Columbia University in New York City announces student punishments for the takeover of a campus building by anti-Israel protesters last year.
The university’s judicial board issued “multi-year suspensions, temporary degree revocations, and expulsions,” for the takeover of Hamilton Hall — briefly renamed Hind’s Hall by the protesters — the university says.
There are no details about the number of students punished.
Columbia is under heavy pressure from the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress over anti-Zionist activism on campus.
A Congressional investigative committee has demanded the university turn over all disciplinary records related to anti-Zionist activism.
The administration has cut $400 million in funding to Columbia and threatened billions more.
Federal immigration agents detained a campus anti-Israel activist leader on Saturday, setting off furious backlash.
A major protest by dozens of groups is planned for the campus gates tomorrow.
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