The scrapped lecture is the latest controversy for Harvard in what has been a week of turmoil for the Ivy League institution.
Harvard has reached settlements in a pair of legal disputes that claimed the university failed to protect Jewish students since Hamas’ terrorist attacks in Israel, agreeing to a series of reforms
Harvard University has settled two lawsuits accusing the Ivy League school of failing to protect Jewish students from antisemitic bullying and harassment on campus.
(THE CONVERSATION) As part of Harvard University’s agreement in response to two federal lawsuits filed by Jewish students alleging antisemitic discrimination, it will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, or IHRA, “working definition” of antisemitism.
Harvard University had to be dragged to court to make some small changes to prevent antisemitic outbursts on campus.
The university will now consider the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism when investigating complaints.
The nation’s richest Ivy League university lost millions in fundraising dollars after drawing donor ire over antisemitism on campus. These settlements could be the first step to assuaging those concerns.
A day after the 47th president is sworn in, the nation’s oldest university pledges to protect the campus from antisemitism.
Harvard University settled legal claims alleging the Ivy League school didn’t do enough to protect Jewish students against a wave of antisemitism on campus. As part of the settlements announced Tuesday,
Harvard University will provide additional protections for Jewish students under a settlement announced on Tuesday.
Harvard, which has seen its campus erupt in pro-Hamas demonstrations after the terror group launched its Oct. 7 attacks, has settled two separate lawsuits alleging antisemitic discrimination brought by The Louis Brandeis Center and the other filed by Students Against Antisemitism and Shabbos Kestenabaum.