U of M professor refuses to grant student referral to study in Israel

September 21st, 20180 ANN ARBOR — A University of Michigan associate professor is facing criticism for not writing a student a letter of recommendation to study in Israel. John Cheney-Lippold, who teaches in the American Culture Department on the relationship among digital media, identity and the concept of privacy, had initially agreed to write the...

American University of Beirut professor denied entry to US because of “extreme vetting”

June 9th, 20170 WASHINGTON — An associate professor at Lebanon's American University of Beirut said he was traveling to California for an engineering conference when he was unjustly barred from entering the US because of new “extreme vetting” measures. George A. Saad, 35, missed his presentation at the Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference...