This is the first hiring boycott to also impact undergraduate students Thirteen federal judges threatened to not hire Columbia undergraduate or law school alumni for clerkships, in response to the pro-Palestinian activism that unfolded on the Ivy League campus - culminating in more than a hundred individuals getting arrested after they occupied an academic building for several hours last week.
Campus protesters want administrators to sell off investments in companies with ties to Israel. Here s a look at what divestment means — and why universities are saying no.
Columbia University locked down its campus on Tuesday morning as pro-Palestinian activists defied orders to disband their encampment and instead seized control of the college's Hamilton Hall - where they plan to remain until the university severs all financial ties to Israel.
Columbia University locked down its campus on Tuesday morning as pro-Palestinian activists defied orders to disband their encampment and instead seized control of the college's Hamilton Hall - where they plan to remain until the university severs all financial ties to Israel.