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An anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian tent encampment at Northwestern University, April 26, 2024, in Evanston, Illinois. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
January 12, 2026, 9:07 pm
Anti-Israel activists drop lawsuit against Northwestern U antisemitism training
Graduate student group had filed class-action lawsuit against video about discrimination against Jews, calling module ‘morally harmful’
By Luke Tress
Signs are displayed outside a tent encampment at Northwestern University on April 26, 2024, in Evanston, Illinois. (AP/ Teresa Crawford/ File)
November 30, 2025, 11:02 pm
Northwestern U to pay US government $75 million to settle antisemitism complaints
Illinois university agrees to revoke deal made with anti-Zionist protesters, restoring $790 million in federal funds
By Luke Tress
Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protesters rally on the campus of Northwestern University April 25, 2024, in Evanston, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images via AFP)
October 22, 2025, 11:10 am
Judge: Northwestern can block enrollment for students resisting antisemitism training
Georgia Alexakis rules plaintiffs’ lawyers failed to prove discriminatory motive for Illinois university’s requirement of antisemitism training video
By JTA and ToI Staff
Signs are displayed outside a tent encampment at Northwestern University on April 26, 2024, in Evanston, Illinois. (AP/ Teresa Crawford/ File)
October 2, 2025, 1:13 am
Dozens of Northwestern students face penalties for boycotting antisemitism video
While there is no requirement to endorse the contents of the training video made by Chicago’s Jewish federation, dozens protest what they call ‘biased’ content as bigotry against Jews peaks
By Grace Gilson
Northwestern University President Michael Schill testifies during a hearing of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce regarding pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests on college campuses on Capitol Hill, May 23, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mariam Zuhaib)
September 5, 2025, 12:34 am
Northwestern U president to quit amid row with White House over campus antisemitism
Michael Schill says ‘it’s critical to protect university’s independence’ as administration withholds hundreds of millions in funds over response to anti-Israel protests
By ANNIE MA
An anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian tent encampment at Northwestern University, April 26, 2024, in Evanston, Illinois. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
April 23, 2025, 6:46 am
Over 100 Chicago-area rabbis, cantors condemn Trump’s campus crackdown
Letter published in local newspaper accuses US administration of using Jewish fears ‘as a fig leaf for an anti-democratic agenda’
By Grace Gilson
A tent encampment is seen at Northwestern University on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Evanston, Illinois. Students want the university to divest from funds connected to Israel or that profit from its war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
April 16, 2025, 4:47 am
‘Death to Israel’ graffitied on Northwestern University building during Passover
School’s Jewish president says vandalism took place hours after his own Passover seder and that those responsible will be disciplined by the university and face criminal charges
By Grace Gilson
Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian students gather at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on the campus of Northwestern University on April 25, 2024 in Evanston, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
April 9, 2025, 1:32 pm
US halts funds for Cornell, Northwestern universities in latest crackdown
$1.8 billion in total frozen amid probes of alleged civil rights violations, White House says, after demanding schools protect Jews on campus
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators rally on the Columbia University campus in New York City to mark a year since the Hamas terror group's onslaught on southern Israel that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza, October 7, 2024 (Alex Kent/Getty Images/AFP)
February 4, 2025, 11:06 am
Trump administration opens antisemitism probes into 5 colleges, including Columbia
US Department of Education investigating Columbia, UC Berkeley, Northwestern, University of Minnesota, and Portland State University, says it’s putting all schools ‘on notice’
By AP and ToI Staff
From left to right: Northwestern University President Michael Schill, Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway and Frederick Lawrence testify at a hearing called 'Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos' at the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 23, 2024. (Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images/AFP)
May 24, 2024, 6:02 am
US House panel grills university heads over deals to end anti-Israel encampments
Presidents of Northwestern and Rutgers insist they didn’t yield to protesters’ demands, as Republican committee head accuses them of ‘capitulating to the antisemitic rule breakers’
By Agencies
Doug Seserman
May 14, 2024, 2:51 pm
Doug Seserman
What to do when your alma mater doesn’t reflect your values?
School administrators across the country have negotiated with protestors, reaching shocking deals that capitulated to anti-Israel pressure. Together we can make a difference. Here are some ideas.
Tents, flags and other supplies remain at Deering Meadow on Northwestern University's campus in Evanston, Ill. on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, a day after the university and protest organizers announced an agreement which largely ended anti-war demonstrations that have lasted days. (AP Photo/Melissa Perez Winder)
May 4, 2024, 8:42 pm
As some colleges make deals to end protests, critics say they’re incentivizing unrest
Certain Jewish community members unsatisfied with agreements that gave ground to anti-Israel activists, say they’re ‘watering and fertilizing seeds for more in the future’
By Andrew Lapin
Tents, flags and other supplies remain at Deering Meadow on Northwestern University's campus in Evanston, Ill. on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, a day after the university and protest organizers announced an agreement which largely ended anti-war demonstrations that have lasted days. (AP Photo/Melissa Perez Winder)
May 1, 2024, 9:33 pm
Northwestern criticized over compromise deal with pro-Palestinian protesters
Jewish organizations decry agreement that allows some protests to continue until June 1 at Chicago-area university, creates advisory committee to look into divesting from Israel
By AP and ToI Staff
NYPD officers in riot gear break into a building at Columbia University, where pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel students are barricaded, in New York City on April 30, 2024 (KENA BETANCUR / AFP)
May 1, 2024, 3:58 am
Police clear anti-Israel protesters from Columbia U’s Hamilton Hall after standoff
School president said there was no other way to restore order; two other universities reach deals to end encampments, with one agreeing to hear demands for divestment from Israel
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
People rally on the campus of Northwestern University demanding the school divest from Israel, on April 25, 2024, in Evanston, Illinois. (Scott Olson/ GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
April 27, 2024, 9:45 pm
Daily Briefing Apr 27: Day 204 – Report from Northwestern’s Gaza ‘solidarity encampment’
US bureau chief Jacob Magid updates us on hostage talks, Gaza pier construction and what he saw when taking a field trip to Evanston, Illinois, as an anti-Israel protest took root
By ToI Staff
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