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Penn’s Leadership Resigns Amid Controversies Over Antisemitism
The president, Elizabeth Magill, and the chairman of the board of trustees, Scott L. Bok, are leaving after intense pressure…
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A.C.L.U. Sues DeSantis Over Crackdown on Pro-Palestinian Campus Group
The News The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming that Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida education…
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Columbia Faces Protests After Banning 2 Pro-Palestinian Groups
Hundreds of students rallied after the university banned two groups from holding campus events, and faculty members said they would…
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Politics
Anthony Vidler, Architectural Historian Who Reshaped His Field, Dies at 82
He reached beyond conventional history to bring in perspectives from literary theory, philosophy and psychoanalysis.
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World
G.O.P. Candidates Call for Campus Crackdowns Against Anti-Israel Speech
The G.O.P. field, including former President Trump, has been wading into the emotional debate among students playing out over the…
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Politics
Terry Dischinger, College Basketball Star and Olympian, Dies at 82
An all-American at Purdue, he was the youngest member of the gold medal-winning 1960 U.S. Olympic team. He later became…
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World
Columbia University Postpones a Fund-Raiser as Divisions Over War Deepen
Columbia has said it should be a space for “moral and intellectual conversations” about the Israel-Hamas war, but as those…
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Politics
Dr. Donlin Long, Wide-Ranging Medical Innovator, Is Dead at 89
A neurosurgeon, he helped develop an insulin pump for diabetes patients and a device to relieve pain, and joined Ben…
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Politics
Why Big Money Can’t Easily Change Campus Politics
The author of this newsletter takes a generally dim view of wealthy donors who give lots of money to America’s…
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World
On the Front Lines, an Israeli University Grieves and Readies for War
There is a rule at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in southern Israel, that a management professor shared this week.…