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NEW YORK -- Pro-Palestinian protesters that had been blocked by police from accessing an encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday broke through fencing, linked arms and encircled tents that remained there and Columbia University canceled its university-wide commencement ceremony after weeks of demonstrations.

Pro-Palestinian protesters broke through barricades to retake their encampment at MIT. Here are updates from Columbia and other universities.

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NEW YORK — Columbia University canceled its large university-wide commencement ceremony Monday following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that have roiled its campus and others across the U.S., but said students

The decision comes as universities around the country are wrangling with how to handle commencements.

This comes after tense interactions with police the day prior on Friday.

Ohio University and Hocking College will host commencement ceremonies on Saturday.

John A. Logan College will hold its 55th Commencement on Friday, May 17 at 5 and 7:30 p.m. in the Donald L. Brewer Gymnasium and Convocation Center on the John A. Logan College Campus in Carterville. ...

Notable names include Governor Maura Healey, filmmaker Ken Burns, and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie.