Columbia University extends hybrid classes through end of semester as tense protests prompt safety concerns

KEYT— By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Columbia University faces a seventh day of tense pro-Palestinian demonstrations as solidarity protests have rippled to other colleges and prompted arrests at NYU and Yale. As Passover week began Monday, escalating campus tensions and growing safety concerns among Jewish students have drawn condemnation from donors, leaders and lawmakers, ramping up pressure

TheBlaze—Columbia University cancels in-person classes for remainder of semester after pro-Hamas protesters take over campus. Columbia University recently announced that it will no longer hold in-person classes at its main campus for the remainder of the school semester due to the unruly pro-Hamas activists who have taken over the property.Provost Angela Olinto wrote a notice to students and faculty Monday evening explaining that the university's Morningside main campus will switch all courses to "hybrid — classroom technology permitting — until the end of each school's Spring 2024 semester."She noted a "carveout" for...

BBC News—Columbia University extends remote learning amid Gaza war protests. The hybrid learning comes amid reports of antisemitic harassment around Columbia University.

Japan Today—Violence flares at UCLA as police end protests at New York's Columbia University. Mounting tensions on U.S. campuses boiled over on Wednesday when pro-Israel supporters attacked an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA, hours after police arrested activists who occupied a building at Columbia University and cleared a tent city from its campus. Eyewitness videos from the University of California at Los Angeles,