Cornell condemns student’s viral antisemitic remarks, but won’t bar him from campus

Cornell University is condemning viral antisemitic remarks made by an undergraduate student who appeared on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” earlier this week, but the school’s president says no further action is planned against the student. During his appearance, the student, Austin Franco, defended his statement in June that he did not want to work with Jews, […]

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Hillel files, then withdraws, legal brief supporting Harvard in campus antisemitism fight against Trump administration

In the span of a few hours, Hillel International filed, then withdrew, an amicus brief supporting Harvard University in its ongoing legal battle with the Trump administration over campus antisemitism enforcement procedures. A representative for the Hillel parent organization told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency the original 22-page brief filed on Wednesday “was filed without having […]

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Trump administration sues Harvard for allegedly discriminating against Jewish, Israeli students

The Trump administration sued Harvard University on Friday, alleging that the school had failed to address antisemitism and discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students. The lawsuit, which was filed by the Justice Department in Massachusetts District court, marked a sharp escalation of the government’s yearlong battle with the university as it now seeks to freeze […]

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In antisemitism settlement, UC Berkeley agrees bans on Zionists ‘can violate university rules’

The University of California, Berkeley said bans on Zionists “can violate university rules” and the bylaws of any student groups barring their inclusion must be rescinded, as part of a new settlement agreement in an antisemitism lawsuit. The university further agreed to pay $1 million to the Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, a […]

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ADL’s campus antisemitism report card rewards some – but not all – colleges that worked with Trump

Universities that reached settlements with the Trump administration last year to preserve federal funding mostly received higher marks on the Anti-Defamation League’s campus antisemitism “report cards,” released this week. Columbia, Brown, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Virginia, all of which  struck deals in order to end federal civil rights investigations and some […]

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A Gen Z student activist against antisemitism is running for State Assembly on Long Island

This article was produced as part of (JEWISH REVIEW)’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. Will Sussman first made his name on campus, not on the campaign trail — pushing back against what he described as antisemitism in student politics, faculty […]

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Cooper Union settles Title VI antisemitism case with 10 Jewish students who were barricaded in library after Oct. 7

The Cooper Union has settled a Title VI case of antisemitic discrimination dating back to a highly publicized incident in which Jewish students were trapped in a school library by protesters after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. The Manhattan engineering college has agreed to pay an unspecified sum to 10 affected Jewish students, create a […]

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Northwestern agrees to pay $75M, void encampment deal to end Trump’s antisemitism investigation

Northwestern University will pay $75 million to the Trump administration to recover nearly $800 million in federal funding frozen by an ongoing antisemitism investigation, in the second-largest agreement of its kind. The deal, which will last for three years, also means the Chicago-area private university will no longer abide by an earlier agreement it struck […]

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Cornell inks $60M deal with Trump administration to resolve antisemitism claims

Cornell University will pay $60 million to the Trump administration to resolve ongoing antisemitism investigations and unfreeze $250 million in federal funds, becoming the fourth Ivy League school and fifth overall to strike such a deal. The deal came weeks after another agreement signed by the University of Virginia, and also followed the resolution of […]

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