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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Summer break and the incredible experiences traveling students and faculty embark upon remains among the most exciting and useful aspects of life in any university. Rarely does the opportunity come up to hear about the experiences of others, however: a gap the event “What Did You Do Last Summer?” aimed to close. Sponsored by the [...]
Possible Major/Minor: International and Global Studies major, French minor Year of Graduation: 2016 Hometown: Providence, Rhode Island Previous Education: E-Cubed Academy Clubs/Organizations: Transitional Year Program, University Chorus, works at the Library “My history teacher had asked me who I was. I thought, Who am I really? Who had I become? What is my legacy? About 300 years ago, my [...]
This article has been reposted, by permission, from the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life website. You can view the original article here. June 1, 2011 The 2011 Sorensen Fellows are spending eight weeks “in the field” this summer, grappling with conflict resolution, death, disability, education, migration, and poverty. They return to Brandeis [...]
This post is by Alie Tawah ’11, a Health: Science, Society & Policy and Biology double-major. Alie was a a Hiatt WOW Fellow who interned in Cameroon in July 2009. It has been two years since I began my story of my experience in Cameroon. I gave an introduction then disappeared from this site and [...]
Having heard drumming coming from Schwartz many times while walking past Usdan, I was eager to learn more about the class those sounds came from. Completely unlike any class I have experienced at Brandeis thus far, Music and Dance from Ghana was both exciting and intense. Beginning with drumming at the very start of the [...]
The final Global Affairs Table of the semester took place on Wednesday, April 13. The discussion centered around the history and current events of Libya with about twenty students, faculty, and staff members in attendance. We were fortunate enough to have guest speaker Diederick Vandewalle, a professor at Dartmouth College and renowned expert on the [...]
Year of Graduation: 2011 Major: Comparative Literature Minor: French Home region/country: Los Angeles, California Previous Education: Santa Monica High School Clubs/Organizations on Campus: Brandeis Al-Quds Partnership Fellow, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, WOW Fellow “I’d just like to continue being in places that make me feel alive, and continue having conversations and contributing however I can.” [...]
Majors: International and Global Studies; African American and African Studies Minors: Theater; Peace and Coexistence Studies Year of Graduation: 2011 Home region/country: Neve Shalom~Wahat Al Salam (Oasis of Peace), Israel Previous Education: Primary school in Neveshalom, High school in Israel; New York Film Academy program in filmmaking Clubs/Organizations on Campus: Slifka Coexistence Scholar, Sorensen Fellow, [...]
Zach Cohen ’09 was an International and Global Studies major at Brandeis. He works for the international non-profit TechnoServe in East Africa. Before jumping into the details of my East African adventure, I would like to give you a background of the company, TechnoServe (TNS), I worked for while there. TNS is a non-profit organization [...]
Program: Sustainable International Development, Heller School for Social Policy and Management Graduation: May 2011 Hometown: Cotonou, Benin Republic (West Africa) Previous Education: Come District High School, Benin University of Abomey Calavi, Benin (degree in Agronomic Science) Brandeis Clubs and Organizations: African Forum, Fitness Club “I am sure that my experiences at Brandeis have shaped my [...]
It is now January 2011 and both the Holiday Season and New Year’s Eve have come and gone… WOW time has flown! It feels like just yesterday that I returned to the U.S. after a terrific three months of research in Liberia. My dual-M.A. program at Brandeis is two and half years in length, and [...]
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