Columbia University protesters who stormed Hamilton Hall during the nationwide pro-Palestinian protests last spring have been expelled, suspended, or had their degrees revoked. The Columbia University Judicial Board announced the consequences on Thursday.

The university’s escalation in disciplinary action comes as campus tensions are at a recent high following the detention of Mahmoud Khalil.

Columbia University has handed down severe disciplinary measures to students involved in last spring’s takeover of Hamilton Hall during pro-Palestinian protests, expelling some, suspending others for years,

In a campus-wide email sent Thursday, the university said its judicial board had issued its sanctions against dozens of students who occupied Hamilton Hall based on its “evaluation of the severity of behaviors.

Columbia University has taken action against students who participated in a pro-Palestinian protest last spring and took over a campus building. The school suspended and expelled some students who participated in occupying Hamilton Hall in a move that escalated last year's campus protests.

Columbia has punished students who entered the school’s Hamilton Hall, renaming it “Hind’s Hall” after a Palestinian child, last April. Columbia’s punishments come as the Trump administration is