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Wikipedia-Article "Brandeis University"

Brandeis University
Motto "אמת"
("Emet", Hebrew for "Truth")
Established 1948
School type Private
President Jehuda Reinharz
Location Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Campus Suburban, 235 acres (1.00 km²)
Enrollment 3,158 undergraduate,
1,872 graduate
Faculty 326 full-time, 139 part-time
Mascot Ollie, the Owl (named for Justice Oliver W. Holmes)
Endowment $467,821,654
Website www.brandeis.edu

Brandeis University is a small, private university in Waltham, Massachusetts. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, 9 miles west of Boston. Founded in 1948 as a coeducational institution on the site of the former Middlesex University, Brandeis is the only nonsectarian Jewish-sponsored college or university in the United States. Despite its relatively recent founding and small size, the university is highly regarded academically and has several first-rate research programs (particularly in the Life Sciences). In addition, the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, founded in 1959, is noteworthy for its graduate programs in social policy, social work, and international development.

The university is named for the first Jewish Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941).

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About Brandeis

Usen Castle, the most recognized building on campus
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Usen Castle, the most recognized building on campus

As of 2005, the university had approximately 3,158 undergraduates, 1,872 graduate students and 460 faculty members.

The schools of the University include:

The College of Arts and Sciences is comprised of 24 departments and 22 interdepartmental programs, which offer 38 majors and 42 minors. The Provost of the university, Marty Krauss is an expert on disability policy and family-based caregiving. Brandeis is home to the Rose Art Museum, a museum of modern and contemporary art.

Fraternities and sororities are officially prohibited by Brandeis University, as they are contrary to a central tenet of the university, namely, that student organizations be open to all students, with membership determined by competency or interest. "Exclusive or secret societies are inconsistent with the principles of openness to which the University is committed." [1]

The university boasts an active student government, the Brandeis Student Union [2], as well as more than 200 student organizations [3].

Usen Castle has been featured on a U.S. Postcard (1998)
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Usen Castle has been featured on a U.S. Postcard (1998)

The Brandeis University Press, a member of the University Press of New England, publishes books in a variety of scholarly and general interest fields.

WBRS at 100.1 FM is the school's radio station.

The university's athletic teams ("The Judges") compete in the University Athletic Association (UAA) conference of the NCAA Division III. The school's official colors are blue and white.

NOTE: Starting in 1997, the University of Louisville began calling its law school the Brandeis School of Law (Louis Brandeis was a Louisville native), but it is not affiliated with Brandeis University in any way. Brandeis University does not have a law school.

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Presidents

The Three Chapels: Berlin (Jewish), Bethlehem (Catholic), and Harlan (Protestant)
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The Three Chapels: Berlin (Jewish), Bethlehem (Catholic), and Harlan (Protestant)

The presidents of Brandeis University have been:

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Current and Former Notable faculty

All current faculty may be found in the Brandeis Faculty Guide.

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Notable alumni

The Rose Art Museum
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The Rose Art Museum
Entrance to the Science Library
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Entrance to the Science Library
Shapiro Campus Center
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Shapiro Campus Center
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Campus Publications

The Justice, which was founded one year after the university's inception in 1949, is an administratively independent weekly newspaper distributed every Tuesday while classes are in session. www.thejusticeonline.com. The Hoot, another weekly newspaper founded in 2005, is published on Fridays. www.thehoot.net.

Other publications.

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External links


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