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Portland State University’s library is “unusable” after protesters took over, the school’s president said The library at Portland State University, where protesters took over earlier this week, has been “rendered unusable,” university President Ann Cudd said in a statement Friday. The library is unoccupied now but the university hopes to reopen it “in time for the fall term,” Cudd said. …

The president of Columbia University said he will work every day to rebuild after 2 difficult weeks After two weeks of uproar and calls for his resignation, Columbia University’s president said he is “committed” and will “rebuild the community on our campus.” The group of protesters occupying Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, “crossed a new line,” President …

The president of the University of Chicago signaled that schools could intervene in campus encampments University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos spoke to the school community about the ongoing encampment, saying the school had “reached that point” and would “intervene” because of the disruption and safety to the campus community. “On Monday, I stated that we will only intervene if …

Students in Paris rally for Palestinians in Gaza Students from universities across Paris are expected to rally on Friday evening in support of the Palestinians in Gaza. The protest was scheduled to take place outside the Pantheon, France’s national monument in the district that is home to some of Paris’ most prestigious universities, including the Sorbonne. Dozens of students began …

Man drives car into crowd at Portland State University, firing “some sort of pepper spray,” police said A man drove his car into a group of protesters at Portland State University on Thursday, stopped right in front of the crowd and sprayed them with “some kind of pepper spray,” police said. In a video taken at the scene, a man …

UCLA rescinded a request for an extra police day before protesters clashed, reports said The University of California, Los Angeles canceled its request for an additional day of policing ahead of violent clashes between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters on campus, the LA Times has reported. University police canceled a request for additional police from another campus five days before the …

Biden can’t afford a simmering summer of protests President Joe Biden can’t afford a long, heated summer of protests that culminated in time for the Democratic National Convention in August and then entered the final weeks of an already toxic showdown with Donald Trump. After days of campus demonstrations — fueled by anger over the massacre of civilians by Israel’s …

Where are pro-Palestinian campus protests happening around the world? Protests in solidarity with the Palestinians under Israel’s siege in Gaza have spread across university and college campuses in the US and around the world. While fights and standoffs with police at Columbia University, Portland State and UCLA have drawn global attention, protests have also been held on campuses in Europe, …

Columbia will allow faculty access to their offices on the Morningside campus Columbia University plans to allow faculty based on its Morningside campus access to their offices and other spaces on Friday, a university official said in a memo — an easing of campus restrictions that had been in place because of days of tense protests. Access to the Morningside …

USC warned arrested students that they face disciplinary action, the report said The University of Southern California has notified students who were arrested during a protest on campus on April 24 that they face disciplinary action, according to the Daily Trojan student newspaper. At least 93 people were arrested during the demonstration on the private campus, according to police. The …