Category: Campus
Chinese Universities Surpass Harvard Despite Glaring Lack of Racial Diversity
Harvard is no longer the most productive research university in the world, according to a respected global ranking that assesses schools on academic publication. The Ivy League darling dropped to No. 3 in 2025, surpassed by two Chinese universities that managed to excel despite an alarming lack of racial diversity.
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Amherst Lays Off Administrators Behind Sexually Explicit Programming and Announces Communications Chief Will Retire
Amherst College appears to have laid off four administrators in the wake of a Washington Free Beacon report on the school’s sexually explicit orientation programming, according to two people familiar with the matter and a review of archived webpages. The school also announced that its vice president of communications would retire at the end of the school year.
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Cooper Union Settles Lawsuit With Jewish Students Forced To Hide From Anti-Israel Mob
Cooper Union agreed to address campus anti-Semitism to resolve a discrimination lawsuit brought by Jewish students who said the school failed to protect them from anti-Semitic attacks after they were trapped inside a library by a swarm of anti-Israel protesters.
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Georgetown Taps Hamas Apologist Mehdi Hasan as Visiting Fellow
Georgetown University has enlisted former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan as a visiting fellow to lead a discussion series that “will explore the role of debate, media, and persuasion in our deeply polarized society.”
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Brown University Taps DEI Official To Restore ‘Sense of Physical Security’ on Campus
Brown University is launching a “campus-wide healing and recovery” initiative aimed at “ensuring a sense of physical security” following December’s deadly shooting. Rather than tapping a psychologist or trauma specialist to lead the effort, the Ivy League school appointed Matthew Guterl, the vice president of Brown’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion and professor of “Africana Studies.”
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Brown Lawyers Up After Bungled Response to Mass Shooting, Retaining Former US Attorney
Brown University has retained former federal prosecutor Zachary Cunha as it bolsters its legal team in the aftermath of last week’s mass shooting that killed two students and wounded nine others.
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Brown University President Spikes the Football After Botched Shooting Response, Praising Police and Condemning ‘Doxxing’
Brown University president Christina Paxson issued a lengthy statement Friday morning condemning gun violence and admonishing “harmful doxxing activity” and “disinformation in online media.” But while she made space in her 1,100-word message to point fingers, she failed to acknowledge any criticism her administration faced over its handling of Saturday’s shooting.
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Brown University Faces Questions About Security Policies After Sending Delayed Emergency Alert and Failing To Sound Sirens During Shooting
Brown University is facing questions over its security policies after its emergency sirens never sounded in response to Saturday’s shooting, while taking nearly 20 minutes to send an alert out to students. The scrutiny comes after campus cops passed no-confidence votes against their police chief and questioned the school’s emergency response capabilities.
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Columbia Architecture School Partnered With Terror-Tied Lab in Beirut on Ford Foundation-Funded Project
Columbia University’s architecture school partnered with a Lebanese research lab cofounded by a Hezbollah collaborator on a project aimed at studying housing access for refugees in Beirut. The Ivy League university received a $350,000 Ford Foundation grant to carry out the project, but claims it’s never held any “formal agreements” with the Lebanese lab.
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UC Berkeley Agrees To Rehire Israeli Professor, Pay $60,000 To Resolve Discrimination Lawsuit
The University of California, Berkeley, agreed Wednesday to rehire a former professor and pay her $60,000 to settle her lawsuit alleging that the school discriminated against her by denying her a job because she’s from Israel.
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