US EditionThree takeaways from the Columbia University president’s testimony on antisemitism
- Shafik answered a question about universities and the violation of rules regarding genocide of Jews, doing better than Harvard, MIT, and UPenn leaders.
- Tenured professor Joseph Massad, who praised the October 7 attacks, was addressed by his department according to Shafik.
- Professor Mohamed Abdou, who supported Hamas on social media after October 7, is grading students' papers but won't teach at Columbia again.
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Columbia University leaders face scrutiny from lawmakers on campus antisemitism
Columbia University leaders faced scrutiny from lawmakers Wednesday about what they have done to combat campus antisemitism since the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza war, which has touched off intense protests at colleges across the country.
Columbia president holds her own under congressional grilling over campus antisemitism that felled the leaders of Harvard and Penn
A rhetoric scholar says Columbia University President Nemat Shafik fared much better than her predecessors at a hearing about how her school was handling antisemitism on campus.
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Columbia's president rebuts claims she allowed university to be a hotbed of antisemitism
Columbia University's president took a firm stance against antisemitism in a congressional hearing Wednesday but faced bruising criticism from Republicans who say her actions haven't supported her words, especially when it comes to disciplining faculty and students accused of bias.
Since the beginning of the Gaza war, anti-Semitism has been on the rise in the United States. Now the leadership of a New York elite university had to justify itself before a congressional committee.
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