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Open-access journal will join JSTOR Archive on Social Exclusion was developed by University professor at Heller School. By GEMMA SAMPAS JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion (J-CASTE), an open-access journal developed by Laurence Simon, Professor of International Development and Director of the Center for Global Development (Heller), will join the JSTOR Archive following the publication of its upcoming fall issue. JSTOR is a digital library database with over 2,000 journals in its collection. According to its website, the archives house over 12 million books, academic journal articles and primary sources. JSTOR is widely popular in university settings and can aid students, professors and researchers of any age or discipline in researching and building knowledge. The development process for CASTE, the Brandeis-based peerreviewed academic journal, began in early 2020 through collaborations with the Center for Global Development and Sustainability in the
Heller School for Social Policy and Management and the Brandeis Library. Since then, the journal has published three issues. Volume one included two publications, “The Persistence of Caste” and “Legacy of Gender and Caste Discrimination.” Volume two’s first edition highlighted different perspectives on emancipation. Simon says he is excited about the collaboration as it will allow a wider audience to connect with CASTE’s content and will further educate a vast public on interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the relationships between social systems and oppression. “For a young journal, we were delighted to be invited to join JSTOR,” Simon wrote in an email to the Justice, further explaining that CASTE was selected due to the publication’s high value to the field, as well as recommendations from academic librarians and scholars. Since CASTE’s early days of development, the journal has stayed loyal to its original message, Simon said. The journal mainly examines social policies aimed towards countering exclusion and intolerance in multiple spheres, and authors featured in the journal include
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Jewish philanthropist displays sculpture ■ Harold Grinspoon’s
sculpture “Twister” was added to the collection of art on campus this year. By JACKLYN GOLOBORODSKY JUSTICE EDITOR
The newest addition to Brandeis’ campus is a striking and meaningful art piece by Harold Grinspoon. The sculpture is located between the Shapiro Campus Center and the Admissions building. It was installed in mid-July 2021, according to an article on the Brandeis Alumni, Friends, and Families website. In addition to his work in the sphere of Jewish philanthropy, Grinspoon is a sculptor. He began sculpting around 7 years ago. The focus of his work is nature, specifically trees. Describing his artistic process, a Tablet Magazine article says “he searches out dead, leafless, trunks of trees from the woods, quarters them, refinishes or paints the boughs, and reconstitutes the large
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scale structures in his own way. He then places the sculpture back on its feet in nature for a second life.” This is exactly how his sculpture called “Twister” came to stand near the Admissions building on the University’s campus. “Twister” is a part of his tree series collection and was inspired by a tornado that occurred near Grinspoon’s home in Massachusetts, described the Brandeis article on the art piece. When the tornado caused a tree to fall in his backyard, his “whole perception of life, morality, immortality, beauty and form” was changed. Grinspoon’s other sculptures are scattered around, one on view at Massachusetts General Hospital, another at Kent State University. On the subject of art, Grinspoon told Brandeis that “art has ultimately been the gift that unlocked more understanding than I could have imagined.” Grinspoon has spent much of his life in real estate development, but after retiring he entered the sphere of philanthropy, specifically in the Jewish community.
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COMPOST: Students set up a table with information on Black Earth composting and how students can play an active role.
University works to reduce impact on climate change ■ An email sent by Pres.
Liebowitz highlights the University’s goals in regards to sustainable investing. By LEAH BREAKSTONE JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
On Oct. 6, University President Ron Liebowitz sent out an email to the Brandeis community addressing climate change and the University’s commitment to take steps to lessen its impact. Starting in 2016, Brandeis stopped investing in fossil fuels, and in 2018, a set of policies were adopted in regards to these investments. Liebow-
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itz said in the email that this year, “1. Brandeis will extend its policy, first adopted in 2018, of not investing in fossil fuel private limited partnerships; 2. We will deepen our efforts to invest in the expanding green sector; and 3. We will develop a measurement and analysis tool set to measure and disclose the Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions associated with our entire endowment holdings as part of our sustainability goals.” According to Carbon Trust, “Scope 1 covers direct emissions from owned or controlled sources. Scope 2 covers indirect emissions from the generation of purchased electricity, steam, heating and cooling consumed by the reporting company.” The University plans
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to develop a tool that analyzes and measures these emissions to ensure that they are on the right track to meeting their goals. “This project will represent the first step toward the University’s longer-term effort to incorporate the endowment into campus-wide carbon mitigation plans,” including getting the University closer to its goal of achieving carbon neutrality, according to the email. Liebowitz continued, “This measurement and analysis tool set is a distinct aspect of our plan that distinguishes us among other institutions of higher education as a leader when it comes to combating climate change. It reflects a seri-
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COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Waltham
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The Justice interviewed students currently studying abroad during COVID-19.
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