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8 hrs ago | Eugene Weekly

Old Friends and the Dwarfman

In keeping with their proud tradition of pushing the envelope, The Student Productions Association of Lane Community College will stage Michael Weller's experimental, unpublished work Dwarfman, Master of a Million Shapes .

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Arts, Theater

12 hrs ago | Science Blog

Rice sociologist looks at pediatric physicians' views on religion, spirituality

Pediatricians and pediatric oncologists express differing views on religion and spirituality, largely based on the types of patients they treat, according to a survey that will appear in the current edition of the journal Social Problems.

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Related Topix: Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Jerusalem Post

Gold vs Goldstone

Former Israeli ambassador Dore Gold wanted the last word after his matchup with Judge Richard Goldstone at Brandeis University last week.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East,

The Nation

The Dreyfuss Report: Abbas' Shock Treatment

And the mood was decidedly pessimistic. Khalil Shikaki, a Brandeis University professor who has conducted more than 100 polls among Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, focused on the decision by Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, not to run for reelection in 2010.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Prison, Hamas (Palestine)

The Justice

Root of Beha's critique not unique to Brandeis

When I read Christopher Beha's recent article in Harper's Magazine drudging up Brandeis' financial troubles, what first came to mind was the old maxim, "If you cannot improve the silence, then don't speak." Beha's article aggravated me primarily because, to put it bluntly, the article was pointless.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

Boston Globe

Brandeis installing swath of solar panels

In a few weeks, the Gosman Center at Brandeis University will be the site of one of the largest solar panel arrays in Massachusetts.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Examiner.com

Risa Glaser: attorney, entrepreneur, and philanthropist

Ever since she was in fourth grade, Risa Glaser knew she wanted to be an attorney.

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Telegram & Gazette

Crime and punishment: Trip to the Colonies

By the time Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776, more than 52,000 British convicts had labored as slaves on plantations from Maryland to Virginia.

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Related Topix: Virginia, Prison

Newkerala.com

Paediatric physicians turn to religion in times of medical crisis

Washington, Nov 5 : Paediatric oncologists are likely to accept religion as a resort when medicine has failed the patient, according to a new study.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

Boston Globe

Brandeis in spotlightAfrican justice defends a report on Israel at the university

The Israeli media have extensive coverage today of the forum at Brandeis University last night in which South African Justice Richard Goldstone defended his United Nations report on Israel's invasion of Gaza -- and former Israeli diplomat Dore Gold sharply challenged Goldstone's methods and findings.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Boston Globe

Jeff Jacoby At Brandeis, Israel's guilt, innocence on display

TO BRANDEIS University last night, South African jurist Richard Goldstone brought his international reputation as a legal scholar, a human rights advocate, and the former chief prosecutor of the United Nations tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Opinion

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Ynetnews

Goldstone: I was afraid of being abducted in Gaza

WASHINGTON a ' Shortly after his report accusing Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, Judge Richard Goldstone took part Thursday night in a debate with former Israeli Ambassador to the UN Dore Gold, in which he argued that statements made by Israeli politicians and military officials were proof ...

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Boston Globe

The Rose Art Museum gallery

Brandeis University's stunning decision in January to close its Rose Art Museum and sell its $350 million collection sparked anxiety on campus and a campaign to save the museum, and led to an about-face: The museum would stay open, but director Michael Rush would go, staffing would be cut, and some works might still be sold.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Physics Blog

Religion and medicine: Sometimes a healing prescription

Do pediatric oncologists feel that religion is a bridge or a barrier to their work? Or do they feel it can be either, depending on whether their patients are recovering or deteriorating? A novel Brandeis University study examines these questions in the current issue of Social Problems .

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Related Topix: Oncology, Medicine, Pediatrics, Physics, Science

The Justice

EDITORIAL: Reinharz mishandled Harper's

University President Jehuda Reinharz recently sent an e-mail to the faculty listserv in response to the November 2009 Harper's Magazine article "Voodoo Academics: Brandeis University's hard lesson in the real economy." In this e-mail, Mr.

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Related Topix: Opinion

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Science Daily

Industry Support Of Academic Life Science Research May Be Dropping

Results of the survey, appearing in the November/December 2009 issue of Health Affairs, also suggest that interest in commercial applications of research appears to be growing, even among investigators without industry funding.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry

Post-Standard

Christie Hefner, former CEO of Playboy Enterprises to speak at Syracuse University's Newhouse School

In 1988, Christie Hefner took over Playboy Enterprises Inc., from her iconic father, Hugh Hefner.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Playboy Enterprises, Syracuse University, The Girls Next Door, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Human Sexuality

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Baltimore Jewish Times

Birthright Funders Look to Upbeat Study to Boost Fund Raising

Birthright Israel is hinging a major fund-raising push on a new study that says the program, which sends young Jews on free 10-day trips to Israel, has a major impact on Jewish continuity.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, World News

The Boston Globe

Amid tumult, a degree of stability

Last September, Boston University was the first local college to sound the alarm on an impending financial crisis that would soon penetrate much of academia: President Robert Brown curbed spending, froze staff hiring, and halted construction.

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Related Topix: Boston University, Harvard University, Daniel Webster College, Amherst, MA, UMass Amherst

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Newindpress

The insecure dictator

Two dominant flaws in Indira Gandhia TMs character that explain most of her controversial political moves during her 16 years as prime minister were her insecurity and her authoritarian mentality.

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