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Jeffrey Flier

@jflier

Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Higginson Professor of Physiology and Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Former Dean of HMS.

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calendar_today15-06-2009 20:23:45

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Rishi Sunak has told British universities to do more to protect Jewish students from antisemitism amid campus protests over the war in Gaza.

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Columbia canceled its main commencement. Other schools shouldn’t follow its lead. ⁦The Boston Globe⁩ bostonglobe.com/2024/05/09/opi…

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For those without the energy to read the Cass report this interview summarises the issues succinctly. It appears that for a substantial % of children whose sex hormones were radically manipulated with drugs, they were effectively undergoing a form of gay conversion therapy.

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Pundits and profs are comparing current pro-Palestinian encampments to 60's anti-Vietnam war protests. As a college student then, I strongly opposed the war and the draft, but saw several major protest groups- Youth Against War and Fascism, Progressive Labor Party & others for…

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In Our Name: A Message from Jewish Students at Columbia. Very powerful, a must read. @columbia docs.google.com/document/u/1/d…

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“Dialogue and discussion do not and cannot come as the result of disruption, demands, and ultimatums,” Provost Manning said. I agree. To negotiate under ultimata and threats is to yield to illiberal forces inimical to university values of civil discourse. thecrimson.com/article/2024/5…

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I stand with President Garber, who must not be intimidated by irrational demands and unacceptable threats: Protesters March To Harvard President Garber’s Home, Demand Start of “Negotiations” ⁦The Harvard Crimson⁩ thecrimson.com/article/2024/5…

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MIT President Kornbluth issues deadline to leave encampment. 2:30 today. urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-…

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“‘Unheard Of’: Plagiarism Victims Sound Off As UCLA Remains Silent On Academic Scandal.”
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“‘Unheard Of’: Plagiarism Victims Sound Off As UCLA Remains Silent On Academic Scandal.” dailywire.com/news/unheard-o…
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Harvard President Alan Garber just issued a powerful statement related to the encampments, including the following: 'The continuation of the encampment presents a significant risk to the educational environment of the University. Those who participate in or perpetuate its…

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When Dean of Harvard Medical School, I enjoyed the morning Harvard University all school graduation ceremony for pomp & circumstance & massive crowd. The more meaningful event was HMS commencement in afternoon. Attention will now turn to ? disruptions at these events Columbia University & elsewhere.

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A Columbia grad student in cognitive psychology wants to ask a sign-toting activist, 'What exactly do you mean by ‘any means necessary’?...Knives? Guns and rifles? Raping and taking civilians hostage?...And whom would these means be employed against? Columbia? The Israeli…

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I am a 1968 grad of CCNY, where anti-war protests were common,
and supported as free speech. Pro- Palestine protests today involving smashing computers in admin building are criminal, and crazy perps must be arrested and prosecuted. via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/05/04/nyr…

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A remarkable “self own” by this Harvard pro-Palestine student group. The Harvard Crimson has done a highly credible job reporting on this contentious story.

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Let me tell you something: if you're demanding that Hillel be fully removed from UC Santa Cruz, you're an antisemite.

Hillel is a cultural lifeline for Jewish students.

If you want it gone - that means you want Jews gone.

There's no negotiating on the antisemitic nature of…

Let me tell you something: if you're demanding that Hillel be fully removed from UC Santa Cruz, you're an antisemite. Hillel is a cultural lifeline for Jewish students. If you want it gone - that means you want Jews gone. There's no negotiating on the antisemitic nature of…
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