Brandeis

Brandeis puts on a fat suit

adamg — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:25:10 +0000

Brandeis University this week sued everybody from multinational food concerns to a tiny bakery in Milwaukee over margarine - which the school alleges violates patents it owns for producing what it says is heart-healthy food substances.

Brandeis agrees not to sell off 20th-century art holdings

adamg — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:10:11 +0000

Greg Cook reports the latest from the ongoing Rose Art Museum saga.

Brandeis plans major renovations to museum it once wanted to shut

adamg — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:50:25 +0000

Greg Cook reports on some impending work at the Rose Art Museum.

A Jew from Kansas advises Brandeis what to do when the loathsome 'church' shows up on campus

adamg — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:04:54 +0000

Emily Diamond has a suggestion for the group's scheduled Dec. 3 appearance on campus: Do absolutely nothing, because otherwise, it just encourages them:

Some might say we are letting them win if we do nothing. In actuality, they lose. By not showing up, we show that we do not care about them enough to wake up early. We do not care enough about their signs or what they have to say. If we do not show up, the media will have less to cover, and it might not end up on the news. If everyone stopped caring about the church, its actions would have no significance.

Louis Brandeis would have been so proud

adamg — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:50:48 +0000

The school named after the Supreme Court justice lets students bring libel complaints against each other. Which one did, but only after first filing a complaint with campus police (second to last item) about how his group had been wronged on a Web site.

Talk about truth unto its innermost parts: Brandeis might sue Harper's Magazine

adamg — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:32:59 +0000

Greg Cook reports on the latest from the Rose Art Museum front.

Brandeis president to quit, but says it's not over the art museum

adamg — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:56:46 +0000

The Globe reports.

Joel Brown disputes:

... Right. Although his resignation is dated Aug. 31, its announcement now via email last night to "the Brandeis community" is NOT a coincidence. Reinharz's disastrous handling of the university's plan to close the Rose and sell its collection to solve Brandeis' financial problems has been a worldwide embarrassment and has alienated many in the university community, including some donors. ...

Brandeis academic censored for religious reasons

neilv — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:32:16 +0000

The Globe has an interesting piece on Brandeis academic Jytte Klausen's book being censored by Yale University Press for fear of Muslim-related "bloodshed."

Rose Art Museum trustees sue Brandeis to stop sale of art

adamg — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:03:24 +0000

Greg Cook gets the scoop.

BC won't, but Brandeis will

adamg — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:03:21 +0000

Let Bill Ayers talk on campus, that is.

Rose Art Museum situation inspires legislation - in New York

adamg — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:29:39 +0000

Joel Brown discusses a bill now in the New York legislature that would ban the sale of museum assets to pay for operating costs:

Wonder if there are any fans of the Rose on Beacon Hill?

War of the Roses at Brandeis to heat up

adamg — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:12 +0000

Joel Brown reports the Roses for whom the Rose Art Museum is named are gathering at Brandeis on Monday; things could get pretty thorny for university President Yehuda Reinharz:

More than 50 members of the Rose family have come together to condemn the actions of the current Brandeis administration in closing the Edward and Bertha C. Rose Art Museum and selling the art works in its renowned collection.

Brandeis installs barn door on Rose museum

adamg — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:40:22 +0000

The financially strapped school is now spending $20,000 for a crisis-communications PR firm to help it clean up the mess left over from the Rose Art museum crisis.

The Rose Art Museum is saved - or is it?

adamg — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:32:10 +0000

Greg Cook posts Brandeis President Yehuda Reinharz's latest missive on the Rose Art Museum, then reads between the lines.

Institution in financial chaos lectures institution in financial chaos

adamg — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:39:11 +0000

The New York Times wags its near-bankrupt finger at Brandeis University and sternly admonishes it not to sell off pieces of itself in an effort to stay alive.