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U of Michigan apologizes after faculty chair praises pro-Palestinian students during commencement speech

May 4, 2026May 4, 2026Sara Wood

The University of Michigan has issued a formal apology after its faculty senate chair went off-script to praise pro-Palestinian student protesters during last weekend’s commencement address. Derek Peterson, who also praised the memory of the school’s first Jewish professor in his speech, had drawn criticism from Michigan Hillel and from major organizations including the American […]

Michigan Democrats back pro-Palestinian candidate for university board, sidelining pro-Israel Jewish incumbent

April 20, 2026April 26, 2026Sara Wood

A pro-Israel Jewish member of the University of Michigan’s governing board is on his way out after Democratic leaders in the state instead backed a pro-Palestinian attorney with a history of antisemitic and pro-Hezbollah rhetoric for the spot. Jordan Acker will not run for reelection on the Board of Regents in November, when Michigan voters […]

U of Michigan fires DEI official over purported antisemitic comments

December 13, 2024December 13, 2024Sara Wood

The University of Michigan has fired a director in its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion office owing to antisemitic comments she made to Jewish professors at a spring conference. The New York Times first reported the firing, which a person with insight into the university’s governing body confirmed to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Friday. The […]

U of Michigan student president impeached after calling critics ‘Zionists’

November 13, 2024November 14, 2024Sara Wood

The University of Michigan’s student body president entered office last semester on a campaign to shut down all “business as usual” — including funding student groups — until the school agreed to divest from Israel. Now that effort — one of the most sustained and assertive pro-Palestinian protests on a college campus — may be […]