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WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent letters to Yale University President Peter Salovey and University of Michigan President Santa Ono with details regarding the presidents’ participation in transcribed interviews with the Committee. The transcribed interview with Yale President Peter Salovey is scheduled for Thursday, June 20, 2024, at 10:30 a.m., and Michigan President Santa Ono is scheduled for Friday, August 9, 2024, at 10 a.m. These interviews are part of the Committee’s ongoing investigation into antisemitism at Yale and Michigan.
 
Chairwoman Foxx made the following statement: “The Committee has identified patterns of antisemitism on Yale’s and Michigan’s campuses and a general failure by these universities to protect Jewish students that must be addressed. Presidents Salovey and Ono will be required to appear before the Committee for transcribed interviews and answer questions on their records.”
 
Read the letter to Yale President Salovey here.
Read the letter to Michigan President Ono here.

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