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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Cornell University’s Jewish president will not be penalized for a recent campus altercation with pro-Palestinian protesters who had surrounded his car following a campus debate on Israel, an investigation by the university concluded Friday. The Ivy League school’s Board of Trustees issued a statement of support for Michael Kotlikoff following an investigation into the April […]
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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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Cornell University’s Jewish interim president is facing growing blowback from higher education groups over emails published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency last month, in which he raised objections to an upcoming class on Gaza. Michael Kotlikoff’s remarks, which (JEWISH REVIEW) reported on Nov. 11, were a violation of academic freedom, say representatives of the American […]
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