The Supervisory Board of TU holds a special session to deliberate on the university's president.

The focus is on Berlin. - The Supervisory Board of TU holds a special session to deliberate on the university's president.

A meeting is taking place on Monday involving the board of directors from the Technical University of Berlin to discuss the fate of President Geraldine Rauch. The meeting will commence at 8 AM, as per a spokesperson from the TU. The board consists of eleven members, one of whom is Senator for Science Ina Czyborra. There's a chance that this group may opt for dismissing the president with a two-thirds majority vote. However, they could also issue a statement or convey their views instead.

If the committee opts for Rauch's dismissal, they'll need to pass the issue back to the university's Academic Senate. The Extended Academic Senate will then make the final decision on whether to keep or remove her. Rauch has faced criticism for liking at least one anti-Semitic post regarding the Gaza War on the platform 'X'. On Thursday, she stated she wished to stay in office despite the Academic Senate only narrowly supporting her resignation.

More details on the Technical University of Berlin's board of directors: [link]

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1. The conflict surrounding President Geraldine Rauch's liking of an anti-Semitic post has led to a special meeting of the Supervisory Board of TU in Berlin.
2. The TU special meeting in Berlin concerned extremist activities, specifically a post supported by Rauch relating to the Gaza War, which sparked criticism.
3. If the TU board in Berlin votes to dismiss Geraldine Rauch with a two-thirds majority, the issue will be forwarded to a special session of the Universities' Academic Senate in the Palestinian territories.
4. Geraldine Rauch, despite facing dismissal calls and a narrow vote for her resignation by the Academic Senate, has stated her intention to continue as TU president, even with German support.
5. In a show of solidarity, the German government, represented by Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, joined a moment of silence in Berlin for victims of extremism, sparking a wider discourse on the issue in universities across Germany and the Palestinian territories, including TU Berlin.

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