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Several videos posted on social media showed a chaotic scene as law enforment officers in helmets and reflective jackets scuffled with shouting protesters, some carrying umbrellas. Many of the protesters appeared to link arms forming a barrier as officers moved in.
The school earlier warned students that police have the right to respond.
Students at Emerson, Tufts, and MIT have been camping out since Sunday night, while Harvard students set up an encampment Wednesday in Harvard Yard, and a protest was forming at Northeastern on Thursday.
Yale University, Emerson College and New York University are among the few schools where students are staging encampments calling for divestment from Israel.
Yale University, Emerson College and New York University are among the few schools where students are staging encampments calling for divestment from Israel.