History Thread for “institute”

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February 25, 2026 Breaking

Richard Axel resigns as co‑director of Columbia University neuroscience institute

Columbia University · New York City · New York · United States

On February 25, 2026, Nobel laureate Richard Axel announced he will resign from his role as co‑director of the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University following scr...

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October 22, 2025 Wars & Conflicts

Allegations organ removal Gaza

Gaza · Palestine

Allegations of organ removal from Palestinian bodies have circulated multiple times during and after the Gaza war, particularly in relation to bodies returned following Israeli military o...

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September 30, 2025 Breaking

Dovid Akiva Shenkman case

Chicago · Illinois · United States

Dovid Akiva Shenkman, a former Chicago resident, pleaded guilty to federal charges involving possession and transportation of child pornography and was sentenced in September 2025 to near...

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October 20, 2021 Breaking

Report on worker abuse

Israel

On October 20, 2021, a report presented to the Knesset's Special Committee on Foreign Workers drew attention to allegations of widespread sexual abuse affecting Thai migrant agricultural ...

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October 19, 2021 Breaking

Migrant worker abuse report

Jerusalem · Israel

On October 19, 2021, Israel's Knesset Special Committee on Foreign Workers discussed a report examining gender-based violence against Thai migrant agricultural workers employed in Israel....

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December 1, 2019 Breaking

COVID-19 Pandemic

Huanan Seafood Market · Wuhan · Hubei · China

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global outbreak of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, first identified in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) was notified on December 31, ...

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July 13, 2010 Breaking

Barbara Lerner Spectre Says Europe Has Not Yet Learned How To Be Multicultural

Barbara Lerner Spectre Quote On Europe And Multiculturalism On July 13, 2010, Barbara Lerner Spectre, an American academic and founding director of the Paideia, European Institut...

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March 11, 2010 Breaking

Timothy Jacob Wise

They hate white people “The goal of abolishing the White race is, on its face, so desirable that some may find it hard to believe th...

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January 1, 1996 Breaking

Christine Maxwell Co‑Founds Chiliad Software

Cambridge · Massachusetts · United States

Christine Maxwell Co‑Founded Chiliad, Software Used in FBI Counterterrorism Data Warehouse Christine Yvonne Malina‑Maxwell was born on August 16, 1950, in Maisons‑Laffitte, France, and i...

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May 6, 1933 Breaking

Transgender Activism in Germany and Its Suppression by the Nazis

In early 20th century Germany, Berlin was a center for sexual reform and research. Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935), physician and sexologist, a German Jewish doctor, founded the Institu...

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May 1, 200 Politics

Paul the Jurist's Legal Opinions

Constantinople · Eastern Roman Empire · Byzantine Empire

Paul the Jurist was a prominent legal scholar during the reign of Emperor Justinian I. He composed detailed legal opinions and commentaries that influenced the revision of Roman law.His w...

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