jack a. goldfarb to build a library. the building, named the bertha and jacob goldfarb library in his honor, was designed by harrison & abramovitz, a firm which designed many campus buildings in the 1950s. built of brick and glass, the library was designed to hold 750,000 volumes. robert berks' statue of louis brandeis stands atop the outcropping in fellows garden, in the center of campus (1956). a nine-foot bronze statue of justice louis d. brandeis is a campus landmark. the sculpture, created by sculptor robert berks, was unveiled in 1956 in honor of the 100th anniversary of brandeis' birth. berks' wife dorothy had been the justice's personal assistant for 39 years and wore his actual robes to model the statue. after brandeis university awarded an honorary doctorate to israeli premier david ben-gurion in 1960, jordan boycotted brandeis university, announcing that it would not issue currency permits to jordanian students at brandeis. beginning in fall 1959, singer eddie fisher established two scholarships at the university, one for classical and one for popular music, in the name of eddie cantor. on may 16, 1960, brandeis announced it would discontinue its varsity football team. president abram sachar pointed to the cost of the team as one reason for the decision. brandeis' football coach benny friedman said it was difficult to recruit football players who were also excellent students with so much competition in the boston metropolitan area. brandeis said the discontinuation of varsity football would allow it to expand intercollegiate activity in other sports. during its nine years of varsity play, brandeis' football team recorded 34 wins, 33 losses, and four ties. in 1985, brandeis was elected to membership in the association of american universities, an association that focuses on graduate education and research. 1960s: countercultural epicenter brandeis became an epicenter of radical student activism and anti–vietnam war protests during the counterculture of the 1960s. it was the national student strike information center during the student strike of 1970. student takeover of ford hall on january 8, 1969, about 70 black students entered then-student-center, ford hall, ejected everyone else from the building, and refused to leave. the students' demands included the hiring of more black faculty members, increasing black student enrollment from four percent to ten percent of the student body, establishing an independent department on african american studies, and an increase in scholarships for black students. over 200 white students staged a sit-in in the lobby of the administration building. president morris b. abram said that, although he recognized "the deep frustration and anger which black students here and all over the country—and often is—the indifference and duplicity of white men in relation to blacks", the students' actions were an affront to the university. the faculty condemned the students' actions as well. on the fourth day of the protest, the middlesex superior court issued a temporary restraining order, requiring the students to leave ford hall. while abram would not allow the order to be enforced by forcibly removing the students from ford hall, 65 students had been suspended for their actions. on january 18, the black students exited ford hall, ending the eleven-day occupation of the building. there had been no violence or destruction of property during the occupation, and brandeis gave the students amnesty from their actions. ronald walters became the first chair of afro-american studies at brandeis later the same year. ford hall was demolished in august 2000 to make way for the shapiro campus center, which was opened and dedicated october 3, 2002. late 20th century: institutional crisis in the 1970s, brandeis faced a financial crisis as donations from american jews decreased as they turned toward support for israel and other causes. samuel o. thier, president from 1991 to 1994, helped to restabilize the university. 21st century the volen center for complex systems (1994, cannondesign) landsman research facility (completed 2005, dedicated 2008), home to a superconducting magnet. in 2014, brandeis announced it would offer an honorary doctorate to ayaan hirsi ali, "a staunch supporter of women's rights", and an outspoken campaigner against female genital mutilation, honor killing and islamic extremism in general. after complaints from the council on american-islamic relations and internal consultation with faculty and students, brandeis publicly withdrew the offer, citing that ali's statements condemning islam were "inconsistent with the university's core values". 87 out of 511 faculty members at brandeis signed a letter to the university president. the university announced that the decision to withdraw the invitation was made after a discussion between ayaan ali and president frederick lawrence, stating that "she is a compelling public figure and advocate for women's rights ... but we cannot overlook certain of her past statements". according to brandeis, ali was never invited to speak at commencement, she was only invited to receive an honorary degree. ali said that brandeis' decision surprised her because brandeis said they did not know what she had said in the past even though her speeches were publicly available on the internet, calling it a "feeble excuse". ali stated that the university's decision was motivated in part by fear of offending muslims. she argued that the "spirit of free expression" referred to in the brandeis statement has been betrayed and stifled. while some commentators such as abdullah antepli, the muslim chaplain and adjunct faculty of islamic studies at duke university, applauded the decision and warned against "making renegades into heroes", other academic commentators such as the university of chicago's jerry coyne and the george mason university foundation professor david bernstein criticized the decision as an attack on academic values such as freedom of inquiry and intellectual independence from religious pressure groups. presidents the presidents of brandeis university are as follows. presidents of brandeis university name tenure note abram l. sachar 1948–1968 morris b. abram 1968–1970 charles i. schottland 1970–1972 marver h. bernstein 1972–1983 evelyn e. handler 1983–1991 stuart h. altman 1990–1991 interim samuel o. thier 1991–1994 jehuda reinharz 1994–2010 frederick m. lawrence 2011–2015 lisa m. lynch 2015–2016 interim ronald d. liebowitz 2016–present campus aerial view of campus in waltham, massachusetts carl and ruth shapiro campus center (2002, charles rose architects) the heller school the heller school for social policy and management is notable for its programs in social policy, health policy and management, and international development. researchers at the graduate school and research institution research policy in health; mental health; substance abuse; children, youth, and families; aging; international and community development; developmental disabilities; philanthropy; and work and inequalities. u.s. news & world report ranked the heller school in the top 10 schools of social policy in its 2013 rankings. international business school brandeis international business school is a professional school dedicated to teaching and research in business, finance, economics and data analytics. the international business school is an aacsb-accredited institution with programs ranked among the best in the world. the international business school offers five graduate programs, two accelerated graduate programs, six dual-degree programs and undergraduate majors and minors in business and economics. the school was established in 1994 as the graduate school of international economics and finance, offering a phd in international economics and finance and master of arts in international economics and finance (ma). in 1998, the school launched the master of business administration (mba) and master of science in finance (msf) programs. in 2003, the school changed its name to brandeis international business school. in 2018, the school launched the master of science in business analytics (msba) program. the rabb school of continuing studies carl j. shapiro science center (2009, payette) with more than 4,000 enrollments a year, the rabb school of continuing studies develops educational offerings across four distinct divisions. it provides professional development opportunities through degree programs, personal enrichment and lifelong learning. graduate school of arts and sciences one of four graduate schools on campus, the graduate school of arts and sciences (gsas) offers over 40 programs, 18 of which are doctoral programs. brandeis graduate students are eligible to cross-register for courses at boston college, boston university, tufts university, and the graduate consortium in women's studies at mit. brandeis is also a member of the boston library consortium, composed of 18 academic and research institutions in massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island, and new hampshire. rose art museum the rose art museum (1961, harrison & abramovitz) established in 1961, the rose art museum is a museum dedicated to 20th- and 21st-century art. library the brandeis library provides resources and services to support research, scholarship, teaching, and learning on campus. the library manages more than 1,500,000 physical volumes, and more than 600,000 electronic books, as well as electronic journals and online databases. as part of the library, the robert d. farber university archives & special collections department houses brandeis university's unique and rare primary sources, which support teaching, research and scholarship at the university and beyond. the department comprises university archives, containing materials related to brandeis university, and special collections, including rare books, original manuscripts dating from the 13th to 21st centuries, unique primary source material, and a wide variety of visual material. subject strengths include the holocaust and jewish resistance to persecution; jewish-american and émigré writers, composers and performing artists; left- and right-wing movements in the united states and europe; and american and european political leaders and social reformers. major collections include material on the spanish civil war, novelist joseph heller, caricaturist honoré daumier, and justice louis dembitz brandeis. campus buildings viewed from starr plaza (1997, pressley associates), left to right: shapiro campus center (2002, charles rose architects); gryzmish center (1959, hugh stubbins); irving presidential enclave (1959, hugh stubbins); bernstein-marcus administration center (1959, hugh stubbins). academics rankings academic rankingsnationalarwu95–116forbes128the / wsj109u.s. news & world report44washington monthly113globalarwu301–400qs468the201–250u.s. news & world report250 brandeis was ranked no. 1 among the top 380 colleges in the united states for student engagement in community service, according to the princeton review in 2015. u.s. news & world report ranked brandeis tied for no. 44 in its 2022 annual list of best national universities. acceptance to brandeis was characterized as "most selective". it was ranked no. 9 of most liberal students in 2009, and no. 10 in 2014. no. 34 among best values in private universities according to kiplinger's personal finance in its 2016 ranking of best value private universities in the united states. no. 2 among national universities for doctoral program in neuroscience and neurobiology (tied with johns hopkins university and yale university), according to the national research council (united states) in 2010. no. 99 among 650 undergraduate institutions and 51st among national research universities in the 2017 ranking from forbes. one of the top 20 small research universities based on the faculty scholarly productivity index (2006–07) named the 6th happiest university by unigo in 2012 brandeis international business school was ranked no. 1 by financial times from 2010 through 2013 for its master of arts in international economics and finance program. slosberg music center organization and administration the schools of the university include: the brandeis university college of arts and sciences the graduate school of arts and sciences the heller school for social policy and management rabb school of summer and continuing studies brandeis international business school the college of arts and sciences comprises 24 departments and 22 interdepartmental programs, which, in total, offer 43 majors and 47 minors. the heller school for social policy and management, founded in 1959, is noteworthy for its graduate programs in healthcare administration, social policy, social work, and international development. internships, research assistantships and other hands-on experiences are available throughout the curriculum. the global and experiential dimensions of education at brandeis are carried out through international centers and institutes, which sponsor lectures and colloquia and add to the ranks of distinguished scholars on campus. the brandeis university press, a member of the university press of new england, publishes books in a variety of scholarly and general interest fields. the goldfarb library at brandeis has more than 1.6 million volumes and 300,000 e-journals. the library also houses a large united states government archive. brandeis university is a part of the boston library consortium, which allows its students, faculty, and staff to access and borrow books and other materials from other blc institutions including tufts university and williams college. cohen center for modern jewish studies in 1980, brandeis university established the maurice and marilyn cohen center for modern jewish studies,