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UCLA Law Warns FedSoc on Identifying Protesters, Then Issues Clarification

After a challenge from FIRE UCLA clarified it will not punish protected speech.

Boston University Pauses Outward-Facing Sign Removals After Pride Flag Dispute

Harvard’s Garber Says Faculty Activism Chilled Speech, Vows to Restore Classroom Objectivity

Ninth Circuit Says UW Retaliated Against Professor Over Parody Land Acknowledgment

UC Berkeley Suspends Lecturer Peyrin Kao for Six Months Over In-Class Political Advocacy

FAU Reinstates Two Professors After Probe Finds Charlie Kirk Posts Were Protected Speech

DOJ Advances UC Berkeley TPUSA Protest Probe; First Felony Case Arraigned

UNC Reinstates Professor Dwayne Dixon After Threat Assessment Finds No Policy Violation

TCU Denies Canceling Chloe Cole Campus Talk as Paxton and Roy Announce Inquiries

NYU Law Declines Oct. 7 Campus Event With Ilya Shapiro, Citing Security Constraints

EEOC Opens Systemwide Antisemitism Probe of California State University, Subpoenas Cal State LA for Staff Contacts

Angelo State Eases Flag and Name Limits, Keeps Ban on Transgender Classroom Content

Harvard Rises in 2025 Free-Speech Rankings as Barnard Falls to Last

CAIR Adds UC Berkeley and Wayne State to 'Hostile Campuses' List Over Pro‑Palestinian Speech

MIT Bars Class President Megha Vemuri from Graduation over Pro-Palestinian Speech

MIT Upholds Ban on Class President Following Pro-Palestinian Commencement Speech