A small group of pro-Palestinian student demonstrators occupied a building at Barnard College’s Manhattan campus Wednesday, clashing with staff and sending one employee to the hospital.

Protests continued Thursday at Barnard College-Columbia University in New York City following the announcement of the expulsion of two students who disrupted a class on the history of modern Israel.

Administrators at New York City’s Barnard College are squaring off against student protesters for the first time since the Trump administration intensified scrutiny over the response to antisemitism on American campuses.