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Qatar’s takeover of Georgetown University should be investigated

A new investigation details how Qatari funding transformed Georgetown from campus to curriculum.

|ByWINFIELD MYERS
Healy Hall at Georgetown University with the Qatari flag above it
A man holds a Palestinian flag as Georgetown students hold an on-campus protest in support of Palestine at Georgetown University on September 4, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Qatar ties linked to anti-Western ideological shift at Georgetown, Middle East Forum reports

The money has not only sustained the campuses but also funded faculty, research initiatives, and endowed chairs on the Washington campus.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Pro-Palestinian supporters attempt to gain entry to Grand Central Terminal as they protest against City University of New York (CUNY) college allowing the filming of an FBI: Most Wanted episode fictionalising a Gaza Solidarity Encampment in New York City, US, July 22, 2024.

CUNY purged Jews from leadership in 'deliberate plan, ' new report claims

Through the early 2000s, CUNY regularly had close to, or above, double-digit numbers of campus presidents who were Jewish. By March 2023, there was not a single Jew among the 80 leadership positions

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Protesters demand the removal of Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani from Emory's medical department, January 2026.

Emory University removes Iranian official Larijani's daughter from medical faculty - report

Dr. Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani was previously listed on the Emory University School of Medicine's website as an assistant professor in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology.

|ByTZVI JASPER

Nitzavim: The campus revolution of next-generation Jewish leaders

Each project is tailor-made to the campus it serves, with strategies ranging from combating antisemitism to providing Jewish programming and education about Israel.

JUNE 8, 2025ByNATAN ROTHSTEIN
Rabbi Adi Isaacs (bottom L) poses with his Nitzavim Class of 2025.

Why American support for Israel remains strong despite campus antisemitism - opinion

Only a statistically insignificant number of university student presidents, valedictorians, and student-selected speakers become American leaders.

JUNE 8, 2025ByURI PILICHOWSKI
DEMONSTRATORS TAKE part in an Emergency Rally: Stand with Palestinians Under Siege in Gaza at Harvard University in 2023.

A call to students worldwide: Now is the time to come study in Israel - opinion

Joining the community of Israeli academia is to take a stand.

JUNE 5, 2025BySHEIZAF RAFAELI
STUDENTS MINGLE on the campus of Shenkar College. ‘In Israel, we are rebuilding – intellectually, emotionally, and physically – after a national trauma. Your presence can be a part of that sunrise,’ says the writer.

University of Utah, Ariel University sign academic cooperation deal

The deal included research and student exchanges in medicine, AI, and data science.

MAY 30, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
University of Utah president Dr. Taylor Randall and Ariel University president Prof. Ehud Grossman at the after signing a five-year memorandum of understanding

Trump administration halts scheduling of new student visa appointments

Increased deportations and the revocation of student visas are due to the Trump administration's hardline immigration agenda.

MAY 27, 2025ByREUTERS
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House.

Trump admin. argues Columbia University violated Jewish students' civil rights

Columbia violated Title VI by "acting with deliberate indifference towards student-on-student harassment of Jewish students from October 7, 2023, through the present," the White House argued.

MAY 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Protesters gather at a main entrance in front of Columbia University during convocation, in New York City, US, August 25, 2024

Jewish panelists push back as billionaire Bill Ackman defends Trump’s feud with Harvard

Ackman appeared in the last panel of the day, speaking to a crowd that filled all 250 seats in the center’s auditorium.

MAY 20, 2025ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, right, speaks on a panel with Liberties editor Leon Wieseltier and Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt at "The End of an Era: Jews and Elite Universities," a symposium at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan, May 18, 2025.

Grapevine, May 11, 2025: It’s all academic

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 11, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
FROM LEFT: Sam Halabi, Liora Ofer, and Yona Yahav.

Fifty years of impact: BGU’s Faculty of Health Sciences sets the standard

Today, the faculty boasts 3,000 enrolled students – 30% of them studying for graduate degrees and conducting research in the various departments and programs. 

MAY 11, 2025ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
THE BEN-GURION University Medical School.

St Andrews rector wins appeal after Gaza email controversy

St Andrews rector Stella Maris wins appeal after facing dismissal for calling Israel's actions in Gaza “genocidal” in a 2023 university-wide email.

MAY 5, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
St Salvator's Quadrangle, St Andrews University, Scotland, pictured in 2022.