Janet Lorin

Page 2 of 3

Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, during a House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Lawmakers on the education committee will grill the leaders of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about their responses to protests that erupted after the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. Photographer: Haiyun Jiang/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pressure on Harvard President Claudine Gay mounts after Penn’s Liz Magill resigns following antisemitism testimony

By Janet Lorin, Amanda Gordon, and others

Representative Elise Stefanik, a Republican from New York, during a House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Lawmakers on the education committee will grill the leaders of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about their responses to protests that erupted after the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. Photographer: Haiyun Jiang/Bloomberg via Getty Images

‘The world is watching’: Lawmakers call for ouster of 3 university presidents after their legalistic answers about antisemitism and genocide

By Janet Lorin and Bloomberg

Liz Magill, president of the University of Pennsylvania, during a House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Lawmakers on the education committee will grill the leaders of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about their responses to protests that erupted after the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. Photographer: Haiyun Jiang/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Penn president’s ‘permissive approach’ to antisemitism prompts donor to withdraw a $100 million gift

By Simone Foxman, Janet Lorin, and others

Bill Ackman

Harvard alums are making $1 donations in a symbolic protest of school leadership’s ‘moral failures’ in handling anti-Israel protests

By Janet Lorin and Bloomberg

Bill Ackman, chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital Management LP, speaks during an interview for an episode of “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations” in New York, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Ackman in October said he covered his short bet on US Treasuries, noting “there is too much risk in the world to remain short bonds at current long-term rates.” Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Harvard, Penn and MIT presidents called by Congress to address antisemitism on campus after being criticized by alumni like Bill Ackman

By Janet Lorin and Bloomberg

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – OCTOBER 25: New York University students held a rally to support Palestine at Washington Square Park in New York, United States on October 25, 2023. Protestors chanted slogans while waving Palestine flags. (Photo by Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

NYU students sue school over ‘deliberate indifference’ to antisemitism that they say has soared since the Israel-Hamas war

By David Voreacos, Janet Lorin, and others

William “Bill” Ackman, founder and chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital Management LP, speaks during a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. After months of turmoil, which began with a controversy over the price increases of two cardiac drugs by 525 percent and 212 percent, Valeant Pharmaceuticals has lost more than 85 percent of its stock market value, failed to file its annual report, and said it is being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman urges Harvard suspensions to tackle ‘dire’ antisemitism on campus that’s ‘much worse’ than he realized

By Janet Lorin and Bloomberg

WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES – NOVEMBER 01: Students of American University attend a campus protest against ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza in Washington, D.C., United States on November 01, 2023. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Top law firms warn colleges to take an ‘unequivocal stance’ against antisemitism and hint they won’t recruit students from those that fail to do so

By Janet Lorin and Bloomberg

PALO ALTO, CA – SEPTEMBER 30: A view of Hoover Tower on the campus of Stanford University as seen from Stanford Stadium before a Pac-12 NCAA college football game between the Oregon Ducks and the Stanford Cardinal on September 30, 2023 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by David Madison/Getty Images)

Stanford is the latest elite university to be slammed for its lack of ‘moral resolve’ in its response to Hamas’ attack on Israel

By Daniel Cancel, Janet Lorin, and others

Boston, MA – October 18: A pro-Palestinian protest of Harvard students and their supporters, ends on the lawn behind Klarman Hall, at Harvard Business School, after starting in the Old Yard by Massachusetts Hall. (Photo by Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Mitt Romney and investor Seth Klarman lay into Harvard for failing to protect Jewish students ‘amidst the meteoric rise in antisemitism’

By Janet Lorin and Bloomberg

SDEROT, ISRAEL – OCTOBER 16: Israel continues to deploy soldiers, tanks and armored vehicles near the Gaza border in Sderot, Israel on October 16, 2023. (Photo by Saeed Qaq/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Another big donor cuts ties with an Ivy League school for its ‘misguided moral compass’ involving Israel and Hamas

By Heather Perlberg, Janet Lorin, and others

Israeli soliders ride in their armoured vehicles towards the border with the Gaza Strip on October 16, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Harvard loses another major donor over its ‘dismal failure’ to take an ‘unequivocal stand against the barbaric murders’ of Israelis by Hamas

By Janet Lorin and Bloomberg

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS – JULY 08: A view of the campus of Harvard University on July 08, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have sued the Trump administration for its decision to strip international college students of their visas if all of their courses are held online. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Harvard reworks essay requirements after affirmative action ban, emphasizes life experiences

By Janet Lorin and Bloomberg

Harvard

Harvard and other wealthy Massachusetts schools with legacy admissions hit with tax proposal that would raise hundreds of millions

By Janet Lorin and Bloomberg

Elite universities financial aid scandal

Yale, MIT, other elite universities sued for colluding to restrict financial aid packages

By Bloomberg and Janet Lorin