Harvard

What's the antisemitism row at Harvard, Penn, MIT? How it could hurt the universities?

The testimony of the presidents of University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology on combatting antisemitism has drawn a torrent of criticism. Now, with donors and board members up in arms, UPenn president Elizabeth Magill is under pressure to resign

‘The system at Harvard… is itself evil’: Harvard Rabbi resigns from antisemitism committee after president’s testimony

In a long post on X, Rabbi David Wolpe said that he has resigned from the antisemitism advisory committee at Harvard and attributed the events on campus and the "painfully inadequate" testimony of Harvard president for the exit.

Vantage | Are top US colleges defending anti-semitism?

The alarming responses from top US college presidents and the potential influence of foreign funding raise critical questions about the state of leadership and moral clarity on American campuses

'Let me help you': Elon Musk lampoons heads of Harvard, MIT, Penn varsities for antisemitism on campus

Elon Musk went off on the heads of presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for choosing to be politically correct and find nuance in a antisemitism, and genocide of the Jews

WATCH Antisemitism Shocker: Harvard, MIT, Penn varsities refuse to condemn call for violence on Jews

The presidents of Harvard, Pennsylvania and MIT varsities on Tuesday refused to condemn call for violence on Jews when they were being grilled by the Congress about their responses to alleged incidents of antisemitism on their campuses in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war

Why Israel-Hamas war is causing Ivy League students to lose job offers  

Two prominent law firms in the United States have rescinded job offers to students at Harvard, Columbia and New York University over statements slamming Israel and expressing support for Palestinians. Experts say these developments have raised troubling questions about the limits of free speech

The anti-Israel letter controversy rocking Harvard

A letter from Harvard University student groups blaming Israel for Saturday’s Hamas attacks has drawn backlash from prominent alumni and US lawmakers. Numerous business leaders sought to backlist students linked to the statement and an Israeli billionaire resigned from the university's board

Letter supporting Palestine by Harvard students provokes alumni outrage

Several Harvard graduates have criticised the present Harvard leadership for failing to respond, including Harvard President Emeritus Lawrence Summers, the former university president and U.S. Treasury Secretary under Democratic President Bill Clinton

American economist Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in Economics 2023 for research on women’s labour market outcomes

Of all the Nobel Prizes, the one for Economics has the fewest number of women who have won, with just two recipients since it was first awarded in 1969 -- Elinor Ostrom in 2009 and Esther Duflo in 2019

Professor AI: Harvard is planning to deploy ChatGPT-like bot as instructor in Computer Science

Harvard University is planning to deploy a ChatGPT-like AI bot as an instructor in one of its Computer Science courses. Human professors of the course say the aim is to achieve a teacher-to-student ratio of 1:1 in Harvard's CS50, one of its most popular courses, using AI