January 22, 2009

 

Dear IAFI members, colleagues:

UPenn has suspended study abroad programs in Israel - for details check the web sites below. 
As far as I know Penn is the only Ivy League University to take this action.

-Andy Marks

For more on the boycott of Israeli academics go to the IAFI web site:

http://www.iafi-israel.org/

http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=616abc9e-8ced-4d9e-b65b-d14487fac5db

http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=cacdaf1d-fba7-4634-b52a-81d278994f8c

http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2009/01/15/Opinion/Editorial.Keeping.A.Tight.Leash-3586436.shtml

http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2006/11/03/News/Controversy.Erupts.Over.Student.In.Terror.Garb-2437964.shtml


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Andrew R. Marks, M.D.
Wu Professor  and Chair, Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Founding Director, Helen and Clyde Wu Center for Molecular Cardiology