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Columbia students boo university president at graduation over Palestinian activist arrest
Columbia students rally for peer Mahmoud Khalil, detained by ICE over pro-Palestinian activism, at the 2025 commencement ...
Jewish students storm out of MIT commencement after class president accuses university of aiding Israel’s ‘genocide’
Megha M. Vemuri, president of MIT’s Class of 2025, sparked a mixture of boos and cheers as she started her controversial ...
Freed from ICE custody, Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi graduates from Columbia to cheers
Student activist Mohsen Mahdawi has attended his graduation from Columbia University, weeks after his release from federal ...
Columbia University’s acting president booed when noting absence of activist Mahmoud Khalil in commencement speech
The Columbia graduate student was supposed to attend the graduation celebration. Instead, he is in immigration detention, ...
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‘Mixed Emotions’: Pro-Palestinian Activist Graduates After ICE Detention
Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi has graduated from Columbia University’s School of General Studies shortly after a 16-day ...
Pro-Palestine protesters burn diplomas and clash with police at Columbia graduation
Students and activists in the Palestine solidarity movement protested Columbia University’s graduation on Wednesday, with ...
‘I’m willing to do it again’: The students who could lose their diplomas due to pro-Palestinian activism on campus
Students protesting Israel and supporting Palestinians in Gaza around graduation time have been the subject of investigations, suspended diplomas and bans from campus, Josh Marcus reports ...
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Freed from ICE custody, Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi graduates from Columbia to cheers
Less than three weeks after his release from an immigration jail, the Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi strode across the graduation stage at Columbia University on Monday morning, savoring a ...