Posts Tagged: Harvard University
US House Committee Launches Investigation Into Harvard, Other Elite Universities Over Campus Antisemitism
The US House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Thursday announced a new investigation into top universities for what the group of federal lawmakers...
Harvard University President Condemns Genocide Against Jews After Backlash for Equivocating on Issue
Harvard University president Claudine Gay on Wednesday issued a statement walking back and clarifying remarks she made the prior day in which she suggested that...
‘Anti-Jewish Double Standard’: University Responses to Hamas Massacre Far Less Robust Than to Other Crimes, Study Finds
US universities have demonstrated an "anti-Jewish double standard" by responding to Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel and the ensuing surge in campus antisemitism...
US Lawmakers Grill Elite University Presidents on Raging Campus Antisemitism
US lawmakers on Tuesday held a highly anticipated hearing on surging antisemitism at American universities, with members of both political parties directing sharp questions at...
Harvard Hillel Decries ‘Terrifying’ Anti-Zionist Protest That Disrupted Classes
Harvard University's Hillel chapter has called on the school's administration to hold accountable those involved in a "terrifying" anti-Zionist demonstration in which activists stormed the...
University Presidents to Testify Before US Congress on Rampant Campus Antisemitism
The presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have been called to testify before the US House...
‘Your Move’: Anti-Israel Harvard University Students Issue Demands to School President, Give Monday Deadline
Dozens of anti-Israel student groups at Harvard University, along with several allied campus groups across the US, have issued a set of demands to Harvard...
Over One-Third of Jewish College Students Feel Need to Hide Identity Since Oct. 7 Massacre, Hillel Poll Finds
More than one in three Jewish college students reporting feeling the need to hide their Jewish identity on campus since Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre across...
Harvard University President Condemns Anti-Israel ‘From the River to the Sea’ Chant
Harvard University President Claudine Gay on Thursday condemned the widely used anti-Israel phrase "from the river to the sea" while elaborating on plans to combat...
Concealed Foreign Money to US Universities Linked to Campus Antisemitism, Erosion of Liberal Norms: Report
Billions of dollars in concealed and undocumented donations from foreign governments — many of which are authoritarian — to US institutions of higher education are...
New York University Student Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Pro-Israel Demonstrator
A 21-year-old New York University (NYU) student was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting a female pro-Israel demonstrator and another person in the school's Elmer...
University of Massachusetts Student Arrested for Allegedly Punching Jewish Student, Spitting on Israeli Flag
A University of Massachusetts-Amherst student has been arrested for allegedly punching a Jewish student who was carrying an Israeli flag during a gathering held to call...
Top Biden Administration Officials Pressed by College Students on Rising Campus Antisemitism
Senior Biden administration officials on Thursday attended a fraught meeting at Towson University in Maryland, where students from three local colleges aired their frustrations about...
‘Those Days Are Behind Us’: Jewish Alumni Decry ‘Softly, Softly’ Approach to Rising Antisemitism at Harvard
More than 1,200 Jewish alumni of Harvard University have signed a letter to the university's president and dean declaring that they will no longer walk...
