VOANews, 22 days ago to random

Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war that have spread to college campuses nationwide.

https://www.voanews.com/a/pro-palestinian-protesters-take-over-columbia-university-building/7591600.html #voanews

msquebanh, 27 days ago to Israel

#Students at top #Australian #universities have also set up #Gaza solidarity camps. #UniversityOfSydney and #UniversityOfMelbourne have followed a similar pattern to the ones in the United States, with students demanding their institutions cut ties with companies that supply #Israel's military. #SydneyUniversity #GazaSolidarityCamp organiser Jasmine Alrawi has more on the #protests.

#USyd #GazaSolidarity #Israel #Australia

https://youtu.be/X37NooiXwoI?si=WqaKB4y3HQsL3OGn

@blogdiva

#StudentSpring #DivestFromIsrael

BigAngBlack, 6 months ago to blackmastodon

Incarcerated students earn degrees in groundbreaking US university program | #USprisons | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/14/northwestern-university-prison-education-program-graduate

> Participants in #NorthwesternUniversity prison education program will graduate despite having to work through #Covid19 pandemic

@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon
#BlackMastodon

OrganizingLIS, 8 months ago to random

The Northwestern University Library Workers Union have their first contract after three years of organizing! It includes…

• Raises for all
• Longevity raises
• Librarian rank and promotion
• Flexible work
• MLIS tuition assistance
• Updates to professional development funds
• Formalization of other benefits into contract
• New Labor Management Committee that will meet quarterly

#NULWU #NorthwesternUniversity #LibraryUnions #LibraryWorkers

🔗 https://nulwu.blogspot.com/2023/08/blog-81923.html

juandesant, 10 months ago to random

Great section of Northwestern University Commencement 2023 speech by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker.

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=y4r2unSTYI8&t=6449

#Idiots #IdiotDetectionSystem #Cruelty #TheOffice #NWU #NorthwesternUniversity #NorthwesternUniversityCommencement2023

MarcusMASTO, 10 months ago to random

The kindest person in the room is often the smartest.

#JBPritzker (1965)

from commencement speech at #NorthwesternUniversity (Evanston, Illinois) on 12 June 2023

full video (22 mins) available on #NBCChicago YouTube channel

@Wiobyrne