University

Penn must turn over list of Jewish employees to Trump administration, federal judge rules

US District Judge Gerald J. Pappert dismissed arguments by Penn and the leaders of Jewish groups on campus who said in separate filings that the Trump administration’s requests were “disturbing."

A general view of a sign with the University of Pennsylvania logo on July 19, 2025, at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, PA.
People gather as policemen arrive at the scene of an attack, the morning after gunmen killed multiple people in an overnight attack in Angwan Rukuba, Jos North, Plateau State, Nigeria March 30, 2026.

Gunmen kill at least 30 in attack on university community in Nigeria's Plateau state

People stand at the main gate entrance of the American University of Beirut (AUB), in Beirut, Lebanon, January 21, 2021.

Iran threatens US, Israel-linked universities across Middle East

Basij militia members during an anti-Israel march in Tehran, January 2025; illustrative.

Iranian security forces accused of using civilians as cover to avoid strikes


Trump administration revoked more than 6,000 student visas, State Dept says

Around 4,000 visas were canceled because the visitors broke the law, with the vast majority being assault, State Department officials said.

PROTESTERS CALL for the release of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil in New York City, last month. On campuses like Columbia and in all levels of education, better Holocaust education is needed, says the writer.

Three Israeli universities rank among top 100 in the world - ShanghaiRanking

Weizmann Institute of Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology were all ranked among the top 100 universities in the world.

 The Weizmann Institute is set to open a medical school in October of 2025.

Trump administration finds GW was ‘deliberately indifferent to antisemitic discrimination’

The Justice Department accused George Washington University of harming Jewish students by enabling "antisemitic, disruptive protests."

A man holds an Israeli flag while counter-demonstrating against a pro-Palestinian protest at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.,  April 25, 2024.

Bard president Leon Botstein: 'Trump's campaign against colleges follows classic antisemitism'

In Botstein’s view, the government’s demands of these schools do the opposite of fighting antisemitism. “The government is playing out a classic antisemitic routine,” he said.

Leon Botstein has led Bard College since 1975.

Israeli researchers unveil program to treat stuttering in children with five-day camp

While it is not a disease, it can cause the people who stammer to suffer, to develop a poor self-image, be stigmatized, undergo bullying, have difficulty finding a job, and defend themselves.

Participants at the five-day summer camp for youth who experience stuttering.

Brown University strikes $50M deal with Trump admin over allegations of campus antisemitism

The announcement comes one week after Columbia University agreed to a $221 million settlement with the Trump administration over funding canceled in March over antisemitism allegations.

Sayles Hall on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

Shooting at University of New Mexico: Suspect arrested, one killed and one wounded

The university has warned that the shooter “may still be on campus.”

 Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Stanford suspends student co-op that it said asked Jewish students to leave

Stanford University has suspended a student “co-op house” on its campus for discriminating against Jewish students by labeling them as “Zionists” and requesting that they leave the house.

 The Stanford University campus.

Yogi Berra and a fork in the road - opinion

In this particular fork, one branch leads to academic freedom, and the other to critical thinking and intellectual scholarship.

GRADUATES, SOME holding pro-Palestinian signs and flags, attend Columbia University’s graduation ceremony in New York City in May. The flare-up of antisemitism in classrooms and on campus is due to the confluence of contributing factors, says the writer.

Combating hate on campus: US student leaders visit Israel

Students stand where terror struck, listen to the voices of residents, soldiers, survivors of terror and their families, and walk through towns scarred by war.

 Pro-Israel students visit Ancient Shiloh.