Rutgers University abruptly withdrew its invitation to a prominent bio-tech entrepreneur and alumnus to speak at its engineering school convocation.
Rami Elghandour had been scheduled to deliver a graduation address on May 15, but his invitation was canceled over what the university said were complaints about his social media posts on Israel and Palestine. Elghandour is also executive producer of the Oscar-nominated film "The Voice of Hind Rajab."
"It seemed unbelievable to me that for a class of 1,000 students, that a handful of students having complaints would lead to this outcome," he says. "Disagreement is not harm. Having a different point of view is not harming these students in any way to lead to this sort of outcome."