Unpublished Newswire

A former medical school dean at the University of Toronto has returned his honorary degree in protest at its handling of the anti-Israel protest encampment. “It’s symbolic. To me it’s a mark of great distinction. I was very proud to get the honorary degree. The fact I’m willing to give it back to signify my discomfort with the university indicates how much my discomfort is,” said Arnold Aberman, a professor emeritus and former dean of the University of Toronto’s faculty of medicine, in an interview Monday. He said he was “profoundly disappointed” that there was no clear statement...