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Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Climatologist awarded prestigious Fellowship By DALYA KOLLER
JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
Brandeis announced Peter C. Frumhoff, a prominent climatologist, as the 2022 Richman Distinguished Fellow in Public Life. Frumhoff currently serves as the chief climate scientist and the director of science and policy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit science advocacy organization. The Union of Concerned Scientists is a national non profit organization whose mission, according to their website, is to use “rigorous, independent science to work to solve our planet's most pressing problems.” Frumhoff is a prolific writer and speaker on topics including climate change and its impacts, climate science and policy, tropical forest conservation and biodiversity. In a BrandeisNOW article, President Ron Leibowitz said, “Peter Frumhoff is an eminent ecologist whose contributions to the public discourse around climate change
deepen our collective understanding of one of the most challenging issues of our time and call us to action. I will be pleased to welcome Professor Frumhoff to campus next year.” According to the Brandeis website, “Richman Fellows are selected from among individuals active in public life whose contributions have had a significant impact on improving American society, strengthening democratic institutions, advancing social justice or increasing opportunities for all citizens to realize and share in the benefits of this nation.” Appointment as a Fellow requires the individual to spend two to three days on Brandeis’ campus. Frumhoff’s residency will be held on March 29 to 31, 2022. Frumhoff was a leading author of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He was a leading contributor to the IPCC Special Report "Land Use, Land-use Change, and Forestry" in 2000. He also guided the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment, which, according to the Adaptation Clearinghouse website, was “a collaboration between the Union of
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Award winning journalist speaks to students ■ Brandeis Women’s Network invited journalist to share her insights on her career and motivation. By ISABEL ROSETH
JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
The Brandeis Women’s Network welcomed award-winning journalist Alison Bass ’75 via Zoom on Wednesday, Nov. 3 to discuss her career and new book. Amy Cohen ’85, the network’s co-chair, moderated the event. Bass was a longtime medical and science writer for the Boston Globe and has had many articles and essays in numerous other publications, such as the Miami Herald and the Huffington Post. Her latest memoir, “Brassy Broad: How One Journalist Helped Pave the Way to #MeToo,” was the main focus during the event, as was her time at Brandeis and what and who shaped her as a journalist and author. Bass began the event by talking about her memoir. The
book, she said, described her childhood as a Jewish kid in an “unusually progressive intentional Quaker community” in Bryn Gweled, Pennsylvania. She said that while all felt welcomed there, she still grew up as a minority and an outlier, so she had to develop thick skin, which is “very good for journalism,” Bass said. The conversation then turned toward Brandeis when Cohen asked Bass what made her decide to attend the University. Bass replied that when it was time to go to college, she hadn’t wanted to go anywhere close to home, adding that she “wanted to explore.” Among others, she applied to four schools in Massachusetts. “I always wanted to be in the Boston, Massachusetts area,” Bass said. She also shared some memorable moments from her time at the University, including an event where Abbie Hoffman, a social activist and a fugitive at the time, came to speak — an event, she said, that filled up the auditorium. Another moment that stood out to Bass was when she
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Student teams created business plans to solve social issues and pitched their ideas over the weekend.
UTC performs ‘The Wolves’ ■ The Undergraduate Theater
Collection presents a coming-of-age story written by Sarah Delappe. By GEMMA SAMPAS JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
Connection, squabbling and the bond of friendship lies at the heart of "The Wolves," the latest play performed by the Brandeis Undergraduate Theater Collection, which opened Nov. 4. The piece, written by Sarah Delappe in 2016, tells a collective coming-of-age story about a girls soccer team. Kieran Whitney ’23 directed the UTC production over the course of one month and brought his vision to fruition through his eight cast members.
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"The Wolves" originally premiered at The Duke on 42nd Street in New York as an off-Broadway show and went on to earn Delappe recognition as a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Drama. According to Delappe’s page on the Pulitzer website, "The Wolves" brings to life a story which “illuminates with the unmistakable ping of reality the way young selves are formed when innate character clashes with external challenges.” On Nov. 6, the Justice attended the show, which opened with a warm-up sequence in which the teammates converse on a variety of topics on which they share a range of understandings. They ponder current events, ask cumbrous questions regarding each other’s families and the upcoming national soccer championships which they so yearn to
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■ The 2022 Richman Distinguished Fellow in Public Life award was granted to climatologist Peter Frumhoff.
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take part in. The play relies heavily on fast-paced dialogue and keeping the audience drawn in to the synchronized movements of the soccer players as well as their witty, instantaneous communications. Throughout the play’s runtime, the girls make their way through uncomfortable topics with adolescent gusto. They exchange private and public information and tailor their words to match who is on and off the field. They discuss sex, a teammate’s supposed abortion, another’s storied global background, school projects and body image. A majority of conversation is maneuvered and watched over by the captain, #25, played by Ruth King ’24. The UTC production of "The Wolves" included a cast of eight
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Student Union election updates By MAX FEIGELSON
A Black nation is rising By ISAIAH JOHNSON
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Judges women's soccer sweeps weekend
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