Columbia University on Thursday announced some students who occupied a campus building last spring during anti-Israel protests would face punishment, including expulsions and suspensions.
Columbia University on Thursday announced some students who occupied a campus building last spring during anti-Israel protests would face a range of punishments, including expulsions and suspensions.
The announcement came as the Ivy League institution finds itself embroiled in controversy over the arrest of a student and the rescinding of more than $400 million in federal grants to the school by the Trump administration because of its “inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.”
The punishments, which include “multi-year suspensions, temporary degree revocations, and expulsions related to the occupation of Hamilton Hall last spring”, were issued by the Columbia University Judicial Board.
“With respect to other events taking place last spring, the UJB’s determinations recognized previously imposed disciplinary action”, the school said in a statement.
