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‘Career on the line’: US students fear job backlash for protesting Israel

Pro-Palestinian students say the threat of losing future opportunities has had a silencing effect on their activism.

Al Jazeera

Cornell cancels classes after student is charged with threatening Jewish people on campus

Cornell University is canceling classes after a student was charged with making online threats against Jewish people on campus

The Independent UK

Cornell University cancels classes over ‘extraordinary stress’ of death threats against Jewish community

Upstate New York campus to close on Friday after student was arrested over antisemetic threats

The Independent UK

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Cornell cancels classes citing ‘stress’ after antisemitic threats lead to arrest

Patrick Dai, a junior, charged with threatening to murder Jewish students and will remain in custody at least until next court appearance

The Guardian - US

Cornell University student accused of posting online threats about Jewish students appears in court

A Cornell University junior accused of posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus was held without bail after his first appearance in federal court

The Independent UK

Cornell student who allegedly made antisemitic threats to appear in court

Student has been charged with threatening to kill or injure using interstate communications, and faces up to five years in prison

The Guardian - US

Cornell student accused of antisemitic murder threats appears in court

WARNING: Distressing content. Patrick Dai, a junior majoring in engineering at the university, charged in federal complaint

The Independent UK

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"Cornell Student Arrested for Making Online Threats to Jewish Students on Campus"

Federal prosecutors have announced an arrest in the Cornell threats case (see Sunday's post): Patrick Dai, age 21, a junior at Cornell University who is originally from Pittsford, New York, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate…

Reason

Cornell student arrested in connection with antisemitic threats on New York campus

The charges against 21-year-old Patrick Dai, a junior, come as tensions have risen on college campuses across the U.S. Dai hasn't yet entered a plea and is expected in federal court on Wednesday.

WEKU

Congress, White House weigh in on campus threats tied to Israel-Hamas war

The Biden administration is taking steps to address antisemitism on college campuses amid rising reports of incidents.

Roll Call

US officials to meet Jewish leaders as anti-Semitism surges on campuses

Tensions between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups have sprung up on campuses due to the ongoing war in Gaza.

Al Jazeera

Cornell Jewish center under guard after online threats to students

Campus police sent to university center after series of antisemitic comments were posted to online message board

The Guardian - US

Cornell University on alert after violent threats to Jewish community

WARNING: Distressing content. Cornell Police have notified the FBI of a potential hate crime

The Independent UK

Live updates | Israel deepens military assault in the northern Gaza Strip

Israel expanded its military assault deeper into the northern Gaza Strip as the U.N. and medical staff expressed fears over airstrikes hitting closer to hospitals, where Palestinians have sought shelter alongside the wounded

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Cornell University sends police to Jewish center after violent, antisemitic messages posted online

Cornell University administrators have dispatched campus police to a Jewish center after threatening statements against Jewish students appeared on a discussion board

Reason

Cornell Lockdown Due to Threats

[UPDATE 10/30/2023 6:05 am: I originally linked last night to a tweet that contained this and three other items, but this morning I saw that the images weren't coming up, though they are visible in the original tweet. I have instead copied one of the images above.] Here is the…

Reason

Hostage Video and Humanitarian Aid

Plus: Trump gets gagged, DeSantis spends big, techno-optimists get a manifesto, and more...

The Guardian - UK

MS Swaminathan, ‘visionary’ father of India’s green revolution, dies at 98

Pioneering plant geneticist and agronomist whose work revolutionised farming and brought self-sufficiency in food production to India

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Jameel Jaffer (Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia) and I, at Cornell, on Free Expression

I much enjoyed this panel, introduced by Cornell President Martha Pollack and moderated by Cornell Dean of Faculty Eve De Rosa; you can watch it here. My fellow panelist (with whom I largely agreed), Jameel Jaffer, is a former deputy legal director at the American Civil Liberties Union and director…

The Independent UK

Cornell University agrees to pay $3m settlement for virtual learning during the pandemic

‘The University and Plaintiffs have agreed that the University will pay $3,000,000 into a Settlement Fund to resolve the Action,’ a notice read

Fortune

Another point for remote work: It’s better for the Earth

Remote work is helping offices slash their carbon footprint and killing the commute, resulting in up to 54% lower emissions, new research finds.

Salon

The impact of rice on climate change

". . . a niche regional rice movement has been germinating for several decades, though growth has been piecemeal"

The Guardian - US

Calls for Starbucks boycott grow amid aggressive union-busting activities

Boycott would aim to use consumer power to pressure company to negotiate its first union contract

Reason

The Town Without Zoning

Can Caroline, New York, resist the imposition of its first-ever zoning code?

The Hindu

Three Mysuru students attend debate camp in the U.S.

Five Karnataka students, incl. three from Mysuru, receive scholarships to attend Cornell Univ. Int'l Summer Debate camp. Avni Baliga & Gowri S. Nayak recognised as best-transformed debaters. 46 students from Mysuru, Bengaluru, Mangaluru, & Udupi participated in 5-day workshop hosted by VIIS. VIIS offers customised courses to universities & facilitates…

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