Overview

• Rector Riccardo Zucchi condemned the interruption and physical aggression against law professor Rino Casella, stressing that denying a lecture is itself an act of violence even as he disagrees with Casella’s views.
• Around twenty participants in the classroom blitz have been identified by Digos, and the case remains under investigation.
• Colleagues will accompany Casella at his first class next week in a show of solidarity organized within the department and backed by the rector.
• Pisa previously suspended two framework agreements with Reichman University and the Hebrew University and its senate labeled the situation in Gaza as ethnic cleansing, while keeping some project-specific collaborations in health and environmental research.
• The fallout is national, with Milan’s Statale approving a pause on new deals tied to rights violations as some faculty oppose academic embargoes, student networks planning actions including an October 4 march, and Minister Anna Maria Bernini facing protests in Rome.