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“Claudine Gay was in Rome on a family vacation on Dec. 27 when Penny Pritzker, the leader of Harvard University’s governing board, called to ask: Did she think there was a path forward with her as the school’s president?”

Informative account of Gay’s resignation in the NYT.

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Dr. Gay was planning a “spring reset,” but some board members thought the plan “showed that she didn't understand the urgency of the expanding crisis.” Image
The first member of the Corporation to turn was Timothy R. Barakett, the treasurer.

(Others joined him, as we know, after having dinner with members of the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard.)

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Board members received a fresh round of input from friends, family, and acquaintances over Christmas vacation: Image
And finally the pressure got to them: Image

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Mar 26
“DEI, Redundancy, and Bullshit Jobs”

Here’s a crazy story:

A Brown U. student built a website, “Bloat at Brown,” with a database of about 3,500 university staff and emailed them, asking “what tasks you performed in the past week” and “how Brown students would be impacted if your position was eliminated.”

About 20 people replied. One told him to “f**k off.”

The school advised employees not to respond and referred the student to the disciplinary office (he hasn’t been charged with any violations yet). Then his website was hacked by someone with a Brown IP address.Image
Link to the article: chronicle.com/article/channe…
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Mar 25
🚨 In faculty meetings, Columbia President Armstrong is downplaying the changes promised to the Trump admin.

She “told faculty there was no mask ban.”

And she said the new vice provost to be appointed to review Middle East Studies “wouldn’t impact how the department operates.” Image
On the mask ban: Image
On the new vice provost position: Image
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Mar 20
This. Is. Incredible.

The LGBTQ center at Binghamton University hosted an Israeli trans activist via Zoom to talk about life as a trans person in Israeli society.

SJP freaked out and disrupted the event.

“No pride in genocide.”

“Your whole identity is political.”
Here is the ad for the event. The fact that he served in the IDF set them off. Image
At the end of his talk, he apparently said he wouldn’t be taking political questions, and the SJP students lost their minds. Image
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Mar 9
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil, a student at Columbia, has reportedly been detained by DHS and had his green card revoked.

He was a lead negotiator in the 2024 encampment at Columbia and is seen here participating in last week’s sit-in at Barnard:
A press release put out by his supporters: Image
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Mar 8
Columbia’s President on the loss of $400mm in federal funding over antisemitism at the school:

She doesn’t say anything about attempting to resist.

On the contrary, she acknowledges both the government’s “legitimate concerns” and Columbia’s “failures and shortcomings.”

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“The cancellation of these funds will immediately impact research and other critical functions of the University.”

They are “taking the government’s action very seriously” and “working…to address their legitimate concerns.”

Combatting antisemitism is the “number one priority.” Image
She reiterates, “These impacts will touch nearly every corner of the University.”

Not surprisingly, no details yet on which funds are cancelled or which programs will be affected. Image
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Feb 11
“…misconceptions, such as the narrative that DEI has ended.”

Harvard Business Review offers some insight into how organizations are changing how they talk about DEI rather than getting rid of it: Image
Examples of how to justify DEI without legal trouble: Image
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