Columbia University has suspended dozens of students and barred alums and others who participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration inside the school’s main library earlier this week.

Celeste Gamble was in Columbia University’s Butler Library, studying for her final exams, when about a hundred student protesters launched an occupation of the reading room. It was the latest eruption of ongoing pro-Palestine protests on campus.

Several graduates of Columbia University on Wednesday shredded and burned their diplomas in a show of support for Palestine.

In 2024, Columbia canceled its university-wide commencement ceremony due to safety concerns regarding pro-Palestinian protests, The College Fix reported at the time. Instead, the New York university provided increased security for its Class Days and individual school ceremonies.

Columbia is already in talks with the administration, which in March cut $400 million in grants and contracts to the school, citing antisemitism concerns on campus.

The moves comes as the university is locked in negotiations with the Trump administration over federal funding.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that his officials are evaluating whether any of the anti-Israel protesters who invaded

NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch and NYPD intelligence and counterterrorism deputy commissioner Rebecca Weiner describe the increased police presence after last night's fatal shooting in Washington, D.