The new President of Stanford promised to protect academic freedom. I wrote about how he has broken that promise by giving opening remarks at a conference featuring speakers who led attacks on researchers at Stanford, particularly the Stanford Internet Observatory. stanforddaily.com/2024/10/03/f...
By standing with tenured faculty and powerful political operatives against contingent researchers and trainees at Stanford, President Jonathan Levin has already betrayed academic freedom, writes Mallo...
Really nice work. So glad you spoke up. It's hard to write clearly about insanity, but you nailed it. It's sad to watch the campus decline. I'm so grateful for the people I met there, especially former students, but there's no denying the rot.
If anything your article was too generous in your characterization of Atlas and others. Thank you for writing it.
For those curious, the President's remarks at the summit have been published here. They address none of my concerns and seem to chastise faculty who refused to engage with people who have relentlessly harassed their colleagues. Shameful. news.stanford.edu/stories/2024...
Following is the text of remarks by Stanford President Jonathan Levin, as prepared for delivery at Pandemic Policy: Planning the Future, Assessing the Past.