Palestinian student demonstrators occupied a building at Barnard College’s Manhattan campus Wednesday, clashing with staff and sending one employee to the hospital, the school said. The demonstration,

Protests continued Thursday at Barnard College-Columbia University in New York City following the announcement of the expulsion of two students who disrupted a class on the history of modern Israel.

Administrators at New York City’s Barnard College are squaring off against student protesters for the first time since the Trump administration intensified scrutiny over the response to antisemitism on American campuses.

Pro-Palestinian protesters assaulted an employee in a forced takeover of Milbank Hall at Barnard College late Wednesday as administrators warned additional steps may be needed to end the protest,

A pro-Palestinian sit-in at Barnard College turned violent, prompting the Columbia affiliate to lock down campus.

The demonstrators, who were protesting the expulsions of two students, assaulted a campus employee, sending the worker to the hospital, a Barnard College spokeswoman said.

A group of student protesters have occupied a building on the campus of Barnard College, reportedly in opposition to the expulsion of two students who handed out flyers inside a Columbia University lecture.