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Byline: Emily Blumenthal The Student Union's spring elections will be postponed until the Fall 2020 semester, according to an April 23 email to the community from Union President Simran Tatuskar [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal In the Senate's first meeting since the University's response to the COVID-19 outbreak, senators discussed the Union's response to 'uncertainty' surrounding communications from the administration and how [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal The Senate discussed a popular petition concerning the continuation of in-person classes if the coronavirus were to come to campus, passing several amendments and Senate Money Resolutions [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Sodexo, the University's current dining services partner, aims to 'continue the momentum' of its work at the University, while reinventing itself with more diverse menus if awarded [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Chartwells, a New England-based independent subsidiary of Compass Group, presented its plan for the University's Request for Proposals for the new dining contract during an open forum [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Senate Facilities and Housing Committee Chair Trevor Filseth '20 reported at the Feb. 9 Senate meeting that a ceiling had collapsed in East Quad, based on information [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal 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 [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal 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 [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal 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 [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal The water main serving the Usdan Student Center, Pearlman and Goldfarb and Farber Libraries broke on the morning of Jan. 27, damaging the surrounding sidewalk but leaving [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal The Senate met Sunday for its weekly meeting, where senators discussed a potential reinstatement of funding for registered parties and had a heated discussion about a Senate [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Troia Reyes-Stone '17 is one of this year's recipients of the prestigious Marshall Scholarship, per a Dec. 9 BrandeisNOW article. She will pursue a master's degree at [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal The Senate met on Sunday for its first meeting of the semester, where senators discussed a new attendance policy, and Class of 2021 Senator Jake Rong stepped [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal The Brandeis Labor Coalition delivered a petition to the Office of the President on Nov. 22 demanding language that guarantees worker retention in the University's Request for [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal 'Deis IMPACT!, the University's annual celebration of social justice and activism, will take place later than usual next semester to allow the Office of Diversity, Equity, & [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Student Union Director of Outreach Kendal Chapman '22 won the special election for Union vice president with 120 votes, Union Secretary Taylor Fu wrote in an email [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal At its weekly meeting on Sunday, the Senate swore in newly-elected Student Union Vice President Kendal Chapman '22 and discussed controversy surrounding the special election of the [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Union Director of Outreach Kendal Chapman '22 is the sole candidate running for Student Union vice president in the upcoming special election. She said in an interview [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal The University is in the beginning stages of developing its Request for Proposals for a new food services vendor and is seeking community feedback about its dining [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Waltham Group will not run shuttles to Logan International Airport this Thanksgiving, as they have in previous years, due to short staffing, and past traffic and weather-related [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal The Student Union and rideshare giant Lyft are partnering to subsidize late-night rides this week for students as part of a plan to educate on safe rideshare [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal After a contentious hearing last Tuesday night, the Union Judiciary ruled against Student Union President Simran Tatuskar '21, finding that she failed to communicate effectively across Union [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Student Union President Simran Tatuskar '21 is the subject of an open formal Judiciary complaint regarding the duties of the Executive Senator and alleged violations of multiple [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal The Senate met on Oct. 1 for a make-up meeting after the holiday, where they discussed new amendments to office hours and the Union Code of Conduct, [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal At its meeting on Sunday, the Senate dechartered 23 clubs that failed to complete the necessary mandatory anti-hazing forms and passed two amendments to Senate office hours [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal The Senate convened for its weekly meeting on Sunday, during which members discussed the Board of Trustees and listened to IfNotNow's presentation for probationary status. Executive Officer [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Former Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank Janet Yellen cautioned against the deregulation of governmental oversight of banks in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, as [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal The University will develop a Request for Proposals program for its dining services as Sodexo's contract with the University expires in June 2020, Executive Vice President for [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Counsel for the University and defendants University President Ron Liebowitz, Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Stew Uretsky and Interim Vice President for Human Resources Larry [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Members of the Student Union gathered for the spring semester State of the Union in the Shapiro Campus Center Multipurpose Room on May 2. In their speeches, [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal After an 18-month process, the University has been reaccredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education, per an April 29 email to the Brandeis community from [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal In honor of Israel's independence day, Brandeis Hillel hired Artists4Israel to create a graffiti cube expressing Israeli pride and highlighting the strong ties between Israel and many [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Brandeis University Sports Information Director Adam Levin '94 took second place against 'Jeopardy' phenom James Holzhauer during an appearance on the April 29 episode of the show, [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Opinion columnist for The Washington Post and Brandeis alumna Elizabeth Bruenig '13 was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing, according to an April [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III spoke to Brandeis students about the complex relationship between the United States and Israel and discussed the countries' shared governmental principles. The [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Dechartering The Hoot Executive Senator Kent Dinlenc '19 brought forward a proposal to decharter The Brandeis Hoot due to a 'Bylaws issue and an environmental issue.' In [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal The journey of the package of strawberries was long, making its way from a field to the grocery store to the wastebasket, where it was ultimately left [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Over the past year, the University's Information Technology Services has been rolling out the two-factor authentication software DUO to faculty, staff and students. Seeking to dispel misconceptions [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal The 'Brandeis in The Hague' study abroad program has been officially canceled, according to Associate Dean of Study Abroad J Scott Van Der Meid. While initially only [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal In the wake of a massacre in New Zealand, President Ron Liebowitz and Rabbi Liza Stern, Director of Spiritual and Religious Life and Jewish Chaplain, sent an [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has been implicated in a sex trafficking ring involving the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida, where he was [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Student Union Vice President Aaron Finkel '20 swore in the newly-elected Senators -- Class of 2022 Senator Nancy Zhai, Class of 2021 Senators Nakul Srinivas and Zach [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal From sexual harassment to difficulty upholding a work-life balance, female professors face many gender-specific problems in their academic careers. GirlUp Brandeis sought to call attention to these [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Presidential Task Force Assistant Dean of Students Stephanie Grimes and Director of Academic Fellowships Meredith Monahan came to the March 4 Senate meeting to discuss University President [...]

Byline: Emily BlumenthalVice President Aaron Finkel '20 began this week's meeting by swearing in Class of 2020 Senator Trevor Filseth and Racial Minority Senator Denezia Fahie '22.Running Club PresentationLydia Sawyer [...]

Byline: Emily BlumenthalSince Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, millions have carried on his legacy through service and activism, as well as through Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday [...]

Byline: Emily BlumenthalIn its first meeting of the semester, the Senate debated whether to comment publicly on proposed federal changes to Title IX and discussed potential changes to Senate committees.Sagie [...]

Byline: Emily BlumenthalExecutive Vice President for Communications and External Relations Ira Jackson has left the University, according to a Dec. 20 email that University President Ron Liebowitz sent to the [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal The Student Union hosted its annual State of the Union address on April 24, in which Union leaders spoke to the student body about the organization's accomplishments [...]

Byline: Emily Blumenthal Women have historically been under-represented in all levels of the U.S. government, and even with decades of advances for women in the workplace, this still holds true. [...]