UW Professor's Parody of Land Acknowledgment in Class Syllabus Protected by First Amendment

"[I]n the public university setting, student disagreement with a professor's academic speech on an issue of public concern cannot alter the Pickering analysis in the government's favor." A short ...
The New York Sun

Professor Sanctioned by University for a Satirical ‘Land Acknowledgment’ Wins First Amendment Case on Appeal

The court says students’ issues with the parody are ‘not grounds for the university retaliating against the professor.’ ...

The 9th Circuit Upholds a University of Washington Professor's Right to Mock 'Land Acknowledgments'

The appeals court ruled that administrators violated Stuart Reges' First Amendment rights when they investigated and ...

Prof punished over land acknowledgment joke vindicated by court decision: ‘Not going to be silenced’

A professor who refused to bow to activist progressives and parrot land acknowledgements has scored a major First Amendment legal victory — after a years-long battle. “I’m not going to be silenced.

Federal appeals court sides with Washington professor punished for mocking university land acknowledgment

University of Washington professor wins free speech case after court rules university violated his First Amendment rights for ...

UW violated professor’s free speech rights, court rules

The case involves a computer science professor whose parody land acknowledgment led to one-third of his students transferring ...
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How Connecting the Dots is transforming science and math learning in schools

Connecting The Dots works to improve how science and mathematics are taught in schools. It emphasises experiential learning, ...
Business Insider

The hottest Stanford computer science class isn't banning AI tools — it's embracing them

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The Swarthmore Phoenix

Artist of the Week: Noble De Marco ’26 — On Fish, Puzzles, and Creative Persistence

Not every artist begins with pencils or paint; Noble De Marco ’26 started with fish. “About 200 of them,” he told me, casually, like this was some typical origin story. Long before painting still life ...
The Telegraph

Syllabus first: Calcutta University cracks down on holidays to avoid class hindrance

Calcutta University has decided to reduce the number of holidays in its affiliated colleges because too many breaks were hindering completion of the syllabus for the four-year undergraduate programmes ...
National Catholic Reporter

First Sunday of Advent: What are we waiting for?

This last day of November ends another calendar month and moves us closer to December 21, the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year, when we will be plunged into deeper darkness. Meanwhile, ...
Wall Street Journal

What Was the Impact of Trump’s First-Term Tariffs?

Tariffs during President Trump's first term helped create jobs in and around Newberry, S.C. (Angela Owens/WSJ) During his first term, Trump imposed several tariffs, primarily targeting imports from ...