U of M officials meet with pro-Palestinian protest organizers; buildings closed a 3rd day May 1, 2024 8:00 AMBy MPR News Staff and Anika BesstProtest organizers met with university leaders on Wednesday morning to discuss their demands. Interim University President Jeff Ettinger spoke with reporters after the meeting and said the conversation was “constructive.”
New York police have cleared Hamilton Hall and the encampment at Columbia UniversityMay 1, 2024 5:50 AMBy Ayana Archie New York police arrested dozens of people on two campuses Tuesday night after officers cleared out a Columbia University building occupied by protesters.
How some faculty members are defending student protesters, in actions and in wordsMay 1, 2024 4:03 AMBy Rachel Treisman The protests sweeping college campuses don't just involve students. Professors are increasingly pushing back against university administrations they see as infringing on students' free speech rights.
Play1min 24secU of M buildings remain closed as anti-war protests continue on campusApril 30, 2024 7:53 AMBy Anna HaecherlMonday was the last day of classes at the U. Tuesday and Wednesday are slated as study days and exams are scheduled to start Thursday.
Police enter Columbia University's Hamilton Hall amid pro-Palestinian protestsApril 30, 2024 5:27 AMBy Ayana Archie New York police entered Hamilton Hall at Columbia University to end a student-led occupation of the building late Tuesday after Columbia University said it was left "with no choice."
Play6min 16secA U.S. diplomat tells NPR why she resigned in protest over the policy in GazaApril 30, 2024 4:01 AMBy Mary Louise Kelly , Megan Lim , and Justine Kenin As protests against the U.S. policy in Gaza unfold on college campuses across the country, the State Department is facing its own protests too.
The jump in measles cases in 2023 is 'very concerning' says WHO officialApril 29, 2024 3:39 PMBy Fran Kritz and Gabrielle Emanuel And the numbers in 2024 aren't looking any better. Why is this highly infectious disease on the rise? And how can it be tamed?
Top British gymnast Ondine Achampong tears ACL, may miss Paris Olympic GamesApril 29, 2024 2:14 PMBy Russell Lewis Ondine Achampong says she tore her ACL during a bars dismount. The surgery and recovery from the knee injury can take up to a year. She was expected to be a medalist at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
Play6min 36secWhat a 1968 Columbia University protester makes of today’s pro-Palestinian encampmentApril 29, 2024 12:41 PMBy Mansee Khurana A college professor who protested the Vietnam War in 1968 compares her experiences with the pro-Palestinian protests currently happening at Columbia University.
Anti-war protests continue Monday at U of M and Hamline, organizers set up encampment April 29, 2024 12:29 PMBy MPR News StaffStudents rallied and set up tents at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, as well as at Hamline University in St. Paul, as anti-war protests continue into a second week.