Finally some good news for free speech. Brown University has refused pro-Palestinian student demands to divest from companies doing business with Israel. The university’s highest governing body, says divesting “would signal that there are ‘approved’ points of views to which members of the community are expected to conform,” which would be “wholly inconsistent with the principles of academic freedom and free inquiry and would undermine our mission.” https://www.npr.org/2024/10/09/g-s1-27286/brown-university-pro-palestinian-students-divestment-demands-israel-protests