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We invite you and your family to visit our Corvallis campus to participate in engineering-focused tours and events led by current students. Here, you can talk with student ambassadors, explore state-of-the-art facilities, and learn more about academic programs. not ready to travel just yet? Check out the virtual and video tour options below. 

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At this inspiring event each spring, hundreds of graduating seniors share their capstone design projects, which take on real-world problems through hands-on engineering. Join thousands of attendees - including industry partners, alumni and students of all ages - to interact with engineering students, ask questions, and exchange ideas. Prepare to be amazed!

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Reach out any time. We're available to answer whatever questions you might have. Send an email to  [email protected] . Information about general campus tours and other programs for prospective students can be found on the Visit OSU page.

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OSU Welcome Center 700 SW 26th St Corvallis, OR 97331 United States

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We are excited you are visiting Corvallis (#2 Friendliest College Town in the U.S.) and our amazing campus!

If you plan to fly, most people find Portland International Airport (PDX) the most convenient and cost effective option. PDX serves all major airlines (including international flights), offers all major rental car companies on site and allows app-based ridesharing (e.g. Uber, etc.). PDX is about 96 miles from Corvallis (roughly 1 hour and 38 minutes depending on traffic).

If you are flying from a regional airport, the Eugene Airport (EUG) may be a good option for you. EUG is about 38 miles from Corvallis (roughly 45 minutes depending on traffic). EUG serves 6 regional carriers , offers all major rental car companies on site and allows app-based ridesharing.  

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From Interstate 5: From Interstate 5, take exit 228 and turn west onto Highway 34. Continue approximately 10 miles. Turn left at the large intersection following signs to Reser Stadium (Hwy 20/Hwy 34/Philomath Blvd). Turn right on SW 26th St., then turn left onto SW Western Blvd. Look for the black and orange university sign that says "Welcome Center" and turn right into the Reser Stadium parking lot at the signage. Follow the drive straight toward the Welcome Center building entryway, and you will find reserved parking spots in front of the Welcome Center for visitors.

For daily tours and individual visits, check in at the Welcome Center (GPS: 2715 SW Western Blvd., Corvallis, OR 97333). For Fall Preview, Beaver Open House, and Spring Preview events, park in the parking garage (GPS: 725 SW 26th Street, Corvallis, OR 97331).

Complimentary parking for Welcome Center guests is provided via a virtual parking permit. You don't need to print anything ahead of time, you will simply input your car's license plate number to obtain the virtual permit.

Registered visitors will receive an email prior to their visit day with detailed instructions on how to obtain their virtual permit once they arrive on campus for their visit day. Visitors can park in floors 1-3 of the parking garage, or in any B or C zones using the virtual permit. Here is a campus parking map  displaying the location of the parking garage and the zoned parking areas. The best GPS address to the parking garage is 661 SW 26th St, Corvallis, OR 97331 .

ADA Parking : While our virtual permits are for B and C zones, our virtual permit is also valid for vehicles with a DMV-isssued ADA parking placard to park in ADA parking spaces in any zone. When entering the parking garage, there are ADA parking spots to the left of the entrance.

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If you are interested in checking out more of the town of Corvallis before or after your campus visit, we'd be happy to recommend local restaurants or shops to check out. Did you know that the city of Corvallis has fareless public transit to navigate the city, and we have a fareless Beaver Bus campus shuttle to navigate around OSU's campus? Visitors are welcome to use either of these services to make it easier to get to where you're going!

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The Department of Chemistry hosts the Open House Weekend each year in March to introduce prospective graduate students to our graduate program. Get ready for a fun weekend socializing with other current and incoming graduate students during department-hosted meals and discussing exciting research topics with faculty members in small group settings.

Invitations to this fully hosted weekend are usually extended to all domestic applicants that have been accepted by the department. You are welcome to contact the Department of Chemistry at [email protected] for more information.

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We encourage you to tour our beautiful Oregon State campus and visit the department's cutting-edge facilities and research laboratories! Department tours are facilitated during our Open House Weekend in March, but also available through the OSU Visitor's Center .

Exploring Corvallis

Corvallis is a small university town of 50,000 an hour-and-a-half drive south of Portland in the beautiful Willamette Valley. Summers are mild with temperatures of 85°F, clear blue skies, and low humidity; winter lows seldom dip below 32°F. The Pacific Northwest is famous for rain which results in lush green forests and farmland. Residents enjoy microbrews, strong coffee, and local wines with their unique Northwest cuisine. Within an hour’s drive, a parade of volcanic peaks marches through the Cascade Mountains offering rugged terrain for hiking, biking, camping, rock climbing, and water and snow sports. The Pacific coast is a pleasant 50-minute drive to the west.

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Start your graduate journey in microbiology!

The best way to know if our department is the right fit for you is to come pay us a visit! We review graduate applications during winter term, and invite selected prospective students to visit campus to meet faculty and current graduate students before making our offers for graduate positions. Visiting in the fall or early January is best if you plan to begin your studies the following fall term, and our top applicants are invited to a recruitment visit day in February. If you’re applying for a future year, you may arrange a visit during any term. While you’re here, the Microbiology Graduate Admission Coordinator would be happy to discuss the application process with you.

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We encourage you to tour our beautiful Oregon State campus and visit the department's cutting-edge facilities and research laboratories! Visitors are encouraged to purchase an online visitor's parking permit which can be placed on your dashboard allowing you to use any of the student parking lots on campus. Make sure to contact faculty that you are interested in working with for a discussion and tour of their lab.

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Thank you for your interest in our department! If you're not able to visit us in person, we hope you'll get a feel for our department culture, faculty and many research interests through this virtual introduction to Microbiology.

Exploring Corvallis

Corvallis, the home of Oregon State University, has charming neighborhoods, a vibrant downtown complete with many one-of-a-kind restaurants and breweries. Surrounded by beautiful natural areas and wildlife refuges, Corvallis is a great place to live if you like hiking, biking, hunting, fishing, bird watching and other outdoor activities.

Corvallis has an active and busy artistic community, involved in both the visual and performing arts, with galleries, museums and public art on display all over town. The League of American Bicyclists has listed Corvallis as a Gold Level Bicycle Friendly Community, and Oregon State University as a Gold Level Bicycle Friendly University. Corvallis is also very walkable and offers free public transit.

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The Kate and John Stirek Gallery hosts PRAx’s curated exhibitions  of contemporary art as well as the annual Horning exhibition, a multidisciplinary effort linking arts, humanities, science and technology. Oregon State University is also a great place to see art in many other galleries and public spaces.

Strand Gallery

Strand Gallery's focus is primarily on food fiber and natural resources and is curated by the College of Agricultural Sciences’ Art About Agriculture program. Art exhibitions include solo shows, special projects and selections from the permanent collection.

Praxis Gallery

Praxis Gallery is dedicated to OSU art majors. This exhibition space gives students the opportunity to test ideas, gain installation experience and share their work with an audience outside of the classroom.

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Fairbanks Gallery is the newly renovated, state-of-the-art gallery in the School of Visual, Performing and Design Arts. Exhibitions in the Fairbanks Gallery focus on active contemporary artists.

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Housed in The School of Language, Culture and Society, the Little Gallery - a diminutive but powerfully curated space - exhibits eclectic selections of art from well-established as well as emerging artists.

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Located in the LaSells Stewart Center, Giustina Gallery hosts multiple exhibits annually, featuring art of all mediums and representing local, regional and international visual artists.

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Valley Library is home to the Northwest Art Collection, selected in collaboration with the Oregon Arts Commission through the Oregon Percent for Art program.

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The most convenient parking for the Welcome Center is the northeast side of the campus lot near Tykeson Hall. There are two reserved parking spot for admission visitors. Please park in one of these spots if available. If the admission visitor spot is occupied, please choose any parking space that is not marked.

When you register for a campus tour, you will provide your license plate number so that the the Office of Admissions can pay for your campus parking on the day of your tour. If this information has changed, please email  [email protected] . If you do not know the vehicle you will be driving the day of your visit, please arrive with your license plate information and give to the TOUR Ambassador when checking in for your tour. For open house programs, parking information will be communicated to you in advance. 

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Due to the delay in FAFSA data being supplied to the University of Oregon, the UO is extending the confirmation deadline to June 1, 2024, for first-year students admitted for fall 2024. We are also extending the priority FAFSA filing deadline to April 1, 2024, for all UO students.

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Our interactive, state-of-the-art Student Welcome Center is a starting point for campus tours that encourages exploration and rewards curiosity. Features include lounges, meeting rooms, residence hall showrooms, and a theater for large group presentations.

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While we would love to show you around campus in one of our student-led tours, you have the option to explore on your own. Choose from our UOregon app or the self-guided tour map . You can also pick up a printed tour map and guide at one of the kiosks conveniently located around campus.

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Where we are says a lot about who we are. Our 295-acre campus is smack-dab in the middle of some of the most beautiful places to be outside anywhere. We jog in the morning, bike to school, and roll along 13th Avenue to meet friends. We ski down mountains, float down rivers, and play along the beaches on the weekends. From the moment you arrive, you’ll feel right at home. This place feels familiar, green, and friendly, but also modern, totally connected, and cosmopolitan. It’s kind of perfect—an extraordinary academic community surrounded by a quintessential college town. It’s alive with music, culture, food, art, and just the right amount of weird to keep things interesting.

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Finalists for dean of clark honors college to visit campus.

Up to four finalist candidates in the Clark Honors College dean search will be in Eugene between May 2 and May 10 to meet with University of Oregon stakeholders.

In addition to dedicated meetings with honors college faculty, staff and students, candidates will give a public presentation for campus members. The public talks are set for May 3, 7, 8 and 10 from 11 a.m. to noon in the Erb Memorial Union Diamond Lake Room (119). Zoom links for virtual participation will be shared on the provost’s website the week of April 29.

The Robert D. Clark Honors College offers students both a small, liberal arts college environment and all the benefits and opportunities of a major research university.  CHC students gather and learn in Chapman Hall, with small seminars in state-of-the-art classrooms, comfortable gathering spaces and an on-site library for studying.

“In the past few years, the college has met unprecedented student growth with new faculty appointments in a wide diversity of fields, an updated curriculum, innovative courses in public engagement and enhanced student advising and support,” said Karen Ford, interim provost and senior vice president.

The permanent dean will be responsible for overseeing the education and development of some of the most academically engaged and motivated students, Ford said. The ideal dean candidate will be a far-seeing leader who is a successful teacher and scholar, and who will continue to enhance the honors college experience for its students, she added.

Details about the candidates will be released in advance of each visit on the Office of the Provost  search website , along with an online survey where community members can share their observations. 

The search has been led by a committee composed of faculty, staff and a student from the honors college, and chaired by Bruce Blonigen, dean of the Lundquist College of Business.

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People taken into custody at NYU as pro-Palestinian campus protests escalate across U.S.

Rising tensions on campuses

• Multiple people were taken into custody tonight at New York University, city officials confirmed, adding that officers responded to the campus after university officials requested police. The number was unclear.
• Police officers arrested protesters who had set up an encampment on Yale University ’s campus in support of the Palestinian cause. In total, 47 students were issued summonses, the university said.
• In New York City, classes at Columbia University were held virtually today amid reports of antisemitic and offensive statements and actions on and near its campus.
• Last week more than 100 Columbia students were arrested after the administration called police to report the students as a danger to campus. NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell told the student newspaper that there were no reports of violence or injuries and that the students were "peaceful, offered no resistance whatsoever."
• Pro-Palestinian encampments have also been established at the University of Michigan, New York University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt.
• The escalated tension comes ahead of this evening's start of the Jewish holiday of Passover.

Coverage on this live blog has ended. Follow the latest news on the campus protests here.

Cal Poly Humboldt in California closes campus after occupation of building

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California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, said campus is closed through Wednesday after protesters demonstrating against the war in Gaza occupied Siemens Hall on the campus in Arcata.

“The University is deeply concerned about the safety of the protestors who have barricaded themselves inside the building. The University is urgently asking that the protestors listen to directives from law enforcement that have responded and to peacefully leave the building,” it said in a statement.

It asked the campus community to avoid the area of the building, "as it is a dangerous and volatile situation."

Cal Poly Humboldt has an undergrad enrollment of around 5,800. Humboldt is on the California coast in the northwestern part of the state, near the Oregon border.

MIT students demand school call for cease-fire

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Prahlad Iyengar, an MIT graduate student studying electrical engineering, was among about two dozen students who set up a tent encampment on the school’s Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus Sunday evening. They are calling for a cease-fire and are protesting what they describe as MIT’s “complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza,” he said.

“MIT has not even called for a cease-fire, and that’s a demand we have for sure,” Iyengar said.

He also said MIT has been sending out confusing rules about protests.

“We’re out here to demonstrate that we reserve the right to protest. It’s an essential part of living on a college campus,” Iyengar said.

Police 'ready' to remove protesters again at NYU's request: NYPD official

A New York Police Department deputy commissioner tonight shared the letter sent by New York University to the police department asking police to clear Gaza war protesters from its Manhattan campus who refused to leave.

Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry also on social media said that if called upon, the NYPD would do it again.

"There is a pattern of behavior occurring on campuses across our nation, in which individuals attempt to occupy a space in defiance of school policy,” Daughtry wrote on X . “ Rest assured, in NYC the NYPD stands ready to address these prohibited and subsequently illegal actions whenever we are called upon.”

Police took multiple people into custody at NYU’s Gould Plaza while clearing the protesters, the police department said. The number of those arrested, as well as charges, were not available from police early Tuesday.

The letter from NYU posted by Daughtry said the protesters refused to leave and that the university considered them to be trespassers and asked for police help.

Fountain Walker, head of NYU Global Campus Safety, said on social media that the university had given the demonstrators until 4 p.m. to leave. Walker said that barricades had been breached and “we witnessed disorderly, disruptive, and antagonizing behavior that has interfered with the safety and security of our community.”

Columbia to offer hybrid learning for classes on main campus until summer

Classes at Columbia University’s main campus will be hybrid, if the technology permits it, until the end of the spring semester, Provost Angela V. Olinto said in guidance to the Manhattan institution, which has had demonstrations over the war in Gaza.

Faculty with classes equipped with hybrid technology “should enable them to provide virtual learning options to students who need such a learning modality,” she wrote.

Those without should hold classes remotely if students request it, she wrote. The guidance applies to the university’s main campus in Morningside Heights.

There have been large demonstrations over the war in Gaza, and last week over 100 people were arrested there after the university asked the NYPD to remove protesters who occupied a space on campus for more than 30 hours.

Columbia President President Minouche Shafik said in a letter to the university community today that "I am deeply saddened by what is happening on our campus."

"The decibel of our disagreements has only increased in recent days," Shafik said. "These tensions have been exploited and amplified by individuals who are not affiliated with Columbia who have come to campus to pursue their own agendas. We need a reset."

She added that "over the past days, there have been too many examples of intimidating and harassing behavior on our campus" and that antisemitic language will not be tolerated.

Barnard offers suspended students a deal

Barnard College says it has offered the students who were suspended after a 30-hour encampment protest at Columbia last week a way to get off interim suspension.

The students were suspended after police cleared the encampment, set up in support of Gaza, on April 18. New York police arrested more than 100 people.

Barnard President Laura Ann Rosenbury said in a letter today that “the vast majority of the students on interim suspension have not previously engaged in misconduct under Barnard’s rules.”

“Last night, the College sent written notices to these students offering to lift the interim suspensions, and immediately restore their access to College buildings, if they agree to follow all Barnard rules during a probationary period,” Rosenbury said.

If they do, the incident will not appear on transcripts or reportable student disciplinary records, she said.

More than 108 people were arrested during the demonstration, authorities have said.

Students mark Passover with interfaith Seders

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BERKELEY, Calif. — Jewish students have organized interfaith Passover Seders at the Gaza solidarity encampments at college campuses across the U.S.

Photos and videos from Columbia University in New York City and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor were shared online and show students in keffiyeh scarves, surrounded by tents, sitting down to a Passover Seder.

A spokesperson for the Jewish Voice for Peace chapter at the University of California, Berkeley, said the group would also be hosting a Seder.

“A lot of us had other plans for our first-night Seder, but we want to observe Passover with our community,” said a spokesperson for Berkeley’s chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace. “It’s a strange time dealing with the story of Passover.”

N.J. man charged with hate crime in break-in at Rutgers Islamic center

A 24-year-old New Jersey man has been charged with a federal hate crime and accused of breaking into an Islamic center on the campus of Rutgers University this month, federal prosecutors said today.

Jacob Beacher, of Somerset County, is charged with one count of intentional or attempted obstruction of religious practice and one count of making false statements to federal authorities, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey said in a statement .

Beacher is accused of breaking into the Center for Islamic Life at the New Brunswick campus around 2:40 a.m. April 10.

He broke through the glass pane of a rear door to unlock it, an FBI special agent wrote in an affidavit associated with the criminal complaint, and then allegedly damaged religious artifacts and stole a Palestinian flag.

Around $40,000 in damage was done, the affidavit says. When he was questioned, Beacher said he was the person in surveillance video near the center, but he denied breaking into the building, the FBI agent wrote.

A suspected motive is not described in the affidavit. A federal public defender listed in court records as representing Beacher did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Court records show Beacher was being held in custody.

U.S. Holocaust Museum calls on colleges to address ‘shocking eruption of antisemitism’ on campuses

The U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., today called on colleges to do more to address what it called a “shocking eruption of antisemitism” on campuses due to tensions over the war in Gaza.

“Demonstrators at Columbia University calling for Jews to return to Poland — where three million Jewish men, women, and children were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators — is an outrageous insult to Holocaust memory, a failure to appreciate its lessons, and an act of dangerous antisemitism,” the Holocaust Museum said in a statement .

“America is hardly the Third Reich, but the Holocaust teaches the dangers of pervasive societal antisemitism, and awareness of this history must guide our actions in the present,” it said. “Nazi ideology was official state policy, but it found a  receptive audience  on university campuses based on well established contempt towards Jews.”

In  a letter shared yesterday on social media , Chabad at Columbia University said students have had offensive rhetoric hurled at them, including being told to “go back to Poland” and “stop killing children.”

Demonstrators taken into custody at NYU

New York police said they took multiple people into custody at New York University tonight after the university called police and requested the removal of demonstrators.

How many people were taken into custody was not immediately clear. Video from the Manhattan campus showed police with helmets and batons and warning people to leave.

NYU said on social media earlier that protesters had until 4 p.m. to leave Gould Plaza after barricades were breached and after “we witnessed disorderly, disruptive, and antagonizing behavior that has interfered with the safety and security of our community.”

Video tonight showed some demonstrators chanting “NYPD KKK” and “shame on you.”

The NYPD arrested more than 100 people last week at a Gaza protest encampment at Columbia University, also in Manhattan. Columbia had also requested police assistance, officials said.

Jewish students march in solidarity

BERKELEY, Calif. — Jewish students at several college campuses are marching in solidarity with demonstrators calling for an end to the war in Gaza and the divestment of universities from Israeli companies.

At the University of California, Berkeley, in the San Francisco Bay Area, members of the local Jews for Peace chapter camped alongside pro-Palestinian protesters on the Mario Savio steps, named after a founding member of the Free Speech Movement.

A spokesperson for the group, which plans an interfaith Passover Seder tonight, said members are there to "protect" the free speech of anti-war demonstrators.

At the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Jews for Peace members held signs that read "Jews say no to genocide" and "Anti Zionism is not antisemitism."

Columbia student organizers condemn hate; NYPD says arrests will be made 'if there is a crime'

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Michael Gerber, the deputy New York police commissioner for legal matters, told reporters that officers would step in if crimes were committed on or around Columbia University's campus as some Jewish students express fear for their safety.

He said that includes "harassment or threats or menacing or stalking or anything like that that is not protected by the First Amendment."

Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, one of the student groups organizing the protest, condemned hate and bigotry in a statement yesterday. The statement blamed nonstudents outside the encampment for inciting harmful incidents over the weekend.

"We have been peaceful," the statement said. "We follow in the footsteps of the civil rights and anti-war movements in our quest for liberation."

Barnard faculty member calls for suspensions to be lifted

Barnard University faculty member Jackie Orr was out with protesters today “because of an unfolding genocide in Gaza” and to show support for students and staff members.

Orr said she was there specifically to join calls for Barnard and associated Columbia University cancel the suspensions of students who were suspended last week after they refused to leave an encampment to show support for Gaza.

The Barnard students have been evicted from their dorms, dining halls and classrooms and all of campus, she said.

“We’re here to demand that the universities immediately unsuspend those students — over 50 students at Barnard are without housing, without access to the classrooms and the faculty, without access to food,” Orr said.

Orr said it is the responsibility of faculty members to stand for students and support the speech of all students.

“The only students whose political speech and activism has been surveyed, targeted and punished have been students who have been speaking in solidarity with Palestine and students who have been speaking and acting forcefully against a genocidal war,” she said.

Barnard and Columbia, across the street from each other in Manhattan, have a partnership and students share facilities.

Patriots owner Kraft says he won’t support Columbia until changes made

New England Patriots owner and Columbia University alumnus Robert Kraft said today he will no longer support the university “until corrective action is taken."

In a statement , Kraft, who graduated from Columbia in 1963, said the university “is no longer an institution I recognize.”

“I am deeply saddened at the virulent hate that continues to grow on campus and throughout our country. I am no longer confident that Columbia can protect its students and staff and I am not comfortable supporting the university until corrective action is taken,” he said.

“It is my hope that Columbia and its leadership will stand up to this hate by ending these protests immediately and will work to earn back the respect and trust of the many of us who have lost faith in the institution,” he said.

Pro-Palestinian student group at Harvard says it has been suspended

Dennis Romero

The Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee said on its social media platforms today that it has been suspended by the institution.

Harvard's public affairs and communications office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The group, also known as Harvard for Palestine, has helped organize protests on campus in solidarity with pro-Palestinian encampments and protests at Columbia University, Yale and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The organization National Students for Justice in Palestine said on X the suspension at Harvard was "intended to prevent students from replicating the solidarity encampments" across the country.

Columbia undergraduate students approve referendums on divestment, ending ties to Tel Aviv

Columbia College, the undergraduate liberal arts school at Columbia University, voted to approve three referendums today calling on the school to divest from Israel as well as cut its ties to Tel Aviv.

According to the student-run Columbia Spectator , the three referendums urged the school to divest funding from Israel, end its dual-degree program with Tel Aviv University and close its Global Center in Tel Aviv. The votes are an indicator of the student's wishes but do not change university policy.

A university spokesperson told the Spectator that the school "welcomes and embraces the Israeli students, faculty, and staff on our campus."

"We are proud of our students and military veterans from Israel and around the world whose experience adds considerable value to the classroom and beyond,” the spokesperson said.

UC Berkeley becomes first West Coast campus to join call for solidarity

BERKELEY, Calif. — Dozens of students gathered on the Savio Steps, named for Mario Savio, the leader of the 1960s Free Speech Movement, at the University of California, Berkeley, today to protest the Israel-Hamas war and the UC system’s investments in companies that do business with Israel.

Protesters said they planned to set up an encampment on campus as UC Berkeley became the first West Coast university to join a call for solidarity among colleges across the country to show their opposition to Israel’s military action in Gaza.

The Savio Steps lead to Sproul Hall, which housed the offices of the chancellor and administrators in the 1960s and were occupied by students from the Free Speech Movement. 

The movement is considered the first mass act of  civil disobedience  on a U.S. campus in the ’60s as students demanded the school lift a ban on on-campus political activity and secure their right to free speech and academic freedom.

‘We’re going to keep demanding for a free Palestine,’ Yale protester says after arrests

The arrests of 47 students at Yale University this morning will not dissuade people from calling for the Ivy League school to disclose its investments and divest from companies linked to war or weapons, a student vowed today.

“This morning, the cops completely ambushed us. It was 6:40 a.m.; most people were still asleep,” Yale protester Chisato Kimura told NBC Connecticut .

Demonstrators had been gathering on Beinecke Plaza on the campus in New Haven all last week, and Kimura said that when their demands of Yale went unanswered, they began taking up space with people and tents on the plaza over the weekend.

“We’re going to keep demanding for a free Palestine,” Kimura said. She said some of the people arrested had already returned to protests by this afternoon.

Kimura said that the protesters want Yale to make it clear that it is not investing in ways connected to weapons or war but that Yale has refused their request for disclosure. “We don’t want to be complicit as students,” she said.

“I don’t know what Yale was thinking when they arrested the students, but if they thought they were going to shut us up or make us quiet — I mean, it completely backfired,” Kimura told NBC Connecticut as a rally was being held.

Yale said in a statement that it repeatedly warned students that continuing to violate university policies could result in action that included arrest and that it tried to negotiate with students to leave the plaza without success. It said that negotiations ended at 11:30 p.m. and that today Yale issued summonses to people who refused to leave voluntarily. 

Yale also said that it "became aware of police reports identifying harmful acts and threatening language used against individuals at or near the protest sites," some by people from Yale and some from outsiders. Several hundred people were at the plaza over the weekend, the university said.

Michigan students establish encampment in heart of campus

Protesters at the University of Michigan renewed their criticism of Israeli warfare today by erecting an encampment in the heart of the Ann Arbor campus, on the Diag, or Diagonal Green.

The protest was organized in part by the group Transparency Accountability Humanity Reparations Investment Resistance, better known as the TAHRIR Coalition.

Earlier in the day students marched along the Diag chanting, "If you don't get no justice, we don't get no peace."

The coalition's main goal is university divestment from companies or funds that support Israel's war in Gaza, home to a population that has faced mass displacement since Hamas militants' Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel.

The university has addressed the demand previously, with Regent Michael Behm saying in late March: "The endowment has no direct investment in any Israeli company. What we do have are funds that one of those companies may be part of a fund. Less than 1/10 of 1% of the endowment is invested indirectly in such companies."

University of Michigan police did not immediately respond to a request for information about its response to today's actions on campus.

Biden condemns antisemitic protests, 'those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians'

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Zoë Richards

Reporters asked Biden in Triangle, Virginia, this afternoon for his message to protestors and whether he condemned antisemitic demonstrations on college campuses.

“I condemn the antisemitic protests; that’s why I’ve set up a program to deal with that," Biden told reporters.

“I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians,” he added.

The comment appeared to be a reference to an effort announced last year to initiate partnerships between the departments of Justice and Homeland Security   and campus law enforcement agencies to track hate-related threats and supply schools with federal resources to combat a rise in antisemitism.

Rep. Ilhan Omar praises solidarity movement on campuses

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., praised the solidarity emerging as campuses across the country protest the Israel-Hamas war after faculty at Columbia University staged a walkout over the administration’s crackdown.

“On Thursday, Columbia arrested and suspended its students who were peacefully protesting and have now ignited a nationwide Gaza Solidarity movement,” Omar wrote on X. “This is more than the students hoped for and I am glad to see this type of solidarity.”

Omar’s daughter, Isra Hirsi, was arrested participating in the protests and suspended from Columbia’s nearby sister school, Barnard College. Omar said she was “enormously proud” of her daughter.

Hirsi  told MSNBC  she believed the school targeted for suspension students who were speaking to the media. She denied the protest encampment on campus was threatening, describing it as a “beautiful” community and saying students held Shabbat during that time.

Columbia courses go virtual as protests continue; faculty stage walkout in support

Students at Columbia University are on their sixth day of camping out on the school's South Lawn, a re-creation of an anti-war demonstration students held in 1968 opposing U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

Columbia President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik said today that classes would be held virtually and that school leaders would be coming together to discuss a way to bring an end to “this crisis.” The original 1968 protests lasted roughly a week before police forcibly removed students in full-scale police riots , alumnus Oren Root described in an opinion essay.

A large group of faculty members staged a walkout today in support of students. Students were arrested last week when the school administration asked police to remove students, citing a threat to safety, though NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell told the Columbia Spectator that the protestors were peaceful and "offered no resistance whatsoever."

The Columbia encampment has inspired similar demonstrations at other campuses, including New York University, Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley. Protesters have also gathered outside the gate to Columbia University, where antisemitic incidents and aggressive crowds have been reported.

Pro-Palestinian supporters arrested at encampment on Yale plaza

Marlene Lenthang

Police officers   today arrested protesters who had set up an encampment on Yale University’s campus   in support of the Palestinian cause,   one of a  growing number of American universities  where there have been demonstrations surrounding the Israel-Hamas war.

Protesters had been on their third night of camping out to urge Yale to divest from military weapons manufacturers, the  Yale Daily News  reported.

Officers gathered at the protest site at Beinecke Plaza shortly before 7 a.m. Monday   and were   seen approaching the encampment and “flipping up the entrances to the tents,” the school paper wrote on X.

Then officers issued a warning for students and journalists to leave or they’d be arrested. Minutes later, the school paper wrote on X that police were arresting people.

In total, 47 students were issued summonses, Yale said in a  statement  today.  

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A high-energy crowd at NYU

People gathered in front of New York University's Stern School of Business to protest on Gould Plaza this afternoon. The crowd maintained high energy while chanting “free Palestine." The group also held a communal prayer and observed a moment of silence for those who have died in Gaza.

New York police were on the scene.

A few people gathered across the street, with at least one person holding an Israeli flag.

Karely Perez, an NYU alumna, said she joined the protest to show her support for the student organizations behind the encampment.

“Once the students start getting mad, things start to change,” she said.

Perez said she was proud of the students and added that although the encampments on university campuses are new, pro-Palestinian activism has always existed at schools like NYU.

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The president of Columbia University is set to testify about how she responded to antisemitic incidents on her campus.

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:

The president of Columbia University was on Capitol Hill today testifying about how the school has handled antisemitic incidents on campus. This comes several months after another widely publicized hearing on the Hill, where lawmakers interrogated the presidents of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania. NPR's Elissa Nadworny is here to discuss it. Hey, Elissa.

ELISSA NADWORNY, BYLINE: Hello.

SHAPIRO: How did the hearing go today?

NADWORNY: Well, today's testimony in front of the House Education Committee lasted more than three hours. It was a long hearing, reminiscent of that December hearing that led, in part, to the ouster of the presidents of Penn and Harvard. But there were some really big differences. One was that the Columbia representatives agreed with the committee that antisemitism was a serious problem on its campus. I want you to hear this early exchange with Suzanne Bonamici, a Democrat from Oregon.

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SUZANNE BONAMICI: Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Columbia's code of conduct?

DAVID GREENWALD: Yes, it does.

CLAIRE SHIPMAN: Yes, it does.

MINOUCHE SHAFIK: Yes, it does.

DAVID SCHIZER: Yes, it does.

NADWORNY: So you hear her there. The president of Columbia, Minouche Shafik, two trustees and a law professor all say yes very clearly. So that was a big difference from back in December. In many other answers, they agreed with lawmakers' anger and said they had work to do on their campus. Here's Shafik.

SHAFIK: I'm very personally committed to making sure that our faculty do not cross the line in terms of discrimination and harassment. We have mechanisms that are now being enforced. And on my watch, they will be enforced.

SHAPIRO: Elissa, back in December, lawmakers got pretty combative. Did that happen today, too?

NADWORNY: Well, we did see some lawmakers pushing pretty hard, especially on President Shafik, often interrupting answers. I want to listen to some of those interactions where lawmakers brought up specific incidents where professors had made comments in support of Hamas. You're going to hear first from Democrat Kathy Manning of North Carolina and then Republican Tim Walberg of Michigan.

KATHY MANNING: Why is that professor still teaching at Columbia?

SHAFIK: He has been spoken to.

TIM WALBERG: He's been spoken to? I have your answer.

ELISE STEFANIK: What was he told? Any other disciplinary actions taken?

NADWORNY: So that last voice you heard was Republican Elise Stefanik of New York, who, I don't know if you remember, but in December, of course, had extensive back-and-forths with witnesses. She did the same thing today.

SHAPIRO: Well, what does the university say, going forward, it intends to do?

NADWORNY: Well, during the hearing, Columbia administrators said they had created a task force on antisemitism. They said they had disciplined dozens of students, suspended students who participated in unauthorized events. Shafik repeatedly said that education was going to be key. She vowed to include lessons on antisemitism at orientation for new students. And after the hearing, I checked in with Jacob Schmeltz. He's an undergraduate student at Columbia who is Jewish, and he watched the hearing with a lot of other students from Columbia.

JACOB SCHMELTZ: I'm really happy that they finally state - made a really clear statement that this is an issue and acknowledged just how difficult it has been for Jewish students over the last six months.

NADWORNY: He says now he's looking to see if the administrators actually follow through with their actions. You know, they committed to things like holding professors who have made antisemitic statements in the past accountable, of course, changing some policies and adding more education. So he is going to look to see if that will make the campus climate feel better.

SHAPIRO: That's NPR's Elissa Nadworny, who covers higher education for us. Thanks, Elissa.

NADWORNY: You bet, Ari.

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