All my life, I have felt a strong affinity with Jewish people, but now that my employer, Columbia University, has adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism, I suddenly find myself labeled an "antisemite" because I oppose Palestinian oppression.| Mondoweiss
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This essay, on fear as a means of enforcing social order, was my Observer column this week. It was published on 30 March 2025, under the headline “Just like McCarthy, Trump spreads fear everywhere before picking off his targets”. “Gold, mister, is worth what it is because of the human labor that goes into the finding and getting of it.” It’s a line spoken by Walter Huston in the 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, a story about greed and moral corruption directed […]| Pandaemonium
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com. The post New Faculty Positions for Eleven Women Academics appeared first on Women In Academia Report.| Women In Academia Report
New method efficiently converts mixed plastic waste into a product that could have a range of applications, according to scientists.| South China Morning Post
A recent cyberattack compromised the Social Security numbers and other personal information of students and employees, administrators announced.| EdScoop
Dispatches, a feature-length vérité documentary I’m currently co-directing alongside Kira Boden-Gologorsky, follows protesters and student journalists covering the fight for free speech on Columbia University’s campus at protests which made international headlines and faced mammoth political backlash. But more than just chronicling those events, Dispatches explores what it means to report from within an institution while it’s in crisis and to film the story when you are already inside...| Filmmaker Magazine
In April, I wrote a plea for the Columbia University leadership not to appease the Trump administration by giving in to its demands for control over the university’s operations, despite the federal funding that was being held hostage. I wrote as an academic concerned, generally, for the fate of US universities under an authoritarian regime,…| Blog of the APA
Columbia University’s recent suspension and expulsion of more than 70 students for a Palestine demonstration is the latest sign the school’s crackdown on activism is not simply about campus conduct, but appeasing political pressure from Washington.| Mondoweiss
Dr. Kessler taught psychology at Case Western Reserve University for four decades. She had two stints as department chair and was a key faculty member in advancing the university's clinical training opportunities in psychology.| Women In Academia Report
He also co-founded the Palestinian Student Union with Mahmoud Khalil, another Palestinian permanent resident of the U.S. who recently was detained by ICE.| PBS News
Tamara Taggart and Oumar Ba have been selected for endowed faculty appointments at Rutgers University and Cornell University, respectively. Columbia University has named Farah Jasmine Griffin a University Professor, the institution's highest faculty designation.| The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) is issuing this statement due to significant media inquiries about the recent action for Columbia University. On June 26, 2025, Columbia University was placed on non-compliance warning. The institution’s monitoring report is due November 3,... The post Statement on the Accreditation Status of Columbia University appeared first on Middle States Commission on Higher Education.| Middle States Commission on Higher Education
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration cannot detain or deport Mahmoud Khalil based on Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s determination, in a decision hailed by his legal team as “a huge win.”| Mondoweiss
Read the inspiring remarks Columbia University Palestine activists gave at an alternative graduation ceremony, the “People’s Graduation,” in honor of their expelled and suspended comrades.| Mondoweiss
This will be a talk for the conference on Ultrafinitism: Physics, Mathematics, and Philosophy at Columbia University in New York, April 11-13, 2025. Abstract. I shall argue in various respects that ultrafinitism is fruitfully understood from a potentialist perspective, an … Continue reading →| Joel David Hamkins
A severe brain injury can leave patients unresponsive to stimuli, but they may be more aware than we realize. A new study of brain activity has shown that up to a quarter of unresponsive patients may exhibit “hidden consciousness.”| New Atlas
Shafik wanted to be on the side of righteous alliance with the oppressed, so she stayed her hand with the protesters| The Spectator World