Hours earlier, police burst into a building at Columbia University that pro-Palestinian protesters took over and broke up a demonstration that had paralyzed the school.

Rich Lyons said Cal is working to support Jewish students but does not forbid the expression of pro-Palestinian beliefs.

Rich Lyons is preparing to testify before a U.S. House committee investigating on-campus “antisemitism upheaval and hatred” in a hearing with huge stakes both for Cal and the wider UC system.

University associations are challenging the Trump administration’s campaign of arresting and deporting college faculty and ...