🗞NEWS: Canceling Palestinians at NYU Abu Dhabi

@amnesty.org published a report exposing numerous ways in which “authorities of the United Arab Emirates and the administration of New York University both acted to suppress and punish freedom of expression, peaceful assembly...

🗞 NEWS: The Silencing of Area Studies

NYU’s widely respected Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, which typically runs a vibrant programming schedule on issues related to the Middle East for both scholarly and public audiences, is having to do more with less this year.

🗞NEWS: Union Demands NYU Support International Contract Faculty

Contract Faculty United, the union of NYU’s 930 contract faculty (half of NYU’s full-time faculty), has demanded that NYU sponsor international contract faculty for permanent resident status.

🗞NEWS: AAUP v. Rubio

The federal trial in the lawsuit against the Trump administration filed by AAUP, the Middle East Studies Association, and three local AAUP chapters, including NYU’s, took place in July.

🗞NEWS: FSJP in Palestine

A delegation of faculty from FSJP chapters nation-wide has returned from a 10-day trip to Palestine. The delegation started off with eight members, including four from NYU, but two were denied entry at the border by Israeli border officials.

📆 EVENTS

The Frontlines of Educator Resistance: In Defense of Academic Freedom Session 9

TODAY, Thursday, 28 August 2025, 3:00pm

Watch live: x.com/Jadaliyya and youtube.com/Jadaliyya

@jadaliyya.bsky.social

🚨 ACTIONS

Support Noncitizen Students on Your Syllabi

The NYU chapter of AAUP is recommending that faculty add a note about support and resources for noncitizen students to their syllabi.

📰 News: With Friends Like These...

🔗How Columbia University is tearing itself apart to please Trump observer.co.uk/news/interna...

🔗 Columbia University president resigns as Trump administration cracks down on campus antisemitism
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

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🔗 Who is Behind Canary Mission Website Targeting Pro-BDS Activists?

forward.com/news/320473/...

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🔗 Exposing Canary Mission: A Resource for College and University Leaders

mesana.org/advocacy/com...

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🔗 Penn trustee’s family foundation donated $100,000 to Canary Mission, 2023 tax form shows

www.thedp.com/article/2025...

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🔗Pro-Israel Group That Attacked UPenn Was Funded by Family of UPenn Trustee theintercept.com/2025/04/02/p...

📰 News: With Friends Like These…

As crackdowns on universities continue, troubling revelations have emerged about the actions of university trustees behind the scenes. 🧵

📰 News: AAUP v. Rubio

There are promising updates on the lawsuit filed by
@aaup.bsky.social, @mesa1966.bsky.social, + 3 AAUP chapters, against the Trump administration’s arrest, detention, & deportation of students & faculty for their pro-Palestine speech. mesana.org/news/2025/04...

📰 News: Is NYU Handing Over Malicious and Libelous Data on Our Students?

🔗 Over 465 NYU faculty and staff are demanding that University leaders commit to expunging potentially harmful disciplinary data on student protestors: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📰 News: That’s a Lot of Words to Say “Keffiyeh”

🔗 GSAS bans ‘decorated’ attire at grad ceremonies nyunews.com/news/2025/04...
🔗 Guest Essay: Why you should decorate your graduation cap nyunews.com/opinion/gues...

📰 News: Law Students Rise Up (by Sitting Down) Again

🔗 3rd wave of NYU law students launched a sit-in outside the office of law school dean Troy McKenzie instagram.com/p/DJuPCK8AkC...