"The names of 160 students, faculty and staff were sent to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights after the office demanded documents related to complaints of antisemitism and discrimination at the university. "The UC systemwide Office of the General Counsel (OGC), in compliance with its legal obligations to cooperate with the agency, directed UC Berkeley to provide those documents to the federal agency," Janet Gilmore, the senior director of strategic communications at UC Berkeley, said in an emailed statement."
"The UC system has been under scrutiny by the Trump administration, which alleges that the universities have not done enough to stop antisemitism it has linked to campus protests. Students on campuses across the U.S. held pro-Palestinian demonstrations in response to Israel's military assault on Gaza following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack. The Trump administration announced last month that it would withhold $584 million in federal research funds from UCLA over allegations of antisemitism."
UC Berkeley sent names of 160 students, faculty and staff to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights after OCR demanded documents on antisemitism and discrimination complaints. The UC General Counsel directed the university to comply, and documents including names were provided. Notified individuals were informed last week. The UC system faced scrutiny from the Trump administration, which alleges universities failed to stop antisemitism tied to pro-Palestinian campus protests following the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack and Israel's response in Gaza. The Trump administration withheld $584 million in federal research funds from UCLA, and the DOJ sought a $1 billion settlement to restore funding; Gov. Gavin Newsom called the demand "political extortion."
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