"We Are Killing the Essence of What the University Is": Dr. Joanne Liu on NYU Canceling Her Talk

[Uncle Joe]

The former international head of Doctors Without Borders is speaking out after New York University canceled her presentation, saying some of her slides could be viewed as "anti-governmental" and "antisemitic" because they mentioned the Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid and deaths of humanitarian workers in Israel's war on Gaza. Dr. Joanne Liu, a Canadian pediatric emergency medicine physician, was scheduled to speak at NYU, her alma mater, on March 19 and had been invited almost a year ago to discuss the challenges of humanitarian crises. Censoring speech is "killing the essence of what the university is about," says Liu. "I truly and strongly believe that universities are the temple of knowledge."

[Be Leave On]

1. academic freedom

Academic freedom should provide food for thought.
Recently, Consortium News had articles discussion the lack of that freedom.
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/03/27/