There were protests, arrests, the departure of the school’s president. Then, a new administration arrived in Washington.

President Trump defends the arrest and planned deportation of a man who is in the United States legally and is accused of no crime. Yet he pardoned many hundreds of people who actually did commit crimes on Jan.

Humanities professors clash with scientists over the handling of campus protests.

A U.S. judge on Wednesday extended his order blocking federal authorities from deporting a detained Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil.

The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and legal permanent resident of the U.S. who has played a prominent role in the Gaza protests at Columbia University, has alarmed civil rights groups.

President Donald Trump has said the arrest of a Columbia University graduate for taking part in pro-Palestinian protests was “the first of many to come”, stoking fears of a clampdown on free speech and campus-based activism across the country.