UC Berkeley apologizes to Israeli sociologist and dance teacher and Pomona to create taskforce on Jewish life Two California colleges have reached settlements with Jewish organizations and individuals who filed complaints alleging antisemitism arising from pro-Palestinian campus protests, including a $60,000 payment to an Israeli sociologist and dance researcher who says she was not rehired … Read more
Rümeysa Öztürk was arrested in March amid White House’s crackdown on foreign students’ pro-Palestinian advocacy A federal judge has allowed a Tufts University student from Turkey to resume research and teaching while she deals with the consequences of having her visa revoked by the Trump administration, leading to six weeks of detention. Rümeysa Öztürk, a … Read more
Agreement will also end series of investigations of university over school’s alleged failure to fight antisemitism Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75m to the US government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding. Donald Trump’s administration had … Read more