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    <title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Brandeis University News</title><link xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">http://www.brandeis.edu/now</link><description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">News from Brandeis University's Office of Communications</description><language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en-us</language><pubDate xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Wed, 22 May 2013 04:10:05 -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Wed, 22 May 2013 04:10:05 -0400</lastBuildDate><generator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Hannon Hill Cascade Server</generator><managingEditor xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">news@brandeis.edu (Office of Communications)</managingEditor><webMaster xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">wmd@brandeis.edu (Web + Middleware Development)</webMaster>
    <item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Jewish women 'leaning in' at Brandeis Shabbat services</title><link>http://lilith.org/articles/susan-weidman-schneider-on-why-women-are-so-powerful-in-jewish-campus-life-now/</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:41:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://lilith.org/articles/susan-weidman-schneider-on-why-women-are-so-powerful-in-jewish-campus-life-now/</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Wieseltier reminds humanities grads of their value</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/humanities.html</link><description>Leon Wieseltier, the literary editor of The New Republic, started commencement ceremonies off eloquently with a heartfelt defense of the humanities and an encouragement to humanities graduates to resist the forces of technologic gimmickry and scientism.</description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 16:02:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/humanities.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Heller School grads celebrate diversity, altruism</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/heller.html</link><description>They came to The Heller School of Social Policy and Management from across the globe – from Ghana to Indonesia, from Israel to Jamaica – to learn how to make their communities healthier, stronger and more just. At the Spingold Theater on Sunday, The Heller School celebrated the Class of 2013’s commitment to social justice and civic engagement. </description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:33:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/heller.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>'Run to do good...Get your hands dirty'</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/ceremony.html</link><description>Inspirational speeches, heartfelt thanks and an abundance of joy marked Brandeis University’s 62nd commencement, as more than 7,000 students, faculty, families and friends celebrated the awarding of 850 bachelor’s degrees, 803 master’s degrees and 93 doctorates in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center. In his commencement address, Dr. Rick Hodes, who has devoted his life to helping severely afflicted children in Africa, urged graduates to “run to do good” and “get your hands dirty.” In addition to Hodes, honorary degrees were awarded to Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York; painter, sculptor and printmaker Ellsworth Kelly; Chaim Peri, director emeritus of Yemin Order Wingate Youth Village in Israel; visionary community leader and co-founder of Operation P.E.A.C.E. (Partnerships in Education and Community Enrichment) Elaine Schuster and Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic.</description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:31:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/ceremony.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>President Fred Lawrence's commencement address</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/lawrence.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:09:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/lawrence.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Text of Ellyn Getz's student address</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/getz.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 03:48:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/getz.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Grads, families look at Brandeis and the road ahead</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/families.html</link><description>As students raced up and down South Street to commencement ceremonies – clutching coffee and pizza or each other, accepting flowers, adjusting their caps – the road that follows graduation was on their, and their families’, minds.</description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 01:48:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/families.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Dr. Rick Hodes' commencement address</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/hodes.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 01:46:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencement/hodes.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Remembering Emeritus Professor of Music, Harold Shapero</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/shapero.html</link><description>Classical music composer, pianist and longtime professor of music at Brandeis University, Harold Shapero, died in his sleep on May 17, following complications from pneumonia. He was 93.&#8232;&#8232;</description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:11:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/shapero.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Angela Gutchess wins Wellington Lottery</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/gutchess.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:01:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/gutchess.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Shilpa Davé comments on Indian Americans on television</title><link>http://www.tvworthwatching.com/BlogPostDetails.aspx?postId=4457</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:03:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.tvworthwatching.com/BlogPostDetails.aspx?postId=4457</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Soccer star to march Sunday, return in the fall</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/ocel.html</link><description>Sam Ocel  was the 2012 University Athletic Association Men’s Soccer Player of the Year and Brandeis' top male athlete. He'll march in the academic procession with his classmates Sunday, then return for one more season.</description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:50:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/ocel.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Husbands a bigger source of stress than kids for nearly  half of moms</title><link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/15/marriage-stress-husbands-kids_n_3274978.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:32:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/15/marriage-stress-husbands-kids_n_3274978.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Harald Helfgott ’98 solves 'Odd' Goldbach Conjecture</title><link>http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/2013/05/15/goldbach-variations/</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 09:52:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/2013/05/15/goldbach-variations/</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Eileen H. Hong '13: How K-pop can make it in US</title><link>https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2013/05/162_135691.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:40:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2013/05/162_135691.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Drug monitoring program chief says Medicare puts patients at risk</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/dangers-found-in-lack-of-safety-oversight-for-medicare-drug-benefit/2013/05/11/067a10ae-b8ec-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:10:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/dangers-found-in-lack-of-safety-oversight-for-medicare-drug-benefit/2013/05/11/067a10ae-b8ec-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Rivo comments on Marzynski's 'Never Forget to Lie'</title><link>http://www.jta.org/2013/03/07/arts-entertainment/acclaimed-filmmaker-turns-camera-on-his-own-holocaust-experience-for-frontline</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:01:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.jta.org/2013/03/07/arts-entertainment/acclaimed-filmmaker-turns-camera-on-his-own-holocaust-experience-for-frontline</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>All in the Family: Getz parents and children feel that campus is their second home</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/getzes.html</link><description>Ken ’84 and Debra Hassenfeld Getz ’85 met at Brandeis and brought their young children to campus so frequently it felt like home. This Sunday, daughter Ellyn will deliver the student commencement address. Her brother David is a member of the Class of '15.  </description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 10:06:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/getzes.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Memory of Abraham Maslow faded, not forgotten</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/maslow.html</link><description>Walk into his former office in the Brown Center for Social Sciences and you’ll find nothing of Abraham Maslow. There is no plaque, no picture, not even a doorstop marking the place where one of the world’s most influential psychologists did his most important work. But some say it's not too late to honor the man and his contributions.</description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:51:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/maslow.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Events, speakers will mark 62nd commencement</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencementpreview.html</link><description>A weekend of celebrations will mark the university's 62nd commencement. The main ceremony will be held on May 19 in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center. More than 850 undergraduate degrees, as well as more than 900 graduate degrees and certificates, will be awarded.</description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 11:46:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/commencementpreview.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Two from women's tennis team are NCAA-bound</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/tennis.html</link><description>Senior Faith Broderick and sophomore Carley Cooke of the 24th-ranked Brandeis University women’s tennis team, have been selected to represent the Judges at the 2013 NCAA Division III Doubles Championships, which will be held May 23 to 25 in Kalamazoo, Mich.</description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 14:29:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/tennis.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Right-wing radicalism conference leads to a book</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/rightwing.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 09:14:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/rightwing.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Medicine Wheel Productions to honor Cohen</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/cohen.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/cohen.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Schuster Institute fellow launches new book on 'The Business of Baby'</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/margulis.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 16:30:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/margulis.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Community members' art enlivens the campus </title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/artinstallations.html</link><description>From the Great Lawn to Farber Library, from wide-open spaces to nooks and crannies in the trees, works of art dot the campus as a result of the annual Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts, adding to the environment of creativity, community and celebration.</description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:27:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/artinstallations.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Marc Brettler elected to American Academy for Jewish Research</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/brettler.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 13:04:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/brettler.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Peace Corps veterans beat path to Heller School door</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/peacecorps.html</link><description>Brandeis ranks fifth in the nation on the Peace Corps’ list of top Coverdell Fellows programs, though it only began participating in the fellowship two years ago. Currently, 27 returned Peace Corps volunteers are studying at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. </description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 12:52:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/peacecorps.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>SCRAM promotes student engagement with Rose</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/scram.html</link><description>The group, which currently has 28 members, aims to expose students to the Rose, to provide students with opportunities for in-depth interaction with the collection and to communicate student interests and opinions about the museum. &#13;
</description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 09:30:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/scram.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Apply now for fall semester parking permits</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/parkingpermits.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 11:54:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/parkingpermits.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Photographer donates Israel then-and-now collection</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/tassel.html</link><description>Photographer Dan Tassel has been collecting and shooting photographs of the Middle East for decades, and recently donated some of what he's amassed to the Robert D. Farber Archives &amp; Special Collections, in the hopes students can put them to use.</description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 03:36:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/tassel.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Lisa Lynch: April hiring increase shows that the economy is improving</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june13/jobs_05-03.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 16:10:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june13/jobs_05-03.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Brandeis National Committee to honor Whitfield with Sachar Award</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/sacharaward.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 14:35:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/sacharaward.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Ethan Stein, friends win Boston student film fest</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/filmaward.html</link><description>'Wordsmith,' a short film Ethan Stein '15 produced with friends from high school, won at the Boston Student Film Festival. The film began as part of a still-in-progress feature that was screened in the Wasserman Cinematheque last month, and the short will go on to be screened at other festivals.</description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 11:55:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/filmaward.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>John Nunes '13 wins State Dept. scholarship to study Russian</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/languagescholarship.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 10:37:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/languagescholarship.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Roskies and Diamant guide readers through Holocaust literature</title><link>http://forward.com/articles/175389/david-roskies-and-naomi-diamant-guide-readers-thro/?p=all</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 23:44:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://forward.com/articles/175389/david-roskies-and-naomi-diamant-guide-readers-thro/?p=all</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Kansas State students win Generous U competition</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/generousu.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 12:02:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/generousu.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Graduate teaching fellows honored</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/teachingfellows.html</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 11:39:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/teachingfellows.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Cynthia Cohen: First, peace</title><link>http://www.tcg.org/publications/at/issue/featuredstory.cfm?story=6&amp;indexID=29</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 10:11:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.tcg.org/publications/at/issue/featuredstory.cfm?story=6&amp;indexID=29</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Festival brings crowds, smiles, songs to campus</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/festivalslideshow.html</link><description>Brandeis celebrated four days of music, dance, theater and visual arts with its annual Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts and Springfest concert. Crowds of visitors joined the campus community in 'imagining the impossible,' this year’s theme, during the festival April 25 to 28.</description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 13:18:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/festivalslideshow.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Callahan lecturers say entitlement reform a must</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/callahanlecture.html</link><description>Panel members addressed the reason for the Social Security crisis, the failure of the political system to fix Medicare funding problems, and the resulting accumulation of debt with which future generations will have to deal.  </description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 09:30:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/callahanlecture.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Burt discusses Lincoln on Morning Joe </title><link>http://video.msnbc.msn.com/morning-joe/51715033/</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:09:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://video.msnbc.msn.com/morning-joe/51715033/</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>National Academy elects neuroscientist Turrigiano </title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/turrigiano.html</link><description>Gina Turrigiano, a professor of biology whose pioneering research studies how neurons and circuits change during learning and development, was elected Tuesday to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the nation’s most prestigious scientific society.</description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:51:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/turrigiano.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Book review: 'Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism'</title><link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/30/book-review-lincolns-tragic-pragmatism/</link><description/><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:53:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/30/book-review-lincolns-tragic-pragmatism/</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Wander with this year's Study Abroad participants</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/wander.html</link><description>Wander: Brandeis Abroad, the magazine which chronicles in photos, poetry and prose the experiences of Brandeis students who spend a semester studying overseas, has published its fourth edition, in conjunction with the Office of Study Abroad. It is available online and in print.</description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:39:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/may/wander.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Student speakers for commencement selected</title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/studentspeakers.html</link><description>Undergraduate Ellyn Getz and graduate student Enrique Levin have been chosen to give the student addresses at Brandeis’ 62nd commencement on Sunday, May 19. 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Feng’s method promotes speaking fluency as students learn a system of simplified Chinese characters, known as Pinyin. </description><dc:creator>news@brandeis.edu (Brandeis University)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:26:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/chinese.html</guid></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Sam Shankland '14 advancing on international chess scene </title><link>http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/april/shankland.html</link><description>An Orinda, California, native, Shankland is an economics major and a chess Grandmaster, placing him at the highest level of players internationally. 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