Welcoming a new Brandeis - The Justice
网页4 天之前 · In the meantime, The Justice editorial board would like to extend a warm welcome to the University’s new interim president, Dr. Arthur E. Levine ’70. Amidst all this change, we hope to foster a strong relationship with you and work together to create a better Brandeis. While there is much room for growth, there is also a strong foundation ...
The devil’s advocate: Debating the death penalty | The Justice
网页2023年11月7日 · Dear Mr. Gaughan: Justice is primary, with deterrence and other saving of innocents, secondary. The NAS, only, published the deterrence paper. An anti-death penalty academic was the, primary, author. His academic chair is paid for by and anti-death penalty entity (1). I rebutted his paper, here (1). You wrote:" To this extent, death penalty ...
Hey babe, being a Brandeis student is actually bad for you
网页4 天之前 · Hey babe, being a Brandeis student is actually bad for you. Researchers have explored the impact of news coverage of the civil rights movement and its influence on public and social opinion. A researcher from Princeton University’s political science department, Omar Wasow, suggested that the media covered civil rights protests in the 1960s in ...
David McCraw visits campus and speaks to students and alumni
网页4 天之前 · The Journalism department hosted the top New York Times lawyer, who spoke on important issues facing the press today. On Friday, Sept. 27 at 9 a.m., approximately 100 students, alumni and faculty of Brandeis University flocked to the Spingold Theater. David McCraw, Deputy General Counsel and Senior Vice …
Discussing multi-racial coalitions to combat systemic racism
网页2024年5月20日 · The murder of George Floyd in 2020 by Officer Derek Chauvin, the 2021 Atlanta Spa shootings that left eight people dead — six of whom were Asian women — and similar events served as flashpoints that drew intense public attention to the fatal consequences of racial bias. Prof. Derron Wallace (SOC/ED), the Jacob S. Potofsky Chair in Sociology and associate professor of Sociology and ...
A Call for Accountability: Graduate Students Advocate for Justice
网页2024年1月22日 · The fall semester was incredibly challenging for members of the Brandeis community. Many of us are affected by the violence occurring in Palestine and Israel.
“This should’ve happened earlier”: Liebowitz on decision to …
网页2023年11月14日 · On Friday Nov. 10, Brandeis held a special Faculty Meeting and Listening Session with President Ron Liebowitz and Provost Carol Fierke to address the dechartering of the Students for Justice in Palestine organization, the meaning of free speech, and the best approach to support students during this time. The meeting was moderated by Prof. Jody Gittell (Heller), the faculty chair of the Senate.
Brandeis students stand with those impacted by war in Gaza
网页2023年10月17日 · Reuters outlined that as of Oct. 16, there have been at least 2,750 Palestinian casualties with 9,700 wounded from Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7. According to the Washington Post, Israel’s military ordered the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from Gaza, but the main roads leading south were blocked with traffic.
Unveiling the unseen: Confronting book bans and educational …
网页2024年4月9日 · Samuels is a leading activist in the movement against censorship in Katy Texas who testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2023 on the topic of banned books. In 2023, 4,250 different books were challenged to be banned, especially in libraries and schools, many of which included those that …
Jha D Amazi from the MASS Design Group discusses the power of …
网页2024年3月5日 · Jha D Amazi from the MASS Design Group discusses the power of public memorials to facilitate national healing The Richard Saivetz ’69 Memorial Architectural Lecture explores how public memorials can address dark moments in American history and spur policy change.