Ragnhildur Helgadóttir
ragnhildurh.bsky.social
Ragnhildur Helgadóttir
@ragnhildurh.bsky.social
Rektor HR, prófessor í stjórnskipunarrétti, skíðakona, bókaormur og áhugamanneskja um flest.

Rector of RU, professor of constitutional law, skier, hiker, reader and interested in almost everything.
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Another red line crossed today, this time at UVA

From an alum: “It would be a symbolic surrender of the university’s autonomy & commitment to free inquiry that, if allowed to stand...would send a chilling message: that public universities in Virginia serve political agendas, not the commonwealth.”
University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
As a UVa alum and a constitutional scholar, I'm shocked.
June 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Tufts skrifar um handtekinn erlendan doktorsnema og nauðsyn frjàlsra ferða fyrir vísindin www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
University Declaration for Rümeysa Öztürk
University Declaration for Rümeysa ÖztürkApril 2, 2025Dear Tufts community,Please see below a declaration by Tufts University in support of a motion filed today by Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team in Öztür...
www.tufts.edu
April 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Svona kvöld // One of those nights
March 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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How it started (Obama)

How it’s going (Trump)
February 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin
February 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Fékk marga plúsa frá unglingnum fyrir að hafa farið á tónleika með Grammy verðlaunahafa - og mas sama verk!
February 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Costco, b&j og elf eru þau bandarísku fyrirtæki sem starfa hér á landi og hafa lýst yfir að þau hafi ekki bara verið í samfélagsábyrgðarþvotti undanfarin àr heldur meini það að fjölbreytileiki skipti màli. Ég mun versla við þau.
Updated DEI list of companies committed to DEI
Costco, Meijer,Kroger,Giant Grocery,Ben & Jerry’s,Ulta,Macy’s, Old Navy,Nordstrom’s,TJ Maxx,GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…),Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans (for those on the east coast)
January 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Sunday morning in January
January 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM