- Healthcare reform and the public option: a dealbreaker?
- Help Haiti by giving, but giving wisely.
- Are U.S. job numbers finally near the bottom?
- Motivating new modalities in treating substance abuse.
- Parity legislation helps people with mental illness.
Heller Spotlight
Wilson's "Norse in Need" project will encourage donations of funds to NKU students in need of emergency aid.
Heller Professor Leonard Saxe Receives Marshall Sklare Award
The award is given by the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (ASSJ) and honors the memory of the founding director of Brandeis' Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies.
Heller in Top Ten U.S. News and World Report Rankings
Heller ranks in the top ten schools of social policy.
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News
Senior Statesman of Health Care
Brandeis Magazine profiles Stuart Altman.
Amartya Sen to speak at Heller commencement
The Brandeis Hoot talks to Dean Lynch and other Heller faculty members about Sen's work.
Turkey day in Boston – why we need to look beyond the BRICs
Heller faculty member Can Erbil's op-ed about doing business with Turkey appears on Boston.com's Global Business Hub blog.
Events & Items of Interest
Procession begins at 8:00 am. Address by Nobel Prize-winning economist and philosopher Amartya Sen.
Sunday, May 20, 2012, 8:00 am
Spingold Theater, Brandeis Campus
Tuesday Talks Series Resumes in Fall 2012
Tuesday Talks is a special series of lunchtime talks by Heller faculty and researchers on select Tuesdays throughout the year. Speakers and dates confirmed so far are listed below. Check back for updates to the schedule throughout the summer.
- October 2: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Director, Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy
- November 13: Michael Doonan, "Election 2012: The President, Congress and Social Policy Implications"
- December 4: Ricardo Godoy, "Moms vs. Dads: Income in Whose Hands Works to Improve Child Health? Results from the Amazon"
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2012 Heller Teaching, Mentoring, and Staff Service Awards!
Professor Barry Friedman won the Teaching Award, Professor Deborah Garnick received the Mentoring Award, and the inaugural Staff Service Award went to Martha Davis, Proposal Manager.
