Protesters storm the Hamilton Hall at Columbia University in New York

Protesters have stormed the Hamilton Hall at Columbia University in New York 4-30-2024Show more

Protesters formed a human chain outside Hamilton Hall, which was occupied after midnight today, as the crowd sang "we shall not be moved."

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Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private, Ivy League, research university in New York City, United States. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, it is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest in the United States

The Palestinian protesters at Columbia smashed into Hamilton Hall and are barricading the doors

Columbia was established as a colonial college by royal charter under George II of Great Britain. It was renamed Columbia College in 1784 following the American Revolution, and in 1787 was placed under a private board of trustees headed by former students Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In 1896, the campus was moved to its current location in Morningside Heights and renamed Columbia University