and the Brandeis African Students Organization, while the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity also unofficially sponsored the visit. Invisible Children is a movement and organization whose goal is to end the terrorism by the guerilla Lord's Resistance Army and its leader Joseph Kony, according to the organization's website. The LRA has been waging war on the government of Uganda for 23 years and also operates in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. "Invisible Children is an excellent organization that's working for a cause that isn't well known by a lot of people," said Phi Psi philanthropy Co-chair Adam Krebs '14 in an interview with the Justice.
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