Academic World
No. 49: Prof. Jennifer Mnookin: Columbia’s first Jewish pres., arriving at its most turbulent hour
Mnookin has headed Columbia University since July, becoming the Ivy League school's first Jewish leader in three decades amid a time of intense campus antisemitism.
Pentagon demands audit of 30 universities, investigating Russian, Chinese, Iranian research ties
Prof. Uriel Reichman to receive the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor
IDF Atidim launches first dedicated engineering track for haredi, minority students
Bill to fire academics who 'incite to terror' is unconstitutional, attorney general says
The bill also gives a Knesset subcommittee the authority to slash funding from institutions who ignore the bill, as well as take "other enforcement measures."
Belgium's Ghent University severs ties with all Israeli universities over Hamas war
The university will continue its research projects with six non-academic Israeli institutions, saying they could not find any links between them and human rights violations.
Campus protests must be branded 'Academic Intifada' - opinion
Worldwide, small cells of well-organized, well-funded haters crying “Globalize the intifada” demean academia, reducing a complex conflict to hate-filled slogans.
Radicalized faculty are the greater danger lurking behind campus protests - opinion
Faculty who attack Israel in the classroom, disrupt Israeli lecturers, and boycott Israeli scholars are the greater danger by far.
Israeli universities performance ranking drops 21% in 2024 - QS ranking
Israel's overall university performance decreased by 21% in 2024, per QS World University Rankings. The Hebrew University's theology department dropped, while the Technion's mathematics improved.
Grapevine, March 1 2024: Party pooper
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Academic ties are key to countering boycotts against Israel - opinion
“Universities are places of dialogue, discussion, and development of culture and knowledge, based on the reference value of peace and dialogue between peoples to achieve it.”
Arab and Jewish students embrace diversity at University of Haifa
For more than 50 years, University of Haifa has been weaving a rich tapestry of diverse students who share the common goal of bettering themselves and Israel’s North.
Technion opens 18 new nursing rooms for mothers in academics
“The welcome growth in the number of women studying at the Technion means that it is all the more important to provide the new mothers among them with suitable and respectful conditions for nursing."
There must be emphasis on critical thinking skills on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - opinion
How many college students know that chants of “From the River to the Sea” are calling for the murder of Israelis – both Jews and Arabs?