On Saturday morning, we honored the exceptional PhD students who received their hard-earned doctoral degrees from @theLBJSchool!

These scholars will go on to bridge scholarship with real-world impact🎓✨ #LBJGrad24

Happy Mother’s Day to our #1 mom! ⁦Council Member Alison Alter⁩

My discussion of the history of campus #protests & its relevance for today.
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My interview about #Gaza and #Ceasefire negotiations.
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My comments on the connections between US policy in the Middle East & protests on university campuses.
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On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, we mourn the loss of the millions of people who were killed in the Holocaust. Let us recommit to defeating the dangerous antisemitism, fanaticism and fascism threatening humanity today.

Important notes on de-escalation.
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Please read and share widely: A letter from @ut_histdept Chair Dr. Martha G. Newman on 'Historical Insights for Resolving Campus Tensions' - up now at: bit.ly/4dtdsXe. @notevenpast @liberalartsut @utaustin HistoryInstitute@UTAustin

UT Austin took wrong approach with crackdown on protests, trampling free speech | Editorial statesman.com/story/opinion/…

Thanks to CNN Opinion contributors Julian Zelizer Patrick T. Brown Jeremi Suri David A. Andelman Scott Jennings Brigid Schulte Norm Eisen (#TryingTrump out now!) Deanna Paul Jim Walden (((DeanObeidallah))) 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠. 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗼-𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗼 Jon Williams Quinn Mitchell Ganesh Sitaraman Dr. Peniel E. Joseph 🇭🇹🇺🇸 cnn.com/2024/05/05/opi…

Austin, please go vote for these guys today! It’s the only thing on the ballot and will take you 5 mins tops.

Lots of polling locations!

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I enjoyed reading to kids at the Book Spring Festival in Austin today. They are here until 6pm - free books, food, and fun activities for all ages. bookspringfest.org ⁦Council Member Alison Alter⁩ ⁦BookSpring⁩

It’s #ElectionDay !

3 new, impactful positions on the Travis Central Appraisal District Board of Directors are on the ballot.

This is a low-turnout election, so your vote really counts!

Find polling locations/hours at votetravis.com.

#Vote #TravisCounty

My discussion of the roots of student unrest.
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung UT Austin Columbia University Yale University UCLA
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How do we understand the campus #protests ? What is the role of anti-Semitism? Insightful discussion with focus on UT Austin & Yale University.
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My analysis of why we see so many student #protests , and what leaders should do next.
UT Austin The LBJ School Columbia University Yale University UT History Department
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More needless violence ⁦UT Austin⁩ today. More aggression by state, city, and campus police. We learned nothing from last week. #protests

My comments on how right-wing politicians are manipulating #Antisemitism to harm Jews and others.
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The anger behind the right wing rhetoric against DEI, CRT, “woke,”etc is manifesting on college campuses right now in the form of physical violence against students & faculty.

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This new UT Austin policy seems preposterously (if not unconstitutionally) overbroad. Anyone who is *arrested* for trespassing, but never charged (let alone convicted), is permanently barred from campus? What if the arrest was bogus? What if the arrestee is a student or employee?