Professor who backed encampment selected for role on Northwestern presidential search committee

A Northwestern University professor who supported the anti-Israel encampment on the Evanston, Ill., campus and is married to the founder of the university’s chapter of Educators for Justice in Palestine was tapped to join a new presidential search committee, the school announced last week. Ian Hurd, a professor of political science and president of the … Read more

Israel’s famed VC Jon Medved, diagnosed with ALS, backed the tech that will improve his life |BREAKING:

Years ago, when venture capitalist Jon Medved took an interest in backing various health tech startups, he had no idea that one day, he would need them to improve his own quality of life.  Israel’s tight-knit startup community received a blow in October when Medved, one of its most famous VCs, announced he was retiring … Read more