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Pro-Palestinian protesters, University of Minnesota reach agreement to end encampment
Organizers of pro-Palestinian protests at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus and university leadership announced Thursday morning that they’ve reached an agreement to end the dayslong encampment on Northrop Mall.
U of M officials meet with pro-Palestinian protest organizers; buildings closed a 3rd day
Protest 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.”
How some faculty members are defending student protesters, in actions and in words
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.
A U.S. diplomat tells NPR why she resigned in protest over the policy in Gaza
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.
Top British gymnast Ondine Achampong tears ACL, may miss Paris Olympic Games
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.
What a 1968 Columbia University protester makes of today’s pro-Palestinian encampment
A college professor who protested the Vietnam War in 1968 compares her experiences with the pro-Palestinian protests currently happening at Columbia University.