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Rami Elghandour
Coverage of Rami Elghandour in the Nexus archive.
- Rutgers pulls graduation speaker after his anti-Israel social media posts allegedly drew student backlash
Rutgers University canceled a graduation speaker after criticism of Israel sparked backlash from students. Rami Elghandour, CEO of Arcellx, was slated to speak at the convocation address but was pulled due to his anti-Israel social media posts. The decision was made to keep the focus on engineering students and ensure no graduate felt forced to choose between their personal convictions and attending the ceremony.
- Rutgers cancels graduation speech over speaker’s pro-Palestinian posts
Rutgers University cancelled a graduation speech by Rami Elghandour due to his pro-Palestinian social media posts. The speech was scheduled for May 15 at the New Brunswick campus. Elghandour is a Rutgers alum and tech entrepreneur.