One protester was arrested before a planned rally supporting Palestine began on Thursday outside of the University of Utah’s Jon M. Huntsman Center. While family and friends of the U.’s class of 2024 walked into the event center with flowers and gifts to celebrate graduates during the school’s commencement ceremony, another group planted itself on […] The post One more pro-Palestine protester arrested on University of Utah commencement day appeared first on Utah News Dispatch.
Over 160 University of Utah faculty, including professors from a number of departments, have signed a joint statement asking the school to end its police presence at the recent pro-Palestinian protests and start the process of a divestment strategy “from those profiting from the war in Gaza.” On Monday, a group of several hundred protesters […] The post University of Utah faculty ask for ‘divestment strategy’ from Israel, decry protest crackdown appeared first on Utah News Dispatch.
Recent news about student protests at universities and colleges across the nation against the Israeli-Hamas War has sparked alarm in many college communities, however, Utah State University s planned protests this