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U.S. students are clashing over the Israel-Hamas war. What can colleges do?

The conflict has heightened tensions on U.S. campuses. What is the role and responsibility of colleges right now?

WEKU

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

Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer quits Harvard’s board, blasting the school leadership’s response to students’ anti-Israel letter

The Ivy League university has been the flashpoint of intense debate surrounding the recent violence in Israel and Gaza.

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"Frasier" ended perfectly. Why go back?

The "Frasier" revival is the latest show to remind us that digging up the past isn't always golden

Salon

Jo Malone perfume brand distances itself from Jo Malone over Israel row

Malone’s son Josh Willcox has been linked to a pro-Palestine Harvard student group caught up in controversy this week

The Independent UK

Billionaire CEO demands UPenn leaders quit in antisemitism row

Marc Rowan made the demands after his alma mater hosted the Palestine Writes Literary Festival last month

The Independent UK

Nobel Prize winner Claudia Goldin says ‘greedy jobs’ are becoming more accessible to women—but companies need to stay flexible

Claudia Goldin also had some advice for young couples when it comes to remaining equal if they decide to have children.

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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

US campuses in uproar as Israel-Palestine conflict exposes divide

Tensions spill across universities like Columbia and Harvard as students on each side accuse the other of a kind of bloodlust

The Guardian - US

The Harvard letter, doxxing, and angry clashes: Hamas-Israel war ignites campus free speech crisis

Campus debates about Israel at the elite university have a way of turning into national conversations, where no one feels their rights are being respected, Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

‘Harvard’s Leading Antisemites’ plastered across billboard truck as backlash over Israel letter grows

A conservative media watchdog claimed responsibility for the display, as its president wrote, ‘yes, that’s our billboard on their campus,’ adding that is ‘adding new names every hour’

The Independent UK

Billionaire Apollo CEO calls on University of Pennsylvania donors to send just $1 in protest until two leaders resign

Billionaire Marc Rowan, CEO of Apollo Global Management, has called for a change of management at the University of Pennsylvania.

Fortune

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

'Israel's fate is at stake': Netanyahu forms emergency government with opposition

IN THE PRESS – Thursday, October 12: We continue to look at the Israeli and Middle Eastern press reacting to the Israel-Hamas conflict. Foreign Policy, meanwhile, looks at comparisons between Israeli security failures on October 7 and those of the Yom Kippur War with Egypt in 1973. Finally, the backlash…

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A new 'Frasier' seeks success with fresh characters who seem a lot like the old ones

What's the easiest way to create a new version of the classic sitcom Frasier for the streaming era? Clone the original series with new characters who provide the same functions as the old ones.

Fortune

Bill Ackman wants Harvard to name the students blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks so that he and other CEOs don't hire them by accident

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, wants Harvard University to name the students which signed a controversial statement on the Israel conflict.

The Independent UK

Bill Ackman calls for Harvard grads to be blacklisted over letter holding Israel ‘responsible’ for attacks

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

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Frasier’: I hear the blahs a-calling on sitcom’s uninspired reboot

On new Paramount+ episodes, Kelsey Grammer slides effortlessly back into his signature role. But there’s no Niles or Daphne, just predictable scenarios and standard-issue one-liners.

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The Independent UK

OLD Letter from Harvard group holding Israel ‘responsible’ for war with Hamas sparks backlash

University president condemned ‘terrorist atrocities’ from Hamas

The Independent UK

Letter from Harvard group holding Israel ‘responsible’ for war with Hamas sparks backlash

University president condemned ‘terrorist atrocities’ from Hamas

Zenger

Anti-Zionist Student Group At Harvard Accuses Israel Of Perpetuating Palestinian Violence

Harvard Divinity School student group blames Israel for Palestinian violence

Reason

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The Guardian - US

US opinion divided amid battle for narrative over Hamas attack on Israel

Groups express opposing views over root cause of the attack, alongside differences over whether Gaza is still occupied

France 24

Death tolls and rhetoric mount in Israel and Gaza: Is this just the beginning?

On In The Press for Tuesday, October 10, we bring you reactions from the Israeli and Arab-language dailies and beyond after the Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent Israeli siege of Gaza. We also look at how Russia could benefit from the crisis. Finally, we explore the backlash after…

The Conversation

Sidelined no longer, Claudia Goldin wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics for examining why gender pay gaps persist

In an astonishing act of timing, Harvard University’s Professor Claudia Goldin published a paper on Monday titled Why Women Won. It mapped milestone moments in women’s rights in the United States from 1905 to 2023.

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