Columbia University acting president Claire Shipman addressed the "utterly unacceptable" anti-Israel protest at Butler Library, promising severe consequences for the dozens involved.

Arrests were underway late Wednesday as the NYPD moved in to clear about 100 pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University who took over Butler Library just days before final exams.. Several ...

Columbia University finals disrupted as NYPD arrests 80 protesters who stormed Butler Library. The majority were female demonstrators participating in anti-Israel activism on campus.

Dozens of people taken into custody at Columbia protest 02:03. New York City police officers took dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators into custody at Columbia University's Butler Library on ...

Dozens of anti-Israel rabble rousers protesting inside Columbia University’s Butler Library were hauled out by NYPD cops Wednesday — and Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed to review the visa ...

The protests, which erupted days before exams, began at roughly around 3:15 p.m. on May 7, student newspaper the Columbia Daily Spectator reported.. Some 100 protesters entered Butler Library’s ...

The pro-Palestinian encampment on the lawn in front of Columbia University’s Butler Library in April 2024. Protesters took over a reading room in the library Wednesday.

About 80 pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested on Wednesday evening after occupying part of the main library on Columbia University’s campus in an attempt to rekindle the protest movement ...

Protesters being arrested after storming and occupying the Butler Library at Columbia University in New York, NY on May 7, 2025. Christopher Sadowski.

On May 7, Columbia University authorized the New York Police Department to carry out its fourth mass arrest of pro-Palestine students in 13 months. ... (CUAD) rally in Butler Library.

The protest at Butler Library began around 4 p.m. and was isolated to a reading room in the library, according to the university. About 60-100 protesters entered the building at… ...