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FIRE Letter to Wilson College President Lorna Duphiney Edmundson, May 2, 2006

President Lorna Duphiney Edmundson Office of the President Wilson College 1015 Philadelphia Avenue Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17201 Sent via U.S. Mail and Facsimile (717-262-2046) Dear President Edmun...

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Arizona State University: Petition Website Blocked From University Network

Arizona State University Search all Cases In December 2011, shortly after students created a petition to lower tuition at Arizona State University (ASU) on the petition website Change.org, ASU blocked...

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Wright State University: Facebook Comments Restricted During Faculty Union Strike

Wright State University Search all Cases After a January 2019 faculty strike by the Wright State University branch of the American Association of University Professors, FIRE issued a public records re...

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Saint Louis Community College: Student Punished for E-mailing Classmates

Saint Louis Community College at Meramec Search all Cases Having already completed his Ph.D at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and postdoctoral work at M.I.T and Columbia University, Jun Xiao was atte...

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The Catholic University of America: Adjunct Professor Suspended Over Tweets About Obama, Sen. Kamala Harris

The Catholic University of America Search all Cases In May 2020, FIRE wrote to The Catholic University of America after John Tieso, an instructor and adjunct assistant professor of business management...

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Letter from FIRE to Arizona State University President Michael M. Crow, February 3, 2012

February 3, 2012 President Michael M. Crow Office of the President Arizona State University P.O. Box 877705 Tempe, Arizona 85287 Sent via U.S. Mail, Electronic Mail ([email protected]), and Facsimi...

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University of California, Santa Barbara: Professor Investigated for Sending E-Mail to Class

University of California, Santa Barbara Search all Cases UCSB subjected Professor William Robinson to a months-long investigation after he sent the students in his Sociology of Globalization class an ...

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University of California, Santa Barbara: Attempt to Stop Website from Using Letters "UCSB"

University of California, Santa Barbara Search all Cases The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has abandoned an attempt to force the owner of a website called The Dark Side of UCSB from u...

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FIRE letter to Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor, October 25, 2010

October 25, 2010 Nancy Cantor, Chancellor Syracuse University 300 Tolley Administration Building Syracuse, New York 13244 Sent via U.S. Mail and Facsimile ( 315-443-3073) Dear Chancellor Cantor: As yo...

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Removal of Student’s Parody Website from University-Hosted Service

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Search all Cases On February 1, 2019, FIRE wrote to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to contest the removal of a student-created website that c...

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Ohio University: Ban on Student Group Gatherings and Social Media Communications

Ohio University Search all Cases In response to hazing allegations in the fall of 2019, Ohio University sent cease and desist letters to 14 student groups, instructing group members not to “meet in an...

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Wilson College: Student Internet Expression Under Attack

Wilson College Search all Cases FIRE advocated on behalf of Wilson College students who faced university charges of slander, identity theft, and harassment for posting parody materials of a campus adm...

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FIRE Letter to University of California–Santa Barbara Chancellor Henry T. Yang

June 10, 2009 Chancellor Henry T. Yang University of California-Santa Barbara Office of the Chancellor 5221 Cheadle Hall Santa Barbara, California 93106 Sent via U.S. Mail and Facsimile (805-893-8717)...

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Albion College: Student Investigated for Hyperbolic Email about Antifa and ISIS

Albion College Search all Cases In September 2017, Albion College student Alexander Tokie emailed his fellow College Republicans with suggestions on countering arguments about “white privilege.” In je...

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Glendale Community College: Professor Sanctioned for Sending E-Mail

Glendale Community College Search all Cases After a months-long campaign led by FIRE, the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) reached a settlement with Professor Walter Kehowski, allowi...

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Stanford University: Education Program Tries to Keep Outspoken Student from Enrolling, Demands Access to Private Blog

Stanford University Search all Cases Stanford University’s Teacher Education Program (STEP) finally let dissenting student-blogger Michele Kerr graduate on June 14, 2009. When Stanford tried to revoke...

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Linfield College: Student Group’s Event Canceled Due to Speaker’s Tweet

Linfield University Search all Cases On April 18, 2017, University of Toronto professor Dr. Jordan Peterson tweeted that he would be “violating some more safe spaces soon” at Linfield College. Linfiel...

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Tracker: University Responses to Chinese Censorship

See FIRE's tracking of colleges' and universities' responses to Hong Kong National Security Law and other Chinese censorship efforts in education. Read the Press Release The national security law rece...

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University of California at Los Angeles: Lecturer on Leave After Email Declining Course Changes Over George Floyd Protests

University of California, Los Angeles Search all Cases On June 3, 2020, Continuing Lecturer Gordon Klein was placed on mandatory leave after an email he sent to a student went viral. The student email...

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Wake Forest University: Investigation into ‘Build a Wall’ Instagram Post

Wake Forest University Search all Cases In March 2019, a screenshot of an Instagram post was circulated on Twitter, where commenters described the content as “racist.” The post depicted a mock campaig...

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