Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Harvard University

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…

Reason

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

The Guardian - US

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.

Fortune

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

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.

Roll Call

UPenn reveals interim president after Liz Magill’s ouster over antisemitism row

Liz Magill resigned over the weekend following her controversial testimony before Congress about antisemitism on college campuses

The Independent UK

Harvard University president Claudine Gay keeps job after antisemitism row

The university's board says it 'unanimously' stands with the president after calls for her removal

Evening Standard

OPINION - Harvard's Claudine Gay saga shows how the poison of cancel culture has infected US universities

If you wanted to sum up the near parodic state of liberal academia in the US, the response of the then president of Pennsylvania University, Elizabeth McGill, to a question about whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated its rules on harassment, would do the job nicely. “It’s a…

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Israel-Gaza war on US campuses: Why are top university leaders under fire?

A congressional hearing on anti-Semitism has shone a spotlight on the tensions between free speech and campus safety.

Al Jazeera

NFL analyst has an intriguing name for next Commanders’ general manager

Could the Commanders look to the Eagles for their next general manager?

USA Today Sports Media Group

One Of Frasier’s Original Writers Breaks Down Their Issues With The Paramount+ Revival, And I Can See Where They’re Coming From

Ken Levine, a writer from the original Frasier, shared some critiques he has on the Paramount+ revival.

Cinemablend

Morning Mail: Chalmers faces crucial choice, Cyclone Jasper to hit today, Cop28 into extra time

Budget update will show boost from commodity prices and immigration; rich countries accused of hypocrisy at climate summit

The Guardian - AU

Why a billionaire set out to topple the heads of America’s top schools

The hedge-fund billionaire has allied with right-wing activists and Republicans in Congress to pressure universities, but some students and faculty say he’s gone too far, Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

Harvard president’s adviser pushes back on accusations she plagiarised his work

Claudine Gay was accused of plagiarising ‘multiple sections’ of her 1997 PhD thesis on the success of Black politicians

The Independent UK

Academic freedom is the loser when big donors hound US university presidents

The leaders of Harvard, Penn and MIT should have clearly condemned calls for genocide but the response has been almost as repugnant

The Guardian - US

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - US

Giuliani defamation trial: election worker testifies ex-Trump lawyer’s 2020 lies ruined her life – as it happened

Shaye Moss shares haunting testimony detailing how her life has been ruined ever since Rudy Giuliani spread lies about her after the 2020 election

Reason

Texas' Abortion Law Test

Plus: BTS gets conscripted, Harvard gets down with plagiarism, cruise ships ban weed, and more...

The Guardian - US

What’s behind the antisemitism furor over college presidents’ testimony?

Backlash against presidents of Harvard, UPenn and MIT has led to one resignation and implications for free speech on campus

WEKU

Harvard affirms President Claudine Gay will not step down over antisemitism testimony

Gay faced growing criticism from lawmakers, alumni and donors for not denouncing violence and hateful rhetoric against Jewish students more clearly or forcefully enough during congressional testimony.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - US

Harvard board backs president amid calls for removal over antisemitism testimony

Claudine Gay and presidents of UPenn and MIT faced backlash over responses on campus policy at congressional hearing

The Independent UK

SNL divides viewers with cold open mocking college presidents’ antisemitism hearing

The presidents of Harvard, MIT and UPenn were accused of failing to explicitly say that calling for the genocide of Jews would violate their colleges’ bullying and harrassment codes

The Independent UK

Harvard president awaits word on her fate following backlash on antisemitism testimony

Harvard President Claudine Gay is awaiting word on her fate as leader of the prestigious Ivy League school following her comments last week at a congressional hearing on antisemitism

The Independent UK

Hundreds of Harvard faculty sign letter supporting president after UPenn head resigns

Calls are growing for Claudine Gay to resign after UPenn President Liz Magill stepped down over the weekend

The Independent UK

Harvard president survives calls for removal after antisemitism hearing

Harvard alum and billionaire hedge fund CEO Bill Ackman said that Harvard was ‘concerned it would look like they were kowtowing to me’ if they fired Claudine Gay

Salon

Experts: Why "speech we hate" matters

Controversy around Elise Stefanik's antisemitism hearing fueled by "hypocrisy" and PR concerns, say legal experts

WEKU

Here's the latest fallout at Harvard, MIT and Penn after the antisemitism hearing

Calls for Harvard and MIT presidents to step down remain firm while a growing number of students and faculty are coming out in support of their school leaders.

1 … 69 70 71 72

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.