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GOP lawmakers sink aid to Penn as statehouses watch how universities are handling Israel-Hamas war

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are rejecting legislation to send more than $35 million to the University of Pennsylvania’s veterinary school over criticism that the Ivy League school has tolerated antisemitism

The Independent UK

House passes resolution condemning college presidents’ comments in antisemitism hearing

Lawmakers approved the resolution in a 303-126 vote, with 125 Democrats and one Republican voting against the measure

The Independent UK

Elite Colleges Investigated Over Anti-Semitic Threats; Students Reconsidering Choices

Jewish parents are reconsidering their children's college choices due to rising anti-Semitism on elite campuses, prioritizing safety over Ivy League status.

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Washington Post Op-Ed Argues That Colleges Should 'Restrict' Speech To Fight Antisemitism

In her article, University of Pennsylvania professor Claire O. Finkelstein absurdly argued that colleges treat free speech as "near-sacred."

Reason

Harvard professors defend president amid calls to resign after statements on antisemitism

Petition to Harvard Corporation, which has authority to fire Claudine Gay, urges it not to bend to lawmakers’ demands

The Guardian - US

University of Pennsylvania president quits after anti-Semitism uproar

Elizabeth Magill faced backlash after failing to say calling for genocide against Jews would violate university policy.

Al Jazeera

UPenn president resigns after furious backlash to her antisemitism testimony to Congress

Liz Magill faced intense criticism from University of Pennsylvania alumni and donors

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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

The Independent UK

University of Pennsylvania president resigns after furor over free speech and antisemitism

Elizabeth Magill has resigned her position as leader of the beleaguered college

The Guardian - US

US Congress education committee launches probe into anti-Semitism in elite universites

Facing heavy criticism, the University of Pennsylvania's president walked back some of her remarks given earlier this week at a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism, saying she should have gone further to condemn hate against Jewish students.

France 24

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 Guardian - US

Multidimensional Poverty Index reduction under the NDA is flawed

The Multidimensional Poverty Index story is distorted

The Hindu

A narrative of ‘roti, kapada aur makaan’ under the NDA

Claims about growing affluence and an astonishing reduction in the Multidimensional Poverty Index are exaggerated as there is growing deprivation of access to food and shelter

The Hindu

UPenn crisis deepens with calls growing for president to resign over Israel war row

Row comes after the University of Pennsylvania hosted the Palestine Writes Literary Festival last month

The Independent UK

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Billionaire Apollo CEO calls on University of Pennsylvania donors to send just $1 in protest until two leaders resign

Billionaire Marc Rowan, CEO of Apollo Global Management, has called for a change of management at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Independent UK

University of Pennsylvania slammed for celebrating Nobel prize of vaccine researcher it once demoted

University once reportedly discouraged Katalin Karikó from pursuing mRNA research that later helped create Covid vaccines

The Conversation

Presidential pauses? What those 'ums' and 'uhs' really tell us about candidates for the White House

Nine. That is the number of “uhs” that former President Barack Obama uttered in a period of two minutes during a 2012 presidential debate. Other Obama “uh” counters, such as University of Pennsylvania linguist Mark Liberman, clocked him as using “uhs” and “ums” – hesitation markers known as “filled pauses”…

The Conversation

6 of 8 Ivy Leagues will soon have women as presidents — an expert explains why this matters

For the first time, a majority of Ivy League schools will soon be led by women.

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Autism is more common among Black and Hispanic kids for the first time ever—but only because screening is better

The increase in diagnoses is from “this rush to catch up,” said David Mandell, a University of Pennsylvania psychiatry professor.

Chicago Sun-Times

When a professor makes obnoxious remarks on race and culture, is it a matter of academic freedom?

UPenn law professor Amy Wax is upping the ante on obnoxious public remarks and almost daring the law school at which she teaches to punish her.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Republicans want to link Penn's Chinese donors to Joe Biden, but experts say that's a stretch

WASHINGTON — As Republicans targeting President Joe Biden take aim at the University of Pennsylvania and the offices where classified documents were found, they've also piled on another fraught topic: Penn's financial support from Chinese donors.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ancient Restaurant Highlights Iraq's Archeology Renaissance

An international archeological mission has uncovered the remnants of what is believed to be a 5,000-year-old restaurant or tavern in the ancient city of Lagash in southern Iraq. The discovery of the ancient dining hall — complete with a rudimentary refrigeration system, hundreds of roughly made clay bowls and the…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: College’s purpose is to create citizens, not to be a job placement service

On his first day in office in January, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro declared that most state jobs would not require a college degree. And in his State of the Union address this month, President Joe Biden put forth a “blue-collar blueprint to repair America” that emphasized well-paid jobs for working-class…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq Dig Uncovers 5,000 Year Old Pub Restaurant

Archaeologists in southern Iraq have uncovered the remains of a tavern dating back nearly 5,000 years they hope will illuminate the lives of ordinary people in the world's first cities. The US-Italian team made the find in the ruins of ancient Lagash, northeast of the modern city of Nasiriyah, which…

The Independent UK

Who are Joe Biden’s children?

The stories of Beau, Hunter, Naomi and Ashley Biden

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