Fetterman Ditches Harvard Graduation Hood in Protest at Antisemitism
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) publicly doffed his Harvard graduation cap on Wednesday during a commencement speech at Yeshiva University, a Jewish religious institution in New York. Fetterman, who earned a master’s in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School in 1999, has become one of the few staunch supporters of Israel within the Democratic Party in […]
Sen. John Fetterman dramatically whips off Harvard hood at Yeshiva University commencement
Sen. John Fetterman told Yeshiva University graduating class on Wednesday that he was “deeply disappointed” that Harvard University had failed to address anti-Semitism on campus before removing the ceremonial crimson degree caps that represent his alma mater. The Pennsylvania Democrat expressed his frustration with the Ivy League institution in a commencement speech at the private […]
Harvard will no longer issue statements on current events that do not affect the institution
Harvard University will no longer issue universitywide statements on current events that do not have a direct impact on the institution. The Institutional Voice Working Group at Harvard University issued its report and recommendations to the university after being established in April to “consider whether and when our institution should speak on public issues.” Harvard […]
Harvard University will no longer weigh in on outside public matters
Harvard University announced Tuesday that it would maintain silence on public matters not directly related to the institution’s “core functions,” months after the university’s statement on the Israel-Hamas war sparked intense controversy. Leaders of the prestigious university, who recommended the new policy, said Harvard’s public statements on a wide range of issues and world politics […]
Harvard, Stung by Controversy, Adopts Policy of Not Speaking Out
Prompted by recent controversies over anti-Semitism, Harvard University has adopted a new policy not to speak out on public issues that do not directly relate to the university. The new policy was adopted after a “working group” of select faculty convened in April to consider whether the university should speak out on hot-button issues in […]
Anti-Israel group has meltdown after Harvard withholds degrees for 13 protesters
The Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee announced on Wednesday that the Harvard University Board of Trustees has voted to withhold the degrees of 13 protesters who were scheduled to graduate this year. “The Harvard University Board of Trustees has formally resolved to withhold the degrees of 13 fourth-year students for protesting the genocide in Gaza. […]
More than 1,000 walk out of Harvard graduation in protest
Harvard University’s commencement speaker dramatically went off script and slammed the Ivy League school for not admitting a small number of students involved in disruptive anti-Israel protests, before more than 1,000 students were also expelled. Shruti Kumar, a Harvard University senior selected to deliver an English speech on Thursday, pulled out a piece of paper […]
Harvard Rabbi Confronts Graduation Speaker Onstage After Antisemitic Remarks
Rabbi Hirsi Zarki of the Chabad sect of Harvard University spoke out against Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa onstage at Harvard’s commencement ceremony on Thursday after she used anti-Semitic language in her speech. Ressa was selected to speak despite his controversial comments about the Gaza war, which critics called anti-Semitic. Washington Free Beacon report For […]
Harvard graduates walk out of commencement after weeks of protests
At Harvard University, 13 students who took part in recent pro-Palestinian protests on campus will not be allowed to receive their diplomas with other students, the university announced Thursday. Hundreds of graduates walked out. According to the Associated Press, a group of graduates left the ceremony shouting “Liberate Palestine, liberate Palestine” and “Let them walk, […]
Harvard Corporation Overrules Faculty; ‘Encampment’ Seniors Will Not Graduate
The Harvard Board of Trustees, the university’s highest authority and a centuries-old organization, overruled the faculty vote and approved the board’s decision to block the graduation of 13 “encampment” activists. Breitbart News points out that: “This ‘encampment’ disrupted campus life for nearly three weeks, with protests occurring in the midst of final exam period. He […]