FROM CBS News: “Derek R. Peterson, a history professor and the outgoing Faculty Senate Chair, ‘made remarks regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict that were hurtful and insensitive to many members of our community,’ said U-M president Domenico Grasso. Grasso said that Peterson “deviated from the remarks he had shared before the ceremony.’ Furthermore, the remarks made  ‘were inappropriate and do not represent our institutional position.’ The college president said in response that he will work with university leadership in the coming weeks to ‘review and refine future commencement programming.'” 

View the speech here (courtesy of Professor Peterson via YouTube)