The Latest Breaking News from Claudine Gay

How are Harvard, Penn presidents responding to campus anti-Semitism row?

Harvard’s Claudine Gay and Penn’s Elizabeth Magill released statements a day after their heated Congress hearing.

Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2023

Harvard defends efforts fighting antisemitism after backlash to congressional hearing

Lawmakers grilled university leaders over campuses controversies and protecting students from antisemitism in wake of 7 October Hamas attack on Israel

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2023

Ivy League Double Standards

Plus: Deepfakes in porn, Randi Weingarten's amnesia, San Francisco's Chinese-name crackdown, and more...

Reason · Dec 6, 2023

1,600 Jewish alumni of Harvard threaten to withhold donations over antisemitism concerns

"We never thought we would have to argue for recognition of our own humanity.”

Fortune · Nov 13, 2023

Israel’s war against Hamas roils Harvard as students, billionaires, and faculty accuse each other of anti-Semitism and McCarthyism

An Israeli billionaire resigned from the board of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government after a student group’s letter “held the Israeli regime” accountable for the recent terrorist attacks.

Fortune · Oct 13, 2023

Israeli billionaire quits Harvard board in row over student letter

A group of 33 student organisations at Harvard University signed a letter arguing that Israel’s ‘apartheid regime’ created the impetus for the war

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023

US CEOs urge Harvard to name students in groups behind letter blaming Israel for Hamas attacks

Several chief executives called for names to be made public so that they, and others, could know not to hire the students

The Guardian - US · Oct 12, 2023

Larry Summers ‘sickened’ by Harvard’s silence over Hamas attack on Israel

Lawrence Summers, the former president of Harvard University, said he was “sickened” by the institution’s lack of response after some student groups blamed Israel for Hamas’ attack, which has killed more than 900 Israelis, most of them civilians.

The Times of India · Oct 10, 2023

6 of 8 Ivy Leagues will soon have women as presidents — an expert explains why this matters

For the first time, a majority of Ivy League schools will soon be led by women.

The Conversation · Apr 4, 2023

Harvard appoints Claudine Gay as first Black president

Social scientist and daughter of Haitian immigrants says the university must ‘engage and be of service to the world’.

Al Jazeera · Dec 16, 2022