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Family of Brandeis student who died on campus files wrongful death lawsuit
Editor’s note: Some readers may find the details in the story below disturbing. The family of a Brandeis University student who died by suicide on campus has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging that the university was grossly negligent in its response to calls that the sophomore may be in danger in the hours before their death. The lawsuit, filed...
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Report: Brandeis women's basketball coach retires after players threaten to quit
This comes after 11 players wrote a letter asking her to resign or facing the prospect of them refusing to play for her.
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Brandeis students hold sit-in after arrests at rally in support of Palestine
Brandeis University students organized a sit-in on campus Monday to send a message to administrators after seven people were arrested during a protest at the school on Friday. Those seven people pleaded not guilty in Waltham District Court on Monday for charges including trespassing, rioting, resisting arrest and assault and battery on a police officer. Several protesters and students emphasized…
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7 people arrested during pro-Palestine rally at Brandeis
Brandeis University says seven people were arrested Friday during a demonstration on campus in Waltham, Massachusetts. The arrests were made at a rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza, which came on the heels of the school’s announcement that it would no longer support the campus chapter of the National Students for Justice in Palestine. A school spokesperson told...
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Art exhibit at Brandeis University reimagines lives cut short by Holocaust
A new art exhibit on display at a Massachusetts college imagines a future that never occurred for people killed in the Holocaust. For those pictured in “Lives Eliminated, Dreams Illuminated” — now on exhibition at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University in Waltham — it isn’t about what could have been, but what should have been. “I feel compelled to…
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Family of Brandeis student killed in 2022 bus crash files lawsuit
The parents of a Brandeis University student who was killed in a shuttle bus crash last year have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in a Massachusetts court against the transportation company and driver. The crash killed Vanessa Mark and injured the 26 other students, as well as the driver, as the bus returned to the campus in Waltham from a…