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Jewish, Palestinian Columbia professors co-teach class on complexities of Israel-Hamas conflict

Wednesday, June 26 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Columbia University professors Ari Goldman and Gregory Khalil, each with their unique perspectives as individuals of Jewish and Palestinian descent, respectively, co-teach the complexities of the Israel-Hamas conflict.The two professors are embarking on a joint educational mission at Columbia's Graduate School... Read More.

UNLV mass shooting victims: 3 professors ID’d

Friday, December 8 by ABC News

(LAS VEGAS) -- Three faculty members were killed and one faculty member was injured in a mass shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Wednesday.The suspect -- who had applied for a college professorship at UNLV, but was not hired, according to... Read More.

UNLV mass shooting victims: Two professors ID’d

Thursday, December 7 by ABC News

Nobel Prize in economics awarded to former Fed Chair Bernanke and two professors

Monday, October 10 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig on Monday for their research on banks and financial crises.Bernanke, of The Brookings Institute, served as chair of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014, where... Read More.

Professor’s ‘hateful rhetoric’ prompts student calls for accountability

Thursday, April 21 by ABC News

(PHILADELPHIA) -- Students at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School are calling for the suspension of a law professor who they say has repeatedly expressed racist beliefs about Black and Asian populations."As descendants of enslaved ancestors, immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers and persons holding... Read More.

Student raises over $70K for scholarship for women after professor’s viral comments

Monday, January 10 by ABC News

(BOISE, Idaho) -- A college student who took action after a professor at her school stated that women should not be recruited into fields like engineering, medicine and law has now raised over $70,000 for a scholarship for women studying those fields.The Women in... Read More.

Students demand action after Penn professor’s ‘racist’ comments about Asians

Friday, January 7 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The University of Pennsylvania came under fire this week after a law professor made inflammatory comments about Asians and the Asian-American community during an interview.Amy Wax, in speaking to Brown University professor Glenn Loury on "The Glenn Show," said: "Maybe it's... Read More.