Columbia University began suspending students who defied orders to vacate their pro-Palestinian protest by 2 p.m. Monday, after the school's president said it would not divest from Israel — a demand that has sparked protests on college campuses across the country. "We have begun suspending students," Ben Chang, vice president for communications and a spokesperson for the university, said about three hours after the deadline passed. The university did not say how many students it suspended. The...
Of the fifty-five people who were found to have ‘violated institutional rules’ during on-campus protests on Wednesday, some 26 were not staff or students, according to a statement released by the university
"It's a reflection of how much the war is upsetting students and the idea that the United States should be more cautious with what it does with its military aid," says NYU history professor Robert Cohen.
A University of Tehran professor said in an interview that Iran likes seeing protests on U.S. college campuses, adding those are their supporters if there is ever a conflict between the two countries. Professor Foad Izadi, who, according to the University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy, earned his master’s degree from the University of Houston, was seen in a video published to social media and translated by MEMRI.org, being interviewed about the protests in the U.S. "Sooner or...
NEW YORK -- The NYPD entered Columbia University to clear out protesters Tuesday night. The move came after a massive police buildup Columbia University Tuesday and Mayor Eric Adams issued a stern warning to protesters to "leave the area." It all comes on the heels of demonstrators occupying a building overnight, prompting the school to threaten them with expulsion. Columbia warned students at the Morningside Heights campus to "shelter in place for your safety" amid the heightened police...
Columbia University student, professor and alum react to anti-Israel protests on campus, including saying the protesters have crossed the line and become violent. The post Ivy League anti-Israel agitators’ protests spiral into ‘actual terror organization,’ professor warns first appeared on WFIN Local News.
Protestors have occupied Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia university. One facilities worker told a crowd that he had been held hostage by the group. The University has said any students inside the building now face expulsion
Representative Ilhan Omar's daughter Isra Hirsi was among at least 108 people arrested as police in riot gear moved in to break up the anti-Israel protest that rocked Columbia University in New York.New York City Mayor Eric Adams held a news conference Thursday evening to say that university President Nemat Shafik had asked police to eliminate a "clear and present threat" to campus safety.Tensions had been at their peak since protesters pitched their tents on the university's south lawn at 4...
Two jarring photographs circulated widely on social media during pro-Palestine demonstrations on U.S. college campuses in late April 2024.
Per ABC NEWS, Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University occupied a hall on campus early Tuesday, hours after school officials ordered the dispersal of a protest encampment. Videos appear to show protesters creating a barricade with metal chairs
The murder of the four students who protested the Vietnam War at Kent State University on May 1, 1970, was a tragedy. The suppression of student protests on campuses across the United States in the spring of 2024 is a farce. The latter points to how little college administrators and politicians have learned when it comes to students' speech, thinking that repression is the solution for dissent and disagreement. More
Protests have erupted across more than two dozen campuses, including New York, Texas and California.