A new university under the University of the Philippines system is currently in the works, UP president Angelo Jimenez disclosed yesterday.
LA SCREENINGS: Overseeing not one but two Hollywood studios gives Beatrice Springborn a unique perspective on the issues facing the US production sector. Beatrice Springborn is president of Universal C
(The Center Square) – Proposed legislation targeting protestors is expected to get tweaks from the North Carolina House of Representatives, possibly before the Memorial Day holiday weekend. People wearing masks in public, and those blocking roads or emergency vehicles, are singled out in the bill passed by the Senate 30-15 this week. Critics have roared because the part about masks includes everyone, even those with health concerns. Sen. Buck Newton, R-Wilson,...
Sonoma State University is the smallest school in California's sprawling state university system, with only 7,700 students.
A proposal for comprehensive digital privacy policy, one of the most contentious matters of the online era, is being floated in Congress by lawmakers in key positions to get it enacted. If passed, the bipartisan measure will mean big changes not just for consumers and tech businesses but also for federal and state privacy regulators. […]
The legislation comes in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created by the treatment are children.
Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Katie Britt (Ala.) announced Monday that they are introducing legislation to protect legal access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) nationwide in the wake of an
(The Center Square) – A coalition of Republican and Democratic lawmakers, nearly 700 Jewish professors, and others oppose an antisemitism bill sent to the U.S. Senate arguing it’s unconstitutional and doesn’t adequately address antisemitism. After the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks against Israel, pro-Hamas riots and violence against Jewish students on college campuses erupted, prompting U.S. Rep. Michael Lawler, R-NY, to file the Antisemitism Awareness Act. The bill...
The Republican chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce has accused Northwestern University of a "persistent failure in addressing antisemitism."
Jerry Seinfeld is by no means the most political or controversial actor/comedian out there, but when he took the stage at Duke University's commencement ceremony, it ultimately caused a chorus of "boos" and pro-Palestinian chants, as well as a walkout by students.
After anti-Israel mobs rioted at Columbia University, broke into an academic building, and menaced Jewish students, it’s not surprising that the Department of Education has opened a civil rights investigation of the university. Clearly, the rights of many Jewish and pro-Israel students were trampled, and so it’s reassuring to see the education bureaucrats acting to restore some sanity and decency at Columbia.
OTTAWA -- Jewish students on major university campuses are being forced to hide their Jewish identity and fear for their safety, as they face a tide of antisemitism, which school administrators are failing to protect them from, a group of students said Wednesday. Six students from schools in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta appeared on Parliament Hill to raise the alarm about a rise in antisemitism on their campuses which was triggered by the Israel-Hamas war. They spoke with several Liberal...