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FORUM Use new ‘green’ fund 12
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Volume LXII, Number 26
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Waltham, Mass.
ACADEMICS
ADMINISTRATION
New online program to launch
Bold Ideas Group releases final report
■ The program will prepare
students to meet the technological demands of the health care industry. By FIONA LOCKYER JUSTICE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
The Rabb School of Continuing Studies will launch a new online master’s degree program this September in Health and Medical Informatics designed to train students for information technology jobs in the health care industry,
according to an April 20 BrandeisNOW article. According to the article, the need for technology-trained individuals in the health care industry will increase in the coming years because the federal government is providing financial incentives for hospitals to more fully integrate digital technology into their health services by next year. The program’s website explains that students will be trained to use technology to improve the “quality, safety, efficiency and access of healthcare,” and that students in the program participate in the
“development, implementation, evaluation and management of information technology solutions to improve patient care.” “There’s been a lot of talk about health care and health care initiatives, and this is one of the focuses: for doctors and patients to be able to share information,” program director Prof. Cynthia Phillips (GPS) said in an interview with the Justice. She explained that students’ training would be focused on the analytical and business aspects of health care delivery to make health services more efficient. Previously, Health and Medical
Informatics courses were taught as a specialization in the Information Technology master’s program and consisted of six main courses and four electives, which are now requirements for the new program, according to an e-mail from Phillips. The new program is now comprised of 10 courses and 30 credits and will be offered exclusively online at the same tuition rate as other graduate professional studies programs, according to the program website, although no timeframe for completing the program is specified.
■ The report recommends the exploration of expansion of master’s programs and hybrid learning programs.
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By ALANA ABRAMSON JUSTICE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
STUDENT LIFE
Water main break affects Brandeis
The Bold Ideas Group, a committee designed to formulate initiatives for the University that would simultaneously enhance its profile and generate revenue, released its report last Friday in a campuswide e-mail sent by Provost Marty Krauss, the chair of the committee. According to the report, the members of BIG recommended exploring the expansion of the master’s programs and hybrid learning, which entails a combination of online and oncampus learning. The report also recommended developing new high school programming. The University currently supports three high school programs: Genesis, a Jewish academic summer program; BIMA, a Jewish summer arts program; and Impact Boston, a program that provides highschool students with volunteer experience in service organizations in the Boston area. University President Jehuda Reinharz established BIG last fall with the goal of the group establishing new initiatives that would simultaneously enhance Brandeis’ profile while generating at least $2 million in additional revenue. The report explains that the Rabb School of Graduate and Professional Studies currently yields $2 million in revenue for the University and that the plan to expand the master’s programs would be a “vertical” in the sense that the school would aim to increase the number of students already enrolled in the six master’s programs rather than add new programs. The report further states that the Graduate School of Professional Studies will seek a firm to recruit students and has reached out to two firms, Embanet and Colloquy 360. Krauss said in an interview with the Justice that the University is currently in talks with a third firm and hopes to make a selection by the summer. Krauss said that the University will initially aim to increase enrollment in the master’s program for Management
■ Brandeis has taken steps
to provide students with clean drinking water after a boil-water order was issued. By HANNAH KIRSCH JUSTICE EDITOR
In the wake of a rupture in a 10-footwide water pipe in Weston, Mass. that left 2 million residents of the greater Boston area without clean running water, Brandeis is taking measures to ensure that students have an adequate supply of potable water. The pipe, which broke at approximately 10 a.m. last Saturday, was operational again as of 6 a.m. yesterday. However, until testing proves that the water is safe to drink, Waltham residents are advised to avoid ingesting any tap water before boiling it first. The water order is expected to be lifted within the next 48 hours, according to a statement on the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority’s website. An e-mail was sent to the student body Saturday at 6:35 p.m., and an emergency broadcast was made to student room phones at 9:48 p.m., both of which alerted students of the incident and warned them that tap water had to be boiled before it could be drunk. Signs were also posted around campus, particularly over faucets and water fountains, alerting students not to drink tap water until further notice. According to an e-mail sent Sunday by Senior Vice President for Communications Andrew Gully, bottles of water are available in the East, North, Massell and Ridgewood Quad offices for students who cannot boil water in their rooms or suites. Coolers of boiled water have also
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CLEAN WATER: A student tries to get drinking water from a University-provided jug, which was empty, at Sunday’s SpringFest. been set out in dining halls, Einstein Bros. Bagels and the Provisions on Demand Market. During Springfest, the outdoor concert on Chapels Field during which temperatures topped 85 degrees, coolers and bottles of water were set out for attendees. However, Assistant Director of Concerts for Student Events Alyssa Folickman ’10 said in an interview with the Justice that she was “not very pleased” with Aramark’s handling of the water situation for Springfest. “We spoke to them Saturday night, and they assured us
that they had enough water, and they certainly did not make good on that,” she said. Folickman said that because the water canisters provided were much smaller than expected, were not filled often enough and were filled with very hot water, Student Events staff purchased water bottles with emergency fund money despite the fact that one of the bands’ contracts specified that the band did not want water bottles distributed at the event. “It was easier to do that than to keep finding Aramark,” said Folickman. Director of Dining Services
Michael Newmark could not be reached for comment by press time. E-mails from Gully to the Brandeis community also explained that extra hand sanitizer has been set out across campus for students to use after washing their hands, which CoDirector of the Health Center Toby Walters recommended, particularly for washing hands immediately before eating. The Health Center website notes that while the water is safe for showering and laundry, it should not be used for brushing teeth,
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‘Labour’ no chore
Sophomore Tea Partier
New vice president
■ The production of Love’s Labour’s Lost by BTC was comedic and well-staged.
■ Mary-Alice Perdichizzi ’12 talks about her involvement in the Tea Party movement.
■ Keenyn McFarlane was named the new vice president for enrollment.
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INDEX
FEATURES 8 ARTS SPORTS
17 16
EDITORIAL FEATURES
10 7
OPINION POLICE LOG
11 2
COMMENTARY
NEWS 3 11
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