Following pro-Palestinian protests, Columbia University has taken severe actions against participants, including expelling students and revoking degrees. This decision, reported in a campus-wide email, outlines measures such as multi-year suspensions and temporary degree revocations for those involved in the occupation of Hamilton Hall last year. The actions come amid broader nationwide protests against the U.S. government's role in the conflict in Gaza. The university's sanctions have drawn public outcry, calling into question the institution's commitment to free expression on campus, as many perceived retaliation for political activism.
Columbia University has expelled, suspended, and temporarily revoked the diplomas of dozens of students who occupied 'Hind's Hall' during pro-Palestinian protests last spring.
The Columbia University Judicial Board determined findings and issued sanctions to students ranging from multiyear suspensions, temporary degree revocations, and expulsions related to the occupation of Hamilton Hall last spring.
As part of nationwide protests over the U.S. government and educational institutions' complicity in Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip, Columbia students took over the building last April.
Columbia's new sanctions against protesters were widely condemned on social media.
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