Tag: professor

Professor Punished for Refusing to Give Black Students Easier Exams Sues UCLA

A professor who was suspended for declining a push to give black students easier exams has sued his school, alleging a breach of contract and other violations. Gordon Klein, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was asked by a a group of non-black students last year to grade his black classmates…


College Professor Posts Photo of New ‘Lab Equipment’ for Grad Student With New Baby—and It Goes Viral

A college professor in Massachusetts recently warmed people’s hearts online after purchasing a travel crib and putting it up in his office to help out a graduate student who has a 9-month-old baby. Troy Littleton, a lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and who runs a research lab at the college, installed the “new…


Professor Who Rejected Student’s View That Cops Are Heroes Takes Leave of Absence

A California professor who confronted a student about his view that police officers are heroes has taken a leave of absence. The adjunct professor was recorded arguing with Braden Ellis, a 19-year-old student, at Cypress College in California. The recording and transcript of the Zoom class were first published by The Daily Wire. “Cypress College takes…


Retired Professor Handcrafts Arabic Musical Instrument to Help Preserve Ancient Traditions

At the age of 66, a retired professor is keeping traditions alive by helping preserve a prominent Arabic musical instrument. Nazih Ghadban, who hails from a small village in North Bekaa, Lebanon, has been handcrafting the Oud—a short-neck lute-type, pear-shaped, fretless stringed instrument—for the last four decades. In an email interview with The Epoch Times, Ghadban,…


Former University of Florida Researcher Indicted for Concealing Ties to CCP

Federal prosecutors on Feb. 4 indicted a former University of Florida professor who concealed the support he received from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) when obtaining $1.75 million in U.S. taxpayer grant money for research that benefited a firm he secretly founded in China. Lin Yang, 43, lived in Tampa, Florida, when he committed the…


Former University of Florida Researcher Indicted for Concealing CCP Ties

Federal prosecutors have charged a former University of Florida professor with concealing support he received from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) while collecting $1.75 million in U.S. taxpayer grant money for research that benefited a firm he secretly founded in China. Lin Yang, 43, lived in Tampa, Florida, when he committed the alleged offenses, which…


Chapman Professor Retires Following Capitol Controversy

ORANGE (CNS)—A Chapman University law professor who has drawn criticism for assisting President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the presidential election result and speaking at a rally for Trump before last week’s insurrection at the Capitol agreed today to a settlement with the university to retire. John Eastman did not immediately respond to the news…