Students celebrated after days of protests against the closure decree that would have shut Bilgi University mid-year. Students at Istanbul’s Bilgi University celebrated after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reversed a decision to shut down the institution following days of protests and a police crackdown. Published On 26 May 202626 May 2026 Click here to share … Read more
NewsFeed Afghan students have described the moment a missile hit their university. Officials blame Pakistan for Monday’s attack on Kunar Province which killed at least seven people. Pakistan denies responsibility, but in prior attacks has accused Taliban leaders of harbouring anti-Pakistan fighters. Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026 Click here to share on social … Read more
NewsFeed Aerial footage shows a crowd protesting at Columbia University after Department of Homeland Security agents entered campus housing and detained a student while searching for a “missing person.” Acting President Claire Shipman said agents misrepresented themselves to gain entry without a warrant. Published On 26 Feb 202626 Feb 2026 Click here to share on … Read more
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Hope you like cats! There are more than 1,000 of them on this campus. About 1,200 actually, although it’s impossible for the staff to count them all because … cats. About 30 years ago, … Read more
Those on campus were advised to ‘run, hide, fight’ as police responded to an active shooter situation near the CDC. Police in the United States have responded to an active shooting incident on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, that injured one officer and resulted in the suspect’s death. In an alert sent … Read more
An unknown number of Columbia students were suspended from campus, expelled or had their degrees revoked. New York’s Columbia University said it has handed down punishments to pro-Palestine student protesters who occupied a university building last year during a pro-Palestine demonstration. Punishments range from multi-year suspensions to expulsions, and revocation of student degrees, the university … Read more
This article was originally published in Farsi Amnesty Iran called for the immediate and unconditional release of the student who reportedly stripped down in protest against the university’s strict dress code law. ADVERTISEMENT An Iranian woman has been arrested after she stripped partially naked on a university campus, reportedly in protest against the strict dress code … Read more
Jacob Beacher vandalised property at the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University during Eid al-Fitr holiday. A man in the United States has pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime after breaking into an Islamic student centre at a university in the state of New Jersey. Jacob Beacher, 24, broke into the Center for … Read more
Dhaka University is full again, weeks after authorities shuttered the campus following deadly antigovernment demonstrations. Students have returned to classes at Bangladesh’s Dhaka University, after a weeks-long shutdown sparked by a student-led uprising that toppled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Tens of thousands had demonstrated on the campus and in the surrounding Shahbagh neighbourhood as … Read more
Police in the United States have taken back a lecture hall from pro-Palestinian protesters who for hours occupied the building at the University of California, Irvine, and then cleared a student encampment that stood for more than two weeks. Officers from about 10 law enforcement agencies converged on the campus on Wednesday after university officials … Read more