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In the days after the heinous attack committed by Hamas, leaders and institutions around the world responded. Some with direct condemnation, some not so much. Below you will find a list of global academic institutions and how they decided to respond to "Israel's 9/11". Were they on the side of humanity, or they did support terror by not condemning it directly?
This is a good list to take a look at the next time you consider donating to an academic institution, or when evaluating where to send your children to study. After all, academia is where the minds of tomorrow are moulded, but academia can also be an unsafe place if the university doesn't handle violent protests adequately (see video to the left).
Baruch College (President: S. David Wu)
Binghamton University (President: Harvey G. Stenger)
Boston University (President: Kenneth W. Freeman)
Brandeis University (President: Ron Leibowitz)
Brown (President: Christina H. Paxson)
Cornell University (President: Martha E. Pollack)
Duke (President: Vincent Price)
Emory University (President: Gregory L. Fenves)
Georgetown University (President: John J. DeGioia)
Harvard (President: Claudine Gay)
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (President: Patrick Cramer)
MIT (President: Sally Kornbluth)
Northeastern University (President: Joseph E. Auon)
NYU (President: Linda G. Mills, Chair of Trustees: Evan Chesler)
NYU Law (Dean: Troy A. McKenzie, Chair of Trustees: David Tanner)
PennState (President: Neeli Bendapudi)
Princeton (President: Christopher L. Eisgruber)
Rice (President: Reginald DesRoches)
San Diego State (President: Adela de la Torre, PhD)
Trinity Washington University (President: Patricia A. McGuire)
Tufts University (President: Sunil Kumar)
University of Arizona (President: Robert C. Robbins, M.D.)
University of California (President: Michael Drake)
However: UC Davis did not condemn the attacks directly (Chancellor: Gary S. May)
University of Colorado (President: Todd Saliman)
University of Illinois (President: Tim Killeen)
University of Miami (President: Julio Frenk)
University of Michigan (President: Santa J. Ono)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chancellor: Kevin M. Guskiewicz)
University of Texas at Austin (President: Jay Hartzell)
University of Washington (President: Ana Mari Cauce)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (Chancellor: Jennifer Mnookin)
Washington University in St Louis (Chancellor: Andrew D. Martin)
Wesleyan University (President: Michael S. Roth)
Yale (President: Peter Salovey)
Boston College (President: Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J)
Carnegie Mellon University (President: Farnam Jahanian)
Columbia University (President: Minouche Shafik)
The university even did not condemn the words of one of its professors, who supported the attack.
If you are a donor to Columbia, please consider sending in this letter and let them know your thoughts.
Concordia University (President: Graham Carr)
No message from the university at all. The student union posted a message against Israel, no condemnation of the Hamas attack.
Dartmouth (President: Sian Leah Beilock)
Georgetown University (President: John J. DeGioia)
John Hopkins (President: Ron Daniels)
In one sentence, referred to the Israelis massacared by Hamas, with the civilians killed in Gaza as part of a legitimate military operation, as if the two are equal.
Lehigh University (President: Joseph Helble)
Montclair State University (President: Jonathan Koppell)
Northwestern University (President: Michael Schill)
Ohio State (President: Walter “Ted” Carter Jr)
No message at all.
Stanford University (President: Richard Sallar, Provost: Jenny Martinez)
Stanford's initial message did not include a direct condemnation, and was expanded upon poorly in the days after
Please consider joining a call to Harvard leadership to improve their approach
Swarthmore College (President: Val Smith)
No direct condemnation of Hamas's attacks
The New School (Interim President: Donna E. Shalala)
University of Chicago (President: Paul Alivisatos)
University of Oklahoma (President: Joseph Harroz, Jr.) - completely ignored the events, no messages
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) (President: Liz Magill)
UPenn did not directly condemn the attacks, and allowed anti-semitic protests and events to occur. Read Ronald Lauder's letter on the matter.
University of Utah (President: Taylor Randall, SVP of Academic Affairs: Mitzi M. Montoya)
Posted a message that did not include a direct and clear condemnation of the attacks.
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