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Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, Liz Magill, President of University of Pennsylvania, and Sally Kornbluth, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 5, 2023, in Washington, DC. The Committee held a hearing to investigate antisemitism on college campuses. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
December 6, 2023, 3:04 pm
Harvard, MIT and Penn presidents grilled on antisemitism at congressional hearing
Penn President Liz Magill said that whether calling for the genocide of Jews is against the university's code of conduct "is a context-dependent decision."
By Andrew Lapin
Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania have announced steps to fight antisemitism after weeks of turmoil on their campuses and others.(Wikimedia, David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images, Columbia University. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg)
November 2, 2023, 12:54 pm
Harvard, Penn, Columbia announce steps to address antisemitism
The announcements come as those schools have contended with complaints that their administrations have not taken sufficient action to protect Jewish students or condemn Hamas.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Harvard President Lawrence Bacow introduces U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith at Harvard University in Boston, May 2, 2019. (Paul Marotta/Getty Images)
June 13, 2022, 9:55 pm
Two Ivy League presidents leave different legacies on campus Israel speech and antisemitism
Harvard President Lawrence Bacow’s announcement that he would be leaving the school came on the heels of a similar announcement in April from Columbia’s president, Lee Bollinger.
By Andrew Lapin and Caleb Guedes-Reed
A demonstrator participates in a rally in Copley Square to support Students for Fair Admissions lawsuit against Harvard University and to protest Harvard's anti-Asian discrimination in admissions. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)
October 26, 2018, 2:10 pm
Is Harvard, which once capped the number of Jews, doing the same to Asians?
In 1922, Harvard's president thought the school had too many Jews.
By Ben Sales JTA
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