Columbia Tentatively Agrees to Settle Campus Antisemitism Suit

Columbia University reached a preliminary settlement with a student who alleged the school failed to keep students safe from antisemitic harassment, according to a court filing.

The proposed class action complaint—seeking campus safety measures and damages from the school—was filed last month amid a wave of pro-Palestine protests on college campuses. More than 100 demonstrators were arrested on Columbia’s campus as the New York Police Department broke up the protests.

Judge Analisa Torres, of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, said in a Tuesday order that the parties have an “agreement in principle” ...