Equestrian opens season with record setting weekend Oct 28, 2008
Wellesley College, Boston University, Curry College, Wheaton College, Boston College, Tufts University, Stonehill College, Brandeis University, UMass Dartmouth, UMass Lowell, MIT and Bridgewater State College were participants in both shows over the weekend. Endicott will host the next IHSA show to be held on Saturday, November 2nd at Springtime Farm in Boxford, Mass. (Ecgulls.com)
Choice of Palin is helping undecideds decide (36) Oct 27, 2008
Dr. Jonathan D. Sarna, the Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University, observes that Sarah Palin turned out to be off-putting to a lot of Jews. She represents values that are small-town, anti-urban, anti-Eastern, gun toting and pro-hunting, values that do not resonate to Jews. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Athens-Clarke Commission candidates offer options (with AUDIO) Oct 24, 2008
Education: Bachelor of arts degree, Brandeis University, two graduate degrees, University of California at San Diego. Occupation: Business owner. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Ethyle Kaplan; parties aided N.E. Sinai Hospital Oct 23, 2008
They contributed to Brandeis University scholarships and theater programs, the Jewish Guild for the Blind, the Scheppens Eye Research Institute at Harvard, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and Combined Jewish Philanthropies. Mr. Kaplan made his fortune in patent leather. (Boston Globe)
Business notes Oct 23, 2008
He received his bachelor s degree from Brandeis University and his master of business administration degree from Bentley College. Inferrera selected as car audio judge. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
MANAGING GLOBALIZATION: U.S. faces a tricky balancing act Oct 22, 2008
" Catherine Mann, a professor of international economics at Brandeis University, said the economic future could take one of two routes. In what she called "the relatively benign scenario," the United States keeps growing because of long-term export contracts, as the rest of the world also manages to move forward because it is less exposed to the destruction of wealth in the stock markets. As foreigners diversify away from dollar-denominated assets, the dollar declines and the trade gaps continue... (International Herald Tribune)
Men's Swimming Falls To Connecticut, 192.5-102.5 Oct 21, 2008
BC will be back in action on Oct. 22 with a short trip to Brandeis University at 6:30 pm. (Bceagles.com)
The myth of the black vote Oct 21, 2008
Alvy: You, you're like New York, Jewish, left-wing, liberal, intellectual, Central Park West, Brandeis University, the socialist summer camps and the father with the Ben Shahn drawings, right, and the really, y'know, strike-oriented kind of, red diaper, stop me before I make a complete imbecile of myself. Allison: No, that was wonderful. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
New film follows a witness to history Oct 19, 2008
German filmmaker Doris Drrie will be at the Museum of Fine Arts on Friday and next Sunday, the Wasserman Cinematheque at Brandeis University on Saturday, and the Goethe-Institut Boston on Oct. 28 as part of a partial retrospective of her work presented by the institute. Included are a collection of her comedies and relationship films from 1985 through this year. (Boston Globe)
Democrats round on Bush over trade gap Oct 18, 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)
Serving the country: Tight-knit Willows team out of North Andover to play in national championships this weekend Oct 18, 2008
He played first doubles and second singles at Brandeis University after high school. As you get older, you get a little bit more tactically savvy, he added. (North Andover Citizen, MA)
Dr. Henry Foster, 83; made a fortune and then shared it Oct 16, 2008
Turning to philanthropy a few decades ago, Dr. Foster and his wife, Lois, became major benefactors in Greater Boston's art community, contributing generously to the Museum of Fine Arts and Brandeis University's Rose Art Museum ... That school's Waltham campus became the site of Brandeis University two years later. (Boston Globe)
Campus calendar Oct 15, 2008
Eric Hill directs "Saturday Night" at Brandeis University this weekend and next ... Brandeis University, Spingold Theater Center, Laurie Theater, Brandeis University, 415 South St., Waltham. (Boston Globe)
Author, professor earns Ruth Ratner Miller Award Oct 15, 2008
Fischer s career spans more than 40 years of scholarship and teaching at Brandeis University, where he is both university professor and the Earl Warren Professor of History. A graduate of Princeton University and Johns Hopkins University, he has also been a visiting lecturer around the world. (Concord Journal, MA)
Singer Klein always finds his way back home Oct 15, 2008
Klein says his two years in Africa - where he served as a Peace Corps volunteer after earning bachelors and master's degrees from Brandeis University near Boston - informed the songs on both of his albums. "Both albums were influenced by my time in Mali," he says. (Athens Banner-Herald)
A history of Savannah in black and white Oct 14, 2008
This notable book comes as Jones leaves Brandeis University, where she has been a Bancroft Prize-winning professor of American History. She has joined the faculty of the University of Texas-Austin. (Boston Globe)
Rights of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay to be topic of lawyers speech Oct 13, 2008
After earning a doctoral degree in literature at Brandeis University, Falkoff worked at the Capital Defenders Office, which represents death-row inmates. After obtaining a law degree at Columbia University, he was a practicing attorney until coming to NIU.. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Antiwar activists gather on Common Oct 12, 2008
Liza Behrendt, a sophomore at Brandeis University, weaved through the crowds of antiwar paraphernalia and protesters dressed in a white Haz-Mat jumpsuit with a bright pink peace sign painted on the front and a Sharpie marker taped to the back. Behrendt said her "walking petition" outfit - she collected signatures on her back - was her effort to meet like-minded people outside her student group. (Boston Globe)
US again tops university rankings Oct 10, 2008
New entrants in the top 200 include: Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Stony Brook University (USA), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), VU University Amsterdam (Netherlands), University of Lausanne (Switzerland), Chulalongkorn University (Thailand), Universitt Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia), Brandeis University (USA), Pohang University of Science and Technology (South Korea), Technische... (BBC News -- Americas)
Gulls place seventh at Bison Invitational Oct 10, 2008
led Tufts University to a second-place finish with a four-over par 76; the Jumbos combined for a 322 and were followed by Brandeis University (333), Rhode Island College (342), Wentworth Institute of Technology (344), Mitchell College (346), Endicott College (350), Anna Maria College (351) and Suffolk University (377). The Gulls were led by (Portsmouth, R.I.) who shot an 83 which was good for a 13th place finish. (Ecgulls.com)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
