(May 7, 2026 / JNS)
Biotechnology executive Rami Elghandour, who has accused Israel of “genocide” and of training dogs to sexually assault prisoners, is no longer scheduled to speak at a May 15 graduation ceremony at the Rutgers School of Engineering.
The public school told Inside Higher Ed that several students said that they would boycott the ceremony over Elghandour’s posts.
Chairman and CEO of Arcellx, Elghandour stated on LinkedIn that Rutgers abandoned free speech and “the dignity and belonging of Arab and Muslim students” and engaged in “virtue-signaling.”
The alumnus has said that he will publicize the speech that Rutgers “didn’t want” students to hear, and some 19,000 have signed a petition telling the school to reinstate him as speaker.
