Brandeis University Newshttp://www.brandeis.edu/nowNews from Brandeis University's Office of Communicationsen-usSat, 25 May 2013 04:01:13 -0400Sat, 25 May 2013 04:01:13 -0400Hannon Hill Cascade Servernews@brandeis.edu (Office of Communications)wmd@brandeis.edu (Web + Middleware Development) Erica Rabner's performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner"http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/rabner.htmlErica Rabner '13 gave a powerful performance of the national anthem for fellow graduates of the Brandeis Class of 2013, families and friends in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center.news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Thu, 23 May 2013 09:36:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/rabner.htmlBergstresser, Nierenberg win business school teaching awardshttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/teachingawards.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Wed, 22 May 2013 15:14:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/teachingawards.htmlProfessor Harold Shapero, an inspiring teacher, composerhttp://www.metrowestdailynews.com/top_stories/x83396429/Naticks-Harold-Shapero-an-inspiring-teacher-composernews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Wed, 22 May 2013 10:44:00 -0400http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/top_stories/x83396429/Naticks-Harold-Shapero-an-inspiring-teacher-composerJewish women 'leaning in' at Brandeis Shabbat serviceshttp://lilith.org/articles/susan-weidman-schneider-on-why-women-are-so-powerful-in-jewish-campus-life-now/news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Tue, 21 May 2013 14:41:00 -0400http://lilith.org/articles/susan-weidman-schneider-on-why-women-are-so-powerful-in-jewish-campus-life-now/Harold Shapero, American neo-classical composer, dies at 93http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/arts/music/harold-shapero-93-american-neo-classical-composer-dies.html?_r=0news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Tue, 21 May 2013 13:20:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/arts/music/harold-shapero-93-american-neo-classical-composer-dies.html?_r=0The first American anti-Nazi film, rediscoveredhttp://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/05/the-first-american-anti-nazi-film-rediscovered.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Tue, 21 May 2013 10:58:00 -0400http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/05/the-first-american-anti-nazi-film-rediscovered.htmlWieseltier reminds humanities grads of their valuehttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/humanities.htmlLeon Wieseltier, the literary editor of The New Republic, started commencement ceremonies off eloquently with a heartfelt defense of the humanities and an encouragement to humanities graduates to resist the forces of technologic gimmickry and scientism.news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Sun, 19 May 2013 16:02:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/humanities.htmlHeller School grads celebrate diversity, altruismhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/heller.htmlThey came to The Heller School of Social Policy and Management from across the globe – from Ghana to Indonesia, from Israel to Jamaica – to learn how to make their communities healthier, stronger and more just. At the Spingold Theater on Sunday, The Heller School celebrated the Class of 2013’s commitment to social justice and civic engagement. news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Sun, 19 May 2013 13:33:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/heller.html'Run to do good...Get your hands dirty'http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/ceremony.htmlInspirational speeches, heartfelt thanks and an abundance of joy marked Brandeis University’s 62nd commencement, as more than 7,000 students, faculty, families and friends celebrated the awarding of 850 bachelor’s degrees, 803 master’s degrees and 93 doctorates in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center. In his commencement address, Dr. Rick Hodes, who has devoted his life to helping severely afflicted children in Africa, urged graduates to “run to do good” and “get your hands dirty.” In addition to Hodes, honorary degrees were awarded to Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York; painter, sculptor and printmaker Ellsworth Kelly; Chaim Peri, director emeritus of Yemin Order Wingate Youth Village in Israel; visionary community leader and co-founder of Operation P.E.A.C.E. (Partnerships in Education and Community Enrichment) Elaine Schuster and Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic.news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Sun, 19 May 2013 13:31:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/ceremony.htmlPresident Fred Lawrence's commencement addresshttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/lawrence.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Sun, 19 May 2013 11:09:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/lawrence.htmlText of Ellyn Getz's student addresshttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/getz.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Sun, 19 May 2013 03:48:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/getz.htmlGrads, families look at Brandeis and the road aheadhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/families.htmlAs students raced up and down South Street to commencement ceremonies – clutching coffee and pizza or each other, accepting flowers, adjusting their caps – the road that follows graduation was on their, and their families’, minds.news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Sun, 19 May 2013 01:48:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/families.htmlDr. Rick Hodes' commencement addresshttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/hodes.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Sun, 19 May 2013 01:46:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/hodes.htmlRemembering Emeritus Professor of Music, Harold Shaperohttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/shapero.htmlClassical music composer, pianist and longtime professor of music at Brandeis University, Harold Shapero, died in his sleep on May 17, following complications from pneumonia. He was 93.

news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Sat, 18 May 2013 17:11:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/shapero.htmlAngela Gutchess wins Wellington Lotteryhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/gutchess.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Fri, 17 May 2013 15:01:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/gutchess.htmlSoccer star to march Sunday, return in the fallhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/ocel.htmlSam Ocel was the 2012 University Athletic Association Men’s Soccer Player of the Year and Brandeis' top male athlete. He'll march in the academic procession with his classmates Sunday, then return for one more season.news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Thu, 16 May 2013 15:50:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/ocel.htmlHusbands a bigger source of stress than kids for nearly half of momshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/15/marriage-stress-husbands-kids_n_3274978.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Wed, 15 May 2013 16:32:00 -0400http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/15/marriage-stress-husbands-kids_n_3274978.htmlHarald Helfgott ’98 solves 'Odd' Goldbach Conjecturehttp://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/2013/05/15/goldbach-variations/news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Wed, 15 May 2013 09:52:00 -0400http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/2013/05/15/goldbach-variations/Eileen H. Hong '13: How K-pop can make it in UShttps://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2013/05/162_135691.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Tue, 14 May 2013 13:40:00 -0400https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2013/05/162_135691.htmlDrug monitoring program chief says Medicare puts patients at riskhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/dangers-found-in-lack-of-safety-oversight-for-medicare-drug-benefit/2013/05/11/067a10ae-b8ec-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Tue, 14 May 2013 13:10:00 -0400http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/dangers-found-in-lack-of-safety-oversight-for-medicare-drug-benefit/2013/05/11/067a10ae-b8ec-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.htmlRivo comments on Marzynski's 'Never Forget to Lie'http://www.jta.org/2013/03/07/arts-entertainment/acclaimed-filmmaker-turns-camera-on-his-own-holocaust-experience-for-frontlinenews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Tue, 14 May 2013 13:01:00 -0400http://www.jta.org/2013/03/07/arts-entertainment/acclaimed-filmmaker-turns-camera-on-his-own-holocaust-experience-for-frontlineAll in the Family: Getz parents and children feel that campus is their second homehttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/getzes.htmlKen ’84 and Debra Hassenfeld Getz ’85 met at Brandeis and brought their young children to campus so frequently it felt like home. This Sunday, daughter Ellyn will deliver the student commencement address. Her brother David is a member of the Class of '15. news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Tue, 14 May 2013 10:06:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/getzes.htmlMemory of Abraham Maslow faded, not forgottenhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/maslow.htmlWalk into his former office in the Brown Center for Social Sciences and you’ll find nothing of Abraham Maslow. There is no plaque, no picture, not even a doorstop marking the place where one of the world’s most influential psychologists did his most important work. But some say it's not too late to honor the man and his contributions.news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Tue, 14 May 2013 09:51:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/maslow.htmlEvents, speakers will mark 62nd commencementhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencementpreview.htmlA weekend of celebrations will mark the university's 62nd commencement. The main ceremony will be held on May 19 in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center. More than 850 undergraduate degrees, as well as more than 900 graduate degrees and certificates, will be awarded.news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Mon, 13 May 2013 11:46:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencementpreview.htmlTwo from women's tennis team are NCAA-boundhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/tennis.htmlSenior Faith Broderick and sophomore Carley Cooke of the 24th-ranked Brandeis University women’s tennis team, have been selected to represent the Judges at the 2013 NCAA Division III Doubles Championships, which will be held May 23 to 25 in Kalamazoo, Mich.news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Fri, 10 May 2013 14:29:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/tennis.htmlRight-wing radicalism conference leads to a bookhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/rightwing.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Thu, 09 May 2013 09:14:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/rightwing.htmlMedicine Wheel Productions to honor Cohenhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/cohen.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Thu, 09 May 2013 09:00:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/cohen.htmlSchuster Institute fellow launches new book on 'The Business of Baby'http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/margulis.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Wed, 08 May 2013 16:30:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/margulis.htmlCommunity members' art enlivens the campus http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/artinstallations.htmlFrom the Great Lawn to Farber Library, from wide-open spaces to nooks and crannies in the trees, works of art dot the campus as a result of the annual Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts, adding to the environment of creativity, community and celebration.news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Wed, 08 May 2013 15:27:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/artinstallations.htmlMarc Brettler elected to American Academy for Jewish Researchhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/brettler.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Tue, 07 May 2013 13:04:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/brettler.htmlPeace Corps veterans beat path to Heller School doorhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/peacecorps.htmlBrandeis ranks fifth in the nation on the Peace Corps’ list of top Coverdell Fellows programs, though it only began participating in the fellowship two years ago. Currently, 27 returned Peace Corps volunteers are studying at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Tue, 07 May 2013 12:52:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/peacecorps.htmlSCRAM promotes student engagement with Rosehttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/scram.htmlThe group, which currently has 28 members, aims to expose students to the Rose, to provide students with opportunities for in-depth interaction with the collection and to communicate student interests and opinions about the museum. news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Tue, 07 May 2013 09:30:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/scram.htmlApply now for fall semester parking permitshttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/parkingpermits.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Mon, 06 May 2013 11:54:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/parkingpermits.htmlPhotographer donates Israel then-and-now collectionhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/tassel.htmlPhotographer Dan Tassel has been collecting and shooting photographs of the Middle East for decades, and recently donated some of what he's amassed to the Robert D. Farber Archives & Special Collections, in the hopes students can put them to use.news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Mon, 06 May 2013 03:36:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/tassel.htmlLisa Lynch: April hiring increase shows that the economy is improvinghttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june13/jobs_05-03.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Fri, 03 May 2013 16:10:00 -0400http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june13/jobs_05-03.htmlBrandeis National Committee to honor Whitfield with Sachar Awardhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/sacharaward.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Fri, 03 May 2013 14:35:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/sacharaward.htmlEthan Stein, friends win Boston student film festhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/filmaward.html'Wordsmith,' a short film Ethan Stein '15 produced with friends from high school, won at the Boston Student Film Festival. The film began as part of a still-in-progress feature that was screened in the Wasserman Cinematheque last month, and the short will go on to be screened at other festivals.news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Fri, 03 May 2013 11:55:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/filmaward.htmlJohn Nunes '13 wins State Dept. scholarship to study Russianhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/languagescholarship.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Fri, 03 May 2013 10:37:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/languagescholarship.htmlKansas State students win Generous U competitionhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/generousu.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Thu, 02 May 2013 12:02:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/generousu.htmlGraduate teaching fellows honoredhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/teachingfellows.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Thu, 02 May 2013 11:39:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/teachingfellows.htmlCynthia Cohen: First, peacehttp://www.tcg.org/publications/at/issue/featuredstory.cfm?story=6&indexID=29news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Thu, 02 May 2013 10:11:00 -0400http://www.tcg.org/publications/at/issue/featuredstory.cfm?story=6&indexID=29Festival brings crowds, smiles, songs to campushttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/festivalslideshow.htmlBrandeis celebrated four days of music, dance, theater and visual arts with its annual Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts and Springfest concert. Crowds of visitors joined the campus community in 'imagining the impossible,' this year’s theme, during the festival April 25 to 28.news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Wed, 01 May 2013 13:18:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/festivalslideshow.htmlCallahan lecturers say entitlement reform a musthttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/callahanlecture.htmlPanel members addressed the reason for the Social Security crisis, the failure of the political system to fix Medicare funding problems, and the resulting accumulation of debt with which future generations will have to deal. news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Wed, 01 May 2013 09:30:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/callahanlecture.htmlBurt discusses Lincoln on Morning Joe http://video.msnbc.msn.com/morning-joe/51715033/news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:09:00 -0400http://video.msnbc.msn.com/morning-joe/51715033/National Academy elects neuroscientist Turrigiano http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/turrigiano.htmlGina Turrigiano, a professor of biology whose pioneering research studies how neurons and circuits change during learning and development, was elected Tuesday to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the nation’s most prestigious scientific society.news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:51:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/turrigiano.htmlBook review: 'Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism'http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/30/book-review-lincolns-tragic-pragmatism/news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:53:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/30/book-review-lincolns-tragic-pragmatism/Wander with this year's Study Abroad participantshttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/wander.htmlWander: Brandeis Abroad, the magazine which chronicles in photos, poetry and prose the experiences of Brandeis students who spend a semester studying overseas, has published its fourth edition, in conjunction with the Office of Study Abroad. It is available online and in print.news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:39:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/wander.htmlStudent speakers for commencement selectedhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/studentspeakers.htmlUndergraduate Ellyn Getz and graduate student Enrique Levin have been chosen to give the student addresses at Brandeis’ 62nd commencement on Sunday, May 19. Getz is a double major in business and theater arts; Levin is receiving an MBA from the International Business School.news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:44:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/studentspeakers.htmlBrandeis-Israel research collaborations announcedhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/collaborationgrants.htmlFive faculty projects have won funding for the second year of the Bronfman Brandeis-Israel Research Collaboration, which was set up to encourage projects of scholarly merit between Brandeis faculty and faculty at Israeli universities.news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:12:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/collaborationgrants.htmlChinese, Russian language students win multilingual video contesthttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/multilingualfestival.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:52:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/multilingualfestival.htmlFive Heller students are finalists for Presidential, Fulbright and Boren fellowshipshttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/hellerfinalists.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:36:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/hellerfinalists.htmlUnconventional approach speeds Chinese fluencyhttp://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/chinese.htmlYu Feng, an associate professor of Chinese, devised a method of teaching the language that doesn’t require students to write characters at the outset, as the conventional approach demands. Feng’s method promotes speaking fluency as students learn a system of simplified Chinese characters, known as Pinyin. news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:26:00 -0400http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/chinese.htmlBrandeis videographer Ryan Scura documents 18 miles of surfer heavenhttp://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2013/04/27/surfing-new-hampshire-ryan-scura-captures/3W52FuNoPghlK4DNG4C3eO/story.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:14:00 -0400http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2013/04/27/surfing-new-hampshire-ryan-scura-captures/3W52FuNoPghlK4DNG4C3eO/story.htmlWealth gap among races widened since recessionhttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/business/racial-wealth-gap-widened-during-recession.htmlnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:27:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/business/racial-wealth-gap-widened-during-recession.htmlMatt Kupfer '12 offers a view on Marathon bombing suspects from the regionhttp://registan.net/2013/04/20/contextualizing-media-claims-about-tsarnaev-brothers/news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:48:00 -0400http://registan.net/2013/04/20/contextualizing-media-claims-about-tsarnaev-brothers/Mind Changers reports on impact of Maslow, founder of Brandeis Psychology Department http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rw8mwnews@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:06:00 -0400http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rw8mw