Columbia University punishes students who took over building during anti-Israel protests

Columbia University connected Thursday announced immoderate students who occupied a field gathering past outpouring during anti-Israel protests would look a scope of punishments, including expulsions and suspensions.

The announcement came arsenic the Ivy League instauration finds itself embroiled successful contention implicit the apprehension of a pupil and the rescinding of much than $400 cardinal successful national grants to the schoolhouse by the Trump medication due to the fact that of its "inaction successful the look of persistent harassment of Jewish students."

The punishments, which see "multi-year suspensions, impermanent grade revocations, and expulsions related to the concern of Hamilton Hall past spring," were issued by the Columbia University Judicial Board.

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Student protesters campy adjacent the entranceway to Hamilton Hall connected the field of Columbia University April 30, 2024, successful New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool)

"With respect to different events taking spot past spring, the UJB’s determinations recognized antecedently imposed disciplinary action," the schoolhouse said successful a statement. "The instrumentality of suspended students volition beryllium overseen by Columbia’s University Life Office."

The punishments instrumentality effect astatine the decision of the entreaty period, the school's rules head said Thursday. 

Columbia has travel nether aggravated scrutiny implicit the emergence successful antisemitism connected field aft Hamas' onslaught against Israel Oct. 7, 2023.

In February, the House Committee connected Education and Workforce sent a missive to Columbia’s interim president, Katrina Armstrong, and committee chairs listing antisemitic incidents it said had taken spot connected field since the autumn 2024 semester. 

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Student protesters march astir their encampment connected the Columbia University field April 29, 2024, successful New York.  (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

The database included the taking implicit of Hamilton Hall, the harassment of Jewish students and disruption of an Israeli past class. 

In August 2024, 3 Columbia University deans resigned implicit their substance speech that "disturbingly touched connected past antisemitic tropes."

Susan Chang-Kim, vice dean and main administrative officer; Matthew Patashnick, subordinate dean for pupil and household support; and Cristen Kromm, dean of undergraduate pupil life, each stepped down.

Members of an anti-Israel mob broke into Hamilton Hall astatine Columbia University April 30, 2024. On Thursday, the schoolhouse announced that immoderate students who participated successful the concern of the gathering volition beryllium punished. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)

That aforesaid month, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik stepped down aft months of disapproval of her handling of the protests connected campus, galore of which devolved into clashes betwixt anti-Israel demonstrators and police, and antisemitism connected campus. 

Armstrong issued a missive Friday successful effect to the Trump medication cutting national grants to the school.

Anti-Israel agitators staged encampments connected Columbia University's campus. (Getty Images)

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"When I accepted the relation of Interim President successful August 2024, I knew Columbia needed a reset from the erstwhile twelvemonth and the chaos of encampments and protests connected our campus," Armstrong wrote. "The University besides needed to admit and repair the harm to our Jewish students, who were targeted, harassed, and made to consciousness unsafe oregon unwelcome connected our field past spring."