The campus encampments
Protests over Gaza spread across American universities and are cleared by police.
- When
- Known to
- ± 12 hours
- Era
- Contemporary, Holocene
- Where
- New York City, United States · 40.8075° N, 73.9626° W
Beginning at Columbia on 17 April 2024, encampments appeared on more than a hundred campuses and around the world. Over 3,000 people were arrested, several universities cancelled graduations, and the presidents of Columbia, Harvard and Penn resigned within months. The confrontation over where protest ends and harassment begins reshaped university governance and federal funding into 2025.