Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons

UC Berkeley Settles Discrimination Lawsuit by Israeli Professor

December 29, 2025 6:30 amDecember 29, 2025 6:31 am

The University of California at Berkeley this month settled the discrimination lawsuit filed by an Israeli professor denied a teaching position in 2023 because an administrator worried her presence on campus would enrage pro-Hamas student mobs. Even after Berkeley’s own...

Israeli Dance Researcher/Sociologist Denied Rehire Because She is Jewish, Suing UC Berkeley

September 3, 2025 2:57 pmSeptember 3, 2025 2:57 pm

This July, University of California at Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons told a congressional committee that he is committed to fighting anti-Semitism at the school, which is fighting multiple lawsuits and federal discrimination complaints for mistreatment of its Jewish students. Now,...

UC Berkeley Chancellor Tells Congressional Committee he is Committing to Fighting Jew hatred at the School

July 17, 2025 7:18 amJuly 17, 2025 2:00 pm

Facing multiple lawsuits and discrimination complaints over rampant campus anti-Semitism, University of California at Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons told a congressional committee that he is committing to fighting Jew hatred at the school. Then he proceeded to repeatedly praise a...