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Dozens of University of Chicago faculty are standing with student protestors behind the campus tent encampment for Palestine after a breakdown in communication with administrators and protestors over divestment demands.

Several faculty leaders spoke on the state of negotiations with University administration, expressed disapproval against potential use of police force, and framed the encampment as an embodiment of free expression.

Check back for updates on the events unfolding during UChicago United for Palestine’s encampment on the quad.

Check back for updates on the events unfolding during UChicago United for Palestine’s encampment on the quad.

UChicago United for Palestine (UCUP) launched an encampment on the quad outside of Swift Hall at 10 a.m. on Monday, following in the steps of pro-Palestinian groups at numerous other universities that have set up encampments in recent weeks. This article is being updated as the situation develops. Coverage from days one, two, three, and four of...

Hundreds of University of Chicago students erected a tent encampment on the campus main quad this morning to protest Israel’s war in Gaza, the latest in a wave of protest

Hundreds of University of Chicago students erected a tent encampment on the campus main quad this morning to protest Israel’s war in Gaza, the latest in a wave of protest

Around 100 protestors set up roughly 20 tents outside of the Divinity School at 10 a.m.

The protest comes as a growing number of students at universities across the country have set up tents on campus spaces to protest the war in Gaza.

Hundreds of protesters from the University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia College Chicago and Roosevelt University rallied in support of people living in Gaza.