In a powerful display of solidarity, Harvard University professors organized a "study-in" at the Widener Library on Oct. 16, to support

The Harvard professors took issue with the fact that students were disciplined for a silent protest in the Widener Library last month.

At a growing number of institutions, including Brown, student labor organizations allege that administrators’ crackdowns on their pro-Palestine demonstrations violate federal labor law that protects certain types of work-related protest activity.

The student anti-war movement was decisively reanimated in early 2024 as students established encampment after encampment to protest Israel’s genocide in Palestine, demanding divestment, a ceasefire, and an end to Israeli occupation.

Thirty Harvard University professors from different departments gathered at Widener Library on Wednesday The professors gathered in the Loker Reading Room for an hour-long silent “study-in.” The demonstration denounced what the professors called the university’s restrictive free speech policies,