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Tate Herbert


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Endowment slips in fiscal 2012

Brandeis' roughly $700 million endowment took a negative dip in the last fiscal year, after several years of rebuilding from losses sustained in the 2008 recession.


Professors discuss strategic plan

Thursday's faculty meeting began with a moment of silence and concluded with a heated discussion on the role of graduate programs in the forthcoming strategic plan. After a tribute to and moment of silence for Prof.


University taking bids for dining

Big changes to dining services may be on the horizon as University administrators analyze the results of the most recent dining survey and consider updates and adaptations to be made over the course of the next few years.


Drolette steps down as CFO

At the end of this calendar year, Frances Drolette will leave her position as senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer, announced Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Steven Manos last Tuesday.


Groups collaborate in hurricane relief efforts

In light of the destruction left by Hurricane Sandy along the East Coast two weeks ago, several groups across campus have combined resources in a concerted fundraising and relief effort, led by Director of Student Activities Stephanie Grimes.


Obama reelected

Shortly after 11 p.m. last night, the anxious and excited chatter of Brandeis students gathered in the Shapiro Campus Center atrium turned into whoops of joy (with a few groans of defeat) as the giant screen showing NBC's coverage of the presidential election projected President Barack Obama as the winner.


Storm's effects felt by students

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the so-called "Frankenstorm" that hit the East Coast last Monday, Brandeis students from the hardest-hit areas have been doing their best to stay in contact with relatives and cope with the destruction in their hometowns. According to Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel, 969 Brandeis undergraduates, or about 27 percent of the undergraduate student population, are from New York and New Jersey, the heavily populated region where Sandy first made landfall. Kristin Li '15 is from Staten Island, a borough of New York City that is being called the "epicenter" of Sandy's destruction by local and national news outlets. Her family's house is on high ground, so it wasn't hit as hard as other areas on the island, and she was able to get in touch with her parents fairly quickly after the storm passed, said Li in an interview with the Justice.


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