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Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee, who in 1957 became the second-youngest scientist to receive a Nobel Prize, has died at age 97

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University president says private text exchange during school event was ‘unacceptable and deeply upsetting’

US university says it will introduce a ‘vigorous’ anti-discrimination training programme after the incident.

Text messages became focus on congressional questioning about antisemitism on US campuses

Columbia University has removed three administrators from their positions and will keep them on indefinite leave after finding that text messages they exchanged during a campus discussion about Jewish life “touched on ancient antisemitic tropes.”

Columbia University says it is putting three administrators on leave while it investigates allegations that they exchanged unprofessional text messages while attending a panel about antisemitism on campus

The latest controversy involving the administrators comes after the university president faced heavy scrutiny over her handling of the student protests over the Israel-Gaza war

Dozens of Columbia University students who were arrested for occupying a campus building as part of a pro-Palestinian protest will have their criminal charges dropped