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Sidharth Shankar Tripathy is Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation in SRM University-AP

Harvard alumnus Sidharth Shankar Tripathy joins SRM University-AP as Director of Entrepreneurship & Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurship to foster entrepreneurial fervour.

The Hindu

Eczema breakthrough as unlikely cure for itch is found

One in five children suffer from eczema and one in 10 adults

The Independent UK

Harvard Targeted for Potential Stripping of Federal Benefits and Taxes

Discussion on Republican lawmakers pushing colleges to respond to campus anti-Semitism, highlighting Harvard's federal funding and tax breaks.

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Harvard Panel on Campus Free Speech

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Reason

Words matter, but they can be twisted, too, especially when Elise Stefanik is involved

In Republican hands, a congressional hearing on antisemitism is anything but a search for understanding.

Chicago Sun-Times

GOP lawmakers block $33.5m to Penn University veterinary school in antisemitism row

Republicans withhold funding accounting 18 per cent Penn‘s veterinary school budget

The Independent UK

Mayor Wu Accused of Excluding White Council Members from Event

Joe Conscious discusses inclusion issues raised by Mayor Wu and antisemitism on college campuses, criticizing political correctness and education costs.

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House Condemns Antisemitism: Divides Democrats, Ignites University Controversy

Drama unfolds as House resolution condemning campus antisemitism divides Democrats, calls for resignation of university presidents. A fresh wave hits academia.

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Bill Ackman condemns doxxing of Harvard president’s home after antisemitism hearing saga

Non-profit news watchdog Accuracy in Media deployed four billboard-bearing trucks outside Claudine Gay’s home on Tuesday and Wednesday

The Independent UK

House passes resolution condemning college presidents’ comments in antisemitism hearing

Lawmakers approved the resolution in a 303-126 vote, with 125 Democrats and one Republican voting against the measure

The Independent UK

Harvard's President stands Accused of Pandering, Ignoring Anti-Semitic Crisis

Discussing issues around free speech, protests, and antisemitism; with focus moving from law-breaking to racism, and the stance of Harvard's president.

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Elite Colleges Investigated Over Anti-Semitic Threats; Students Reconsidering Choices

Jewish parents are reconsidering their children's college choices due to rising anti-Semitism on elite campuses, prioritizing safety over Ivy League status.

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'College for all' has failed America. Can the education system be fixed?

Without good career pathways besides the bachelor's degree, Americans will continue to struggle for economic security.

Fortune

Chile votes in second constitutional referendum

This weekend, Chileans will again vote on whether or not to replace the country's constitution. The current one dates back to 1980 and the Pinochet dictatorship. The December 17 referendum is the second attempt to change the text. But for campaigners hoping for a more liberal document, with equal rights…

France 24

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Salon

Students left silenced by speech debates

It may seem nonsensical to say that calls for genocide are protected speech but colleges are in a tough spot

France 24

Harvard caught in the crossfire: Israel-Hamas war roils Ivy League campus

America's prestigious Ivy League universities have found themselves embroiled in controversy since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s ensuing bombardment of Gaza. While some students are protesting loudly against the war, others are denouncing a rise in anti-Semitism. This tense situation is putting the institutions' leaders in…

The Guardian - UK

US controversy points to tests facing UK universities free speech tsar

Arif Ahmed will face a balancing act when his position – that legal speech gets protected – runs into messy reality

International Business Times

Elite US Universities Feel Heat Over Alleged Anti-Semitism

Since the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, prestigious US universities have come under fire, accused of not doing enough to combat anti-Semitism.

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The Independent UK

Israel-Hamas war tensions roil campuses; Brown protesters are arrested, Haverford building occupied

A weeklong sit-in at Haverford College has ended under threat of disciplinary action as U.S. college campuses continue to be roiled by tensions over the Israel-Hamas war

The Independent UK

Lawsuit alleges ex-Harvard Medical School professor used own sperm to secretly impregnate patient

A former professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of one of the nation's largest fertility clinics is being accused in a lawsuit of secretly impregnating a patient in 1980 after promising the sperm would come from an anonymous donor

The Independent UK

Billionaire denies ‘resentment’ toward Harvard after failing to oust president

Comment comes after the Harvard board announced that university president Claudine Gay would keep her job

Reason

University Presidential Testimony Fallout

I have a new piece at The Dispatch on the antisemitism hearing in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the poor performance of the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, and MIT. From the piece: The presidents' bad hand in the hearings did not stem…

The Guardian - US

Boston fertility doctor accused of impregnating patient with own sperm

Dr Merle Berger told patient Sarah Depoian sperm had come from an anonymous donor, new lawsuit claims

Fortune

Daydreaming could increase your brain’s neuroplasticity, a new Harvard-backed study shows. Why researchers are touting the importance of ‘quiet wakefulness’

Interested? Step one: Put down the smartphone.

Roll Call

House OKs measure seeking university presidents’ ouster - Roll Call

Nuanced answers by elite university presidents at a House hearing on antisemitism led to a resolution calling for their ouster.

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