NEW: NYU received a bomb threat tonight that referenced “issues in the Middle East,” per an email that went out tonight.

Police did a sweep & deemed it unsubstantiated.

The email notes “a similar threat…was directed at another university this evening,” but doesn’t say which

“Columbia has become a national spectacle.”

Blistering editorial just dropped from the Columbia student journos:

“President Shafik, you have made it abundantly clear that your priorities lie with Columbia’s image and assets, not with its students.” 👀📰

One Emory PHD student detailing what happened on campus.

'It makes me feel sad, but not just for Emory University, but for the state of America. What the hell is this? It's freedom of speech.'

WATCH: Among those arrested today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University.

I’ve asked for a comment from Emory on this arrest, no word yet.

This video provided to us by an #Emory PHD student. You can hear him in this video. Atlanta News First

“The move came about a year after the state’s deadliest school shooting & was opposed by some of the families whose children survived the attack.”

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It is worth watching this CNN video from the moment Emory Econ Professor Caroline Fohlin came across the violent arrest of a protester on campus and asked the police, with shock, 'What are you doing?' That's all that prompted an officer to hurl her to the ground and handcuff her.

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From the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Stanford today.

Israeli protester to WKCR-FM NY reporter: “whatever you do, make them [Columbia protesters] look really bad.”

Student journo: “we’re not gonna do that-we’re journalists.”

Israeli protesters confront Columbia protesters at the gate, alleging, “Hamas funds you.”

Another person says before departing, “get a one-way ticket to Gaza.”

White nationalists were expected to lead a counter-protest at Columbia tonight… so far I’m seeing far more anti-war/pro-Palestinian protesters… including anti-Zionist Rabbi Dovid Feldman

“Freedom of Palestine does not mean annihilation of the Jews—this is propaganda,” he said

Incredible work from KUT Austin photojournalists who were out yesterday alongside radio reporters covering protests at UT Austin.

This photo from Michael Minasi is so powerful.

kut.org/education/2024…

Before and after the initial Wednesday midnight deadline for negotiations between admin and student organizers, I reported live on the ground at Columbia University’s encampment for CNN and CNN International.

Now, the 48-hour extension on the deadline is set to expire tonight.

44 New York University department chairs and center directors, including me, sent this letter to the university administration today concerning the decision to send NYPD to arrest faculty and students engaged in a peaceful protest on campus. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

“The almost-complete ban on abortions in the state could go into effect as soon as June 8 if the State Legislature does not repeal it, the state’s attorney general said.”

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“Dr. Shafik used part of her roughly hourlong appearance [w the Uni Senate] to acknowledge that the decision to bring in the police had exacerbated the problems. She said she believed, though, that it was necessary for the safety of protesting students.”

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