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The Trust Collaboratory launched “Listening Tables” to promote understanding. But its champions worry about the impact of Columbia’s deal with the federal government on free speech.

Protesters pushed past security to occupy a library reading room, injuring two campus officers and prompting the school to call in the NYPD, officials said.

The prosecutor’s office is weighing whether to move forward with charges against students and others protesting war in Gaza.

Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday continued to blame "outside agitators" for fueling the protests against the Israel-Hamas war.

Students initially said the university was negotiating in bad faith, but tensions may have cooled since then.

Like their peers at Columbia, NYU administrators say outside agitators are adding to the chaos.

Lawmakers issued statements about some of the rhetoric reportedly being used during the demonstrations.

“This school has nominally protective systems for harassment, (but) they're very often trying to protect the university...from bad press, and large financial settlements,” one Columbia graduate student said.

The New Jersey native, who oversees Columbia's sprawling West Harlem expansion effort, was taken into custody on Monday.

Last month, Columbia and New York University said in-person classes could occur as early as the fall with safety measures in place, including reduced density.