Business leaders slam Harvard, Penn, and MIT leadership following congressional hearing

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Claudine Gay, Liz Magill
Harvard president Claudine Gay (L) and Penn president Liz Magill (R) have been criticized for their testimony during a congressional hearing about antisemitism on campus.

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Bill Ackman has a new comrade in his crusade against antisemitism: Sam Altman

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Sam Altman (left) and Bill Ackman (right).
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (left) and billionaire fund manager Bill Ackman (right).

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Bill Ackman is rooting for the fall of UPenn's president: 'One down'

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Bill Ackman (left) and the University of Pennsylvania's president Liz Magill (right).
"I give this a 95% probability. It is not yet a certainty," Bill Ackman (left) on the possibility that the University of Pennsylvania's president Liz Magill (right) gets removed from her post.

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Elite colleges scramble to backtrack after evading questions about antisemitism

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Liz Magill, president of University of Pennsylvania, testifies before Congress
Liz Magill, president of University of Pennsylvania, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee in Washington, DC.

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Bill Ackman wants Harvard, MIT, and UPenn's presidents to 'resign in disgrace'

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Bill Ackman (left) and Claudine Gay (right).
Bill Ackman (left) called for the resignation of college presidents such as Harvard's Claudine Gay (right) on Tuesday. Gay had participated in a congressional hearing on Harvard's on-campus antisemitism on the same day.

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Pfizer CEO slams Harvard, MIT, and UPenn's presidents: 'One of the most despicable moments in the history of US academia'

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Albert Bourla (left) and Claudine Gay (right).
Pfizer chairman and CEO Albert Bourla (left) and Harvard president Claudine Gay (right).

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Harvard alumni are slashing donations and taking the college out of their wills over its response to the Israel-Hamas war: Bloomberg

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Harvard University Commencement ceremony.
"I will not be calling any of my classmates to try to encourage them to donate to Harvard. There are plenty of better places that I feel my classmates can use their philanthropy and influence," Harvard alumni Tally Zingher told Bloomberg.

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Bill Ackman thinks we should all be grateful Elon Musk bought Twitter

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Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman (left), and X owner and chief technology officer Elon Musk.
Bill Ackman and Elon Musk.

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Jamie Dimon reveals what he would do as president: Tax people like Bill Ackman more

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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon (left) said he'd tax people like hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman (right) more if he were president.

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Bill Ackman says the US economy faces a real risk of a 'hard landing' if the Fed doesn't cut interest rates soon

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Bill Ackman
Bill Ackman.

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