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After the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
By Eboo Patel. Interfaith activities always grow after racist and anti-Semitic attacks. The trick is to focus the energy on building something hopeful, not just fighting something ugly. More...
Rowan Relents on Sports Bras
By Emma Whitford. Rowan University clarified its long-standing verbal policy that required all athletes to wear shirts during practice after a viral article bashed the university for prohibiting female athletes from wearing only sports bras during workouts. More...
Northern Michigan U Settles Discrimination Suit
By Emma Whitford. Northern Michigan University reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice after four students accused the university of discrimination, the Detroit News reported. More...
Students Refuse to Cease and Desist Using Bear Image
By Emma Whitford. The University of California, Los Angeles, asked a student Palestinian-rights group to remove UCLA's name and references to the university's Bruin Bear mascot from its promotional materials. The students are pushing back. More...
Rutgers Reverses Finding on Professor's Remark on White People
By Colleen Flaherty. Rutgers University has reversed course regarding a white professor who said he was resigning from his race after visiting a burger joint filled with “little Caucasian assholes” -- presumably children -- in rapidly gentrifying Harlem. The comments, made on Facebook in late spring, attracted widespread attention. More...
Duke Condemns Swastika at Memorial
By Scott Jaschik. Duke University is condemning whoever placed a large red swastika on a campus memorial to those who were murdered last month in a Pittsburgh synagogue. More...
Cornell Officials Condemn Swastika Incidents
By Scott Jaschik. Three incidents in which swastikas were discovered on the Cornell University campus in recent days have upset many there. Two were in dormitories and one was carved into snow. More...
Racist Robocalls Hit Montana State Billings
By Scott Jaschik. About 40 faculty and staff members at Montana State University Billings received recorded racist phone calls on Thanksgiving Day, The Billings Gazette reported. More...