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Brown University rejects pro-Palestinian students' demands to divest from Israel
“Brown won't divest from 10 companies described...as facilitating ‘the Israeli occupation of Palestinian Territory,’” the school said in a statement.
Brown University endowment grew 11.3% last year -- as school mulls Israel divestment
The divestment vote, the date of which has not been made public, was a concession from the administration to students who set up a tent encampment.
Bank of America chief Brian Moynihan raises eyebrows by taking on chancellor role for Corporation of Brown University
Brian Moynihan has his hands full running Bank of America, which is why he raised some eyebrows when he took on the volunteer position as chancellor of the Corporation of...
Brown trustee resigns over Israel-bashing BDS vote
Top hedge fund manager Joseph Edelman accused the Ivy League school of "promoting antisemitism".
Ivy League university faces fresh pressure from student activists to divest from Israeli firms
A group of Israel-bashing activists are plotting to pressure Brown University into divesting from firms they accuse of being “complicit in human rights abuses” against Palestinians.
The antisemitic protests pose a challenge not just to protect Jews but to save America
Tikvah Fund CEO Eric Cohen explains why the college protests threaten us all.
The pattern repeats itself: How today's college protests are nothing new
A new book by Brown Prof. Glenn Loury explains how the college protestors of today are merely aping agitators from another era
Columbia nixing commencement is another win for campus radicals
When Columbia cancels its graduation due to college protests, it's sending the precisely wrong message to pro-Hamas thugs.
How Brown University spreads antisemitism even to high schoolers
A Harvard CAPS / Harris poll reveals antisemitic attitudes held by many young Americans on Hamas’ massacre of Israelis (51% found it justified) and Jews overall (67% considered them oppressors).
Yale issues formal apology for its connections to slavery
Yale University has issued a formal apology over its connections to slavery – and announced a series of initiatives based on a research project about the subject.
Harvard serving as a 'safety' school for embattled president Claudine Gay
Harvard University recently covered up a high-level investigation into whether its controversial president, Claudine Gay, was a plagiarist.
Meet the Jonas Brothers' opening sibling act: buzz band Lawrence
After first opening for the Jonas Brothers at Yankee Stadium in August, New York sibling act Lawrence will be rounding back to home base for the final US date on...
About 20 Brown U students arrested for trespassing during anti-Israel protest
About 20 students at Brown University were arrested Wednesday after a sit-in by anti-Israel activists who demanded that the Ivy League school divest from companies with ties to the Jewish...
Pulse-pounding video captures police takedown of Aaron Hernandez’s bro accused of plotting school shootings
Newly released video captured the brother of late football star and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez shouting at cops to shoot him as they arrested him for allegedly plotting to shoot up...
Aaron Hernandez’s brother arrested for allegedly plotting school shootings at two New England colleges
Dennis John “D.J.” Hernandez, 37, was arrested — for the fourth time this year — after police received reports he was planning attacks at Brown University and the University of...
Ivy League LGBTQ+ numbers soar — and students say this is the reason why
More than a third of students at Stanford and Brown and over a quarter at Yale and Harvard identify as LGBTQ+, per recent polling. That's far higher than Gen Z's...
What that Brown LBGTQ+ poll really says about academia today
A student poll shows 38% of Brown University students identify as LBGTQ+.
Nearly 40% of students at this Ivy League school identify as LGBTQ+ — more than five times the national rate
About 38% of students at the Ivy League school identified as either homosexual, bisexual, queer, asexual, pansexual, questioning or other.
Queens native makes appearance as first woman in Division-I baseball game
Queens native Olivia Pichardo made history Friday night, as the Brown freshman became the first woman to play in a Division-I baseball game.
'Surreal moment': First female D1 baseball player speaks out
Olivia Pichardo is excited for her journey at Brown.