Students chant 鈥楩ree Mahmoud鈥�
Columbia has been the site of demonstrations calling for an end to violence in Gaza for the past 18 months, and more recently, has seen student protesters arrested by the Trump administration....
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Pulitzers honour coverage of Gaza, Sudan wars, Trump assassination attempt
Coverage of the wars in Gaza and Sudan, and the attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump, dominated the Pulitzer Prizes announced Monday at Columbia University in New York.
US researchers, colleges fear future under Trump
Universities threatened with massive federal funding cuts, research programmes facing closure, and faculty and staff facing possible detention and deportation for political views 鈥� US higher education is being squeezed hard by Donald Trump鈥檚 presidency.
Trump threatens $9 bn in Harvard funding over 'anti-Semitism'
The US government will review $9 billion of funding for Harvard University over alleged anti-Semitism on campus, authorities said Monday, after it cut millions from Columbia University, which has also seen fierce pro-Palestinian student protests.
Surrendering to authoritarianism
I WAS not surprised when Columbia University鈥檚 interim president Katrina Armstrong caved to the demands of the Trump administration. She agreed to ban face masks or face coverings, prohibit protests in academic buildings and create an internal security force of 36 New York City Police officers empowered to 鈥榬emove individuals from campus and/or arrest them when...
Trump admin detains pro-Palestinian campus protest leader
Immigration officers have arrested a leader of the protests at Columbia University against Israel鈥檚 war in Gaza, authorities said Sunday, after US president Donald Trump vowed to deport foreign pro-Palestinian student demonstrators.
200 attend Pro-Palestine protests near Columbia University
More than 200 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered Tuesday in front of Columbia University in New York to demonstrate against former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, who was at the campus for a speaking engagement...
Unfurling love from the window
ON APRIL 30, when Columbia University student protesters took over Hamilton Hall, they renamed it 鈥楬ind鈥檚 Hall鈥�, dropping a large banner out the windows above the building鈥檚 entrance. This was a hall famously occupied by students in the 1968 protests against the Vietnam War and against Jim Crow racism in the United States...
The nation鈥檚 conscience
I AM sitting on a fire escape across the street from Columbia University with three organisers of the Columbia University Gaza protest. It is night. New York City Police, stationed inside and outside the gates of the campus, have placed the campus on lockdown...
Students on right side of history
HELICOPTERS have been throbbing overhead for days now. Nights, too. Police are swarming the streets of Broadway, many in riot gear. Police vans, some as big as a city bus, are lined up along side streets and Broadway...
Police arrest Columbia Univ students, clear occupied building in campus unrest
Dozens of helmeted police flooded Columbia University鈥檚 campus in the heart of New York City on Tuesday to evict a building occupied by pro-Palestinian student protesters and detain demonstrators.......
Activists occupy Columbia building as US campus protests flare
Demonstrators at Columbia University barricaded themselves inside a campus building early on Tuesday, escalating a standoff with school officials as pro-Palestinian protests upend...
Activists rename Columbia building after Palestinian girl as US campus protests flare
Demonstrators at Columbia University barricaded themselves inside a campus building early Tuesday, escalating a standoff with school officials as pro-Palestinian protests upend campuses across the United States.
350 arrested across US campuses as Gaza protesters defy Columbia deadline
Student demonstrators at Columbia University, the epicentre of pro-Palestinian protests that have erupted at US colleges, said Monday they would not budge until the school met their demands, defying an ultimatum to disperse or face suspension.
Police detain 100 as pro-Palestinian camp cleared at US university
Police detained about 100 people as they moved in to clear an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters in response to the use of anti-Semitic slurs, the school said.
Columbia University drops deadline for dismantling camp
Columbia University backed off late Thursday from an overnight deadline for pro-Palestinian protesters to abandon an encampment there as more college campuses in the United States sought to prevent occupations from taking hold...
Tension flares at US univs including Columbia, Yale, MIT over Gaza protests
Tensions flared between pro-Palestinian student protesters and school administrators at several US universities Monday, as in-person classes were cancelled and demonstrators arrested.
Palestinian protesters arrested at Columbia University
Police arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian student protesters at New York鈥檚 Columbia University on Thursday, a day after the president of the prestigious school was grilled in Congress over accusations of anti-Semitism...