Union President Talks Antisemitism, Free Speech on CUNY Campuses
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUL 14 – UC Berkeley faces federal investigations after allegations of antisemitism amid pro-Palestinian protests; Chancellor Lyons to testify before a committee overseeing 10 universities under scrutiny.
- On Wednesday, UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons will testify before Congress on campus antisemitism, with the hearing rescheduled for 7:15 a.m. Pacific time, supporting investigations into university policies.
- Following the federal cancellation of billions in research grants to top universities, UC Berkeley faces federal investigations over alleged violations of Jewish students' civil rights.
- Rep. Tim Walberg said the hearing will focus on underlying factors, including foreign funding and antisemitic student and faculty groups, in campus antisemitism cases.
- Lyons’s testimony comes as the campus faces multiple federal probes into alleged civil rights violations, including investigations by a Trump-directed antisemitism task force.
- This hearing, aligned with President Trump’s reshaping agenda, could intensify pressure on higher education campuses to eliminate antisemitism or risk loss of federal funding.
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Republicans grill university presidents over antisemitism on campuses
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This summer break, university leaders prepare for a congressional grilling
School may be out of session for the summer, but officials from Georgetown University, the University of California, Berkeley and the City University of New York will be in the hot seat this week when they testify on Tuesday before the House Education and Workforce Committee.This is not the first time that university officials have appeared in front of Congress to account for the situations on their campuses, but this week’s hearing aims to focu…
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