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UC Merced

UC Merced professor Abbas Ghassemi. (Photo/Courtesy UC Merced)
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UC Merced prof with antisemitic tweets now under formal investigation

by Gabriel Greschler August 4, 2021August 5, 2021

UC Merced’s preliminary inquiry into teaching professor Abbas Ghassemi, who owned a Twitter account rife with antisemitic content, has become a formal investigation into whether he violated the faculty’s code […]

UC Merced professor Abbas Ghassemi. (Photo/Courtesy UC Merced)
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UC Merced prof who posted antisemitic tweets is off teaching roster

by Gabriel Greschler January 19, 2021
Abbas Ghassemi is a teaching professor at University of California, Merced's School of Engineering. (Screenshot/MSA-PSG - YouTube)
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UC Merced opens inquiry into professor’s antisemitic tweets

by Gabriel Greschler December 29, 2020January 5, 2021
UC Merced professor Abbas Ghassemi. (Photo/Courtesy UC Merced)
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UC Merced professor deletes antisemitism-laden Twitter account

by Gabriel Greschler December 21, 2020December 30, 2020

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