Overview

• Rector Paulo Cesar Montagner announced the immediate, unilateral termination during a University Council session on September 30 and said Technion had been notified.
• The 2023 accord covered joint research and exchanges involving professors, researchers, and undergraduate and graduate students.
• Unicamp called the escalation of Israeli government actions in Gaza unacceptable and reaffirmed its stance against what it terms the genocide of the Palestinian population.
• Faculty bodies urged a break with Technion in a September 23 motion, and students protested on campus as the rector acted, leading to the suspension of a planned council vote, according to O Globo.
• The decision was presented in the context of a UN commission’s September finding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, which Israel denies, while some Unicamp faculty describe Technion as linked to Israel’s defense industry.