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Reinharz in retrospect:
Reinharz Named Next University President
Administrators defend campus center, students bemoan delays
1994 2010
Reinharz, Winnokur and Perlmutter
REBECCA DREILINGER /Justice File Photo
“These are extraordinary times,”
Dalai Lama visits Brandeis
The Dalai Lama and Reinharz
Louis Perlmutter ’56, chairman of the board of trustees, said Wednesday, after receiving a unanimous faculty committee endorsement. ... Students, faculty and staff overwhelmingly endorsed Reinharz’s appointment emphasizing his accessibility and open-style. Reinharz understands the relationship between faculty and students, and has always been open to student ideas, Student Senate President Larry Leonard ’95 said.
An overall ranking of 30 was given to Brandeis, as reported in the Sept. 18 issue of U.S. News & World Report in an article entitled “America’s Best Colleges.” … Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid David Gould said he is glad U.S. News made the decision to assign numbered rankings to more schools in the listing.
February 2, 2009
“Most student groups, when they see the space, are very excited,”
Univ endowment figures released
Alwina Bennett, associate dean of Student Life, concurred. “All of us are frustrated that it wasn’t ready for the opening,” she added, echoing student leaders.
Complex Studies Center Dedicated A new era of scientific research began Saturday with the dedication and official opening of the Benjamin and Mae Volen National Center for Complex systems, speakers at the event said.
“With the dedication of the Volen Center, we have the opportunity to launch a new dimension of sciences at Brandeis,”
October 3, 1995
Brandeis 2000 Report Proposes Major Changes
“Before students and faculty leave for winter break, … meetings will take place. I want to make sure there is as wide a chance for communication as possible,”
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Position on Rose clarified
October 21, 2003
At the open forum last Thursday, Reinharz reiterated that the intention was never to sell “all the art” in the Rose’s collection but said that
Heller gets $15 mil for new building
“if and when we need to sell, we have the option of selling.”
A $15 million donation from trsutee emeritus Irving Schneider made in July 2003 will nearly double the size of The Heller School for Social Policy Management, creating much needed space for the expanding school and a new, state-of-the-art facility.
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he said.
Reinharz said.
Associate Provost Arthur Reis, Jr., said.
October 20, 1998
“The fact that we are given a definite rank is an improvement,”
President Jehuda Reinharz formed the Brandeis 2000 committee last February to address financial problems facing the university, most notably a projected $8 to $10 million budget shortfall by the end of the decade. ... Reinharz said he is aiming to present final recommendations to the board of trustees at their meeting in late January, and he added that community discussions need to conclude by the end of this semester if this goal is to be met.
October 25, 1994
Mandel Center is officially dedicated
Both [Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Peter] French and Reinharz emphasized that the endowment had been seeing large gains before the unforeseeable financial downturn. The endowment had grown from $190 million when Reinharz became president in 1994 to $715 million through many gains and gifts, French said.
February 10, 2009
Fifty years young: A weekend of festivities
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“We did not need to look further, we had the best man here,”
Reinharz, who has served on the Mandel Foundation Board of Trustees since 2005, said in an interview with the Justice, "My interest and my passions are totally in sync with what [the Mandel Foundation] does." He elaborated that he was particularly interested in the foundation's projects on "leadership development, its work in the Jewish world [and] its work in urban renewal."
Members of the Mandel family and Reinharz
U.S. News Ranks Brandeis at 30
Perlmutter, Reinharz and Thier
Reinharz to lead Mandel Foundation
November 2, 2010
September 19, 1995
In a widely anticipated announcement, the board of trustees named Provost and Senior Vice President of Brandeis for Academic Affairs Jehuda Reinharz as seventh president of Brandeis University, making him the first alumnus ever appointed to the post.
April 20, 2010
Reinharz said in the press release. “We cannot control or fix the nation’s economic problems. We can only do what we have been entrusted to do-act responsibly with the best interests of our students.”
The Shapiro Campus Center will officially open Oct. 3 with a gala ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the new focal point of the Brandeis campus and thank the Shapiro family for their gift to the University of $25 million. The building’s opening has been repeatedly delayed, but the University decided finally on the October opening date in June. …
May 26, 1998
His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters during his two-day visit to Brandeis on May 8 and 9. Brandeis was the Dalai Lama’s only northeast stop on this visit to the United States.
The Rose Art Museum, which houses a collection of modern and contemporary masterpieces, will close in the summer of 2009 after the Board of Trustees voted unanimously yesterday to do so in the wake of the current financial crisis, according to a campuswide e-mail sent by University President Jehuda Reinharz. …
The Jan. 26 press release stated, “After necessary legal approvals and working with a top auction house, the University will publicly sell the art collection.” The museum’s collection currently comprises 7,180 works.
“Now, go and party!” President Jehuda Reinharz ’72 said, to a robust crowd of students, alumni, board members, faculty and staff at the kick-off picnic this Friday on Chapels Field. Members of the Brandeis community celebrated Brandeis’ 50th anniversary this weekend with events ranging from a postal card dedication to a gala at the Copley Marriott.
January 24, 2006
Shapiros give $25M for science quad
April 27, 1999
Reinharz signs new contract The Board of Trustees approved a new five-year contract for President Jehuda Reinharz to continue in his current position. … Reinharz, who became Brandeis University’s President in 1994, said he is very content remaining at Brandeis for at least another five years.
The University’s largest donors—Carl and Ruth Shapiro—matched their previous record-donation, contributing $25 million toward rebuilding the science center. The $154 million Carl J. Shapiro Science Center, the University's largest capital proposal ever, is slated to break ground at the end of the summer, University President Jehuda Reinharz said.
“I get a lot of satisfaction with what has been happening at Brandeis, and even though the job is very difficult, it also has a lot of rewards,”
2001
said Reinharz. “The Mandel Center is a clear message to everyone that the humanities are important here at Brandeis, that architecture is important at Brandeis, and beauty is important at Brandeis. These are values that the Mandels share with us.”
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Number of international firstyears rises The international students were part of a firstyear class that included 910 first-years as well as 60 transfer students, according to an e-mail from Jennifer Abdou, the orientation programs specialist. Last year, 78 international students were part of a first-year class of 754; This year, the number of international students within the entire first-year class has increased by 4 percent. The number of international students is far greater than in any year in the past decade, said Elwell.
October 6, 2009
Search to begin for new president The University Board of Trustees is creating a presidential search committee in light of University President Jehuda Reinharz’s Sept. 24 announcement to resign. … Reinharz told the Justice Sept. 24 that his decision to resign is based on
“the realization that I’ve completed most of the things that I want to complete [at Brandeis]. ... I have an opportunity to do something different. ... I decided this was a good time.”
Reinharz said.
2000
“Without the study of the humanities, our own humanity is diminished,”
September 1, 2009
Members of the Class of 1952
1999
The Mandel Foundation, founded by Morton Mandel and his brothers, Joseph and Jack, gave the University a grant of $22.5 million to build the Mandel Center. University President Jehuda Reinharz noted that this is the largest grant ever given by the Mandel Foundation and it is among the largest gifts ever given to support the humanities in the United States. …
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DESIGN BY BRIAN BLUMENTHAL/the Justice. PHOTO BY ASHER KRELL/the Justice.
March 8, 1994
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On Sunday, Brandeis inaugurated Jehuda Reinharz as its seventh president, and the first alumnus and faculty member to assume the school’s highest post.
“Brandeis is an institution close to my heart,”
Rose Art Museum to be closed
September 24, 2002
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Reinharz said. “For more than 27 years, it has played a vital role in my life, first as a student then as an alumnus, a faculty member, an academic administrator, and now as its seventh president. I accept the obligations of the presidency as a high honor and privilege. I recognize my responsibility as a steward, called upon to preserve all that is best about Brandeis while helping to prepare our university for the 21st century,” he said.
— Compiled by Alana Abramson, Rebecca Blady, Hillel Buechler, Rebecca Klein, Asher Krell and Tess Raser
1994
Reinharz Inaugurated as Seventh President
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2010
January 27, 2009
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To mark the conclusion of Jehuda Reinharz’s presidency, we delved into the Justice archives to sift through some of the key events of his tenure. In this timeline, we present the Reinharz years directly out of the pages of the Justice with excerpts from articles, along with their headlines, preserved in their original forms.
April 11, 1995
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The Justice looks back on 16 1/2 years of headlines under the University’s seventh president
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2010
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