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On the evening of Thursday, March 29th, the Heller School hosted a book discussion in collaboration with the Eli J. Segal Citizen Leadership Program and the Silberman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy on the newly released book “Hearts on Fire: Twelve Stories of Today’s Visionaries Igniting Idealism into Action” by Jill Iscol, author, philanthropist and longtime [...]
Last week, the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life sponsored an event called “Social Justice And The University: Perspectives From The U.S. and Abroad.” The event focused on the role universities should play in the realm of social justice. Should universities propel their students to action? Or should universities stick to teaching facts [...]
There are two things that are bound to happen at every meal abroad. First, my friends and I will inevitably joke about how beautiful everyone is in Buenos Aires. Second, we have to gush over how incredible our meal is. These are unavoidable pieces of living in a gorgeous, bustling city where dulce de leche [...]
On Friday, March 9th, three distinguished artists came to perform at the Slosberg Music Center. MusicUnitesUs invited the celebrated Afghan rubab player Homayun Sakhi, the internationally acclaimed sarod artist Ken Zuckerman and the highly popular tabla player Salar Nader in an effort to bring together Afghan and North Indian raga. The concert was an experiment [...]
At 4pm on Monday, February 13th, the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium erupted with the sounds of traditional Guinean percussion and song. Eight women took the stage drumming, singing and dancing. Nimbaya! came to the university to teach, perform and create a path for peace through their music. Under the umbrella of ‘Deis Impact! hosted by the International Center [...]
While Israel is focused mainly on dealing with security threats at home and abroad, it might be better off diverting some of its energies to tackling an increasingly problematic domestic issue: rampant gender inequality. Without separation of church and state, Israel is continually plagued by tensions between its religious and secular citizens. The divisions are particularly acute because of [...]
“Just Performance,” a two day symposium hosted by the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life held on campus in December, discussed the use of the performing arts in the aftermath of violence. Thursday offered a series of events, marked by the evening speech given by Dr. Salomón Lerner Febres, President of Peru’s Truth [...]
Ludmila Shtern, scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University and published author, presented her new book Return to the Old New World at the WSRC early in November. The book is currently in manuscript in Russian and is sitting on the desk of a Russian publisher in Moscow. The volume summarizes Shtern’s observations [...]
Tsafrir Goldberg, a post-doctoral fellow at the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, conducted an experiment in which he tested how different teaching techniques can influence students to think differently about the Palestinian refugee problem. His study, titled “Can’t Hold the Past From Both Ends: Jewish and Arab-Israeli Students Learning a Controversial Inter-Group Historical [...]
Last week at the Faculty Club, critically acclaimed German author Martin Walzer addressed students and faculty on the art of public speaking. Walzer, Born in 1927 and raised in Nazi Germany under the shadow of World War II, quickly became one of the most important authors of contemporary German literature. In fact, in 1955, “Group [...]
Last week, Professor Allyala Krishna Nandakumar presented a lecture titled, “Global Health Spending: Learning to Do More with Less. ” The lecture was one of a series known as “Tuesday Talks,” a lecture series held by the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. The lecture room was fully attended by faculty, staff, students, and [...]
Wednesday, October 26, Michal Govrin, an acclaimed Israeli Author, held a speech on her newest book “Hold on to the Sun.” The book is a collection of short stories and essays exploring her own wandering through life, finding her place and her relationship to her identity as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. Govrin’s beautiful [...]
Last Monday, inquisitive Brandeis students attended an informal discussion panel on the Palestinian bid to the UN for membership status. The discussion featured Guive Mirfenderski, an international law expert and a lecturer in the Legal Studies program here in Brandeis University as well as two student panelists: Ashraf Hussein, a senior and a recipient of the Slifka scholarship for [...]
On October 25th, 104 poster presenters, 52 group presenters and five faculty presenters shared their experiential learning knowledge with the rest of the Brandeis community at the eXperiential eXpo. As a whole, the eXpo reinforced the notion of Brandeis as an incredibly diverse and motivated campus, with students’ presentations impressive in topic choice as well [...]
Friday, October 21, Jane Sapp, singer-songwriter, storyteller and educator, began her presentation by sitting at the piano and playing a few simple blues chords before letting the music capture everyone in the audience. Soon, her soulful rendition of This Little Light of Mine filled Slosberg Music Hall, leaving many participants with goosebumps and a sense of community [...]
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