On May 7, protests spread across Europe with mass arrests in the Netherlands, and five days later, 20 encampments had been established in the United Kingdom and across universities in Australia and Canada.

Campus police announced several people were arrested "for setting up unauthorized encampment, in violation of university policy and the ABOR Student Code of Conduct.

[39] On April 25, members of the University of Arkansas Students for Justice in Palestine organization delivered a letter to the school's administration, calling for action in response to the war.

[63][64] A letter signed by 300 Yale faculty stated the decision to charge the students "contradicts the institution's commitment to uphold free assembly, speech and expression".

[121] On April 29, Northwestern made an agreement with the protestors, in which most tents would be dismantled in exchange for the reestablishment of an Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility and increased inclusivity efforts on campus.

[135] On June 1, dozens of graduates walked out of the commencement ceremony at University of Chicago to protest the withholding of diplomas from four students involved in the solidarity encampment.

On April 25, US Senator Todd Young was being interviewed by Purdue University president Mung Chiang on campus when the event was interrupted by demonstrators.

[165] The following Monday the organisations held a city-wide rally on Freret Street, which led to an encampment being set up in front of Tulane University's Gibson Hall.

[175] On February 6, 2025, about 50 students with the SJP chapter at Bowdoin College occupied the Smith Union building to call for administrators to adopt a BDS policy.

[4] Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology launched the "Scientists Against Genocide" encampment on on the evening of April 21, 2024; protestors demanded that MIT cut research ties with the IDF.

[193][194] On the evening of April 21, 2024, students at Emerson College set up an encampment in the Boylston Place alleyway in solidarity with those arrested in similar protests.

[196] During the night of April 24, about 108 people were arrested at the protest with video showing officers forcefully moving through the crowd and throwing protestors on the ground, who had linked arms and used umbrellas to resist.

"[201][202] A video circulating on social media later showed a counter-protestor holding an Israeli flag had attempted to provoke a response by yelling "kill the Jews.

An SDS representative claimed that the building was chosen due to its prior history, having been occupied by black students in 1969 as part of the civil rights movement.

[302] One Cornell student was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for posting threats to shoot and stab Jewish people" online, which his lawyer claimed were meant to produce sympathy for Israelis.

[303] A group called "The New School's Students for Justice in Palestine" established a solidarity encampment inside the University Center building on April 21.

[338] Eight CUNY law students filed a lawsuit against the school relating to policy changes at their commencement ceremony on May 23 alleging violation of free speech rights.

In a statement to The Cornell Daily Sun, a person claiming to represent the perpetrators said "we had to accept that the only way to make ourselves heard is by targeting the only thing the university administration truly cares about: property".

[344] On September 19, student protesters shut down a career fair at Cornell because it was attended by representatives from defense contractors Boeing and L3Harris for aiding "war crimes and genocide" in Israel.

The first encampment was dismantled when university president Minouche Shafik authorized the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to enter the campus on April 18 and conduct mass arrests.

[380] A series of protests at Ohio State University by pro-Palestinian demonstrators occurred on-campus in response to the Israel-Palestine conflict beginning on October 7, 2023.

Their demands were to drop charges against 41 students who took part in a sit-in last December and that the university divest from "companies enabling and profiting from Israel's military occupation of Palestinian territory.

[459] A large student and faculty Pro-Palestinian protest occurred on April 24, 2024, demanding a ceasefire in the Gaza war and that the university divest from companies profiting from Israel's actions.

[197] On April 25, 2024, more than 1,000 students, faculty, and staff protested outside of the Main Building calling for President Hartzell's resignation, along with the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors circulating a petition for an official motion of no-confidence against him.

[476][477] Within 72 hours, more than 500 professors and instructors, around 13% of all faculty, had already signed the petition, including several department chairs, such as Diana Marculescu, and a dean for the College of Liberal Arts.

[479] An separate group of 165 faculty, including Steve Vladeck, also signed an open letter condemning President Hartzell's actions for quelling free speech and endangering the campus community.

Subsequently, APD and Texas DPS officers arrived at the scene and surrounded the encampment, leading to its dismantling, and the arrest of several protestors.

Several protestors then moved to confront the police to block their departure and further, leading to the usage of pepper spray and stun grenades by law enforcement.

[485] Travis County Attorney Delia Garza further stated that the way that the university handled the protests put a strain on the local criminal justice system, specifically reprimanding the sending of protestors to jail for low-level charges.

[521] On April 25, students at Whitman College held a walk-out and protest at Ankeny Field, placing 340 white flags for Palestinians killed since October 7.