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    Breakfast With ...Debra Messing  Oct 6, 2008
    She studied at Brandeis University and got her master's in theater at New York University, where she met her husband Daniel Zelman in 1990. They have a son, Roman. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Top 10 Tuesday  Oct 4, 2008
    Well, when the entire state of West Virginia, Caltech and Brandeis University decides to use DDR as a Physical Education class, it's evolved into a cultural phenomenon. While the debate on whether or not DDR will be able to teach the rhythmically impaired how to dance won't be settled here, it does appear to be a good aerobic exercise for players, which might help even the most sedentary gamer lose a few pounds. (IGN Dreamcast)

    Simple Twists Of Fate  Oct 3, 2008
    3, 2008) A novel Brandeis University study this week in PLoS Biology reports on some of the molecular gymnastics performed by a protein involved in regulating DNA transcription. Using state-of-the art tools, researchers observed the shape and behavior of individual DNA molecules bent into tight loops by Lac repressor, a protein from the bacterium E.coli that switches on and off individual genes. (Science Daily)

    Needham High School students lead volunteer programs  Oct 3, 2008
    Natasha Ushomirsky founded the program while she was a student at Brandeis University. After Ushomirsky moved away and most volunteers in the program graduated, Graff asked to take over the program. (Needham Tab, MA)

    Thomas Sowell  Oct 3, 2008
    His other teaching assignments include Rutgers University, Amherst University, Brandeis University and the University of California at Los Angeles, where he taught in the early '70s and also from 1984 to 1989. Sowell has published a large volume of writing. (Townhall.com)

    Munro and Ricci, Mowat and Martin lead fall harvest of Canadian books  Oct 3, 2008
    It's an 800-page, illustration-packed examination of the life, times and accomplishments of Samuel de Champlain by David Hackett Fischer, the Brandeis University professor who three years ago won the Pulitzer Prize for Washington's Crossing, a gripping story of the early years of the American Revolution. His new tome is called Champlain's Dream, and, of course, its publication ties in with the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Uncovering the Side Effects  Sep 24, 2008
    Bass, who lives in Newton Lower Falls with her husband and two sons, is now working on a novel and teaching classes at Mount Holyoke and Brandeis University. Chrissie Long can be reached at clong@cnc. (Newton Tab, MA)

    Nonprofits gird for loss of funding  Sep 23, 2008
    Charitable giving has increasingly become part of corporations' self-image and the way they position themselves internally and externally, according to Thomas McLaughlin, an adjunct professor at Brandeis University and senior manager at Grant Thornton. It's altruism combined with marketing opportunities, as relationships with these groups often allow firms to reserve seats for friends and clients. (Boston Globe)

    Readers due for a feast on Lincoln  Sep 23, 2008
    "The interest in Lincoln has been continuous in history," said Brandeis University historian David Hackett Fischer, "and there is a surge right now. Something is going on today.". One reason for the wave is that Feb. 12, 2009, marks the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth. (Boston Globe)

    New OB/GYN Physician hired at Somerset Hospital  Sep 22, 2008
    His specialty is obstetrics/gynecology and he will join Dr. Charles Camacho in practice at Somerset OB/GYN, 126 East Church St., Somerset (Somerset Daily American, PA)

    Together (9/22/08)  Sep 22, 2008
    She graduated from Chugiak High School and Brandeis University in Boston. Catherine spent two years in Mali, Africa, as a Peace Corps volunteer before returning to Anchorage to earn a master's degree from the University of Alaska. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Judges end Gulls' winning-streak with 3-0 triumph  Sep 19, 2008
    - Brandeis University (8-1) posted set scores of 25-19, 25-23, and 25-19, as the Judges snapped Endicott's six-match winning streak in non-conference action inside Red Auerbach Arena on Thursday night ... Release Courtesy of Brandeis University Sports Information. (Ecgulls.com)

    Button: Remember the Great Hurricane of 1938 by planting trees  Sep 18, 2008
    Katherine Button of Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety is a resident of Edward Road and a research and instruction librarian for Library & Technology Services at Brandeis University. Members of WCES regularly contribute columns to the TAB & Press. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)

    Principle Defense: NIU prof represents Guantanamo detainees  Sep 17, 2008
    He earned a doctoral degree in literature from Brandeis University, but decided that since writing is political, he should get involved with the process, he said. After finishing his dissertation, Falkoff started working at the Capital Defenders Office, which represented death-row inmates, he said. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)

    Middle leads way in win over Wentworth  Sep 17, 2008
    The Gulls return to action on Thursday as they step out of conference play to square-off with the Judges of Brandeis University. Match time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. in Waltham, Mass. (Ecgulls.com)

    Afghanistan frees son of al-Qaida suspect  Sep 16, 2008
    She later studied neuroscience as a graduate student at Brandeis University. She vanished in Pakistan in 2003. (MSNBC -- International)

    The 'Satellite Navigation' In Our Brains  Sep 16, 2008
    11, 2003) Using a video game featuring a yellow taxi, virtual city and human players with electrodes embedded in their memory banks, neuroscientists at UCLA and Brandeis University have discovered how three. (Aug. (Science Daily)

    Judge lets Hudson attempted murder suspect travel  Sep 16, 2008
    He said Hahn, a former head librarian at Brandeis University, must return to Massachusetts before her next court date on Nov. 4. Hahn was released on personal recognizance and is staying with one of her daughters in Newton. (Hudson Sun, MA)

    Illusion Vs. Reality: Age-related Differences In Expectations For Future Happiness  Sep 15, 2008
    According to a new Brandeis University study, age influences how we perceive the future ... Brandeis University psychologist Margie Lachman along with Christina R. (Science Daily)

    For this composer, one opera won't do  Sep 14, 2008
    Wheeler continued his studies at New England Conservatory and at Brandeis University. While still in school, he also met the urbane composer-critic Virgil Thomson. (Boston Globe)

    Ramona Lisa Alexander is a force of nature to be reckoned with  Sep 14, 2008
    Alexander's electric connection to an audience is so obvious that after seeing her in "103 Within the Veil," Brandeis University professor Janet Morrison invited her to apply to the university's master's degree program in acting. "The audition process was amazing," says Alexander, "and they accepted me even though I haven't completed my undergraduate degree." She finished the three-year program in May. (Boston Globe)

    Ray Loring, wrote music for TV shows including NOVA, at 65  Sep 13, 2008
    He was a Woodrow Wilson fellow at Brandeis University Graduate School of Music. Mr. Loring studied piano with Fred Noonan, the White House pianist for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Truman. (Boston Globe)

    National Society of Hispanic MBAs' Prestigious University Partnership Program Grows to 33 Universities  Sep 12, 2008
    "The National Society of Hispanic MBAs' unwavering pursuit of helping Hispanics continue their education to obtain Masters of Business Administration degrees is the basis of our University Partnership Program. Establishing strategic and significant relationships with top universities benefit not only our members, but also provides our university partners the benefit of recruiting top notch Hispanic MBA students for their business school," said Lourdes M. Hassler, CEO, NSHMBA. "As we celebrate... (PR Newswire)

    As good as it gets?  Sep 12, 2008
    According to a new Brandeis University study in the September issue of Psychological Science, age influences how we perceive the future ... Brandeis University psychologist Margie Lachman along with Christina Rcke, University of Zurich, Christopher Rosnick, Southern Illinois University, and Carol Ryff, University of Wisconsin, wanted to see if there were differences in actual and perceived ratings of how satisfied Americans were with their lives over a nine-year period. (EurekAlert!)

    Computational biochemist uncovers a molecular clue to evolution  Sep 11, 2008
    Working with colleagues from FSU, Duke University and Brandeis University, he recently produced remarkable computer models of an enzyme that carries the unwieldy name of inosine monophosphate dehrydrogenase, or IMPDH for short ... " Collaborating with Yang on the project were Gavin J.P. Naylor, an associate professor in FSU's Department of Scientific Computing; Donghong Min, a postdoctoral associate in the Institute of Molecular Physics; Hongzhi Li, a former postdoc in the Institute of Molecular... (EurekAlert!)

    All eyes on collider as it comes to life  Sep 8, 2008
    "It's the culmination of my career," said James Bensinger, 67, a physicist from Brandeis University who has been working on the project for 15 years ... Scientists from Boston University, Brandeis University, Harvard University, MIT, Northeastern University, Tufts University, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst worked on various research programs within the Large Hadron Collider. (Boston Globe)

    Making noise for silent films  Sep 8, 2008
    Chapels Field at Brandeis University, 415 South St., Waltham. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)

    Temple names new religious school principal  Sep 6, 2008
    Joan has both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Simmons College in Boston and has taken a number of Judaic classes at both Brandeis University and Hebrew College. Joan has a wealth of experience in Jewish Education having taught for many years at Congregation Kerem Shalom in Concord and Temple Emanuel in Marlborough, where she also served as an Assistant to the Principal, School Mentor, and Temple President. (Tewksbury Advocate, MA)

    Terror suspect misses Brooklyn court date  Sep 5, 2008
    Siddiqui, a Pakistani national, lived in the United States between 1991 to 2002, where she earned a degree from MIT and a PhD in neuroscience at Brandeis University. Outside the courthouse, about 20 supporters of Siddiqui expressed anger over her treatment. (Newsday)

    Middle-class workers get little relief  Sep 3, 2008
    Founders of EPI included economists and professors from Northeastern University; the LBJ School of Public Affairs at University of Texas-Austin; Brandeis University; and the MIT Sloan School of Management. Yes, EPI would like to see workers of all types share in the rewards that have accrued to the topmost tier of business owners and executives, but that goal doesn't negate the veracity of the data collected by the Ph. (Fresno Bee -- Business)

    Gulls blanked by Brandeis, 5-0  Aug 31, 2008
    Release Courtesy of Brandeis University Sports Information. (Ecgulls.com)

    Way to get rid of greenhouse gases  Aug 31, 2008
    "Our process allows us to take a hydrofluorocarbon and transform it so that it's no longer a greenhouse gas," says study co-author Oleg Ozerov of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. "It's a very hard nut to crack, and they finally got it to work," says Robert Crabtree of Yale University. (India Times, India)

    Edelstein takes helm at Maimonides  Aug 30, 2008
    Some of the school's graduates have attended "most competitive universities, such as Yale University, Tufts University and Brandeis University. The classes range from a "Mommy and Me" program for 1-year-olds through the fifth grade. Ms. Edelstein, who arrived as the assistant principal at Maimonides in February of last year, said that at one time the school had classes through sixth grade. Maimonides offers an early arrival program that starts each school day at 7:30 a.m., and then the academic... (Brookfield Journal, CT)

    More of this story  Aug 29, 2008
    According to Dr. Jonathan D. Sarna, the Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University, that certainly signifies some problems for the Obama camp. Traditionally, a Democratic candidate ought to be able to get 75% or better of the Jewish vote, and those who get substantially less than that usually don t win. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)

    Artful mix matches emotions and fashion  Aug 28, 2008
    Lisa Lynch, curator of the art exhibit ''Dress Redress'' at Brandeis University, with Leslie Wilcox's ''Sport Coat ... Curator Lisa Lynch has always been fascinated by these conflicting views of fashion, a theme she's enjoyed exploring in her first show as director of the Kniznick Gallery in the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University. (Boston Globe)

    Gulls slotted ninth in TCCC Preseason Poll  Aug 28, 2008
    to meet Brandeis University. Last season, the Gulls and the Judges battled to a 1-1 draw. (Ecgulls.com)

    Cheadle in the driver's seat with new film  Aug 28, 2008
    Silver, 52, originally pursued marine biology, but studied film at Brandeis University and became "completely enamoured" of the films of the seventies. He immediately went to work for Otto Preminger. (Globe and Mail)

    Chai holidays  Aug 28, 2008
    She has a master s degree in Education from Brandeis University. A certified special educator, Rivka specializes in teaching youngsters with moderate to severe special needs. (Canton Journal, MA)

    Lise Menn: Figuring out why kids say the darndest things  Aug 26, 2008
    She then went to Brandeis University in Massachusetts for graduate school in math. There, "I discovered what real mathematicians were and I wasn't one of them," she says. (Scientific American)

    Clashing Views of MIT Grad Suspected of Terrorism  Aug 24, 2008
    She later studied cognitive neuroscience as a graduate student at Brandeis University. Siddiqui's Brandeis dissertation adviser, psychology professor Paul DiZio, recalled her as an intelligent, reserved woman who wore a head scarf. (Fox News)

    Democrats round on Bush over trade gap  Aug 24, 2008
    Catherine Mann, a professor at Brandeis University, said export figures showed that US makers of capital goods such as heavy machinery were coming into their own in the global economy. Many economists were unsettled by the unexpected slowdown in Decembers exports and downgraded their estimates of economic growth for the fourth quarter from 3. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Budget)

    Harvard leads pack once again  Aug 23, 2008
    Other New England colleges that ranked in the top 50 national universities were Dartmouth College (11), Brown University (16), Tufts University (28), Brandeis University (31), and Boston College (34). BC spokesman Jack Dunn said that the university made strong gains in the faculty-resources category, which considers the percentage of full-time faculty, the student-faculty ratio, and the proportion of faculty who hold the highest degree in their field. (Boston Globe)

    Dateline Moscow: meditations of a Cold War journalist  Aug 23, 2008
    Charles A. Radin, a former foreign correspondent for the Globe, works on international affairs programming at Brandeis University. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)

    Cops: MIT Grad Taught While Fundraising for Al Qaeda  Aug 23, 2008
    D. program in neuroscience at nearby Brandeis University, all the while raising funds for charity groups bankrolling Al Qaeda operations, according to government and court records. According to Brandeis records, Siddiqui continued to teach at the university. (Fox News)

    The mystery of Aafia Siddiqi  Aug 22, 2008
    Fouzia describes her sister, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brandeis University alumna, as a "fun-loving people's person", who had completed her PhD on "how to improve memory among mentally challenged children". "I fear for her life. They probably don't want her to see the light of day," said Fouzia. (Asia Times Online)

    Big-mugged men are meaner, study says  Aug 20, 2008
    Brandeis University psychologist Leslie Zebrowitz, who did not participate in this study, suggested that "perhaps what the authors have documented is not an effect of masculine facial qualities and effects of testosterone, but rather behavioral compensation for the social effects of babyfaceness.". Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Health)

    Tinfoiled again: Epic squirt-gun battle proves fierce fun  Aug 18, 2008
    Banditos Misteriosos, formed in December by mostly Brandeis University graduates, held its first event that month - a pillow fight downtown with more than 50 people, followed later with a Boston Common scavenger hunt and a silent dance party at Faneuil Hall. Bailey, one of the organizers, who would not share her last name because the group is, after all, "Misterioso" - said they wanted to "give people a good day and a good story.". (Boston Globe)

    Cambridges own field of dreams: Oldtime Baseball returns next week  Aug 15, 2008
    Cambridge natives Bobby Fournier, a Salem State College senior, James Likis, a Brandeis University junior, and Dan Nugent, an American International College senior, will play in next week s game. Nugent said he has been going to the game since he was a kid and played in his first Oldtime game in 2005, when he made the game-winning hit. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)

    Fire and wine: Living in the shadow of Sicily's Mount Etna  Aug 15, 2008
    The then Miss Hillman, who had been born in Maryland, was a junior at Brandeis University and had chosen a semester in Seville, Spain, where Mangano was running a restaurant. He had been trained as a masseur and, through him, she discovered her vocation as a physical therapist. (International Herald Tribune)

    Religion notes: Aug. 14-21  Aug 12, 2008
    BJEP is an independent, unaffiliated Sunday school located on the Brandeis University campus. It s a progressive, student oriented, experiential, interactive curriculum. (Brookline TAB, MA)

    Iran's privitization effort; Rush to judgment  Aug 12, 2008
    Nader Habibi, Waltham, Massachusetts, Professor of Middle East Economics, Brandeis University. Rush to judgment. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)

    Most Olympians are not rich and famous  Aug 10, 2008
    He was, however, invited to fence for the non-scholarship program at Division III Brandeis University. The collegiate fencing world is small enough that scholarship and non-scholarship programs meet regularly, and in Morehouse's sophomore year, he started beating the scholarship fencers from larger schools. (Scripps Howard News Wire)

    Dr. Jordan M. Phillips, 85; promoted use of laparoscopy  Aug 7, 2008
    He graduated from Brandeis University and relocated to Los Angeles, where he earned a doctor of osteopathy degree from the College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons in 1946. Dr. Phillips was married twice. (Boston Globe)

    Spain trip yields in-depth look at culture  Aug 7, 2008
    mez, former Lexington Spanish teacher and now professor at Brandeis University, to take a group of students to assimilate themselves in the culture. This is the fifth year in which he has led immersion programs, and the third with Lexington High School. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)

    * Conflicting claims surround arrest of Pakistani woman  Aug 7, 2008
    She had studied in the US, earning a degree from MIT before moving on to a PhD in cognitive neuroscience from Brandeis University. She was married X unhappily X to a Pakistani. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Pension fund chief has bonus after loss  Aug 6, 2008
    Alex Aikens, a board member and a Brandeis University adjunct business professor, strongly defended the bonuses, saying Travaglini and his staff can take credit for saving the pension fund from even greater loss because it did far better than the Standard & Poor's index and its peers among other public pension accounts. Aikens voted against the bonus plan last year because he believed the plan did not pay enough. (Boston Globe)

    Mysterious case  Aug 6, 2008
    She continued with her studies, enrolling in Brandeis University near Boston for a PhD in neuro-cognitive science. Her degree has often been misreported as being in microbiology or genetics. (BBC News -- South Asia)

    Suspect scientist in court  Aug 6, 2008
    Aafia Siddiqui, 36, a neuroscientist with degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brandeis University, was flown to New York on Monday, a little more than two weeks after she was shot and wounded while allegedly trying to open fire on a group of Americans who went to question her in a police station in Afghanistan's Ghazni province. Ms Siddiqui's lawyer, Elaine Whitfield Sharp, questioned the Government's story of a gun battle at the time of Ms Siddiqui's arrest. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    Muslim census a difficult count  Aug 6, 2008
    Brandeis University, Steinhardt Social Research Institute, 2007. YOU CLICKED: WEEK'S MOST POPULAR RELIGION STORIES. (USA Today)

    Pak woman with al-Qaida links held  Aug 6, 2008
    Her work ranged from a paper on "Islamization in Pakistan and its Effects on Women," to articles on the early systems in the Internet to, later, research in Neurosciences at Brandeis University. More recently, there were reports that she was being held in solitary confinement at the Bagram Theater Internment Facility in Afghanistan, where fellow captives were said to have nicknamed her Prisoner No.650 and the "Gray Lady of Bagram." One report said she had lost her sanity and cried all the time. (India Times, India)

    Female alleged terror 'fixer' due in N.Y. court  Aug 5, 2008
    U.S. authorities said at the time that Siddiqui had received a biology degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and wrote a doctoral thesis on neurological sciences at Brandeis University, outside Boston, in 2001 before returning to Pakistan shortly after Sept. 11. Though they never alleged she was a full-fledged member of al-Qaida, authorities said they believed Siddiqui could be a fixer, someone with knowledge of the United States who supported other operatives trying to... (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)

    Terror suspect shot, taken to US  Aug 5, 2008
    NEW YORK - A Pakistani woman who studied at Brandeis University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology and who was once identified as a possible Al Qaeda associate has been taken to New York to face charges she tried to kill US agents and military officers who were questioning her in Afghanistan, prosecutors said. Aafia Siddiqui, who was shot last month during the wild confrontation, was expected to be arraigned in federal court in Manhattan today, US Attorney Michael Garcia said in a news... (Boston Globe)

    Pakistani suspected of Al Qaeda ties is held  Aug 5, 2008
    The scientist, Aafia Siddiqui, who studied at Brandeis University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was transferred to New York on Monday, and is to be arraigned Tuesday in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the department said in a statement. Siddiqui, 36, disappeared with her three children while visiting her parents' home in Karachi, Pakistan, in March 2003, leading human rights groups and her family to believe she had been secretly detained. (International Herald Tribune)

    Pakistani Woman Charged In Attack  Aug 5, 2008
    U.S. authorities said at the time that Siddiqui had received a biology degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and wrote a doctoral thesis on neurological sciences at Brandeis University, outside Boston, in 2001 before returning to Pakistan shortly after Sept. 11. Though they never alleged she was a full-fledged member of al-Qaeda, authorities said they believed Siddiqui could be a "fixer," someone with knowledge of the United States who supported other operatives trying to slip... (Time.com)

    Pakistani scientist alive, in custody  Aug 3, 2008
    Siddiqui, who lived in Roxbury and studied at Brandeis University as well as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, disappeared with her three children while visiting her parents' home in Karachi, Pakistan, in March 2003, around the same time the FBI announced that it wanted to question her. For five years, US and Pakistani authorities have denied knowing her whereabouts. (Boston Globe)

    Framingham's Dan O'Connor earns unlikely trip to Beijing as boxing alternate  Aug 3, 2008
    In addition, 2000 Brandeis University graduate Tim Morehouse will compete in fencing, in the epee discipline. "I'm definitely relieved," O'Connor said in a phone interview from the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. (Boston Globe -- Sports)

    Neighbors (July 31)  Jul 30, 2008
    Emily Jaeger, daughter of Robin and Jerold Jaeger of Needham, was named to the dean s list at Brandeis University for academic achievement during the spring 2008 semester. Dean s list honors are awarded to students who have earned a grade point average of 3. (Needham Tab, MA)

    Scientists ID 'Jekyll-Hyde' Protein in Lou Gehrig's Disease  Jul 29, 2008
    (SOURCE: Brandeis University, news release, July 28, 2008). TUESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- A protein dysfunction could help drive amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, according to a study by researchers at Brandeis University and Harvard Medical School. (Health-Finder)

    'The Understudy' shines a spotlight on actors' struggles  Jul 28, 2008
    In recent years, Rebeck, who holds two degrees from Brandeis University, found herself increasingly obsessed with Kafka. On vacation in Prague with her husband, she even went on a tour of Kafka landmarks. (Boston Globe)

    Citizen journalists make new inroads into political reporting  Jul 28, 2008
    Now a college student at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. Robinson blogs for The Huffington Post, a liberal website. (Christian Science Monitor)

    Mate or hibernate? That's the question worm pheromones answer  Jul 25, 2008
    " Researchers have been trying to find C. elegans mating pheromones for a long time, said Piali Sengupta, Ph.D., a professor of biology at Brandeis University, who agreed that it makes sense that the mating pheromone has a dual role in causing hibernation. "This opens up the field," Sengupta said. "This is just the beginning. There is going to be a lot more (research) coming out related to this. (EurekAlert!)

    Senior Subjects: Keeping up with your hearing  Jul 24, 2008
    Science Daily published the results of a Brandeis University study led by Patricia Tun. One of the points made is that with words coming to us much faster than typical conversational speed (which is 140 to 180 words per minute) it s likely that the fast pace and the accompanying noise that surrounds those words are more of a problem than poor hearing on the part of the listener. (Lincoln Journal, MA)

    Minimum wage increases, but it's 'a drop in the bucket' compared to food, gas costs  Jul 24, 2008
    When the minimum rises again next year, catching up with more states, more than 5 million workers will get a raise, said Lisa Lynch, dean of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. Some small businesses are already planning to raise prices to offset the higher wages they will pay workers. (New Haven Register, CT)

    Patrick's Life Science Center board, crowded with donors, gets started  Jul 24, 2008
    Boston University, Brandeis University, and the UMass campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Lowell split five grants totaling $3. 5 million to draw new faculty members. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)

    Will Meet With Jindal...  Jul 22, 2008
    " - National Review Online, February 11, 2005 "At a campaign appearance at Brandeis University in June 2002, Romney strongly endorsed stem cell research. " - Boston Globe, December 17, 2006 Read the article From the Center: "Governor Mitt Romney set off a storm of criticism yesterday after he declared in a published interview that he favored banning a specific type of stem cell research. (The Drudge Report)

    Lean, mean learning machines  Jul 19, 2008
    Philip W. Johnston is chairman of the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)

    Obituary: Daniel G. Freedman  Jul 18, 2008
    D. in 1957 from Brandeis University. He was a research fellow from 1955 to 1957 at Jackson Memorial Laboratories, Division of Behavioral Studies, Bar Harbor, Maine, where he collected data on four breeds of dogs to learn more about the differences in temperaments among breeds. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)

    Musicians to rock, roll, raise money for homeless kids  Jul 15, 2008
    His broadcast Appearances include: "The Coffeehouse" WERS Boston/ Live Concert for WBRS, Brandeis University, and Radio/Broadcast Concert Opener for WICN Worcester Radio "Cafe Fantastique." Driscoll s music can be heard at www. myspace. (Holliston Tab, MA)

    National Merit Scholars announced  Jul 15, 2008
    Allegheny County: Seth Weidman, Allderdice, University of Chicago; Rachel Cassidy, Avonworth, Northwestern University; Anna Watt-Morse, Ellis, Carleton College; Stefanie Brown, Fox Chapel, Whitman College; Amanda Jacobson, Fox Chapel, University of Chicago; James Klingensmith, Fox Chapel, Oberlin College; Juan Manfredi, Fox Chapel, Washington University; Lisa Sprowls, Gateway, American University; Nicholas Pandolfi, Mt. Lebanon, Denison University; Erin Polena, Mt. Lebanon, University of the... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Types Of Genes Necessary For Brain Development Discovered  Jul 13, 2008
    ScienceDaily (July 9, 2008) Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Brandeis University have successfully completed a full-genome RNAi screen in neurons, showing what types of genes are necessary for brain development. See also. (Science Daily)

    Researchers reveal types of genes necessary for brain development  Jul 8, 2008
    Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Brandeis University have successfully completed a full-genome RNAi screen in neurons, showing what types of genes are necessary for brain development. Details of the screen and its novel methodology are published July 4th in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics. (EurekAlert!)

    Welcome aboard  Jul 5, 2008
    Hackett, who came to the United States eight years ago on a Fulbright scholarship to get her MBA at Brandeis University, said the hourlong ceremony was at once exhilarating and humbling. "It's such an honor," she said, clutching the certificate of US citizenship that is sought by so many. (Boston Globe)

    Group holds rally for Darfur  Jul 4, 2008
    " Diana Flatto, 17, another graduate of Fairfield Ludlowe High School, who will be going to Brandeis University in the fall said, "We are willing to do anything that can make a difference to end the suffering in Darfur. This protest will make a difference because GE's headquarters is located in Fairfield. (Fairfield Minuteman, CT)

    Mass. Elite Youth Basketball Camp  Jul 3, 2008
    Stoneham - Brian Meehan, head basketball coach at Brandeis University in conjunction with present Watertown High School basketball coach Steve Harrington, will run the Massachusetts Elite Youth Basketball Camp at Brandeis University ... The camp will be held at the Gosman Athletic Center on the campus of Brandeis University. (Stoneham Sun, MA)

    For Babson students, their posse becomes their lifeline  Jul 3, 2008
    The Posse Foundation has locations in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York, and it places students from these cities into area schools, among them Boston University, Brandeis University, Hamilton College and Trinity College. It chooses its students based on the leadership skills, teamwork ability and motivation they demonstrate; according to its Web site, www. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)

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