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Harvard, MIT: Among the worst for Jewish students, face highest antisemitism rates

The Report Card is part of ADL’s recently launched Not On My Campus campaign, calling on US colleges and universities to commit to no tolerance for antisemitism.

Neri Oxman

Israeli-born celebrity professor Neri Oxman accused of plagiarism

The Israeli-born Neri Oxman, a tenured professor at MIT and a celebrity in the academic world, was reported to have plagiarized content in her academic writing, Business Insider reported on Saturday.

Austrian university severs ties with Harvard over antisemitism concerns

Presidents from MIT, Harvard, and UPenn testified following a Department of Education investigation into rising antisemitic incidents since the Hamas terror attack on Israel.

MIT joins Harvard and Penn on list of schools facing federal civil rights investigations

None of the schools that responded to requests for comment would say whether their investigations were related to antisemitism.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
22/12/2023
 US REPRESENTATIVE Elise Stefanik (R-NY) speaks during a House Education and Workforce Committee

US universities are teaching their students to be antisemitic

Like many interactions during the hearing, the vast distance between non-campus and campus, between “town and gown,” was clear. Ideological diversity is simply not a campus value.

By CHERRYL SMITH
20/12/2023

Jewish groups confront new questions: What counts as calling for genocide?

Swift and widespread outrage followed the hearing, leading to the resignation of Penn’s president and placing pressure on the other two leaders.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
14/12/2023

The struggle for justice for Jewish students on college campuses - opinion

When it comes to protecting marginalized students on campus, it seems some groups are "more equal than others," the author writes.

By PINI DUNNER
10/12/2023

MIT suspends students who occupied building for pro-Palestinian ‘die-in’

The protest was loud, disruptive, and in defiance of university guidelines, wrote MIT President Sally Kornbluth.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
14/11/2023

MIT researchers design bra that detects early stages of breast cancer

he study describes the device as "a nature-inspired honeycomb-shaped patch" that is equipped with a tracker that "provides for large-area, deep scanning, and multiangle breast imaging capability."

This new AI autopilot algorithm can help pilots avoid crashes - study

Researchers at MIT have developed new algorithms that could help human pilots deal with extreme near-crash events.

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