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 ...

Protestors rechristened the Lawrence A. Wien Reading Room “Basel Al-Araj Popular University” in honor of the late Palestinian writer before Public Safety and the NYPD arrived.

As protests continued in the streets following the Butler arrests, NYPD officers continued to use force against protesters. At 8:28 p.m., an NYPD officer punched a protester. The officer proceeded to ...

NYPD confirms 78 arrests at Butler Library protest, all released from custody Acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, authorized the New York Police Department to sweep a protest ...

Butler Library, where the protest took place, reopened Thursday, as students are studying for their final exams, Columbia's Acting President Claire Shipman wrote in an update.

A pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University by CUAD has taken over a room in Butler Library as students study for final exams.

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 ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is calling the actions of demonstrators staging a protest in Columbia University’s Butler Library Wednesday afternoon “unacceptable.” “I want to say to ...

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 ...

New York City police officers took dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators into custody at Columbia University's Butler Library on Wednesday evening. NYPD officers were seen removing about 76 ...

Protests, Police, and Politics at ... Protesters are escorted out of Columbia University’s Butler Library after their arrest in New York City on May 7, 2025. Spencer Platt—Getty Images. by .