Pro-Palestinian protests have led to significant disruptions at various university campuses across the United States and beyond. At UCSF’s Parnassus campus, a student-run Palestine Solidarity Encampment was removed by police, leading to the disbandment of the protesters. Similarly, the anti-war encampment at Denver’s Auraria Campus is now empty after 23 days of protests. At Harvard Business School, two graduate students face criminal charges for their involvement in a confrontation during a pro-Palestine protest, and the university has faced backlash for disciplining students involved in a 20-day encampment. In Philadelphia, hundreds of people marched through Center City and stopped at 33rd and Market streets, demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. At George Washington University, over 100 graduates walked out during the commencement ceremony to protest the ongoing war in Gaza and the university's ties to companies supporting Israel's military operations. Similar protests and encampments have occurred at other institutions, including Drexel University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington, and Oxford University, with students demanding divestment and academic boycotts of Israel. At the University of Copenhagen, students set up an encampment named the “Rafah Garden” to protest the genocide in Gaza.
Students are disrupting graduation ceremonies across the country to call attention to the genocide in Gaza and protest university complicity with Israel. Students are standing up even as administrators threaten suspension and to withhold degrees. https://t.co/vDqm8Nrpho
Student protesters stage walkouts at weekend commencements https://t.co/143BZV9N6M https://t.co/QiAEjIJLqm
University of Pennsylvania to have increased security for commencement in wake of campus protests https://t.co/nxm9iWIJlF
Harvard University began punishing students who were involved in campus anti-Israel protests. https://t.co/3dtBHm3BLS https://t.co/3Q5eNaNbWt
The pro-Palestinian activists at Oxford University decided one tent city wasn't enough. | @abigailandwords https://t.co/tiMcdSgmJT
Yesterday, students from George Washington University protested their university's complicity in the Gaza genocide during their graduation ceremony. https://t.co/nBGnYcAuvD
The Harvard Institute of Politics Student Advisory Committee issued a statement condemning the College’s decision to suspend students that participated in the encampment in Harvard Yard. @williamcmao and @dhruvtkpatel report. https://t.co/Rf7AtxjVum
Monday morning, volunteers are dismantling the Hamas encampment at the University of Washington. They have until 3pm to vacate after reaching a deal with UW leaders. Graduation is less than three weeks away and the grass looks like garbage and antisemitic graffiti remains. https://t.co/HXzEYHREPe
RIGHT NOW: Yale students walk out of graduation waving Palestinian flags and chanting “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” https://t.co/T6yQKhszRm
Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine warned University administrators to prepare for disruptions to Commencement ceremonies during an emergency rally on Sunday. @AzusaLippit and @camsrivastava report. https://t.co/JYZRpA9P6t
Vincent Gray had long wanted to pursue doctoral studies. Now, George Washington University is awarding him an honorary doctorate in public service. https://t.co/aD4BjXfQov
A group of demonstrators occupied the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics on Friday, demanding divestment from Israel, before being driven out by police. The protest took place in the middle of the university’s alumni weekend. #UChicago https://t.co/v2YYEjbWRm
The University of Pennsylvania plans to hold a graduation -- with heightened security checks -- following a school year that saw protests, a weeks-long encampment and the resignation of the school's president. https://t.co/zGphvXmhtY
Fierce debate at Harvard, MIT over sanctions against pro-Palestinian demonstrators https://t.co/Q33gKOgqoJ
The encampment in the Quad at the University of Washington is expected to come down by 3 p.m. today after pro-Palestinian protesters and university administrators came to an agreement. https://t.co/VwrsVjm8Tr
The University of Pennsylvania elevated security ahead of commencement as tension on campus surrounding the ongoing war in Gaza remains high. https://t.co/m7LzpEqIbE
Students taking part in an encampment in solidarity with Palestine at the University of Oxford marked two weeks since the start of the Israeli military assault on the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. They also marked two weeks since the start of their encampment at the university https://t.co/fR7XsVIDsB
Harvard students continue their action for Palestine and Gaza. https://t.co/JiCQscVUcz
With a mix of sadness and hope, protesters at the University of Washington dismantled tents and packed up their gear Sunday afternoon. They have until 3 p.m. Monday to clear the area entirely. https://t.co/ie36G5ABES
GW graduates walking out of commencent Sunday in the middle of university president’s speech https://t.co/oCod7AwL9h
Three University of Pennsylvania students who were placed on mandatory temporary leaves of absence because of their involvement in the pro-Palestinian encampment were not allowed to enter a commencement ceremony Sunday, according to multiple students. https://t.co/mb5LFGdH3A
Congratulations to my friend and colleague, Dr. @VinceGrayWard7! This honorary Doctorate from @GWtweets is a well deserved honor for a public servant who has given so much of himself for our city. https://t.co/axIOx0qVv2
The pro-Palestinian encampments at MIT and Harvard are gone, but faculty members, students, alumni, and advocates on either side of the protesters’ cause are fiercely debating the universities’ disciplinary actions. https://t.co/1NnTSe1BVf
George Washington University student activists disrupted the school's commencement ceremony, chanting anti-Israel slogans before walking out and joining a rally. | @zach_kessel https://t.co/IVrRNv7EtL
More than 1,100 undergraduates signed a petition urging Harvard College to overturn its decision to suspend five students and place more than 20 other students on probation for participating in the Harvard Yard encampment. @mnamponsah reports. https://t.co/PsygBMdNHc
Former D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray received an honorary degree from George Washington University Sunday, as commencement celebrations took place and over a hundred graduates walked out, protesting Israel's war on Gaza. https://t.co/QceubyKuAt
More than 100 George Washington University (GW) graduates walked out during Sunday's commencement ceremony, protesting the ongoing war in Gaza and calling on the university to divest from companies supporting Israel's military operations there. https://t.co/rNTz99YdMX
LIVE UPDATES: Several pro-Palestinian students who were put on mandatory leave by the University are being banned from entering the College of Arts and Sciences Graduation Ceremony currently taking place on Franklin Field. Follow our live coverage here: https://t.co/43OX8jLTVn
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Harvard marched to the university president’s home on Sunday to call on the administration to reverse some disciplinary actions they say the university took against students involved in the since-disbanded encampment. https://t.co/bWzasN9ixq
George Washington University held its commencement on the National Mall Sunday amid unprecedented security after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests and counterdemonstrations on campus. https://t.co/sloci7kYPi
Congratulations to my colleague @VinceGrayWard7 on your well deserved Doctor of Public Service earned today from George Washington University @GWtweets! https://t.co/N14meDjdRX
George Washington U grads storm out of graduation ceremony in anti-Israel protest https://t.co/KidG86GiqI
Anti-Israel student protesters disrupted the @GWtweets commencement, accusing university president Ellen Granberg of complicity in "genocide" and calling for a "student-led revolution" and "intifada." Read at @NRO: https://t.co/D4hWteHuov
BREAKING: Harvard students and community members are participating in a "Shut it Down for Palestine" rally. Harvard Encampment students are upset with the university for disciplining two students and feel the deal to end the encampent has been violated. I wouldn't be surprised… https://t.co/UH2JsozurE
The crowd chants “USA” as anti-Israel Boston University students walk out during their graduation. https://t.co/CeGn6WDDra
Anti-Israel students at Boston University just disrupted their graduation ceremony while their peers chanted “USA, USA.” https://t.co/xiJJCdeTqs
Here’s the moment when @GWtweets students began interrupting commencement, captured on video from within the student section. https://t.co/gj3JMS9Co2
Students at @GWtweets, after disrupting the school’s commencement ceremony, chant (in Arabic) “raise, raise, raise the flag of the revolution.” https://t.co/ezEQ0hsw1S
BREAKING: The George Washington University graduation was interrupted by a student walkout. https://t.co/c43vfC3ClV
Students at @GWtweets interrupting the commencement ceremony with Arabic-language chants of “from the water to the water, Palestine is Arab” https://t.co/LfIdETHGNZ
At @GWtweets commencement: students disrupt university president Granberg’s speech and walk out of the ceremony. https://t.co/2znVLu2GUr
College students lament interrupted and canceled commencement ceremonies due to anti-Israel unrest https://t.co/xsoQxyKGzd
Graduating students from the Master of Arts in Arab Studies at Georgetown University in Washington DC walk out of their graduation ceremony in protest of the ongoing genocide in Palestine and the school's complicity. https://t.co/b4JpYRhWJt
Over 30 university encampments across the UK for Palestine and Gaza. Via: @NationalSJP https://t.co/kKGhG2nX7p
🇵🇸 Georgetown University students raise Palestinian flags during their graduation ceremony. https://t.co/L0QKImCek3
Students at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, have set up an encampment named the “Rafah Garden” to protest the genocide in Gaza and raise their demands of disclosure, divestment, and the academic boycott of Israeli occupation. https://t.co/hBz4JsFuTX
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at UCSF’s Parnassus campus disbanded Saturday after being asked by a school administrator to leave, the university confirmed. “Our fight is not over until our demands are met,” encampment organizers wrote on social media. https://t.co/5kTGwGblIL
Protesters marched through center city, demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, marking the anniversary of the 1948 Nakba. @E_B_Neil https://t.co/IMrg6anFOV
BREAKING: A student occupation has sprung up at Drexel University in Philadelphia after a pro-Palestine march earlier today - Philly PD barricades have surrounded the group “for everybody’s safety” reportedly by order of Drexel PD chief https://t.co/Ug2uV5TOA1
Hundreds of people walked through Center City holding signs and Palestinian flags as they made their way to Drexel University where some have set up tents. https://t.co/pGzNh2UcS1
A student coalition that led a 20-day pro-Palestinian encampment at Harvard University accused school leaders on Saturday of violating the agreement that ended the demonstration by imposing discipline that will prevent at least 12 seniors from graduating. https://t.co/EknFn9bO0K
LIVE UPDATES: At least 250 pro-Palestinian protesters have stopped at 33rd and Market streets. Follow our live coverage here: https://t.co/43OX8jLTVn
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at UCSF’s Parnassus campus disbanded Saturday morning after being asked by police to leave the area, the university confirmed. “Our fight is not over until our demands are met,” encampment organizers wrote on social media. https://t.co/V1EWfffH09
Two Harvard graduate students are facing criminal charges and up to 200 days in jail following their involvement in a confrontation with an Israeli student at a pro-Palestine protest at the Harvard Business School in October. @sallyedwards04 reports. https://t.co/G36ps8cKtM
The anti-war encampment on Denver’s Auraria Campus is now empty after pro-Palestine protests first began 23 days ago. https://t.co/kQhSGzG9kx
.@UCSF again removed the student-run Palestine Solidarity Encampment this morning. Police first cleared the encampment this past Monday night, the same day it was established, and returned the next day. Now the protesters say they’re disbanding, per their IG. https://t.co/1wcHHDiSlz