Global Survey of Academic Freedom Issues in 2015 [Post 15 of a Series]

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Mexico In January 2015, the Universidad Valle de Mexico campus in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo was “closed for more than a week due to threats and attempted extortion by gangsters”: “The campus closed in response to a threat received from a criminal gang that wanted to enter the…

Good News. I Suppose, for Philip Morris—and Perhaps for the Colleges and Universities in the Tobacco States

At Cuba’s 15th Annual Cigar Festival, held earlier this year in Havana, a team of Croatian chefs, led by Grgur Baksic, provided a complete menu of meals, including appetizers and desserts, which included tobacco as a major ingredient. The main course that attracted the most comment was baked stone bass fillets wrapped in banana and…

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Global Survey of Academic Freedom Issues in 2015 [Post 15 of a Series]

Good News. I Suppose, for Philip Morris—and Perhaps for the Colleges and Universities in the Tobacco States