Columbia leadership rebuked by faculty panel for police crackdown on protesters
A group of Muslims stand during a prayer outside Columbia University campus as they gather to support a student protest encampment in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar Columbia's embattled president came under renewed pressure on Friday as a university oversight panel sharply criticized her administration for clamping down on a pro-Palestinian protest, saying the decision ran "contrary to the norms and traditions" of the Ivy League school.