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Columbia University leaders face scrutiny over anti-Semitism on campus

Columbia President Nemat Shafik sought to avoid the outrage that erupted after a previous congressional hearing.

Al Jazeera

At antisemitism hearing, Columbia official tells lawmakers, 'We have a moral crisis'

Columbia University officials answered lawmaker questions about antisemitism on campus. But Wednesday's hearing played out very differently from the 2023 hearing that grabbed so many headlines.

WEKU

Light-powered computer chip can train AI much faster than components powered by electricity

New chip design uses photons rather than electrons to perform calculations, and scientists hope to integrate the technology into future graphics cards to train AI.

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Rents are high and housing vouchers are hard to get. So Philly is giving renters cash

The pilot program chose people on the city's long waitlist for housing vouchers to test how much direct cash payments can help. HUD, the federal housing agency, is interested in the possibility.

WEKU

Can Money Buy You Happiness? Yes, It Can. However…

Having a higher income doesn't mean you also have enough of the other things that make you feel truly happy and wealthy (relationships, hobbies, time).

Kiplinger

MIT Suspends Student Group for Unauthorized Demonstration Against Israel's Actions in Gaza

MIT has suspended a student group, Coalition Against Apartheid, for holding unauthorized demonstrations against Israel's military campaign in Gaza.

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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

Salon

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…

France 24

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…

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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.

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

The Conversation

Why university presidents find it hard to punish advocating genocide − college free speech codes are both more and less protective than the First Amendment

If a student were to walk off the Harvard campus and onto a street in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and argue for the genocide of Jews, the U.S. Constitution would bar prosecuting her for hate speech.

Fortune

Penn, Harvard female leaders face pressure

Presidents of Penn, Harvard, and MIT face mounting pressure—following a banner year for women leaders in higher ed.

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Penn president, board of trustees chair resign after antisemitism hearing

Liz Magill's resignation comes days after congressional testimony by her and other university presidents drew fierce backlash. Lawmakers and groups hailed her resignation.

The Independent UK

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

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Emhoff says 3 college presidents showed a 'lack of moral clarity' on antisemitism

Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Harris, is the highest-level official to criticize the presidents of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania for their testimony this week.

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

The Independent UK

Harvard defends efforts fighting antisemitism after backlash to congressional hearing

Lawmakers grilled university leaders over campuses controversies and protecting students from antisemitism in wake of 7 October Hamas attack on Israel

The Independent UK

Harvard, MIT, Penn presidents defend actions in combatting antisemitism on campus

The presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they are taking steps to combat antisemitism — and Islamophobia — on campus since the start of the Israel-Hamas war

The Independent UK

‘Missing cow’ posters appearing to mock hostages in Israel-Hamas war spring up on UPenn campus

StopAntisemitism accused the posters of ‘mocking kidnapped Israelis and comparing hostage victims to cows’

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