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Upenn Officials Call For Demonstrators To Leave On-Campus Encampment

University of Pennsylvania officials address policy violations and hate crime investigation amid on-campus protests.

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Columbia president faces anti-Semitism Congress hearing: What’s at stake?

Previous hearings led to the resignation of Harvard and UPenn bosses. Now Columbia’s Minouche Shafik is in line of fire.

Al Jazeera

10 Richest Universities In The US: Fortunes In Education

The top U.S. universities boast impressive revenue streams and a track record of launching students into high-paying careers.

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Does trust in national government matter?

Unless repressive and autocratic policies are reversed, the survival of India’s democracy seems bleak

The Hindu

A famous climate scientist is in court with big stakes for attacks on science

One of the world's most prominent climate scientists is suing a right-wing author and a policy analyst for defamation, a case with big stakes for attacks on scientists.

WEKU

Why does Claudine Gay still work at Harvard after being forced to resign as its president? She's got tenure

Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned on Jan. 2, 2024, less than one month after University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill stepped down. They called it quits amid uproar among conservative lawmakers and several major donors regarding what they saw as Gay’s and Magill’s underwhelming responses to antisemitism on their…

The Conversation

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

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GOP lawmakers sink aid to Penn as statehouses watch how universities are handling Israel-Hamas war

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are rejecting legislation to send more than $35 million to the University of Pennsylvania’s veterinary school over criticism that the Ivy League school has tolerated antisemitism

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

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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Washington Post Op-Ed Argues That Colleges Should 'Restrict' Speech To Fight Antisemitism

In her article, University of Pennsylvania professor Claire O. Finkelstein absurdly argued that colleges treat free speech as "near-sacred."

Reason

Harvard professors defend president amid calls to resign after statements on antisemitism

Petition to Harvard Corporation, which has authority to fire Claudine Gay, urges it not to bend to lawmakers’ demands

The Guardian - US

University of Pennsylvania president quits after anti-Semitism uproar

Elizabeth Magill faced backlash after failing to say calling for genocide against Jews would violate university policy.

Al Jazeera

UPenn president resigns after furious backlash to her antisemitism testimony to Congress

Liz Magill faced intense criticism from University of Pennsylvania alumni and donors

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UPenn president resigns after answers to Congress about antisemitism on campus draw sharp criticism

The University of Pennsylvania’s President Liz Magill has resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say under repeated questioning that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy

The Guardian - US

University of Pennsylvania president resigns after furor over free speech and antisemitism

Elizabeth Magill has resigned her position as leader of the beleaguered college

France 24

US Congress education committee launches probe into anti-Semitism in elite universites

Facing heavy criticism, the University of Pennsylvania's president walked back some of her remarks given earlier this week at a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism, saying she should have gone further to condemn hate against Jewish students.

The Guardian - US

US university presidents face firestorm over ‘evasive’ answers on antisemitism

Congressional testimony on campus policies by heads of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and MIT draws criticism

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Multidimensional Poverty Index reduction under the NDA is flawed

The Multidimensional Poverty Index story is distorted

The Hindu

A narrative of ‘roti, kapada aur makaan’ under the NDA

Claims about growing affluence and an astonishing reduction in the Multidimensional Poverty Index are exaggerated as there is growing deprivation of access to food and shelter

The Independent UK

UPenn crisis deepens with calls growing for president to resign over Israel war row

Row comes after the University of Pennsylvania hosted the Palestine Writes Literary Festival last month

Fortune

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.

The Independent UK

University of Pennsylvania slammed for celebrating Nobel prize of vaccine researcher it once demoted

University once reportedly discouraged Katalin Karikó from pursuing mRNA research that later helped create Covid vaccines

The Conversation

Presidential pauses? What those 'ums' and 'uhs' really tell us about candidates for the White House

Nine. That is the number of “uhs” that former President Barack Obama uttered in a period of two minutes during a 2012 presidential debate. Other Obama “uh” counters, such as University of Pennsylvania linguist Mark Liberman, clocked him as using “uhs” and “ums” – hesitation markers known as “filled pauses”…

The Conversation

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.

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