Posts Tagged: University of Minnesota
Dartmouth College Committee Rejects Anti-Israel Divestment Proposal
Dartmouth College's Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility (ACIR) has unanimously rejected a proposal which urged the school to adopt the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS)...
What It’s Like to Be a Non-Jewish, Zionist Student at the University of Minnesota
“The vast majority of Israelis are bad people,” claimed my pro-Palestinian classmate during a discussion a few weeks ago. The discussion was about the legitimacy of...
Boston University Rejects Proposal to Divest From Israel
Boston University has rejected the group Students for Justice in Palestine's (SJP) call for its endowment to be divested of holdings in companies which sell...
Rhode Island School of Design Rejects BDS
The Rhode Island School of Design, which shares the College Hill section of Providence, Rhode Island, with Brown University, has rejected a proposal to adopt...
Clark University Rejects Anti-Israel BDS Movement
Clark University in Massachusetts has said it has no plans to adopt the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. "Our endowment is not intended...
University of Minnesota Suspends, Fines Pro-Hamas Rioters: Campus Groups
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities has reportedly suspended and demanded financial restitution from seven pro-Hamas activists who were arrested for commandeering the Morrill Hall...
Trinity College Rejects Divestment Proposal Pushed by Anti-Israel Activists
Trinity College in Connecticut has rejected a proposal to adopt the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement — which aims to isolate Israel from the...
Rhode Island School of Design Considering BDS Proposal by Pro-Hamas Group
The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), a neighbor of and frequent academic collaborator with Brown University, has agreed to consider a boycott, divestment, and...
Brown University Rejects BDS Proposal
The Brown University Corporation has voted down a proposal — muscled onto the agenda of its annual meeting by an anti-Zionist group which held the...
US Colleges Reject Divestment Proposals Targeting Israel
American universities are largely rejecting demands to divest from Israel and entities at all linked to the Jewish state, delivering further blows to the pro-Hamas...
Minnesota Law Professor Resigns From Jewish Studies Center, Charging ‘Silence in the Face of Rising Antisemitism’
A law professor at the University of Minnesota has resigned from the university’s Center for Jewish Studies (CJS), charging the institution with a failure to...
University of Minnesota Students Vote to Adopt Leading Definition of Antisemitism After Contentious Debate
University of Minnesota students voted in favor of adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism on Monday, after a heated debate...
Ten US University Presidents Visit Israel on Trip to Promote Academic Collaboration
The presidents of ten American universities and colleges are visiting Israel this week on a trip to promote bilateral academic ties. The 17-member delegation -- organized...
After Anti-Israel Referendums, University Leaders Defend Academic Freedom, Reject BDS Campaign
The leaders of universities where anti-Israel referendums were considered this month recently spoke out in defense of academic freedom and against the boycott, divestment, and...
