Columbia University said it made major progress with student protesters overnight.
Columbia's protests over the Israel-Hamas war come amid escalating tensions at college campuses nationwide this week, including NYU and YalePro-Palestinian groups are protesting at colleges and universities across America, an outgrowth of a demonstration that yielded dozens of arrests at Columbia University last week
The groups are against Israeli military action in Gaza; they want the schools to divest from companies that help arm the countryhave committed to dismantling and removing a significant number of tents from the West Lawn, university officials said Wednesday, citing"important progress" in negotiations overnight., facing mounting calls to resign over the burgeoning crisis, issued students a midnight deadline to come up with a plan to disperse the encampment.
Specifics on how these objectives would be met weren't immediately described, nor was it known if Columbia yielded to protesters' demands to any degree. University officials called the latest discussions"constructive" and said the dialogue would continue. They expect to provide further updates in around 48 hours.
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