Ackman Urges Suspensions at Harvard to Tackle Antisemitism
- Hedge fund manager describes the situation on campus ‘dire’
- University points to its prior comments on safety, conduct
Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Harvard alumnus and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman called on university president Claudine Gay to take immediate steps to reduce antisemitism on campus, a situation he called “dire” after meeting with students and faculty last week.
“Four weeks after the barbaric terrorist acts of October 7th, I have lost confidence that you and the university will do what is required,” Ackman wrote, describing the Cambridge campus as a place where Jewish students are concerned about the threat of physical violence against them.