Higher education
Cecilia Culver, a recent graduate of George Washington University, uses her commencement speech to urge her fellow graduates not to donate to the university unless it divests from Israel, May 17, 2025, Washington, D.C. The school banned her from campus as a result of her speech. (Screenshot via X)
May 21, 2025, 4:19 pm
George Washington U bans commencement speaker from campus after calling to divest from Israel
It is the second elite school in as many weeks to discipline a graduating student over a speech about Israel.
By Andrew Lapin
Logan Rozos, a New York University student commencement speaker, denounces "atrocities currently happening in Palestine" during his talk, May 14, 2025. NYU revoked his diploma over the speech. (Screenshot via X)
May 16, 2025, 3:15 pm
NYU withholds diploma over grad’s Gaza speech
Most pro-Palestinian demonstrations at campus graduations appear to have passed without incident.
By Andrew Lapin
Professors Gate located on the George Washington University campus in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Courtesy via JNS)
May 2, 2025, 4:21 pm
George Washington U bans SJP one year for hosting ‘unapproved events’
The decision came after SJP was issued a temporary suspension ahead of a planned “Palestine Liberation Week.”
By JNS
Violet Barron, a co-founder of Jews for Palestine at Harvard University, speaks at a pro-Palestinian protest on campus on April 25, 2025, held after the Trump administration had revoked billions in federal funding from the school over its perceived failure to combat antisemitism. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)
April 30, 2025, 2:59 pm
Harvard releases long-awaited internal antisemitism report amid battle with Trump
The task force found that Jewish and Israeli students were frequently shunned after Oct. 7.
By Andrew Lapin
Dartmouth Hall on March 30, 2024. (Kenneth C. Zirkel/Wikimedia Commons)
April 29, 2025, 3:35 pm
Red paint coats Dartmouth building in pro-Palestinian protest
The vandalism comes as the school’s president has faced mounting criticism for not condemning the Trump administration’s campus crackdown.
By Grace Gilson
Pro-Palestinian students and activists protest at an encampment in the campus of California State University, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California, May 6, 2024. (Etienne Laurent / AFP via Getty Images)
April 22, 2025, 8:28 am
ADL says antisemitic incidents rose over 80% on college campuses last year
This is the fourth year in a row that antisemitic incidents have broken all previous annual records, the ADL reports.
By Grace Gilson
Anti-Israel activists protest outside Columbia University, January 21, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
April 17, 2025, 10:37 am
10 leading US Jewish groups denounce Trump administration’s campus crackdown
Representatives of Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements say federal effort ‘only makes us less safe’
By Luke Tress
University Hall at Northwestern University. (Wikimedia Commons)
April 15, 2025, 3:04 pm
Northwestern University defaced by anti-Israel graffiti during Passover
Northwestern faces $790 million in funding cuts from the Trump administration over allegations of campus antisemitism.
By Grace Gilson
Students and residents camp outside Northwestern University during a pro-Palestinian protest, expressing solidarity with Palestinians with banners in Evanston, Illinois, United States on April 27, 2024. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
April 9, 2025, 10:00 am
Cornell and Northwestern to see nearly $2B frozen in Trump’s antisemitism crackdown
The American Jewish Committee has come out firmly against Trump’s funding freezes.
By Philissa Cramer
Demonstrators gather outside the Federal Courthouse in New York City to show support for Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and to demand his release from ICE detention on March 12, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)
April 8, 2025, 3:34 pm
In new letter, Mahmoud Khalil downplays campus antisemitism
The detained Columbia grad and other students filed a lawsuit seeking to block the university from sending disciplinary records to a House committee last month.
By Grace Gilson
Katrinsa Armstrong, pictured in 2022. (Screenshot)
March 29, 2025, 9:16 pm
Katrina Armstrong steps down as Columbia president after White House pressure over antisemitism
Armstrong's departure means the Ivy League university in Manhattan will have its third leader in the space of a year.
By Ben Sales
Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts campus. (Courtesy Tufts University)
March 27, 2025, 2:06 pm
Tufts international grad student detained by ICE in latest action targeting pro-Palestinian activist
Rumeysa Ozturk was arrested on her way to an iftar meal Tuesday night.
By Grace Gilson
Protesters rally in support of Mahmoud Khalil outside his court hearing in New York City, March 12, 2025. (Luke Tress/The Times of Israel)
March 27, 2025, 10:40 am
Columbia students’ lawyers, street protest groups part of linked anti-Israel network
Legal representatives for allegedly pro-Hamas students threatened with deportation have advised and mentored activists leading disruptive rallies around New York and on campuses
By Luke Tress
Deering Library at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Credit: Lacrossewi via Wikimedia Commons.Deering Library at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. (Credit: Lacrossewi via Wikimedia Commons)
March 25, 2025, 8:50 am
Northwestern professor who compared Israel to Nazis denied tenure
Steven Thrasher, who participated in the pro-Palestinian encampments at Northwestern in April 2024, said he will appeal the decision.
By Mike Wagenheim
Students/demonstrators lock arms to guard potential authorities against reaching fellow pro-Palestinian protesters who barricaded themselves inside Columbia University's Hamilton Hall, April 29, 2024. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)
March 22, 2025, 8:55 pm
Columbia bans face masks in protests and acquiesces to other Trump administration demands
The changes are a bid to regain federal funding cut to penalize the school for its pro-Palestinian protests.
By Philissa Cramer
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