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Columbia's president faced mounting discontent as the university grapples with intense protests over the Israel-Hamas war, prompting administrators to switch to hybrid classes for the rest of the semester.
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University of Florida president on response to protests: 'You don't get to take over the whole university'
University of Florida President Ben Sasse responded to the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests breaking out on his college campus and others across the country, saying that while students have a right to peacefully protest, they cannot "take over the ...The Hill - Politics - Florida -
Latest on Israel-Hamas war as college protests continue
A presidential address and police presence on U.S. campuses have not stopped students from protesting the Israel-Hamas war. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd joins with analysis of what's happening in the Middle East and its ...CBS News - Top stories - Israel -
The political calculations of Israel's prime minister and Hamas's top leader in Gaza, both hard-liners, have left them little room to reach a compromise over the war between the two sides, posing a problem for the Biden administration.
The political calculations of Israel’s prime minister and Hamas’s top leader in Gaza, both hard-liners, have left them little room to reach a compromise over the war between the two sides, posing a problem for the Biden administration.The Wall Street Journal - World - Joe Biden -
Columbia faculty group calls for no confidence vote in university president
The Columbia University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) demanded a no confidence vote Thursday against school President Minouche Shafik in response to ongoing controversy over the campus's recent student ...The Hill - Politics -
Minouche Shafik: the UK peer facing choppy waters over Gaza protests at Columbia
Ex-central banker Lady Shafik, the university’s president, now faces calls to resign due to her handling of campus unrest. Steering Columbia University through the choppy waters of anti-Israel student protests was never going to be easy for ...The Guardian - World - United Kingdom -
Anti-war protesters interrupt University of Michigan graduation
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags and Israeli flags during the University of Michigan's commencement Saturday.CBS News - Top stories -
The Protesters and the President
Over the past week, thousands of students protesting the war in Gaza have been arrested.The New York Times - Top stories -
Turkey halts all trade with Israel over mounting death toll in Gaza
The U.N. is warning that an Israeli offensive in Rafah would put hundreds of thousands of Palestinians "at imminent risk of death."CBS News - World - Israel
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