A 21-year-old Cornell University junior was charged Tuesday for making online threats to Jewish students at the Ivy League school, authorities said. Patrick Dai, a junior at Cornell, faces a charge of posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications, federal prosecutors in
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Cornell University Battles Rising Online Antisemitic Threats Targeting Jewish Community
An escalating wave of online prejudice targeted at Cornell University’s Jewish community has propelled the school’s leadership into action, following a collection of vile and threatening antisemitic messages, explicitly menacing the occupants of 104 West, Cornell’s Center for Jewish Living. University President Martha E. Pollack
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Is a new online university a cure for what ails the humanities?
“What’s that going to get you?” my mechanical-engineer father asked when I enrolled as an undergraduate in English and history at McGill University. The answer, we both knew, was “nothing,” at least as far as future employability was concerned. This didn’t bother me. Spending a
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CUNY enrollment up; NYC university chief vows more online classes
Enrollment is up this fall at the City University of New York for the first time in three years — a sign it is bouncing back from the pandemic era, the university’s chancellor said Tuesday. Freshman enrollment rose more than 4% this fall, with transfers
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