Year,School,IPEDS ID,Database,Target,Controversy Explanation,Outcome,Public Response,Rankings Impact,Penalty,Bonus,Decay,Adjusted Bonus/Penalty
2024,"University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa",100751,Scholars Under Fire,Jennifer Collins,"Collins, a professor of American Studies at the university and an instructor in the university's College of Communication, posted a controversial comment on her personal Facebook page regarding an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. She suggested the incident was staged and added that Trump ""had it coming,"" referencing lyrics from the musical Chicago. Following media coverage of her post, Collins' profile was removed from the university's website, and the university confirmed she was no longer employed there. The university did not specify whether her departure was a direct result of the Facebook post or if her contract had ended prior to the incident. FIREintervened, asserting that Collins' comments were protected under the First Amendment, which safeguards rhetorical hyperbole and criticism of public figures. FIREurged the university to reinstate her. In response, the university stated that Collins was an adjunct instructor whose contract had expired before the Facebook post.",Terminated,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,"University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa",100751,FIREUnder Fire,Young Americans for Freedom,"Administrators denied Young Americans for Freedom's renewal application after the group refused to use required language in its constitution. The university required all student groups to include a nondiscrimination statement in their constitution, which included specific reference to ""gender identity,"" ""gender expression,"" and ""sexual identity."" Not wishing to validate ""gender ideology,"" the group email the University President along with the Attorney General to complain about the requirement. The university would ultimately grant the group an exception, allowing them to exclude these terms from their constitution, leading to a student protest.",Deny/Rescind Recognition,None.,Penalty,-3,0,0,-3
2023,Arizona State University,104151,Deplatforming,Rashida Tlaib,"Jewish students organized an email campaign asking the university president to uninvite Tlaib because of Tlaib's views on Israel. The university canceled Tlaib's talk, claiming organizers didn't meet university requirements for crowd management, parking, security, and insurance. Organizers claimed the administrative objections were a pretext for canceling the talk.",Revoked,"Disingenuous, Appeased Protesters. 

A university spokesperson said ""[The event] was planned and produced by groups not affiliated with ASU and was organized outside of ASU policies and procedures.""
",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,Arizona State University,104151,FIREUnder Fire,Mecha,The administration suspended Mecha for a social media post wherein the student group refused to condemn the actions of Hamas and called for the death of various groups they saw as objectionable colonizers.,Suspended,"Neutral.

A university spokesperson said: ""Student organizations are subject to the Student Code of Conduct to the same extent as students.""",Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2025,Arizona State University,104151,FIREUnder Fire,College Republicans United,"Multiple student groups and elected officials called upon the university to take action against College Republicans United (CRU) for a social media post announcing plans to encourage students to report classmates to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). CRU's announcement led to multiple student organizations to demand administrative intervention. Additionally, numerous Arizona House Democrats and other officials contacted the university demanding the group be investigated and have its registered status revoked. Although Reps. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) and Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) claimed the university was investigating the matter, ASU made no such announcement.",No Sanction,"Honors.

""Encouraging ASU students to make indiscriminate complaints to law enforcement about fellow students is not in keeping with the principles which underlie our academic community. We are here to teach and learn — not to engage in self-aggrandizing conduct meant solely to generate as much media attention and controversy as possible. But we must also recognize that we live in a country that protects individual free speech, even speech that is hurtful. The Dean of FIREand ASU Police are available to assist any student who is threatened or harassed."" - Spokesperson",Bonus,1,0,0,1
2023,Northern Arizona University,105330,Deplatforming,Charlie Kirk,"FIREprotested Kirk's appearance on campus, bringing noisemakers to Kirk's booth on campus, where he was holding an open debate. Protesters objected to Kirk's support for former President Donald Trump and Kirk's views on transgender rights. At the event, Kirk could not be heard over shouting and heckling. ",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,"University of California, Berkeley",110635,Deplatforming,Carol Christ/Condoleezza Rice,,Attempted Disruption,None.,Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2024,"University of California, Berkeley",110635,Deplatforming,Ran Bar-Yoshafat,"Rice and university chancellor Christ were discussing ""Free Speech in Higher Education"" at a campus event when members of the San Francisco Bay Area CODEPINK chapter, alumni, and students began voicing objections to Rice's role in the Bush admnistration and the second Iraq War, and to her leadership of the Hovver Institution at Stanford because she was enabling the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Event staff threatened each audience member who interrupted Rice and Christ with detainment and escorted them out of the building. Rice and Christ finished their remarks.",Substantial Event Disruption,"Neutral. 

The university's chancellor, vice chancellor, and provost addressed the campus community: ""We are committed to responding to violations of our ""Time, Place, and Manner"" rules. We deeply respect the right to protest as intrinsic to the values of a democracy and an institution of higher education. Yet, we cannot ignore protest activity that interferes with the rights of others to hear and/or express perspectives of their choosing. We cannot allow the use or threat of force to violate the First Amendment rights of a speaker, no matter how much we might disagree with their views. We cannot allow the use or threat of force to imperil members of our community and deny them the ability to feel safe and welcome on our campus. We cannot cede our values to those willing to engage in transgressive behavior ... The attack on the building, and on the event, was an attack on the fundamental values of the university, which are also essential to maintain and nurture open inquiry and an inclusive civil society, the bedrock of a genuinely democratic nation. We are now, and will remain in the future, committed to Free Speech as essential to our educational mission, our institutional identity, and the strength of our community. We hope for your support as we seek to protect and preserve our Principles of Community.""",Penalty,-5,0,1,-4
2024,"University of California, Berkeley",110635,Deplatforming,Simcha Rothman/Joshua Kleinfeld,"The law school chapter of the Federalist Society invited Rothman, a member of Israel's parliament, and Kleinfeld to speak on campus at an event titled Restoring Democracy: The Debate Over Judicial Reform in Israel. Before the event started, UnXeptable, a group of Israeli expats, began shouting at Rothman and arguing with him in Hebrew over his support for a bill that would give the Knesset more oversight of Israel’s judicial system. Then when the event began, pro-Palestinian protesters began shouting at Rothman and also began louldy arguing with the members of UnXetable. Security removed Rothman from the auditorium and those in attendance were informed that he would answer questions via Zoom. ",Substantial Event Disruption,"Honors.

Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky strongly condemned the actions of the protesters in an email to law school students, faculty and staff:

“What occurred today in the Law School is unacceptable in an academic community,” Chemerinsky wrote of Tuesday’s event. “We must be a place where all ideas and views can be expressed. There is no right to disrupt a speaker.”

Chemerinsky said that if any students participated in the disruption, they would face “disciplinary proceedings.”",Penalty,-3,1,1,-1
2022,"University of California, Davis",110644,Deplatforming,Stephen Davis,Davis' Turning Point USA-sponsored talk was canceled by student organizers after fights broke out outside the event venue. Administrators escorted student organizers and Davis from the building.,Substantial Event Disruption,"Disingenuous. 

The university media department released a statement after the event which read in part: ""It is unfortunate that the event could not proceed as planned. As a public institution, UC Davis values and supports freedom of expression as rights guaranteed to every citizen. When the students agreed to cancel the event, UC Davis Student Affairs staff successfully evacuated the students and speaker from the building. . . .As a public university, we are committed to the First Amendment, and we are required to uphold it. We affirm the right of our students . . . to invite speakers to our campus, just as we affirm the right of others to protest speakers whose views they find upsetting or offensive. . . .[But c]alls for harm to others or acts of violence are not protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.""",Penalty,-5,0,3,-2
2023,"University of California, Davis",110644,Deplatforming,Charlie Kirk,"FIREand off-campus groups protested Kirk's talk because of his right-wing views. Protesters banged on doors, smashed windows, blocked entrances, and used pepper spray in an attempt to keep people from attending the event. One police officer was injured and several protesters were arrested. The event continued without further disruption.",Substantial Event Disruption,"Appeased Protesters, Condemned Content of Expression. 

The university chancellor stated: “UC Davis stands with our transgender and non-binary Aggies in opposition to this hateful and divisive messaging.” ",Penalty,-5,0,2,-3
2025,"University of California, Davis",110644,FIREUnder Fire,Pro-Israel Law Student Groups,"The Law Student Association passed a resolution resolving that it ""will not approve funding requests for events with speakers who represent the Israeli government... or voluntarily represent Israeli academic institutions that are complicit in occupation and genocide."" Ultimately the administration would dissolve LSA and take control over funding decisions.",Student Government,"Neutral.

University spokesperson Bill Kisliuk said that LSA “knowingly violated” school policy that requires student government organizations to support activities on a “viewpoint-neutral” basis, adding that “[m]embers of the campus community may peacefully exercise their constitutional right of free expression, yet the university cannot allow disregard or violation of state or federal law and university policy.""",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,"University of California, Davis",110644,FIREUnder Fire,Law FIREAssociation,"The university dissolved the Law Student Association after it had passed a resolution resolving that it ""will not approve funding requests for events with speakers who represent the Israeli government... or voluntarily represent Israeli academic institutions that are complicit in occupation and genocide."" The decision to dissolve the group came after off-campus advocacy group Israel War Room launched a petition calling for such action.",Deny/Rescind Recognition,"Neutral.

University spokesperson Bill Kisliuk said that LSA “knowingly violated” school policy that requires student government organizations to support activities on a “viewpoint-neutral” basis, adding that “[m]embers of the campus community may peacefully exercise their constitutional right of free expression, yet the university cannot allow disregard or violation of state or federal law and university policy.""",Penalty,-3,0,0,-3
2023,"University of California, Los Angeles",110662,Scholars Under Fire,Yoel Inbar,"Inbar, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, was a candidate for a faculty position at the university when he faced opposition from graduate students and faculty members. The controversy arose over past comments he made on a 2018 podcast, where he expressed skepticism about some diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Critics interpreted his remarks as dismissive of DEI efforts, leading to significant pushback against his hiring. There were strong calls from unversity graduate students and some faculty to reject his appointment based on these past statements. Although the university did not formally investigate or sanction Inbar (as he was not yet an employee), the pressure campaign against him was ultimately successful—his candidacy was rejected, and he was not hired by the university.",Terminated,None.,Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,"University of California, Los Angeles",110662,Deplatforming,Helena Hansen,"Hansen, a psychiatrist an anthropologist who is a a professor and Chair of Translational Social Science at the university known for her work examining the intersections of race, capitalism, and the opioid epidemic, was scheduled to deliver a lecture titled ""Beyond Magic Bullets: Whiteness as a Structural Driver of the Opioid Crisis"" to the university's Medical School. The talk was also scheduled to be broadcast via Zoom. Two days before the scheduled lecture, the university Medical School announced changes: the lecture's title was altered to ""BioSocial Futures: Toward a Symbiotic, Community Ecology of Health."" Additionally, UCLA restricted attendance to in-person only, removed the Zoom option, and prohibited any recording—despite the event initially being open to a broader audience. Hansen delivered the lecture to those in attendance.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,"University of California, Los Angeles",110662,Deplatforming,Robert Spencer,"Spencer was invited to campus by the UCLA Young Americans for Freedom chapter to appear at a pro-Israel event. Spencer's appearance was opposed by pro-Palestinian protesters and the university initially told UCLA YAF that its request to host Spencer on campus ""would be too dangerous"" because he holds views counter to the protesters on campus who had established an encampment to protest Israeli military action in Gaza. The administration later informed the UCLA YAF chairman that ""there is no timeframe"" for approving the request. UCLA YAF attempted to still hold the event but found the doors of their requested venue, the Bruin Viewpoint Room, locked. After contacting administrators, UCLA YAF toldthat the event could not be held at the requested venue, and needed to be moved to a low-traffic, remote location. Because the relocation of the event ""would have significantly impacteed the event's attendance and impact,"" UCLA YAF say they did not hold the event. The administration disputes YAF's account and insists that the event took place.",Substantial Event Disruption,"Neutral.

The university's vice chancellor of strategic communications said in a comment to The College Fix: ""There is misinformation circulating that the Young America’s Foundation event at UCLA on Wednesday evening was canceled by the university. This is incorrect. The event took place in the designated location after it shifted to a closed, recorded event as proposed by the organizer and agreed to by UCLA.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,"University of California, Los Angeles",110662,Deplatforming,Tzipi Livni,"The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies invited Livni, an Israeli politician and lawyer, to speak at an event titled ""Israel and the Middle East after the October 7 Massacre: Threats, Challenges, and Hopes."" FIREfor Justice in Palestine at UCLA organized protests of the event, accusing Livni of being a ""war criminal,"" and Livni's talk was moved online to Zoom due to fears it could be disrupted if held in-person. Livni spoke online successfully.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,"University of California, Los Angeles",110662,Scholars Under Fire,Randall Kuhn,"Kuhn, a professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the university, was scheduled to oversee the teaching of a student-led course foucsed on public health issues in Palestine. Although the department's curriculum review committee had unanimously approved the course, the school's Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee later reviewed and subsequently canceled it, citing violations of the university's Academic Senate regulations. Specifically, concerns were raised that only instructors of record are permitted to assign grades and that student instructors must receive salaries. Kuhn and the student instructors contested these reasons, noting that graduate students had previously taught courses on topics such as the 2014 Ferguson protests and immigration policies during President Trump's administration without issue. They argued that the cancellation was inconsistent with past practices and undermined graduate students' teaching opportunities.",Censored,"Neutral.

A School of Public Health spokesperson said in an emailed statement that ""schoolwide committees found it had breached UCLA Academic Senate regulations.""",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,"University of California, Los Angeles",110662,FIREUnder Fire,Kyle Jeong,"In a post on X, Jeong shared an alleged email from an administrator accusing him of violating UCLA's trademarks when he created and shared a dashboard tracking the California wildfires under the domain name uclafire.org. Jeong would ultimately change the domain name.",Censored,None.,Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,Claremont McKenna College,112260,Deplatforming,Salman Rushdie,"Rushdie, an author whose 1988 novel The Satanic Verses prompted a fatwa against him, was invited by the college to deliver a commencement address. Rushdie's recent comments equating pro-Palestinian campus protests to support for a “fascist terrorist group” led to a concerted campaign by the college’s Muslim Student Association and local Muslim advocacy groups to rescind his invitation. the MSA issued a statement calling Rushdie’s selection “disrespectful” and “out of line with the college’s commitment to inclusion,” and shortly thereafter the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations publicly urged CMC leadership to address these student concerns in good faith. In response, Rushdie withdrew from giving his commencement speech.",Withdrew,"Honors.

In a statement to the campus community the college's president said: “I write with news that Sir Salman Rushdie notified us yesterday of his decision to withdraw as our keynote commencement speaker. This decision was his alone and completely beyond our control. We remain steadfast in our commitment to Sir Salman’s visit to CMC and have extended an open invitation to him to speak on our campus in the future. As we approach commencement this weekend, more than anything else, we are excited to celebrate our distinguished Class of 2025.”",None,-1,1,0,0
2024,Harvey Mudd College,115409,Deplatforming,State of the College Address,"During alumni weekend activities pro-Palestinian protesters, including alumni and current students, interrupted the Alumni Music and Food Festival by disconnecting the power during one of the musical performances. The protesters then took over the stage and refused to allow any performances to continue.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,Pitzer College,121257,Deplatforming,Alumni Music and Food Festival,"During alumni weekend activities pro-Palestinian protesters, including alumni and current students, interrupted the Alumni Music and Food Festival by disconnecting the power during one of the musical performances. The protesters then took over the stage and refused to allow any performances to continue. All the university did was glibly say what the protestors did was impolite and threaten possible enforecement of university policies policies in the future.",Substantial Event Disruption,"Disingenous

In a letter to the campus community the college's vice president said: Protestors disconnected the power and took over the stage in the middle of a musical performance by an alumni band, refusing to let any performances continue. This, along with a blatant act of vandalism committed on College property, directly violated the demonstration policy. It was disrespectful to the artists, staff, vendors, and others who were unable to perform, work, or operate as planned. The inability to share their creative arts and expression deprived our community of an important educational opportunity. These actions also negatively impacted the livelihoods of external vendors who were unable to sell their products.

While activities around the encampment have remained peaceful, it (and those who established and occupy it) do not comply with multiple College and residential living policies. The encampment is also in conflict with the College’s reservation system, which requires individuals and groups to reserve space on campus for events. The tents located on the Commencement Plaza occupy an area that was already reserved through that system. It was cordoned off by the Facilities Department to set up for Commencement activities next week.

As of now, the College has not enforced the referenced policies so that we can support our students in demonstrating peacefully. Unfortunately, some protestors have repeatedly and negatively impacted others in our community and hindered the College’s ability to operate without disruption.",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,Pomona College,121345,Deplatforming,A History of Activism at Pomona College,"During alumni weekend activities activists and alumni affiliated with Pomona Divest from Apartheid formed a blockade and construted an ""apartheid wall"" to prevent the annual parade of classes from beginning. Protesters chanted “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” and “Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest.” The parade began, but protesters then moved to prevent it from proceeding and after a negotation between the parade organizers and the protesters, the parade was halted. A panel discussion, titled ""A History of Activism at Pomona College,"" that was scheduled to begin after the parade was canceled.",Revoked,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,San Jose State University,122755,Deplatforming,Jeffrey Blutinger,"FIREcalled for Blutinger's, a Jewish professor at California State - Long Beach, talk to be canceled. The event was not canceled, but it was relocated from its original location. On the day of the event student protesters blocked entrances and chanted that ""Zionists are not welcome"" on campus. About 20 minutes into Blutinger's speech shoving started between protesters and police in the hallway outside the room where he was speaking and Blutinger was escorted off-campus by police for his saftey.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-5,0,1,-4
2024,University of Southern California,123961,Deplatforming,Asna Tabassum,"The university administration canceled Tabassum's, the valedictorian of the graduating class, commencement speech because of ""substantial risks relating to security and disruption at commencement."" There is no evidence that the university received any threats or took any steps to secure the event short of canceling Tabassum's speech, and the cancellation of the speech appears to be motivated by Tabassum's social media posts critical of Israel.",Revoked,"Disingenuous.

The Annenberg School released a statement: “We recognize and understand that the USC Armenian ��֭����’ Association has objections to this event. The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism believes that the freedom to express one’s views are at the foundation of what it means to be part of a research university. These freedoms are outlined within the USC Policy on Free Speech, and apply to all members of our community. We sometimes profoundly disagree with statements of faculty, invited speakers, or other students; such disagreement and critical analysis occur regularly at our university, and we are committed to ensuring that our environment encourages and protects robust debate and inquiry.”
",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,University of Southern California,123961,Deplatforming,Jon Chu/Billie Jean King/Maria Rosario Jackson/Marcia McNutt,"After the decision by the university to cancel Asna Tabassum's (the graduating class' valedictorian) speech at commencement because of ""substantial risks relating to security and disruption at commencement"" resulted in student and faculty backlash, the university canceled all commenment speakers. ",Revoked,"Disingenuous.

""To keep the focus on our graduates, we are redesigning the commencement program. Given the highly publicized circumstances surrounding our main-stage commencement program, university leadership has decided it is best to release our outside speakers and honorees from attending this year’s ceremony. We’ve been talking to this exceptional group and hope to confer these honorary degrees at a future commencement or other academic ceremonies.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,University of Southern California,123961,FIREUnder Fire,Three Unnamed ��֭����,"Three unnamed students was summoned to a meeting with the dean and accused of intimidating 11 students who stood accused of ""potential discrimination."" Multiple incidents involving 11 unnamed students at the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance were reported to administrators and investigated as possible discriminatory harassment, including five freshman who allegedly encouraged one another to repeat racial slurs to black students. After several community meetings about alleged acts of racism, an unnamed student sent a message in a student-run group chat (seeming including at least some of the 11 students under investigation), writing that ""[i]f I imagine myself in a situation where someone had expressed that they felt uncomfortable dancing with me, I think I would self-reflect and ask myself why."" This student, and two others who supported and replied to the comment, were each summoned into a meeting by the dean, who claimed their messages constituted intimidation against the 11 accused students.",Investigated,None.,Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2024,University of Denver,127060,Deplatforming,Erin Lee/Kevin Lundberg,"Lee and Lundberg, a former politician, were invited to campus by the school's Turning Point USA chapter to screen their film ""Art Club"" that is critical of gender transitioning, and then participate in a Q&A session afterwards. Prior to their appearance on campus, students started a petition opposing the screening and Q&A. The petition garnered over 600 signatures. Many student attendees chanted pro-transgender slogans, beat their fists on tables, held up protest signs, and shouted over the audio of the film during the screening. Student protesters outside the room also made it difficult for attendees to hear the audio of the film or the speakers remarks. Lee and Lundberg were escorted off-campus by security at the conclusion of the event.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,University of Connecticut,129020,Deplatforming,"Kevan ""K-Von"" Moezzi","The campus chapter of Turning Point USA invited Moezzi to campus to perform his comedy act. About three hours before the show was scheduled to start Moezzi was informed by a campus administrator that it was canceled because the performance contract was null and void because of receiving ""incorrect information"" and not being informed about who was performing at the comedy show. Moezzi performed his set off-campus.",Revoked,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,Georgetown University,131496,Deplatforming,Brandon Straka/Gothix/Natalie Beisner/Shemeka Michelle,"Straka was scheduled to appear (with Gothix, Natlie Beisner, and Shemeka Michelle) at an even hosted by the Georgetown College Republicans. Several days prior to the event school administrators informed the College Republicans and the speakers that an additional security fee of $4,000 was required to hold the event. Administrators also informed the speakers that the first four rows of the auditorium would be roped off so no one in attendance could be near them. The speakers agreed to the administration's requests. A few days later the speakers were notified that the event had been canceled because there wasn't sufficient time to deal with security concerns.",Revoked,"Neutral.

In a statement the university law center's director of media relations said: ""The student organizers have the right to invite anyone they wish, consistent with the university’s published speech and expression policies. As with all student organization events in which we play no direct sponsorship role, the choice of speaker or their remarks does not reflect or constitute university endorsement.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,Georgetown University,131496,Deplatforming,Rudy Rochman,"Georgetown Law Zionists invited Rochman, an Israeli Defense Force reservist, to speak at a campus event titled ""The Intersections of Judaism and Zionism."" Pro-Palestinian groups wrote to the dean of the law school opposing Rochman's invitation and calling on the university to denounce the event. About five minutes into Rochman's talk about a dozen protesters from Georgetown Law FIREfor Justice in Palestine stood up in an aisle on one side and the room holding signs that said ""IDF Off Campus."" A little over 10 minutes later the protesters walked out of the event, joining other protesters outside in loud chants that were audible inside the event space. Rochman completed his speech successfully.",Attempted Disruption,None.,Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2025,Georgetown University,131496,Deplatforming,Ribhi Karajah,"Karajah, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and who spent three and half years in prison for his involvement in a roadside bombing that killed a 17-year old Israeli girl and injured her father and brother, was invited to speak on campus by the university's FIREfor Justice in Palestine chapter. Two days before the talk was scheduled to take place, the university asked FIREfor Justice in Palestine to postpone it so the university ""could conduct a thorough investigation into serious safety and security concerns that had arisen in connection with the event."" Karajah's talk was postponed and has not yet been rescheduled. After the postponement, The Lawfare Project, a legal advocacy group that supports students who face antisemitism on campus, called on the university to cancel the event entirely.",Postponed,None.,Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2024,Howard University,131520,Deplatforming,Dwain N. Esmond,"Esmond was invited to be the keynote speaker at a graduation ceremony for nursing students. After the venue for the ceremony reached capacity, school administrators locked the doors of the auditorium. During Esmond's remarks, dozens of people locked out of the ceremony pounded on the doors chanting ""Let us in!"" A window was smashed. Administrators then informed students and their guiests that ""because of the size of the room and because our relatives sometimes do not know how to act, the fire department is now here to shut us down."" Washington DC Fire and EMS denied shutting down the event and said that they had responded to a medical incident called in by the campus police. The ceremony did not resume.",Substantial Event Disruption,"Disingenuous.

University administrators at the event told those in attendance: ""Because of the size of the room and because our relatives sometimes do not know how to act, the fire department is now here to shut us down.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2021,University of Central Florida,132903,Scholars Under Fire,Charles Negy,"Negy, a professor of psychology at the university, became the center of controversy following tweets that questioned the concept of systemic racism and suggested the existence of ""Black privilege."" These remarks led to widespread calls from students and alumni for his termination, with a petition demanding his dismissal garnering over 26,000 signatures. In response to the public outcry, the university initiated an investigation into Negy's conduct, focusing on allegations of creating a hostile classroom environment and other misconduct. This investigation culminated in his termination in January 2021. However, in May 2022, an arbitrator ruled that the university had not provided just cause for his dismissal, leading to Negy's reinstatement with back pay and benefits.",Terminated,"Condemned Speaker, Appeased Protesters.

In a joint statement, the university president and other administrators said: ""At a time when so many of our community members are hurting, we are disgusted by the racist posts one of our faculty members has shared on his personal Twitter account. Many of Associate Professor Charles Negy’s online comments run completely counter to our university’s core values of diversity and inclusion, and we condemn them in the strongest terms ... At all times, we uphold the principles of academic freedom, but we have a responsibility to denounce intolerance. Racism is an undeniable reality across our society, and people of color frequently experience overt and covert racism. That is why Negy’s words are not only wrong, but particularly painful.""",Penalty,-5,0,4,-1
2025,Florida State University,134097,Deplatforming,Charlie Kirk,"The university chapter of Turning Point USA invited Kirk to campus as part of his ""American Comeback Tour."" Several student organizations, including the Tallahassee FIREfor a Democratic Society (SDS) and the FSU chapter of the NAACP, opposed Kirk's presence due to his past statements, which they viewed as intolerant toward marginalized communities. The NAACP expressed concerns to the university that Kirk's rhetoric could create a hostile environment for Black and LGBTQ+ students, urging the university to denounce hate speech and reaffirm its commitment to diversity and inclusion. Kirk spoke on campus successfully.",Disinvitation Attempt,"Honors.

In a statement the university said: ""As a public institution and member of the State University System, Florida State University has an open campus, and speakers can come to campus to share their messages. A speaker’s viewpoint is protected by the First Amendment. The university welcomes the exchange of views as part of the educational process but does not endorse specific speakers or viewpoints.""",Bonus,0,1,0,1
2023,University of Florida,134130,Deplatforming,Burn It Down: Communications of Resistance,"The university took down a student art exhibit titled, Burn It Down: Communications of Resistance, because administrators wanted to clarify that the artwork represented the views of the artists and not of the university.",Removed,None.,Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,University of Florida,134130,Deplatforming,Ranna Abduljawad/Plestia Alaqad/Abi Fletcher/Umayyah Cable/Saree Makdisi/Judith Butler,"Faculty members in the university's English department invited Palestinian activisits Abduljawad, Butler, Makdisi, Cable, Fletcher, and Alaqad for a two-day symposium titled ""Critical Conversations in the Humanities: The War in Israel/Palestine."" Less than 24 hours before the event was scheduled to begin, university administrators withdrew support citing policy violations in how the faculty organizers promoted the event. The faculty, who alleged that the cancellation constituted viewpoint discrimination, moved the event off-campus to a local church where it occurred successfully.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,University of Florida,134130,FIREUnder Fire,Keely Gilwa/Tess Segal/Parker Hovis/Rose Bisram/Augustino Pulliam,"During the second day of a pro-Palestine campus protest, administrators seemingly adopted new, more restrictive, and seemingly viewpoint-discriminatory rules on campus protest and had police distribute flyers which listed prohibited activities and items and stated that non-compliance would result in a ""3 year trespass and suspension."" Not only did the flyers not referring to university policy, but in several instances they appeared different from official UF policy. Amongst prohibited items were chairs. Noticing several protesters sitting in chairs while peacefully playing Uno, police ordered the demonstration's dispersal. All five students were arrested for failure to obey police and obstruction without violence, and would be suspended for three years.",Suspended,"Disingenuous

President Ben Sasse released a statement after the arrests reading: “This is not complicated: The University of Florida is not a daycare, and we do not treat protesters like children — they knew the rules, they broke the rules, and they’ll face the consequences. For many days, we have patiently told protesters — many of whom are outside agitators — that they were able to exercise their right to free speech and free assembly. And we also told them that clearly prohibited activities would result in a trespassing order from UPD (barring them from all university properties for three years) and an interim suspension from the university. For days UPD patiently and consistently reiterated the rules. Today, individuals who refused to comply were arrested after UPD gave multiple warnings and multiple opportunities to comply.”",Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2025,University of Florida,134130,FIREUnder Fire,Preston Damsky,"Administrators suspended Damsky from campus, issuing a tresspass order making it a second-degree misdemeanor for him to set foot on campus for three years, after months of escelating concern over his rhetoric about Jewish people and other groups.",Suspended,"Disingenuous.

In a Feb. 10 email to the campus community responding to outrage over essays written by Damsky, law school's interim Dean Merritt McAlister wrote that the school's grading does not ""involve an ideological litmus test"" and reportedly defended Damsky's First Amendment rights.

Responding to backlash about Damsky during an April 9 town hall meeting, McAlister said that the school's reputation was a ""foremost concern"" and that ""[t]he college isn't going to express a viewpoint on any particular student speech. Our job as a community is to have dialogue and discussion and debate on these issues and let the marketplace of ideas drown out a particularly odious idea.”

When contacted for comment about Damsky's trespass order, UF spokesperson Cynthia Roldan declined to answer questions, citing privacy laws, but acknowledged that Damsky was still enrolled as of April 18.",Penalty,-2,0,0,-2
2023,Emory University,139658,Scholars Under Fire,Abeer AbouYabis,"AbouYabis, a professor in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at the university's School of Medicine, faced significant controversy due to her social media activity. She posted comments on a private account that were perceived as antisemitic, including a statement that appeared to praise members of Hamas as ""resistance fighters"" and referenced ""gliders,"" which was interpreted as an endorsement of the group's actions. After her social media posts surfaced, they circulated widely online and drew significant backlash, particularly from Jewish and pro-Israel advocacy groups. These groups, alongside public commentators, accused her of antisemitism and called on the university to take action. In response to these posts, the university placed AbouYabis on administrative leave in October 2023, stating that they condemned any language or actions rooted in hatred and that an internal investigation was underway. Subsequently, in November 2023, the university confirmed that AbouYabis was no longer employed or practicing at the university, including at the Winship Cancer Institute. The university did not specify whether her departure was due to termination or resignation.",Terminated,"Condemn Content of Expression and the Speaker.

In a statement a university spokesperson said: ""We condemn such comments in the strongest possible terms and have immediately placed this individual on administrative leave pending an internal investigation. As we navigate difficult conversations, our expectation is that all members of the Emory community continue to demonstrate empathy and treat each other with dignity and respect. There is no place in our community for language and behavior based in hatred, that incites violence, and that is counter to the values that unite us as educators and health practitioners.""",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2025,Emory University,139658,FIREUnder Fire,Kappa Sigma,"Administrators placed Kappa Sigma on interim suspension and imposed a no-contact order prior to any hearing for ""reports of hazing allegations,"" thereby prohibiting the group from a host of expressive activitiess including ""social functions, new member education, chapter meetings, and philanthropy events"" as well as ""any functions, events, or activities on or off campus.""",Suspended,None.,Penalty,-2,0,0,-2
2024,University of Georgia,139959,Deplatforming,Mike Collins,"The campus chapter of Turning Point USA invited Collns to campus. Collins' talk was repeatedly disrupted by protesters shouting at him that he is a ""bitch,"" that ""you're dead right now, asshole,"" and that ""he voted for genocide"" for about 20-30 minutes. Other protesters shouted at Collins about his support for Israel, and his views on abortion and immigration. Collins ultimately finished his remarks and was then reportedly escorted off-campus by the campus police.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2023,University of Chicago,144050,Deplatforming,Anna Levin-Rosen/Hannah Auerbach/Yossi Brackman,"Chabad organized a group of students for a protest of Hamas' attack on Israel on the university's central quad. The group officially requested and reserved the space for five hours. As the demonstration began FIREfor Justice in Palestine disrupted the event, preventing Levin-Rosen, Auerbach, and Brackman from delivering their remarks. ",Substantial Event Disruption,"Honors.

The university president addressed the community emphasizing the Chicago Principles of free expression.

Full statement: https://president.uchicago.edu/from-the-president/messages/231101-enormous-gifts-and-great-responsibilities",Penalty,-3,1,2,0
2023,University of Chicago,144050,FIREUnder Fire,Turning Point USA,"Turning Point USA was allegedly denied official club recognition because they ""hadn't proved that there was interest in the group"" and it would be ""too similar to College Republicans.""",Deny/Rescind Recognition,None.,Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,University of Chicago,144050,Deplatforming,Jesse Menachem Ehrenfeld,"Ehrenfeld, the new President of the American Medical Association, was invited to speak at the medical school by he Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society about LGBTQ+ equity in medicine. During Ehrenfeld's talk student protesters began shouting over him, accusing him of Israeli ""pinkwashing,"" and the AMA for not calling for a ceasefire in Israel and for being complicit in the deaths of Palestinian civilians. University security escorted the protesters out of the venue, and Ehrenfeld completed his remarks.",Attempted Disruption,None.,Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2024,DePaul University,144740,Scholars Under Fire,Anne D'Aquino,"D'Aquino, a professor in the Health Sciences Department at the university, was dismissed following an optional assignment she provided in her ""Health 194: Human Pathogens and Defense"" course. This assignment invited students to analyze the biological and health impacts of the conflict in Gaza on Palestinians, encouraging scientific analysis and critical thinking regarding the effects of genocide on human biology. The university received multiple student complaints expressing discomfort with the introduction of political matters into the class. Administrators deemed the assignment unrelated to the course objectives and concluded it negatively affected the learning environment. Consequently, D'Aquino's teaching appointment was terminated.",Terminated,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,University of Illinois - Chicago,145600,FIREUnder Fire,Marie Ching,"Administrators notified Ching that a report had been filed against her over Instagram posts that criticized another student's lack of participation in a class group project, telling Ching that her posts may constitute harassment.",Investigated,"Disingenuous.

“The University of Illinois Chicago is strongly committed to the free speech rights of its students. Due to federal privacy laws, we cannot confirm or deny whether a student is currently under a student conduct process review.” - University media relations office",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2024,"Loyola University, Chicago",146719,Deplatforming,Josh Hammer,"Hammer's debate with Professor John Dehn was interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters affiliated with the campus’s FIREfor Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter. Hammer, who planned to speak about presidential immunity, was met with disruptive actions and personal accusations by attendees. After Hammer made a remark about needing to take the ""trash"" out and told the protesters that he ""hope[d] their beepers don't go off,"" Dehn ended the event prematurely. Hammer later described the experience on X as harassment based on his Jewish identity and pro-Israel stance.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,Northwestern University,147767,Deplatforming,Assassins,"The university's student theater group, Lovers & Madmen, canceled the final two performances of Stephen Sondheim's musical ""Assassins"" following backlash over the inclusion of a racial slur in the script. The controversy centered on the character John Wilkes Booth's use of the N-word in the song ""The Ballad of Booth,"" which some students felt was harmful and insensitive. Prior to the show's opening, the production team issued a content warning on social media, acknowledging the presence of the slur and providing resources to contextualize its use. Despite these efforts, many students expressed dissatisfaction, arguing that the inclusion of the word perpetuated a culture dismissive of Black students' concerns. Some called for the removal of the word from the script, while others demanded the cancellation of the remaining shows. The decision to cancel the performances was announced just before a scheduled show, leaving audience members with unredeemed tickets. In an official statement, Lovers & Madmen apologized for not engaging in meaningful conversations with the Black community and acknowledged the harm caused by their actions. ",Canceled,None.,Penalty,-3,0,0,-3
2025,Northwestern University,147767,FIREUnder Fire,Jewish Voice for Peace,"Administrators pressured Jewish Voice for Peace to amend its consitution, citing the school's new anti-discrimination policy. The group's constitution reads that ""members are expected to be anti-Zionist and identify with Judaism."" However, this would violate the school's new policy, which incorporates the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of anti-semitism. According to that definition, ""denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existance of the State of Israel is a racist endeavor"" is an example of anti-Semitism.",Censored,"Neutral.

A university spokesperson said: ""As a registered student organization, Jewish Voice for Peace is required to comply with Northwestern’s anti-discrimination policies. The appropriate steps are in progress to revise the organization’s constitution and membership policies.""",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2024,Indiana University,151351,Deplatforming,Jim Banks/Chaya Raichick,"The College Republicans invited Raichick and Representative Banks to campus. On the day before the event a local Antifa group, Red Orchestra_AFA, posted on X: ""Indiana and fishers Indiana. Libs of TT homophobic bigot chaya raichik and far right bigot jim banks will be speaking at 2 locations. You know what to do."" On the day of the event, IU Alumni for Palestine posted an image on Instagram with an image of Raichick and Banks with their mouths covered and urged their supporters to stop ""bigots on campus."" At the event, protesters reportedly ""pushed"" and harassed attendees there to listen to the speakers and chanted ""how many kids has she (Raichick) killed today?"" Protesters also shouted that Raichick had ""blood [on her] hands"" and accused both speakers of supporting ""genocide"" and that they are ""killing children."" Several protesters were removed by police, the event then resumed and was completed successfully.",Attempted Disruption,None.,Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2024,Indiana University,151351,Deplatforming,Mosab Hassan Yousef,"IU Hillel postponed Yousef's talk, ""The Truth About Hamas and Israel,"" after multiple student groups, including the Palestine Solidarity Committee and the Middle Eastern Student Association, criticized the event and called Yousef ""Islamophobic."" A counterprotest was organizaed and a flyer listed 30 buses leaving from eight different locations throughout the state. The university then informed Yousef that the were postponing the event because of ""secutrity threats involving the Muslim community and several white supremacist groups."" The event was not rescheduled.",Revoked,"Neutral.

In an email to the Indiana Daily Student, the university's Executive Director of Media Relations said: ""In response to credible security information that raises concerns for the safety of speakers and attendees, IU has regretfully asked Hillel to postpone Tuesday evening’s event at Wilkinson Hall. As outlined in the university’s free speech policy, IU expects civility and respect between members of our campus community, as well as those visiting. IU, as a public research university, must serve as a home for the free exchange of ideas while simultaneously ensuring the safety of all members of our campus community.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,Indiana University,151351,Deplatforming,Samia Halaby: Centers of Energy,"Administrators canceled a retrospective art exhibit of paintings by Samia Halaby, a Palestinian-American painter, at the university's Eskenazi Museum of Art because employees of the art museum had concerns about Halaby's comments on social media in support of Palestinian causes, in which she expressed outrage at the violence occurring in Gaza and compared Israel's actions to genocide. ",Canceled,"Disingenuous.

A university spokesperson said: “Academic leaders and campus officials canceled the exhibit due to concerns about guaranteeing the integrity of the exhibit for its duration.”",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,Indiana University,151351,FIREUnder Fire,Elena Thomas/Cameron Pierce/Christoher Hadwerger,"Thomas, Cameron, and Hadwerger each had their protected speech violated by the university when they were arrested and punished under a policy changed without due notice. The night before a planned nationwide pro-Palestine protest, administrators revised their expressive policies to prohibit unapproved structures. The change was posted online the morning of the protest but administrators didn't notify the student body or protest organizers of the change. Then, just hours later, pamphlets with the change were distributed at the protest and police arrested attendees for trespassing when, citing the old rule, some protestors refused to take down their structures. All three stufents were banned from university property for a year. ",Suspended,"Disingenuous

""Indiana University Bloomington is a campus where we encourage and respect free speech and open dialogue. ... To ensure the safety and security of the IU community and to avoid disruption of university operations, expressive activity must be conducted in accordance with university free speech and events policies. This includes the enforcement of policies that require advanced approval for the installation of temporary structures.""",Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2025,Indiana University,151351,Deplatforming,Chris Geidner	,"Geidner was scheduled to be one of the keynote speakers at an LGBTQ+ Health Care Conference but was then infomed by the university that the conference was canceled after President Trump issused executive orders restricting the use of federal funds on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.",Revoked,None.,Penalty,-3,0,0,-3
2025,University of Notre Dame,152080,Deplatforming,Eman Abdelhadi,"Abdelhadi, an assistant professor at the University of Chicago and former faculty fellow at the University of Notre Dame, was scheduled to deliver a keynote address on Palestine at a student-organized conference at Notre Dame. However, approximately a week before the event, the Dean of the Keough School of Global Affairs informed Abdelhadi that her participation was canceled. The dean cited the university's inability to provide security due to the conference coinciding with two other annual events on campus, and also stated, ""We were unaware of your planned lecture, and since this conference overlaps with two other annual events on campus, we cannot provide security at short notice. For this reason, we respectfully request that you do not participate in the conference."" Abdelhadi responded by expressing skepticism about the university's rationale, noting that she had been invited to speak in January, providing ample notice. She questioned the necessity of heightened security for her lecture and criticized the university's decision as a form of censorship.",Revoked,None.,Penalty,-3,0,0,-3
2024,University of Kansas,155317,Deplatforming,Gal Solal-Cohen,"KU Chabad, KU Hillel, and FIRESupporting Israel invited Solal-Cohen to speak as a part of their ""Faces of Oct. 7"" initiaitve, that invites survivors of the October 7th attacks in Israel to share their firsthand experience. On the day of the talk the campus chapter of FIREfor Justice in Palestine called for the cancellation of the event on Instagram becasue it ""glorifies an Israeli settler"" and ""endangers the safety and well-being of Palestinian students on campus."" Campus police removed the protesters and Solal-Cohen finished his remarks.",Attempted Disruption,None.,Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2025,University of Kansas,155317,FIREUnder Fire,Anthony Alvarez,"Alvarez was placed on probation from his proctor job at a campus dormatory after protesting and speaking to journalists about the university's recent decision to remove gender inclusive housing assignments for the next year. After the decision was announced, around 75 students, including Alvarez, protested outside a campus building on February 26, during which Alvarez spoke with local media covering the event. Afterwards, he was notified that he had been placed on probation at his job for violating a Housing policy prohibiting proctors to speak with the media in a non-official capacity.",Censored,None.,Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,University of Kansas,155317,FIREUnder Fire,Kristopher Long/Michael Hanzelka,"Long was one of several students ordered to remove sticky notes from his dorm room window which criticized the university's recent decision to remove gender inclusing housing assignments for the next year. Administrators visited Long's dorm room while he was in class, and told his roommate to remove the notes. However, Long and his roommate decided not to comply.",Censored,None.,Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2024,University of Kentucky,157085,Deplatforming,Ian Haworth,"The campus chapter of Turning Point USA invited Haworth for a ""conversation about Israel."" About 10 minutes after the start of the event student protesters entered the auditoriumm and started shouting over Haworth. Organizers and university police agreed to give the protesters time to ""calm down"" before asking them to leave since they did not have tickets to the event. The protesters left the event after being told by campus police ""it's canceled."" Attendees with tickets and Haworth remained in the room. A fire alarm was pulled and campus police evacuated the protesters and then escorted Haworth and attendees out.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,Louisiana State University,159391,Scholars Under Fire,Ken Levy,"Levy, a professor of criminal and constitutional law at the univeristy, faced administrative action following remarks made during a lecture. During a criminal law class, Levy used explicit language to criticize Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and former President Donald Trump, expressing surprise over Trump's election and making a profane comment about the governor. He also humorously warned students against recording his lectures, referencing concerns about potential repercussions. A student complaint led to Levy's suspension from teaching duties pending an investigation. Levy contested this action by filing a lawsuit, asserting that his comments were made in jest and that his suspension infringed upon his rights to academic freedom and free speech. On January 30, 2025, a district judge issued a temporary restraining order mandating Levy's immediate reinstatement. This decision was subsequently overturned on February 4, 2025, by a state appeals court, which maintained the suspension pending a comprehensive evidentiary hearing. On February 11, 2025, following further hearings, Judge Tarvald Smith ruled in favor of Levy, ordering LSU to reinstate him. The judge emphasized the importance of academic freedom and the necessity for law students to engage with diverse perspectives. Throughout this period, Governor Landry publicly criticized Levy's conduct, stating that such behavior should not be tolerated in taxpayer-funded universities.",Suspended,None.,Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,Tulane University,160755,FIREUnder Fire,Adelaide Ritzman/Atticus Pratt/Cameron McLaren/Preston Seligman/Rory MacDonald/Two Unnamed ��֭����,"All seven students received an email from administrators announcing that they were being investigated for participating in an off-campus protest organized by suspended student group FIREfor a Democratic Society. Protesters called upon the institution to not cooperate with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and to declare itself a sanctuary for immigrants. All of the students were investigated, and Ritzman was placed on disciplinary probation, and mandated to participate in 20 hours of community service. Mclaren was also under investigation for another incident involving him leaving (or forgetting) his bag with a note reading ""never the audacious; protect DEI,"" which administrators treated as a possible threat. Though already suspended at the time of the protest due to his participation last spring's encampment protests, MacDonald claims he's been told that that his latest activism, which occured off-campus, could result in him facing further consequences including expulsion.",Investigated,"Disingenuous.

“We fundamentally respect the right to protest. However, students may be held accountable for behavior if it violates university conduct policies.” - University spokesperson Michael Strecker",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2024,Johns Hopkins University,162928,Deplatforming,Mark Krikorian,"The campus chapter of the Young American Foundation and the College Republicans invited Krikorian, the Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, to campus for a speech about immigration followed by a Q&A. Less than ten minutes into Krikorian's speech masked protestors in the audience used their phones to set off alarms and other sounds. Some protesters began shouting over Krikorian demanding he address their questions and calling him a ""racist"" and a ""bigot"" as Krikorian contiued speaking. Associate Vice Provost for Student Engagement and Dean of FIREasked the protestors to demnstrate against Krikorian's speech in a less disruptive manner, but this request was refused. Protestors also used stink sprays to fill the room with an unpleasant odor. Eventually YAF decided to end the event early so Krikorian could speak with interested students outside the room.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,Johns Hopkins University,162928,Scholars Under Fire,Tavish Forsyth,"Forsyth, a queer artist and educator who served as a faculty member at the university's Center for Leadership Education where they taught communication skills, public speaking, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and also held the position of associate artistic lead at the Washington National Opera’s Opera Institute, a program under the Kennedy Center, posted a 35-minute video on YouTube titled ""Trump Declares War on Artists | Do I Quit the Kennedy Center?"" In this video, they appeared nude (with a digitally superimposed rainbow heart over their groin) and delivered a spoken-word poem protesting President Donald Trump's recent appointment as chairman of the Kennedy Center's board and his administration's policies, including the banning of drag performances and the removal of DEI initiatives. Forsyth questioned whether remaining at the Kennedy Center would make them complicit in what they described as a ""hostile government takeover."" Following the video's release, the Kennedy Center terminated Forsyth's contract, citing the video as ""extremely disturbing,"" particularly given their role working with minors. Subsequently, Forsyth was also dismissed from their faculty position at Johns Hopkins University. In a personal blog post, Forsyth stated that they were fired by the university days after the video's release.",Terminated,None.,Penalty,-3,0,0,-3
2024,University of Maryland,163286,Deplatforming,Jamie Raskin,"Raskin was invited by the university's Department of Physics to give the annual Irving and Renee Milchberg Endowed Lecture, and planned to give a talk titled ""Democracy, Autocracy and the Threat to Reason in the 21st Century."" Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted Raskin a few minutes into his talk, shouting he was ""complicit in genocide"" and calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Raskin attempted to engage the protesters saying he wished they would have a conversation, instead of heckling him. Protesters supporting Israel began arguing with the protesters supporting the Palestinians, forcing Raskin to end his speech early. Raskin then attempted to take questions from the audience but the shouting and arguing continued. The university president then decided to end the lecture early.",Substantial Event Disruption,"Appeased Protesters, Mistaken on the Law.

The university president said: ""He came here to speak about where our democracy is going in our country. What you saw play out actually was democracy and free speech and academic freedom. From our perspective as a university, there are the difficult conversations that we should be having.""

Neutral: The university vice president for legal affairs and general counsel said: ""According to the Policy, no person may intentionally and substantially interfere with the lawful freedom of expression of others. Individuals shall not obstruct, disrupt, interrupt, or attempt to force the cancellation of any Program hosted by the University or by any users authorized to use University facilities or outdoor spaces. The Policy also goes on to state that “where an invited speaker is the object of protest, individuals may engage in Expressive Activity outside the building where the speech is taking place. Individuals who wish to enter the building must do so as members of the audience and must give the speaker a respectful hearing. Failure to grant the speaker a respectful hearing may result in the offending individual(s) being asked to leave.

Further, under the Policy, individuals may not, among other things, block or otherwise interfere with ingress and egress into and out of campus buildings, or engage in unlawfully harassing, physically abusive, threatening or intimidating, or lewd or obscene conduct toward any person. FIREwho violate any of the tenets of this Policy may be referred to the Office of Student Conduct, and faculty and staff offenders may be referred to the appropriate office for review, adjudication and potential discipline.

Disruptive activities and behavior are also subject to criminal charges, under the Maryland Statute (Section 26-101) that states: “A person may not willfully disturb or otherwise willfully prevent the orderly conduct of the activities, administration, or classes of any institution of elementary, secondary, or higher education.” Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to prosecution.

Along with the obligation to observe and protect the principles of free expression, we all must assume further responsibilities as members of our campus community. Indeed, members of the university community are expected to display civility, respect and other behaviors consistent with university policies and applicable laws, in exercising their, and in honoring others’, fundamental right to free expression.""

The Vice President's full statement: https://view.email.umd.edu/?qs=c9074068cc4d259046736a9c02f616833085a90c1f3dd8f8f75cadd068cfaf91ad3f41a5c948be54ca2cbcfe4cb78f6f2de48f2257d5dafa4b6aaadbb60c9a6a6e281e576bd8abd07b9f75ab4813905e

",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,University of Maryland,163286,FIREUnder Fire,Interfraternity Council and Panhelenic Association Greek Life at University of Maryland,"After receiving ""allegations of misconduct"" about several fraternities and sororities, the administration suspended new member program activities for all of Greek Life, as well as from having any contact with new or prospective members. Additionally, all chapters were prohibited from hosting any events where alcohol is present. Meanwhile, neither the multicultural nor historically Black Greek organizations were included in the university's restrictions on group activities. Several of the impacted fraternities sought to limit implementation of at least some of the restrictions by petitioning for court-imposed temporary restraining orders against multiple administrators, including the university's president.",Suspended,None.,Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2025,University of Maryland,163286,Deplatforming,Elon Glassberg,"Glassberg, the chief medical officer of the Israeli Defense Force, was scheduled to speak as part of the ""surgery grand rounds academic sessions."" The university canceled Glassberg's talk two days before the event for ""security reasons"" after receiving over 6,000 emails demanding it revoke Glassberg's invitation from an online campaign led by The Center for American and Islamic Relations and the Islamic Maryland Action Network. The university has said it plans to reschedule Glassberg's talk.",Revoked,"Neutral.

A university spokesperson said: ""The School of Medicine has invited Dr. Glassberg to speak at a future date while working to ensure a safe learning atmosphere for our surgical teams. We are committed to hearing all voices when it comes to saving lives.”",Penalty,-3,0,0,-3
2025,Boston College,164924,FIREUnder Fire,Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters,"The Associate Vice President for Student Engagement and Formation reportedly placed restrictions on a planned demonstration being held by pro-Palestinian student protesters, telling students over email that ""any deviation from content as outlined and/or speech that does not align with our student code of conduct may result in further action."" The students were required to disclose to the identities of intended speakers, remove or revise parts of their planned speeches, and not have any ""public facing"" advertisements. After 80 days and four resubmissions of their itinerary, the students were finally granted approval for their demonstration. However, on the day of the demonstration, the Associate Vice president and Dean of FIREcontacted organizers and requested that they ask a third-party Instagram account to remove a post promoting the event so as to restrict visibility to non-BC students.",Censored,"Neutral.

“The University carefully follows its own policies and expects all students to abide by the Student Code of Conduct at all times, including during registered demonstrations. Input or guidance provided to students seeking to register demonstrations is based on the requirement that students abide by all standards in the Student Code of Conduct.” - Associate Vice President for Student Engagement and Formation Colleen Dallavalle

“Discourse is central to the life of the University, and we encourage students to engage in dialogue in a spirit of mutual respect, civility, and care. At the same time, the University prioritizes the safety and well-being of students who take part in demonstrations and rallies and of other members of our campus community who are affected by these events.” - University Spokesman Jack Dunn",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,Boston University,164988,FIREUnder Fire,Student Government Senate/FIREfor Justice in Palestine,"An administrator prohibited the Student Government Senate (SGS) from emailing the student body about an upcoming referendum allegedly due to its reference to Palestine. A bill proposed by FIREfor Justice in Palestine (SJP) was passed to conduct a referendum on the disclosure, divestment, and reinvestment of university funds. However, the Student Government Senate alleges that the senior vice president of external affairs denied their request to send an email notifying the student body of the upcoming vote ""due to its reference to Palestine."" Because of this, SJP created and promoted the survey themselves before technical issues threatening voting integrity forced a nullification. A re-vote was later administered by SGS, despite the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing preemptively announcing that BU would not divest.",Censored,"Disingenuous.

“The endowment is no longer the vehicle for political debate; nevertheless, I will continue to seek ways that members of our community can engage with each other on political issues of our day, including the conflict in the Middle East, with tolerance and respect for one another... Our traditions of free speech and academic freedom are critical to who we are as an institution, and so is our tradition of finding common ground to engage difficult topics while respecting the dignity of every individual.” - BU President Melissa L. Gilliam",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2023,Brandeis University,165015,FIREUnder Fire,FIREfor Justice in Palestine,Administrators revoked the recognition of FIREfor Justice in Palestine due to comments made by its national organization in support of Hamas' actions on October 7th. The group's derecognition also forced them to cancel a planned vigil.,Deny/Rescind Recognition,"Condemn Content of Expression.

In an op-ed in the Boston Globe, the university presidet said: ""[L]eaders at colleges and universities must find their moral compass and no longer allow speech that constitutes harassment or threat of violence to flourish on our campuses. The logic of antisemitism is that left unchecked, it corrodes even the most basic moral standards that stand in its way. Specifically, chants and social media posts calling for violence against Jews or the annihilation of the state of Israel must not be tolerated. This includes phrases such as “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” — which calls for the erasure of the Jewish state; “there is only one solution” — which echoes the Nazi strategy of killing all Jews; and “intifada, intifada” — an incitement to violence against Israeli civilians.""",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2023,Harvard University,166027,Deplatforming,Jake Auchincloss/Ro Khanna,"Only days after Auchincloss criticized the university president for being inconsistent in her protection of free speech, the university canceled a speaking event approved a month earlier featuring Auchincloss and Ro Khanna, supposedly because the event was co-sponsored by a non-campus entity, American Affairs. The John Adams Society, the student group that planned the event, said the alleged ""policy violation"" was a pretext for retaliation against Auchincloss for his criticism of the university president.",Revoked,"Disingenuous. 

A spokesperson told reporters that the university has “no record of an event registration request [for the Auchincloss/Khanna china policy discussion].”",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2023,Harvard University,166027,Deplatforming,Jason Greenblatt,"Two student groups, the Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee and Harvard Graduate FIREfor Palestine, recruited hundreds of protesters to march through campus with noisemakers, drumsticks, buckets, and megaphones. Some protesters entered the law school's main building, where a small group of students were engaged in a discussion session with Greenblatt, a former assistant to President Trump, in a study room on the first floor. The protesters blocked the hallway outside of the study room causing Greenblatt and the students to hide until the protesters left.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2023,Harvard University,166027,Deplatforming,Meghan O'Sullivan/Vijay Vaitheeswaran/Edward Luttwak/Helima Croft/Mohammed Alyahya,"A professor organized a panel discussion titled ""50 Years Since the 1973 Oil Embargo: Reflections and Perspectives"" featuring multiple panelists. It was moderated by Alyahya. During the event a group of protesters entered the room objecting to two of the speakers (Luttwak and O'Sullivan) because of their ties to the fossil fuel industry. The demonstrators made it difficult for the audience to see or hear the speakers. Administrators in attendance said they could not interfere with the protesters' rights to free expression.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2023,Harvard University,166027,Scholars Under Fire,Kenneth Roth,"Roth, the former executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), was at the center of a controversy involving the university's Kennedy School. Roth had been offered a fellowship at the school's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. However, the dean of the Kennedy School rescinded the offer, reportedly due to concerns about HRW's alleged ""anti-Israel bias"" under Roth's leadership. This decision sparked significant backlash from students, faculty, and free-expression groups. More than 1,000 university affiliates signed a letter condemning the move as a threat to academic freedom. Organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and PEN America also criticized the decision. In response to the mounting criticism, the dean reversed his decision, acknowledging that he had made an ""error"" and extended the fellowship offer to Roth once more. Despite the reinstated offer, Roth declined, having already accepted a position at the University of Pennsylvania.",Terminated,"Disingenuous.

In a statement the university said: ""Dean Douglas Elmendorf decided not to make this fellowship appointment, as he sometimes decides not to make other proposed academic appointments, based on an evaluation of the candidate's potential contributions to the Kennedy School. We have internal procedures in place to consider nominations for fellowships and other appointments, and we do not discuss our deliberations about individuals who may be under consideration.""",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,Harvard University,166027,Deplatforming,Alan Garber,"At the start of Garber's speech on Harvard Alumni Day, a protester approached the podium and poured gold glitter over Garber while shouting ""For the baby monkeys, for the animals in the labs, Harvard, shut down the baby monkey labs now."" University police detained the protester and escorted them out of the event. Garber resumed his remarks and repeatedly referenced the glitter attack during his speech, which he finished successfully.",Attempted Disruption,"Honors.

Garber repeatedly referenced the glitter attack during his speech emphasizing the importance of free expression.",Penalty,-2,1,1,0
2024,Harvard University,166027,Deplatforming,Joe Manchin,"Manchin was invited to the Harvard Institute of Politics by a Resident Fellow to discuss why he chose not to seek re-election to the senate in 2024. During Manchin's talk at the Harvard Institute of Politics, six protesters affiliated with Climate Defiance, an activist organization, interrupted Manchin, criticizing his support for the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in West Virginia. One protestor, who was standing next to Manchin and shouted that ""You sold our futures and got rich doing it, you sick fuck!"" Manchin stood up to face the protester and then one of his aides threw the protester to the ground. Manchin asked the remaining protesters ""to sit down somewhere so we can talk,” but the protesters refused. After university police escorted the protesters out of the venue, the event resumed and Manchin finished his remarks.",Attempted Disruption,"Neutral.

An official university statement read: ""A Harvard University police officer ordered the protesters to leave the Kennedy School campus, and the protesters complied… Harvard University Police Department and the Kennedy School are reviewing the incident.""",Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2024,Harvard University,166027,Deplatforming,Xie Feng,"Six protesters affiliated with FIREfor a Free Tibet or the Coalition of FIREResisting China interrupted Xie's opening address at the Kennedy School's annual student-run China Conference by shouting over Xie, and holding Tibetan flags and banners that read ""China Lies, People Die."" One of the protesters was reportedly the son of a Chinese Communist Party official. The protesters, not all of whom were Harvard students, were removed by the university police and Xie completed his remarks.",Attempted Disruption,None.,Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2024,Harvard University,166027,FIREUnder Fire,Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee,The Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee co-organized an outdoor rally with several unrecognized groups in support of student activists arrested at Columbia University. Administrators then suspended the group on the grounds that it violated a policy prohibiting such collaboration.,Suspended,"Neutral.

In a statement a uiversity spokesperson said: ""[Harvard] works closely with our recognized independent student organizations to ensure they are following existing policies outlined in the Student Organization Resource Guide and all College and University expectations. The College is committed to applying all policies in a content-neutral manner and in close partnership with our student organizations. All student organizations are required to participate annually in training on these policies, and any organization found in violation of the policy is subject to corrective action.” - Jonathan Palumbo, spokesperson",Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2024,Harvard University,166027,FIREUnder Fire,Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine,"After members of Hezbollah were killed with exploding pagers in an attack attributed to Israel, Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine organized a silent study-in in the school library wherein they distributed keffiyehs and posters with slogans critical of Israel. Though a similar protest last year occurred without incident, this time administrators warned the Palestine Solidarity Committee -- a group who promoted the study-in on Instagram but did not co-sponsor it -- that ""the event as described is a violation of Harvard's policies and participants may be subject to follow-up as appropriate."" During the event, administrators took down ID numbers of several participants, and later 12 students were suspended from the library for two weeks.",Suspended,"Neutral

The Office of the Provost released a statement reading in part:

""Whether an action is described as a protest or a demonstration or a study-in, a group activity, for example—even a silent one— that is explicitly using a space to make a point is engaging in a demonstration or protest. When that occurs in a library, it is a violation of the USRR. The fact that participants read quietly does not change the fact that they are protesting or demonstrating. The very point of these group actions was to draw attention—to express a point of view to others. Whether or not done quietly, these groups’ taking spaces in a library reading room to display signs and to express a shared message interfered with the library reading room as a place of study and research. That the organizers of each library study-in publicized it widely either before and/or after the protest underscores that it was intended by its organizers and participants to draw attention to a message.
...
Only those continuing to participate in the demonstration were asked for their Harvard IDs. To explicitly state, IDs were not requested based on clothing or the ideas being expressed. After each of the protests occurring inside libraries, participants received a two-week revocation of access to the particular library building at which they demonstrated. These notifications were shared with participants’ deans. Participants retained all other library access, including all collections and services. The notifications made clear that those whose library privileges were suspended should reach out as needed and would receive accommodations to ensure that the suspension would not interfere with their ability to perform their academic responsibilities.""",Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2025,Harvard University,166027,Scholars Under Fire,Cemal Kafadar/Rosie Bsheer,"Kafadar, a professor of Turkish studies at the university, and Bsheer, a professor of history at the university, were dismissed from their leadership roles at the university's Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) amid allegations that CMES programming exhibited anti-Israel bias and failed to include Israeli perspectives. The dismissals occurred during heightened scrutiny from the Trump administration regarding campus antisemitism and ideological balance in Middle Eastern studies. The dismissal followed criticism from Harvard affiliates and external entities, including the Harvard Jewish Alumni Alliance and former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers, who alleged that CMES events were antisemitic and lacked balanced perspectives. Kafadar and Bsheer retained their faculty appointment.",Demoted,"Neutral.

In an email to affiliates of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies that was later reported on by The Harvard Crimson; the university's interim dean of social science said: ""I would value your thoughts on who; in addition to intellectual leadership and a compelling vision for the Center; would also bring the necessary administrative skills to be successful in this crucial role."" The email did not provide a specific reason for Kafadar's departure; it indicated a desire for new leadership at CMES.",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,Harvard University,166027,FIREUnder Fire,"Harvard Undergraduate Palestinian Solidarity Committee/Harvard Graduate FIRE4 Palestine/Law FIRE4 Palestine/FIREfor Justice in Palestine/National Lawyers Guild
","In a letter to Harvard's president, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the General Services Administration accused the university of failing ""to live up to both the intellectual and civil rights conditions that justify federal investment"" and issued a series of demands including the derecognition of all five groups listed for having ""engaged in anti-Semitic activity since October 7th, 2023."" In response to the broader depands, Harvard's lawyers accused these agencies of ""in contravention of the First Amendment, invad[ing] university freedoms long recognized by the Supreme Court"" and announced that ""the university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights."" In retaliation, the federal government froze $2.2 billion in funds.",No Sanction,"High Honors.

In a message to the campus community about the Trump administration's list of demands, Harvard President Alan Garber said in part:

""The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. The administration’s prescription goes beyond the power of the federal government. It violates Harvard’s First Amendment rights and exceeds the statutory limits of the government’s authority under Title VI. And it threatens our values as a private institution devoted to the pursuit, production, and dissemination of knowledge. No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.

Our motto—Veritas, or truth—guides us as we navigate the challenging path ahead. Seeking truth is a journey without end. It requires us to be open to new information and different perspectives, to subject our beliefs to ongoing scrutiny, and to be ready to change our minds. It compels us to take up the difficult work of acknowledging our flaws so that we might realize the full promise of the University, especially when that promise is threatened.
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...Freedom of thought and inquiry, along with the government’s longstanding commitment to respect and protect it, has enabled universities to contribute in vital ways to a free society and to healthier, more prosperous lives for people everywhere. All of us share a stake in safeguarding that freedom. We proceed now, as always, with the conviction that the fearless and unfettered pursuit of truth liberates humanity—and with faith in the enduring promise that America’s colleges and universities hold for our country and our world.""",Bonus,0,2,0,2
2025,Harvard University,166027,FIREUnder Fire,Sa'Maia Evans/African and African American Resistance Organization,"An administrator canceled a room reservation made by Evans and instructed her to notify those intending to attend that the event had been canceled. After Evans had reserved a room for an event with the African and African American Resistance Organization -- an unrecognized student group -- she received an email from an administrator reminding her that university policy prohibiting unrecognized groups from conducting ""any activity at Harvard."" However, according to the campus newspaper, several other unrecognized groups have used campus buildings for events, including the Harvard Vote Socialist 2024 campaign and Harvard for Harris. Evans was also instructed to notify attendees the event would not take place,and threatened with disciplinary referral and suspension from the school's room reservation system should there be ""any attempt to go forward"" with the event.",Censored,"Condemned Expression.


“Unrecognized student organizations cannot and should not use our resources. I would ask any student who believes that there was abuse — or people who were at the event — of our student organization policies to report that to the Dean of FIREOffice.” - Dean Rakesh Khurana",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,Harvard University,166027,FIREUnder Fire,Harvard Jews 4 Palestine/Unnamed Student Group,"Administrators revoked funding and a room reservation for an ""anti-zionist Passover seder for liberation"" organized by an Harvard Jews 4 Palestine and unnamed student group on the grounds that they violated a campus policy against co-organizing events with unrecognized groups. However, according to the campus newspaper, several other unrecognized groups have used campus buildings for events, including the Harvard Vote Socialist 2024 campaign and Harvard for Harris. After learning about an Instagram post from unrecognized student group Harvard Jews for Palestine suggesting they were co-organizers of the event, an administrator from Adams House revoked the original room reservation and told the unnamed group to announce the event's cancellation. Instead, they group held their event anyway.",Censored,None.,Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,Northeastern University,167358,Deplatforming,Raz Segal,"Northeastern University's Jewish Law FIREAdvocating for Justice (NUSL JLAJ) canceled a planned lecture by Segal, an Israeli historian and genocide scholar. The event, titled “Israel’s Attack on Gaza: The Question of Genocide, and the Future of Holocaust and Genocide Studies,” was scheduled for March 27, just before the university's Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week.​ Initially, the university approved the event after the student group complied with additional procedural requirements. However, days later, the administration demanded that the group provide the Northeastern University Police Department with a list of all registered attendees, threatening to cancel the event if they did not comply. Citing concerns over student safety and privacy, NUSL JLAJ chose to cancel the lecture.​ Organizers said the university cited ""security concerns"" due to increased tensions on campus following the Israel-Hamas war, but the university’s demand for the guest list—reportedly not imposed on other controversial events—was considered discriminatory and a violation of free expression by the event organizers.",Revoked,None.,Penalty,-3,0,0,-3
2023,Smith College,167835,Scholars Under Fire,Olive Demar,"Demar, a professor of dance at the college, was terminated for ""not meeting an acceptable level of performance,"" ""veering off course-related topics in class and focusing on your personal life and political issues,"" ending classes early, and refusing to meet with her department chair. Demar contended that her dismissal was linked to her discussions about the Israel-Palestine conflict during her ""DAN 540: History and Literature of Dance"" course. She assigned readings addressing themes of settler colonialism and dispossession, which she believed were pertinent to the course content. Demar argued that discussing such topics was integral to understanding dance in socio-political contexts. The chair of the dance department, expressed a desire to observe Demar's class during these discussions. Demar felt uncomfortable with this request, perceiving it as a potential gendered microaggression and an intimidation tactic, given the power dynamics between a tenured male chair and a female adjunct professor.",Terminated,"Neutral.

In a statement the college's academic freedom committee said: ""“Academic freedom is very important to the faculty at Smith, and we are unusual among colleges and universities in having a faculty committee to defend it. You can read about our procedures in the faculty code, section VI.C.1.  Smith’s statement on academic freedom is the basis for reviewing any complaint that might arise.” The committee also said that it cannot “comment on specific cases that may or may not be before us.”",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,Tufts University,168148,FIREUnder Fire,FIREfor Justice in Palestine,"FIREfor Justice in Palesitne was interim suspended for their protected expression. At issue was an instagram post featuring the image of a masked individual with an assault rifle and a caption calling for others to ""Join the Student Intifada!"" and to ""escalate"" during an event on the anniversary of October 7.",Suspended,"Condemned Expression

A spokesperson for the university said: “The suspension will remain in effect until the case is fully resolved. During this time, SJP must halt all activities, events, and meetings. Any attempt to continue operating during this suspension will result in serious disciplinary consequences for both the organization and its leaders. At the start of this academic year, Tufts University emphasized its expectations for student protests and advocacy. We provided clear guidelines to ensure a learning environment free from disruption, while supporting students’ interests in speech and demonstration. As outlined in our August 22 message: ‘Advocacy and protest must not disrupt university operations, engage in name-calling or discrimination, or intimidate or harass others.’ ”",Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2024,Williams College,168342,Deplatforming,Galen Jackson/Stephen Walt/Aaron David Miller,"Student protesters affiliated with FIREfor Justice in Palestine interrupted a round-table discussion between Miller and Walt, that also featured Jackson as the moderator, by loudly chanting slogans over the panelists such as ""resistance is justified when people are occupied,"" ""long live Palestine,"" and ""from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free."" The protesters left the event after a few minutes (and after Jackson informed them they were violating college policy) and the event resumed. About 15 to 20 minutes later during the Q&A, a student read a question and then started chanting over the panelists with another student before the panelists could respond. As the students continued chanting the university president walked to the stage and spoke with Jackson. Jackson then announced the event was ending early and the two students chanting walked onto the stage and stood in front of the panelists.",Substantial Event Disruption,"Disingenuous. 

In a campus wide email after the disruption of the event the college president said: ""Williams College has clear policies regarding protest, the boundaries of which are notably wide to allow for the open exchange of ideas and the expression of dissent. Those interested in questioning the assumptions or perspectives of a speaker are invited to do so. Throughout this lecture series, many attendees participated by listening to our invited speakers and respectfully asking questions, even when they disagreed with the content. Members of our community are also invited to host their own events, showcasing alternative views. Shouting down speakers is, however, a direct violation of one of the tenets we hold most dear–the ability to learn, question, and critically engage with each other openly. This serious transgression, the “heckler’s veto,” strikes at the heart of the academic project; it is, therefore, a significant violation of our principles.

I deeply regret that students opted to engage in disruptive behavior last night, and the matter will be referred to the College’s standard disciplinary process.

Our protest policies are intended to promote free expression and debate while preventing harassment, ensuring everyone’s safety, and allowing for the continued functioning of the College. I ask everyone in our community to respect these guidelines even as we voice our deepest convictions.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,Central Michigan University,169248,FIREUnder Fire,Unnamed student,FIREpetitioned for the expulsion of an unnamed student for using a racial slur in a video seen on social media. The student was investigated and suspended by the administration.,Suspended,"Condemned Expression

In a statement the university said: ""The recent incidents of racist, discriminatory language and behavior have no place in our university community – they directly conflict with our core values of inclusiveness, compassion and respect. Incidents of bias and discrimination do not represent who we are, and they do not embrace the vision of the community we aspire to be now and in the future. This language and this behavior will not be tolerated. The individual in the video identified as a CMU student has been suspended and is no longer on campus.""",Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2023,University of Michigan,170976,Deplatforming,Josh Hammer,"Minutes after Hammer began his remarks, student protesters stood up and exposed their shirts which featured photos of Palestinians who died in Gaza since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Minutes later, the protesters first coughed and then began shouting to drown out Hammer's remarks. An administrator who then informed the students that their actions violated university policy was also shouted down by the student protesters. The protesters eventually left but continued to bang on the wall outside the room. The event resumed after about 30 minutes of disruption.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,University of Michigan,170976,Deplatforming,Marc Dollinger,"Dollinger, a professor of Jewish history at San Francisco State University, was inviggted by the university's Judaic Studies Department to talk about his book ""Black Power, Jewish Politics,"" that analyzes the relationship between Jewish and Black political activism during the Civil Rights Movement. During Dollinger's talk, masked students began shouting ""Dolling, you can't hide!"" and  ""Zionism is a crime!"" A faculty member attempted to engage with the protesters and campus police were called. The protesters left before campus polce arrived and Dollinger resumed his talk and completed it.",Attempted Disruption,"Honors.

In an official statement the university administration said: ""On November 19, a group of face-masked individuals attempted to shout down a speaker invited to the University of Michigan by the Frankel Center for Judicial Studies. Though the talk did not include a pro-Israel message nor did it involve controversial issues related to the crisis in the Middle East, the event was disrupted by individuals who shouted “You can’t hide, Zionism is a crime,” and “We don’t do dialogue with Zionists. Get off our campus.” The speaker is Jewish and was discussing the history of Jews. Shouting down speakers for any reason is unacceptable at the University of Michigan. It violates our academic mission and our commitment to free speech and diversity of thought. Doing so in a way that, in this case, targeted a person because of their Jewish identity is particularly abhorrent and will not be tolerated. The university condemns all forms of discrimination, racism and bias in the strongest possible terms. The actions of the individuals who interrupted this event are a clear instance of antisemitism. The university is working to identify the perpetrators so they can be held accountable.""",Penalty,-2,1,1,0
2024,University of Michigan,170976,Deplatforming,Honors Convocation,"After all of the student awards at 101st Annual Honors Convocation had been haded out, student protesters interrupted university president Santa Ono's remarks by holding up signs that said ""No Honor in Genocide,"" ""Divest Now,"" and ""30,000 killed,"" and chanting ""Not another nickel, not another dime, no more money for Israel’s crimes."" Instead of makiing a pro-free-speech statement or directing security to usher the heckler's out, Ono left the stage, ending the event early.",Substantial Event Disruption,"Disingenuous.

A university spokesperson said: ""We recently reiterated our commitment to free speech and free expression with the adoption of a statement of principles that is guided by the letter and spirit of the First Amendment. Although we support students’ right to protest, such rights are not limitless. Disrupting speakers and events is not protected speech and is a clear violation of university policy.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,Wayne State University,172644,FIREUnder Fire,Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters,"A group of pro-Palestinian student protesters were told by campus police that they were not allowed to hold a vigil and pop-up clinic outside the school's Mazurek Medical Education Commons despite having received permission from administrators for the event two months earlier. After the school had shut down two attempts by student protesters to hold their vigil in January, the ACLU sent a February 4 letter of concern to administrators, who days later would publicly acknowledged that campus policies on the use of outdoor space ""could be clearer"" and that the vigil would be allowed to take place. But when students tried to hold their planned vigil in late March, it was shut down by campus police.",Censored,"Disingenuous.

After receiving a letter from the ACLU, Vice Provost Darryl Gardner said that the university's outdoor space policies ""could be clearer"" and that ""[i]f the vigil should happen to spill on to campus immediately adjacent to the sidewalk, as long as it does not impede university access or operations, and as long as the event is not stationary for a period of more than two hours, and as previously stated, otherwise complies with the law, it will be permitted.""",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2023,Macalester College,173902,Deplatforming,Blasphemy IX/Blasphemy X,"Following student complaints, college administrators temporarily shut down an art exhibit featuring Blasphemy IX and Blasphemy IX, stating some of the works caused ""harm."" When the college reopened the exhibit it was accompanied by a content warning and views of the ""harmful"" works were obscured with pages of construction paper.",Removed,"Appeased Protesters, Encouraged (or Approved of) Self-Censorship.  

The university issued a statement via email: ""The Law Warschaw Gallery reopened today after a short pause over the weekend. During this time, we had several conversations with students, faculty, and staff to consider multiple perspectives from Muslim communities on campus, worked with the artist, and supported gallery staff. We also prepared the gallery to prevent unintentional or non-consensual viewing of certain works and added a content warning. We recognize and support the value and importance of artistic expression, including provocative art used in protest and social activism. Therefore, the exhibit will remain open. We also recognize community impact and understand that pieces in the exhibition have caused harm to members of our Muslim community.""",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,University of Minnesota,174066,Deplatforming,Rebecca Cunningham,"During Cunningham's inaguration speech as the 18th president of the university the crowd began chanting ""Disclose, divest! We will not stop, we will not rest!"" and ""Free Free Palestine! Free Free Palestine!"" drowning out Cunningham. The chanting continued as other speakers attempted to calm the crown down. A university spokesperson then threatened the protesters with legal action and academic suspension. The protesters took almost five minutes to exit the venue. Cunningham resumed her speech and completed it successfully.",Attempted Disruption,None.,Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2023,Washington University in St. Louis,179867,Scholars Under Fire,Seth Crosby,"Crosby, a professor of genetics at the university, faced significant backlash following comments he made on social media regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict. Responding to a post that accused Israel of engaging in ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, Crosby wrote: ""It is a much needed cleansing, yes, but not an ethnic one. Israel is not targeting humans."" These remarks were widely criticized by various groups, including the Missouri chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MO), which described the comments as dehumanizing and called for the university to take appropriate action. In response to the outcry, Crosby issued an apology, stating that his earlier comments were directed towards Hamas and not the Palestinian people. He expressed regret for his ""clumsy words"" and clarified that he did not intend to imply that the deaths of Palestinian civilians were acceptable. Following the incident, Crosby's social media accounts were deleted, and his profiles on the university's websites were altered, with his biographical information removed. Despite Crosby's own claims on social media that he had been terminated, a university spokesperson confirmed that he remained employed at the institution, and stated: ""The opinions he has expressed as an individual do not represent the university's position. We are following up as appropriate, according to our policies and processes.""",Terminated,None.,Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,"University of Nevada, Las Vegas",182281,Deplatforming,Asaf Peer,"Peer, a professor of physics at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, was invited to give an open lecture at the university as part of a public physics symposium. Peer's talk on black holes was interreupted by pro-Palestinian protesters who entered the room with banners and flags. Peer attempted to engage the protesters, inviting them to remain and learn about black holes and then discuss the ""unrelated issues"" afterwards. The protesters refused and continued to disrupt the event. Organizers called campus police who said they could not remove the protesters from the room and instead decided, along with the sponsoring faculty, to end the lecture escorting Peer off-campus, against his will.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,Dartmouth College,182670,Deplatforming,Alice Rothchild,"College administrators and the Dartmout Hitchcock Meidcal Center indefinitely postponed Rothchild's lecture to the medical school because of ""scheduling changes on the speaker's (Rothchild) East Coast tour."" Rothchild, a member of the Jewish Voice for Peace, disputed the college's explanation, saying that she was available and planned to give the talk. Faculty at the medical school helped Rothchild reschedule the lecture at an off-campus location.",Revoked,"Neutral.

In an email to The Dartmouth, a college spokesperson said: ""Organizers have every intention to reschedule Dr. Rothchild’s lecture [and] have informed [the College] they plan to discuss new dates this week.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,Dartmouth College,182670,Scholars Under Fire,Nicole Nguyen,"Nguyen, a professor of criminology, law, and justice at the University of Illinois Chicago, was considered for a tenured position in the college's geography department. Despite unanimous support from the department, the college's administration declined her appointment, leading to widespread controversy.​ Over 330 academics, students, and supporters worldwide signed a letter accusing the college of discrimination against Nguyen due to her progressive research, which includes criticism of the War on Terror and public support for pro-Palestinian student protesters. The letter suggested that the rejection was part of a broader pattern of marginalizing women of color faculty and suppressing pro-Palestinian activism. The geography department appealed the decision, citing procedural errors, but the administration reaffirmed its stance, finalizing the denial of Nguyen's appointment. ",Terminated,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,Montclair State University,185590,Deplatforming,Palestine Lives,"The campus chapter of FIREfor Justice in Palestine proposed and received university for a fundraising event to raise money for the people in Gaza. The event was supposed to feature a number of unidentified speakers. The day before the event the president of the university withdrew its approval because ""a newly-formed outside organization, called New Jersey FIREfor Justice in Palestine, is now the host,"" and this group's mission statement ""goes well beyond advocacy for the Palestinian people"" conatianing an ""explicit call to eliminate Zionism on our campuses and in our communities.""",Revoked,"Condemn Content of Expression.

In a message from the president announcing the cancellation of the fundraising event, the president said: ""Since the time that the event was approved, it was brought to our attention that a newly-formed outside organization, called New Jersey FIREfor Justice in Palestine, is now the host. This group’s name is on all publicity and communications regarding the event. This organization also publishes a mission statement that goes well beyond advocacy for the Palestinian people. Specifically, it contains an explicit call to ""eliminate Zionism on our campuses and in our communities."" So the declared purpose of this organization – to rid the campus of any who oppose its views – strikes at the very core of Montclair State University’s mission and values. Allowing such an organization to enjoy the privilege of using University resources – even for purposes that are positive – would not only contradict our stated purpose, it would lead other members of our community to question the institution’s commitment to their safety, their inclusion.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2022,Princeton University,186131,Scholars Under Fire,Joshua Katz,"Katz, a professor of classics at the university, authored an essay in Quillette criticizing faculty proposals aimed at addressing systemic racism at Princeton. Within this piece, he referred to the Black Justice League (BJL), a former student organization, as ""a small local terrorist organization that made life miserable for the students (including the many black students) who did not agree with its members’ demands."" This characterization drew significant criticism from colleagues and university administrators, including the university's president. However, the university did not initiate a formal investigation into Katz's remarks at that time. Subsequently, in February 2021, The Daily Princetonian reported that Katz had previously engaged in a consensual sexual relationship with an undergraduate student, which violated university policy. This revelation led to renewed scrutiny and a second university investigation. The investigation concluded that Katz had misrepresented facts during the initial 2018 inquiry and had discouraged the former student from participating in the investigation and from seeking mental health care. As a result, the university's Board of Trustees voted to dismiss Katz in May 2022.",Terminated,"Neutral.

In a statement the university said: ""The dismissal followed an investigation initiated in February 2021, after the University received a detailed written complaint from an alumna who had a consensual relationship with Dr. Katz while she was an undergraduate under his academic supervision. That relationship was the focus of a 2018 disciplinary proceeding against Dr. Katz, which resulted in a penalty of unpaid suspension for academic year 2018-2019 and three years of probation following his return to the Faculty in 2019.""",Penalty,-5,0,3,-2
2024,Princeton University,186131,Deplatforming,David French/Sarah Isgur,"The Whig-Cliophilic Society invited French and Isgur to record an espidode of their Advisory Opinions podcast on campus. Whig-Clio was not allowed to host the event on campus, allegedly because of administrator concerns that hosting French and Isgur would violate IRS rules for tax-exempt institutions participating in political advocacy. The podcast was recorded off-campus in the local public library. A Princeton administrator later clarified that the event was rejected because student organizations are prvented from hosting events with non-university organizations, and not over concerns about the university's tax status.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,Rutgers University,186380,Deplatforming,Presidential Town Hall,"The university scheduled a town hall event so students could ask university president Jonathan Holloway questions. Before the first question was asked pro-Palestinian stduent protesters began shouting over Holloway and the other students in attendance. The chants included ""globalize the intifada,” “long live the intifada,” “from the river to the sea,” and “we don’t want no two-state; we want ’48.” Holloway was escorted out by police minutes after the shouting began. Police then escorted Jewish students in attendance out of the event. ",Substantial Event Disruption,"Neutral.

A university spokesperson said: ""FIREwho objected to President Holloway’s belief that the BDS movement is both wrong and counter-productive and who disagrees with his support for continuing Rutgers’ partnership with Tel Aviv University disrupted a meeting of the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) where the president was discussing topics of interest to RUSA. The RUSA leaders ended the meeting and President Holloway, with his driver who is a Rutgers University police officer, and other attendees left the meeting without incident.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,Rutgers University,186380,Deplatforming,Joshua Johnson/Gary Courtney/Tammi Ferguson/Dennis Johnson/Willie Todd/Olivier Charles/Marybeth Gasman,"Johnson was scheduled to speak at a virtual mini-conference on HBCU's featuring HBCU presidents and experts from Jobs for the Future, a nonprofit organization that works to make the U.S. education and workforce systems more equitable. The university canceled the mini-conference after President Trump issused executive orders restricting the use of federal funds on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.",Revoked,"Neutral. 

An email sent to registered attendees said: ""We were very excited to bring the HBCUs and Registered Apprenticeship Mini-Conference to you next week. Our team had planned a rich event filled with the voices of HBCU leaders and students. Unfortunately, due to President Trump’s Executive Orders (EOs) titled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing,” issued on January 20, 2025, and “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” issued on January 21, 2025, we have been asked to cease all work under the auspices of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility HUB at Jobs for the Future, which the U.S. Department of Labor funds.""",Penalty,-3,0,0,-3
2023,Barnard College,189097,Deplatforming,Mohammed el-Kurd/Mahmood Mamdani,"Columbia University's chapter of FIREfor Justice in Palestine planned to host and co-sponsor an event with the Barnard Center for Research on Women featuring Mohammed El-Kurd and Mahmood Mamdani. Administrators at Barnard canceled the event two days after the Center had confirmed it, due to a policy requiring prior approval five weeks in advance of an event co-spnsored by a non-Barnard entity. However, the Center itself suggests administrators selectively enforced the policy, since they had worked with non-Barnard entities on a number of other events in the past without issue.",Revoked,"Disingenuous. 

A university spokersperson said: ""We have a long-standing approval process that is designed to ensure safe and responsible on-campus events, which includes procedures for allocating space as fairly and efficiently as possible in support of the College’s mission. When we were made aware of an event that did not follow our approval process, we applied the policy. The College hosts many kinds of events and encourages a wide array of viewpoints to be expressed for vigorous debate and discussion.""",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,Barnard College,189097,Deplatforming,Laura Rosenbury,"After calls by pro-Palestinian student groups --- including Apartheid Divest, FIREfor Justice in Palestine, and Jewish Voice for Pease, --- to boycott Rosenbury's immaugural speech as the college's president, protesters shouted over Rosenbury as she began her remarks. Ten protesters were escorted out of the event and Rosenbury completed her remarks.",Attempted Disruption,None.,Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2024,Barnard College,189097,Deplatforming,Sean Eren/Nerdeen Kiswani/Charlotte Kates/Khaled Barakat,"The Barnard Center for Research on Women was scheduled to host a panel titled ""Resistance 101"". At the start of the event, student organizers said they were being forced to hold the event at Columbia University's Q House, an LGTBQ+ community at Columbia, because of a student complaint to Barnard's administration. The panel discussion occurred successfully at the Q House and was livestreamed over Zoom.",Revoked,"Neutral.

A Columbia University spokesperson said: ""The university is aware of an unsanctioned, unapproved event that took place last night at a residence. Columbia canceled the event, denying requests to use university space, as did Barnard. Despite this, the event organizers held the event in a residence with an online option. We are investigating this matter and will not tolerate violations of university policy.""

Barnard had no comment.",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,Barnard College,189097,FIREUnder Fire,Georgia Dillane/Celeste Gamble,"Dillane and Gamble, student journalists with Columbia's student-run WKCR ratio station, both received a ""fact-finding"" email from Barnard's Community Accountability, Response, and Emergency Services (CARES) about a March protest they did not even attend. The email requested a meeting ""to provide any information you would like to share, including information that refutes any suggestion that you were involved, are a witness, or have information about this incident,"" and noted that they would not be allowed to bring anyone else to the meeting and that failure to engage could be viewed as a violation of Barnard's student code of conduct. Dillane claims that she was at the radio station, anchoring its broadcast on the day of the protest, and suggested that the request threatened her press freedoms and journalistic ethics. The radio station's legal team sent a message to Barnard, and three weeks later, Dillane received a second email, this time from Barnard's director of Student Intervention and Success, alleging she had violated the student code of conduct and charging her with ""disorderly conduct, disruptive behavior, failure to comply, unauthorized entry, threatening behavior, and theft, vandalism or damage to property."" Ultimately, several hours before her mandated May 5 meeting, Dillane was notified that Barnard not longer believed she was present during the ""unauthorized protest"" and that ""[t]his matter is now closed."" Gamble reportedly wore her press ID during the protest, and left when Barnard officials announced an alleged bomb threat. The radio station's legal team sent a message to Barnard.",Investigated,None.,Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,Barnard College,189097,FIREUnder Fire,Celeste Gamble/Luisa Sullar/Natalie Lahr,"Barnard placed Gamble, Sukkar, and Lahr on interim suspension for their alleged involvement in a disruptive protest at Columbia University in May. Gamble identified herself to Public Safety as student press (with the WKCR student radio station) before scanning her school ID on her way out of Columbia's library, where a pro-Palestinian protest was taking place. This occured before Columbia's president had authorized the NYPD to ""assist in securing the building,"" which resulted in 78 arrests. Afterwards the WKCR broadcast about the protest based on on-the ground reporting (presumably Gamble's). Shortly thereafter, Barnard Dean Leslie Grinage reportedly emailed Gamble and the others about their ""alleged actions at Butler Library"" and informed them of their suspension.",Suspended,"Disingenuous.

“Barnard respects and supports a robust student press. As students present in Butler Library during the disruption have been confirmed to be working as journalists, we have notified them that their interim suspensions have been lifted. As our review continues, we will issue additional notifications as necessary... Initial interim suspensions were based solely on the time students exited Butler Library. FIREwho were able to demonstrate that they were not participants, despite remaining in the library after being directed to leave, have had their suspensions promptly lifted. No student has been required to leave campus housing as a result of an interim suspension.” - Barnard spokesperson",Penalty,-2,0,0,-2
2023,Columbia University,190150,Deplatforming,Black Lesbian Films,"Members of LionLez's board, the student group sponsoring the film screening ""postponed"" the event after an email from LionLez's president defended a controversial flyer promoting the event that said ""It’s FREE PALESTINE over here. Zionists aren’t invited"" led to ""threats from a genocidal group of people."" The email stated that ""white Jewish people are today and always have been the oppressors of all brown people,” “WHEN I SAY THE HOLOCAUST WASN’T SPECIAL, I MEAN THAT,” and that “Israelites are the Nazis. University administrators then demanded that LionLez leadership take down its post about the event being rescheduled, because ""the event has not been rescheduled and Columbia has policies and a process through which students can be disciplined for their behavior.""",Canceled,"Condemn Content of Expression.

A university spokesperson said: “As we have reiterated many times over the past few weeks, antisemitism or any other form of hate will never be tolerated in our community. The event organized by Lionlez is not proceeding on Friday and is being reviewed.”",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,Columbia University,190150,Deplatforming,Hillary Clinton/Linda Thomas-Greenfield,"The university's School of International and Public Affairs invited Clinton and Thomas-Greenfield to speak at an event titled “Preventing and Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence.” 

As Clinton was speaking a heckler began shouting over her calling her a ""war criminal."" The school's dean had the heckler escorted out by security. A second heckler then began to shout over Clinton. Clinton paused her speech for a minute before resuming and completing her remarks.

As Thomas-Greenfield was speaking protesters began shouting over her calling for attendees to walk out. Some attendees stood up, chanted ""Free, free Palestine,"" and blocked the entrance, before leaving. Thomas-Greenfield finsihed her remarks.",Attempted Disruption,"Neutral.

A university spokesperson said: ""Today’s event was about bringing together officials and experts on horrific use of sexual violence in conflicts around the world—and giving voice to those impacted wherever and whenever it occurs.""",Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2024,Columbia University,190150,Scholars Under Fire,Abdul Kayum Ahmed,"Ahmed, a professor at the university's Mailman School of Public Health (SPH), was accused of ""pro-Palestinian indoctrination"" in a Wall Street Journal article that highlighted Ahmed's references to Israel as a ""colonial settler state"" and his teachings on the health impacts of displacement among Palestinians. Following the article's publication, university administrators took several actions. Ahmed was informed by the director of SPH's Core Curriculum, that he was being removed from the Core Curriculum teaching team, citing concerns about his approach to teaching about Palestine. The interim chair of the Department of Population and Family Health then notified Ahmed that he would not be permitted to teach his Health and Human Rights Advocacy course. Finally, Ahmed received a letter from the dean of the SPH stating that his appointment would not be renewed. The non-renewal of Ahmed's appointment was finalized, ending his tenure at the university.        ",Terminated,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,Columbia University,190150,Scholars Under Fire,Mohamed Abdou,"Abdou, the Arcapita Visiting Assistant Professor in Modern Arab Studies at the university, posted on Facebook: ""Yes, I'm with the muqawamah (the resistance) be it Hamas and Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad but up to a point—given ultimate differences over our ethical political commitments; that's the difference between a strategy and tactic too."" In April 2024, the university's president testified before the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, stating that Abdou ""will never work at Columbia again."" Abdou contested this assertion, clarifying that his contract was set to conclude on May 30, 2024, and that he had not been formally terminated prior to its natural end.",Terminated,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,Columbia University,190150,FIREUnder Fire,Aidan Parisi/Brandon Murphy/Catherine Curran-Groome/ Unnamed Student,"Four students were investigated and suspended by the university for their alleged involvement in an an ""unauthorized"" event hosted via Zoon which featured an alleged member of designated terror organization, Popular front for the Liberation of Palestine.",Suspended,"Condemned Expression

In a statement the university president said: ""On March 24, an event took place at a campus residential facility that the University had already barred, twice, from occurring. It featured speakers who are known to support terrorism and promote violence. I want to state for the record that this event is an abhorrent breach of our values. I did not become a university president to punish students. At the same time, actions like this on our campus must have consequences. That I would ever have to declare the following is in itself surprising, but I want to make clear that it is absolutely unacceptable for any member of this community to promote the use of terror or violence.""",Penalty,-2,0,0,-2
2024,Columbia University,190150,FIREUnder Fire,Columbia University Apartheid Divest,"Columbia University Apartheid Divest had organized an event featuring pro-Palestinian speakers Charlotte Kates, Khaled Barakat, and Nerdeen Kiswani. After a Ph.D student complained to the administration, the group claims they were forced to change rooms and then cancel the event. Some members of the student group ultimately held the event virtually in a dorm room. Columbia administrators later called the event ""unsanctioned"" and, after an investigation, suspended six students and evicted them from campus housing. They would, however, reverse the sanctions for two of those students.",Suspended,"Condemned Expression

A university spokesperson said: ""We are aware of an unsanctioned, unapproved event that took place last night. Columbia canceled the event, denying requests to use university space, as did Barnard. Despite this, the event organizers held the event in a residence with an online option. We are investigating this matter and will not tolerate violations of university policy.""


In a statement the university president said: ""On March 24, an event took place at a campus residential facility that the University had already barred, twice, from occurring. It featured speakers who are known to support terrorism and promote violence. I want to state for the record that this event is an abhorrent breach of our values.""",Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2025,Columbia University,190150,Scholars Under Fire,Daniel Di Martino,"After complaints were filed against Di Martino, a Ph.D. student in economics, for his social media posts expressing criticism of transgenderism and its unalignment with his Catholic faith, Columbia's Office of Institutional Equity investigated him for ""conduct that could constitute discriminatory harassment."" During a subsequent meeting with OIE officials, Di Martino was presented with screenshots of his posts, including statements like ""God does not teach us that we can change our gender"" and comments supporting politicians who oppose gender-transition procedures for minors. The officials suggested that such posts could create a ""hostile environment"" for other students. Di Martino defended his posts as expressions of his religious beliefs and argued that the investigation infringed upon his First Amendment rights. He also highlighted that the OIE's actions seemed to target conservative and religious viewpoints under the guise of promoting inclusivity.",Investigated,None.,Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,Columbia University,190150,Scholars Under Fire,Avi Shilon,"Shilon, a professor of history at the university, was teaching a graduate-level course titled ""History of Modern Israel."" On the first day of the spring semester, his class was disrupted by masked protesters who entered the classroom, accused the course of promoting ""Zionist and imperialist"" narratives, and distributed flyers depicting violent imagery, including a boot poised to crush a Star of David with the caption ""Crush Zionism."" The university administration condemned the disruption, stating that such actions violated campus rules and were unacceptable. A swift investigation led to the suspension of one university student involved, pending a full disciplinary process. Additionally, two external participants were identified and banned from campus, with their respective institutions notified for further action.",Censored,"Honors.

In an official statement the university's president said: ""Today a History of Modern Israel class was disrupted by protesters who handed out fliers. We strongly condemn this disruption, as well as the fliers that included violent imagery that is unacceptable on our campus and in our community. No group of students has a right to disrupt another group of students in a Columbia classroom. Disrupting academic activities constitutes a violation of the Rules of University conduct and the nature of the disruption may constitute violations of other University policies.

We will move quickly to investigate and address this act. We want to be absolutely clear that any act of antisemitism, or other form of discrimination, harassment, or intimidation against members of our community is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.""",None,-1,1,0,0
2025,Columbia University,190150,FIREUnder Fire,Sawyer Huckabee,"Columbia placed Huckabee on interim suspension for their alleged involvement in a disruptive campus protest in May. Huckabee identified himself to Public Safety as student press (with the Columbia Spectator student newspaper) before leaving Columbia's library, where a pro-Palestinian protest was taking place. This occured before Columbia's president had authorized the NYPD to ""assist in securing the building,"" which resulted in 78 arrests. Shortly thereafter, Columbia's Rules Administrator Gregory Wawro reportedly notified Huckabee of his suspension, which was ultimately lifted hours later.",Suspended,"Disingenuous.

""Earlier today, a group of protesters occupied one of the main reading rooms in Butler library, refusing to leave, and another group breached the front door causing substantial chaos—all of this as the bulk of our students are working hard to prepare for exams. These actions not only represented a violation of University policies, but they also posed a serious risk to our students and campus safety. We had no choice but to ask for the assistance of the NYPD, and I’m grateful for their help and professionalism, as well as that of our Public Safety team. Let me be clear, what happened today, what I witnessed, was utterly unacceptable.

I spent the late afternoon and evening at Butler Library, as events were unfolding, to understand the situation on the ground and to be able to make the best decisions possible. I arrived to see one of our Public Safety officers wheeled out on a gurney and another getting bandaged. As I left hours later, I walked through the reading room, one of the many jewels of Butler Library, and I saw it defaced and damaged in disturbing ways and with disturbing slogans. Violence and vandalism, hijacking a library—none of that has any place on our campus. These aren’t Columbia’s values.
...
We, at Columbia, value freedom of speech, robust debate, and peaceful protest. Today’s disruption of Butler Library was not that. We must, and we will, come together as a community to consider what civil disobedience actually is and what it means. We need to recognize that when rules are violated, when a community is disrupted for the sake of a few, that is a considered choice—one with real consequences. There is a clear line between legitimate protest and actions that endanger others and disrupt the fundamental work of the University. Today that line was crossed, and I have confidence the disciplinary proceedings will reflect the severity of the actions."" - Claire Shipman, Acting President",Penalty,-2,0,0,-2
2025,Columbia University,190150,FIREUnder Fire,Maryam Alwan/Layla,"Alwan was investigated by Columbia's Office of Institutional Equity for alleged discriminatory harassment after writing an op-ed in the campus newspaper calling for divestment from Israel. The Office also reportedly requires students to sign nondisclosure agreements before speaking with investigators or accessing materials related to their investigation. In an email sent by the Office, Alwan was told she may have subjected other students to ""unwelcome conduct"" based on their religion, military service or national origin. A master's student, known only as Layla, alleges being investigated by the Columbia's Office of Institutional Equity for writing an op-ed in the campus newspaper calling for divestment from Israel.",Censored,None.,Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,Columbia University,190150,FIREUnder Fire,Unnamed Student,"An unnamed student was reportedly investigated by Columbia's Office of Institutional Equity for co-hosting an art exhibition focusing on last spring's occupation of campus buildings by pro-Palestinian protesters. The Office also reportedly requires students to sign nondisclosure agreements before speaking with investigators or accessing materials related to their investigation. The two-story exhibit, housed in a private building belonging to school's Alpha Delta Phi chapter, features work from artists around the world.",Censored,None.,Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2024,Cornell University,190415,FIREUnder Fire,Maria Valdez,Administrators investigated and then suspended Valdez for a social media post critical of Zionism.,Suspended,"Condemned Expression

The university president said: Cornell Police and the Office of Student Conduct are investigating and if we determine that it was posted by a member of the Cornell community, they will be held fully accountable and appropriately sanctioned. This post is heinous, and I condemn it in the strongest terms.""",Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2025,Cornell University,190415,Deplatforming,Kehlani,"Kehlani, a Grammy-nominated R&B artist, was scheduled to headline the university's annual Slope Day event. Shortly after the announcement, backlash mounted over Kehlani’s history of anti-Israel statements, including a widely publicized chant of “Fuck Israel” and “Fuck Zionism” at a pro-Palestinian protest earlier in the year. Critics, including students, alumni, and members of Congress, argued that her rhetoric was inflammatory and inappropriate for a university-sponsored event. A petition circulated via Google Form urged the university to cancel the performance, citing her political statements as incompatible with Cornell’s values. U.S. Senator Rick Scott and Representatives Lisa McClain and Mike Lawler publicly called for Kehlani to be disinvited, amplifying pressure on the administration. In response to the backlash, the university rescinded Kehlani's invitation.",Revoked,"Appeased Protesters

In a statement, the university's president said: “In the days since Kehlani was announced, I have heard grave concerns from our community that many are angry, hurt, and confused that Slope Day would feature a performer who has espoused antisemitic, anti-Israel sentiments in performances, videos, and on social media."" He added that after meeting with the student board responsible for planning the concert, they agreed the selection had “compromised what is meant to be an inclusive event.” The president acknowledged the decision would be “celebrated by some and criticized by others,” but maintained it was “the right thing to do.”",Penalty,-3,0,0,-3
2025,Cornell University,190415,Deplatforming,Daniel Shapiro/Tzipi Livni/Salam Fayyad/Ryan Crocker,"Shapiro, the former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait and Lebanon, was participating in a panel discussion at the university titled ""Pathways to Peace"" that aimed to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and explore avenues for peace. The event also featured former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Fayyad former Israeli Foreign Minister Livni, and was moderated by Crocker,  The discussion was disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters, leading to the detention of at least 17 individuals by University Police. The protest was organized by the campus chapter of FIREfor Justice in Palestine (SJP), which criticized the university for hosting Livni, labeling her a ""war criminal"" due to her involvement in past Israeli military actions. Protesters interrupted the event with chants and accusations, including shouting ""500 children in 2014 and you killed them. You are a butcher."" After the protesters were removed the panel discussion resumed. In response to the disruptions, the interim university president condemned the actions, emphasizing the importance of free expression and dialogue in the educational process. He announced that nine students involved would face disciplinary actions, potentially including suspension, and that SJP could face suspension as a registered campus organization.",Attempted Disruption,"Honors.

The university's interim president said: ""Individuals attempting to shout down speakers and disrupt dialogue seriously compromise our values."" ​He further elaborated on the disciplinary measures to be taken against those involved in the disruptions. ",Penalty,-2,1,0,-1
2023,New York University,193900,Deplatforming,Mohammed el-Kurd,"After pro-Israel student groups raised safety concerns, the university told the graduate student union, who organized a pro-Palestinian teach-in featuring el-Kurd, it would face disciplinary action if it proceeded with the planned event without following university policy requiring reservation of space. Based on a notification organizers received from university security, organizers said ""security concerns"" were a pretext for not allowing the event to proceed on campus. The event took place off campus.",Substantial Event Disruption,"Disingenuous. 

A university spokesperson responded to reporters: “The characterizations of our actions in that letter [published by pro-Palestinian student groups] are inaccurate statement. To the extent that a student or a student group violates the university’s policies, disciplinary action may be taken, as provided for by those policies. NYU is committed to maintaining a campus that ensures the safety of all of our students while respecting freedom of expression.”",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,New York University,193900,Deplatforming,Rashid Khalidi/Sinan Antoon,"The campus chapter of FIREfor Justice in Palestine invited Khalidi, a professor at Columbia, to discuss his book ""The Hundred Years' War on Palestine"" and the current conflict in Gaza with Antoon, an NYU professor. When first scheduled, the event was only open to those with an NYU affiliation. FIREfor Justice in Palestine asked the university to open the event to the public, but the administration rejected the request concerns about ""contentious speakers."" The event was held privately, as originally scheduled.",Rejected,"Disingenuous.

A university spokesperson said: ""We are in a period when a lot of events on a lot of campuses have gotten out of hand and have involved violence, threats of violence or intimidation. In a good number of those cases, participants from outside the campus community — people who are not subject to the expectations set by a college or university’s code of conduct — have exacerbated the situation.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,New York University,193900,FIREUnder Fire,Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters,"After being barred from campus for their participation in a sit-in protest months earlier, 31 pro-Palestinian students were permitted to return to take exams on the condition that they sign a ""Use of Space Agreement"" which states that they ""may not participare in any protest activity or disruptive activity on Law School property.""",Censored,"Neutral.

Shonna Keogan, a spokesperson for NYU Law School and an assistant dean, said: “Protest activity, while permitted, is subject to time, place, and manner restrictions, and must not interfere with the educational activities of other community members or school operations. It is not the case that any student is prohibited from taking in-person exams or accessing student health centers as a result of engaging in protest activity.”",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2023,SUNY at Albany,196060,Deplatforming,Ian Haworth,FIREshouted down Haworth at a Turning Point USA-sponsored free speech event because of his statements about transgender people. The event was moved and Haworth did an abbreviated presentation.,Substantial Event Disruption,"Condemned Content of Expression, Appeased Protesters. 

Two administrators released a joint statement: “To be clear, the fact that the law requires the University to protect speech doesn't mean that UAlbany endorses the speakers’ worldview. We know who we are and what makes this place special. We are a community that thrives on the diversity of its people, faiths and ideas. . . . We unequivocally reject all forms of hate and bias, and we are committed to fostering a culture in which everyone is and feels welcome every single day.”  

Disingenuous. 

A more general university statement was issued after the event: “Our constitutional obligation to protect speech, even when that speech fundamentally conflicts with our core values, is a pillar of our democratic system. We are equally committed to fostering an environment in which all students feel safe and included — and that the right to protest is also protected.”",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,Binghamton University,196079,Deplatforming,Amy Wax,"Wax, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, was invited to appear on “The World According to Bob and Andy,” a weekly radio show on the university's student-run radio station. Ten minutes before Wax's appearance the hosts were informed that the radio station's E-Board had voted to cancel the interview because ""the proposed interview did not meet [the] station’s goals of providing content by and for Binghamton students and community members.” Wax did not appear and the hosts discussed the upcoming presidential election and censorship on college campuses instead.",Canceled,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2023,University at Buffalo,196088,Scholars Under Fire,Taosheng Huang,"Huang's termination letter cited no cause for termination, though came about a month after Huang had raised concerns in an internal meeting at UB about the culture under Steven E. Lipshultz, the former president and CEO of UBMD Pediatrics and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at UB's Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.",Terminated,None.,Penalty,-5,0,2,-3
2023,Syracuse University,196413,Deplatforming,Mom's for Liberty,"The College Republicans requested to reserve space for a Mom's for Liberty meeting but was informed by the university that student groups are unable to reserve space for off-campus groups. In response, the student group withdrew its request, though it argued that other student groups had brought in off-campus groups for events.",Rejected,None.,Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2023,Syracuse University,196413,Deplatforming,Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi,"A group of students, parents and alumni petitioned the university to cancel an event featuring Abdulhadi. The petition garnered more than 1,800 signatures. Administrators canceled the speech due to “a sharp uptick in anti semitism, Islamophobia and abhorrent conduct threatening members of campus communities based on their identity,” and because of ""safety concerns.""",Revoked,"Neutral. 

In a message to the university community, the chancellor and president said: “Syracuse University cares deeply about free speech and remains strongly committed to academic freedom. We support those seeking to become better informed about important public issues, such as the conflict in the Middle East. However, in the current environment, it is vital that all of us plan carefully and in advance to ensure free speech also occurs in a time, place and manner that takes into account the safety and security of our whole community.”",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2023,Syracuse University,196413,Deplatforming,Sarah Stockton,"FIREand community members wanted the university to cancel Stockton's speech, calling Stockton's views anti-trans. A faculty member started a petition asking the university to cancel the event. The university did not cancel the event and it proceeded, but was moved to a new location due to ""security issues"" and a ""mandate"" from the university's public safety department.",Substantial Event Disruption,"Neutral. 

A university spokesperson said student groups are allowed to hold events that are “controversial, provocative views or offensive to some.” ",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2025,Davidson College,198385,FIREUnder Fire,Young Americans for Freedom,"The Dean of FIREOffice contacted Young Americans for Freedom after receiving complaints that the group had distributed a pamphlet containing ""misinformation that promotes islamophobia"" and shared a post from Libs of TikTok that ""speculate[es] the sex/gender identity"" of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif which allegedly ""includes misinformation that promotes transphobia."" In its letter to YAF, the Dean of FIREOffice announced an alleged Code of Responsibilities violation, and stated that the group could either acccept responsibility or agree to a council hearing.",Investigated,None.,Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2024,Duke University,198419,Scholars Under Fire,Kendall Conger,"Conger, an emergency room physician at Duke Raleigh Hospital a part of the university's Health System and an adjunct associate in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the university, was terminated following his public criticism of the institution's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. In 2021, Duke Health issued a pledge declaring racism as a public health crisis and emphasizing a commitment to equity in healthcare. Conger questioned the scientific basis of this pledge, expressing concerns about the emphasis on equity over equality and the lack of clinical data supporting the assertion that racism is a significant issue in medicine. He voiced these concerns internally and, in May 2023, publicly through an op-ed in the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. ?In December 2023, Conger was informed that his contract would not be renewed, with Duke Health citing that his behavior was negatively impacting the emergency physician team and could jeopardize patient care.",Terminated,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,"University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill",199120,Deplatforming,Barri Weiss/Frank Bruni,"About 25 minutes into Weiss' discussion with Bruni, protesters affiliated with FIREfor Justice in Palestine began waving Palestine flags and shouting at the stage. A university administrator took to the podium and informed the protesters that, as per university policy, they are not allowed to disrupt the event and must leave. Police escorted the protesters out of the event and Weiss and Bruni resumed and completed their discussion.",Attempted Disruption,"Honors.

During the attempted shout down A UNC administrator addressed the protesters: “The Campus Free Speech Act passed by the General Assembly in July 2017 requires the university to protect the rights of speakers to be heard and attendees to hear and see the event. You are not allowed to disrupt this event. You will need to leave. You will need to leave now.”",Penalty,-2,1,1,0
2025,"University of North Carolina, Charlotte",199139,Deplatforming,IDF Soldier I/IDF Soldier II,"The university chapter of FIRESupporting Israel (SSI) organized an event titled ""Triggered: From Combat to Campus,"" featured two active-duty Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers sharing their experiences. Prior to the event, opposition emerged from student organizations, notably FIREfor Justice in Palestine (SJP) and the Revolutionary Student Front. They initiated an online petition titled ""IDF Off Our Campus,"" gathering over 400 signatures, urging the university administration to cancel the event. The petition labeled the IDF soldiers as ""genociders and war criminals"" and argued that hosting them violated the university's neutrality policy by causing distress among students. Despite these protests, the university permitted the event to proceed but required SSI to cover a $5,000 fee for additional security measures, including 16 police officers and six staff security personnel. This decision was made to ensure safety due to the anticipated protests. On the day of the event, supporters and opponents of the event engaged in demonstrations, reflecting the deep divisions among students regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. University officials emphasized their commitment to free speech and the peaceful exchange of ideas, implementing security protocols to maintain a respectful environment. ​The event was successfully held.",Substantial Event Disruption,"Honors.

A university spokesperson said: “Additional security charges are based only on content-neutral factors such as the organizers extensive promotion of the event, the short planning timeline, the selected venue and specific security needs identified by the organizers themselves. These factors are standard criteria applied to all groups, regardless of the views being expressed.” And that, “UNC Charlotte is committed to supporting free speech and the peaceful exchange of ideas. The upcoming event hosted by FIRESupporting Israel (SSI) will proceed as planned. Staff will be present to help support a respectful and safe environment.""",Penalty,-3,1,0,-2
2024,Wake Forest University,199847,Deplatforming,Rabab Abdulhadi,"The university’s Humanities Institute, Department of History, Department of Politics & International Affairs, Middle East South Asian Studies Program, and the National Endowment for the Humanities scheduled an event featuring Abdulhadi, a professor and founding director of the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies Program at San Francisco State University, for October 7, 2024. Abdulhadi's scheuled talk was titled “One Year Since al-Aqsa Flood: Reflections on a Year of Genocide and Resistance.” A student initiated petition, that garnered over 8,500 signatures, demanded the university rescind Abdulhadi's invitation because Abdulhadi has ""publicly threatened Jewish students"" and ""publicly supported and celebrated terrorists."" The university revoked Abdulhadi's invitation to speak on campus.",Revoked,"Condemn Expression.

In a joint statement emailed to the campus community the university president and provost said: ""We have also made the conscious decision not to host events on this day that are inherently contentious and stand to stoke division in our campus community. Thus, we have informed the academic units sponsoring Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi’s campus lecture on October 7 that it cannot take place. We are living in complex times, and yet we remain hopeful about the future because of this caring community and our shared mission to serve humanity.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,Case Western Reserve University,201645,FIREUnder Fire,Law FIREfor Justice in Palestine,"Administrators summoned Law FIREfor Justice in Palestine to a meeting for several social media posts which violate the school's Code of Conduct and Freedom of Expression policies. Among these violations were promoting unapproved (or disapproved) campus events; boycotting faculty members due to their identity; editing images of individuals, using ""targeted language"" such ""bootlicker"" and ""bitches""; and using the phrase ""From the river to the sea"" -- a phrase which the university determined to be ""intimidating and/or threatening.""",Censored,None.,Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,Kent State University,203517,Deplatforming,"""We only have to get lucky once.""","The university removed an art installation that depicted a picture of President Donald Trump's face with a rife pointed towards it and the phrase ""we only have to get lucky once."" After images of the art installation circulated in the press and on social media, the university was accused of hosting ""assasination art,"" and state lawmakers condemned the exhibit and stated that a review of the university's funding was warranted. In response the university removed the dsiplay, denouncing it as ""inconsistent with the university’s values."" ",Removed,"Condemned Expression.

In a statement the university's president said: In recent days, considerable social media attention has been paid to a display of student art produced in a class within our Bachelor of Fine Arts program. The work depicted violence toward elected officials and in no way reflected the point of view of Kent State. Immediately upon learning of the display on Wednesday evening, the university installed a screen to limit access so that only those wishing to see the artwork would encounter it. On Thursday, the art student voluntarily removed the display, and we appreciate the student’s decision to do so. These brief events sparked a heavy response on both ends of the spectrum – first from those who oppose any restriction on the right to free speech and then from many individuals who expressed their outrage after seeing violent imagery. Among these responses have been threats of violence. At Kent State, we uphold the right to free speech as it is granted in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and reiterated in the Ohio Revised Code, Section 3345.0215. However, as we state clearly and often, we continue our work as a university to guide free speech within our Kent State values of kindness and respect. We are glad we reached a constructive outcome. Depictions of political violence are especially problematic for Kent State. We know from our history what happens when polarized viewpoints intersect with violence. We have addressed what took place this past week. We regret that some purveyors of information on social media chose not to update their coverage when the art was voluntarily removed and thus contributed to a confused account of what took place. To reiterate: The artwork was removed voluntarily and quickly. We are grateful for the decision of the student artist given the sensitivities of the history of violence on our campus, and we are glad to have resolved this matter in a manner in keeping with the weight of our history and within our values.",Penalty,-3,0,0,-3
2023,Ohio State University,204796,Deplatforming,Jumana Manna/Alexis Nikole Nelson/Orlando Zane Hunter Jr./Ricarrdo Valentine/Mary Rodriguez,"Manna, a Palestinian a visual artist and filmmaker, was scheduled to appear on a panel with Nelson, a forager and outdoor educator, and Hunter Jr. and Valentine, an interdisciplinary dance duo, that was going to be moderated by Rodriguez a few weeks after October 7, 2023 to discuss the creative future of food. The university's Wexner Center for the Arts canceled the panel because it was not the right time to have conversations about a region at war.",Revoked,"Neutral.

A spokesperson for the Wexner Center for the Arts said: ""The Wexner Center for the Arts has canceled the Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change. Due to current world events, we do not feel this is the right time to have conversations about a region at war. We will look for opportunities to reconvene the panel at a future date.""",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2025,Oklahoma State University,207388,FIREUnder Fire,Young Americans for Freedom,"Amid controversy surrounding signs created by Young Americans for Freedom reading ""DEI Deport Every Illegal,"" users on social media called upon the administration to take them down. However, administrators would instead release a statement defending the group's expressive rights.",No Sanction,"Honors.

A university spokesperson said: ""The flyer was created by a student group. OSU is content neutral concerning these student groups and does not endorse student groups’ messages. The university has over 500 student groups, and some of those are going to have conflicting views. But it is not within the university’s purview to limit constitutionally protected speech.""",Bonus,0,1,0,1
2024,University of Oregon,209551,Deplatforming,Investiture of the 19th president of the University of Oregon,"The university's investiture ceremony celebrates the ""formal installation"" of a new university president. As the Board Chair of the university's Board of Trustees began to introduce incoming university president John Karl Scholz student protesters began shouting ""Karl Scholz you can’t hide, you send bombs to genocide,"" ""shame on you,"" and ""disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest.."" The President-elect of the University Senate then repeatledy asked the protesters to stop their chanting but was not successful. Participants in the ceremony, including the incoming President, were moved off the stage and attendees were told that if they wanted to continue watching the ceremony they would need to do so on Zoom after a 15 minute delay. The event resumed via a Zoom livestream, with protesters still chanting in the original event space. The event concluded without further interruption.",Substantial Event Disruption,"Neutral.

In a statement a university spokesperson said that the university was ""disappointed"" and that it ""supports students’ right to free speech. However, this was a scheduled, celebratory event of new beginnings, and not the right venue for this small group of students to share their message.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,Portland State University,209807,FIREUnder Fire,Turning Point USA,The campus chapter of FIREfor a Democratic Society called upon administrators to cancel an event being hosted by the unrecognized campus chapter of Turning Point USA featuring Riley Gaines.,No Sanction,"Honors.

“PSU is a public institution that supports free speech and free expression, even when the views expressed run counter to the beliefs and values held by many individuals in our community. We can regulate the ‘time, place, and manner of speech but not the content.” - University spokesperson",Bonus,0,1,0,1
2025,Franklin & Marshall College,212577,FIREUnder Fire,Student Commenters,"Administrators disabled comments on one its social media posts, thereby hiding student comments accusing the institution of hypocricy. On its official Instagram page, the university made a post celebrating Transgender Visibility Day just days after sharing a post from the account of the campus chapter of Young Americans for Freedom promoting their upcoming event with ""detransitioner"" Chloe Cole. Upset students criticized then responded with criticism, but had these comments hidden by the university who disabled comments.",Censored,None.,Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2024,Franklin & Marshall College,212577,Deplatforming,Paula Scanlan,"Over 125 administrators, faculty members, and college staff signed a letter calling on the college to ""unequivocally denounce the choice to invite transphobic speaker Paula Scanlan to our campus"" because the appearance was scheduled during the same week as Transgender Day of Visibility. College administrators also refused a request by Young Americans for Freedom, the student group that organized Scanlan's appearance, to allow the event to be recorded and livestreamed. Scanlan spoke successfully on campus, but the livestream of her talk did not occur.",Attempted Disruption,None.,Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2023,Lafayette College,213385,FIREUnder Fire,FIREfor Justice in Palestine,"FIREfor Justice in Palestine was denied recognition by administrators, citing controversies on other campuses as evidence that its events could violate harassment policies and disrupt other clubs' activities.",Deny/Rescind Recognition,None.,Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2023,Pennsylvania State University,214777,Deplatforming,Riley Gaines,The campus chapter of Turning Point USA tried to schedule a speaking event featuring Gaines but university administrators said the event was not booked properly — a claim the sponsoring group disputed. Gaines spoke at a different event on the common green.,Rejected,"Disingenuous.  

The university media office told reporters: “Initially, Turning Point USA, the student group bringing Ms. Gaines to campus, sought indoor space, but did not meet the deadline for submitting the required reservation documents — an expectation upheld for any recognized student organization at Penn State.” 

Appeased Protesters, Condemned Content of Expression. 

A month before the event and before Gaines' rejection as a potential speaker, the university president made a video discussing free speech and said some things seemingly directed at Gaines, or at least at controversial speakers like Gaines: “So what can we do about speakers who come to Penn State to anger, hurt and incite members of our community? Speak out clearly and firmly against hateful speech as well as other instances of discrimination. Hurtful rhetoric causes real fear and anxiety among our community, and those individuals need your support.”

",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2023,University of Pennsylvania,215062,Deplatforming,Israelism,"After being pressured by students and others — including Congress — to combat anti-Israel speech on campus, the university asked a progressive Jewish student group to postpone a screening of the film, Israelism, citing safety reasons. The university feared unrest because the film is critical of Israeli policy. The student group showed the film anyway, and the university threatened the group with disciplinary action for doing so.",Canceled,"Appeased Protesters, Disingenuous. 

The university issued a statement that included:  “[T]he safety and well-being of the Penn community is our top priority . . . after discussions with Penn Public Safety and University administration [the showing was supposed to be postponed]. . . . We are actively working to find a date in February when the film can be viewed and discussed safely and constructively.” ",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2023,University of Pennsylvania,215062,Deplatforming,Palestinian Literature Festival,"On-campus and off-campus groups, a member of Congress, and students petitioned the university to cancel (or move off campus) individual speakers from an on-campus literature festival celebrating Palestinian culture. The event took place, although some speakers were disinvited (Refaat Alareer and Roger Waters).",Revoked,"Appeased Protesters, Condemned Content of Expression. 

The university president, provost, and the school dean published a joint statement that said: ""While the Festival will feature more than 100 speakers, many have raised deep concerns about several speakers who have a documented and troubling history of engaging in anti semitism by speaking and acting in ways that denigrate Jewish people. We unequivocally -- and emphatically -- condemn anti semitism as antithetical to our institutional values. As a university, we also fiercely support the free exchange of ideas as central to our educational mission. This includes the expression of views that are controversial and even those that are incompatible with our institutional values.""",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,University of Pennsylvania,215062,Deplatforming,West Craft Fest,"After an anonymous person emailed the venue for the festival accusing it, and the university, of hosting vendors who support violence against Jewish people, and also complained about the inclusion of pro-Palestinian artists and artwork in the festival, the university asked the organizers to exclude any “items that depict, glorify, or incite violence of any kind whatsoever AND/OR are politically sensitive.” The organizaers moved the event to a smaller location that could not accommodate all of the original vendors set to attend the event.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,University of Pennsylvania,215062,FIREUnder Fire,Penn FIREAgainst the Occupation of Palestine,"After a faculty member accused Penn FIREAgainst the Occupation of Palestine of discriminatory social media content, administrators launched an investigation into the group, compelled it to change the name of its Instagram account, and suspended it from organizing events in campus spaces until the conclusion of the investigation. Ultimately, administrators revoked the group's status as a registered student group.",Deny/Rescind Recognition,"Disingenuous.

In a statement a university spokesperson said: ""The Office of Student Affairs (OSA) has revoked the registration of Penn FIREAgainst the Occupation, effective immediately. This group has failed to comply with policies that govern student organizations at Penn, despite repeated efforts to engage with the group and to provide opportunities to resolve noncompliance.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,University of Pittsburgh,215293,Deplatforming,Bhavini Patel,"Patel, a graduate of the university as well as a congressional candidate and supporter of Israel, was scheduled to appear at the university to speak with students about her experience at the university. A day before the event, it was called off. The university said that it asked Patel to postpone the event because its policies bar ""directly or indirectly engaging in any political campaign activities"" and they were concerned that the event woukd not remain focused on Patel's experiences at the university. Patel said that the university canceled the event ""citing concerns of disruption and my safety"" from supporters of one of her primary opponents who is a critic of Israeli military policy in Gaza.",Revoked,"Neutral. 

A statement released by the university said: ""The Frederick Honors College at the University of Pittsburgh regularly invites distinguished alumni to speak to students about their time at Pitt. It was in this capacity, not as a political candidate, that the University invited Bhavini Patel to speak. As the event drew closer, it became clear that it would not be possible to host the event at the originally planned location and keep the focus of the event on her experience as a Pitt alumna.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,University of Pittsburgh,215293,FIREUnder Fire,FIREfor Justice in Palestine,"FIREfor Justice in Palestine was investigated for having allegedly ""promoted and hosted an event"" in a non-reservable part of the campus library. The event in question was a December 9 study-in wherein students wearing keyyiyehs and surrounded by Palestinian flags protested the war in Gaza by taping paper on the backs of their laptops featuring slogans including ""free Palestine,"" ""no universities left in Gaza,"" and ""429 days of genocide."" Administrators at the library allegedly told the students that their protest had ""modified"" the space and required them to leave and show IDs for code of conduct referrals. The Office of Student Conduct later summoned SJP to a conduct meeting, alleging it had ""promoted and hosted an event"" in a non-reservable area of the library. Though the group denied having organized the study-in, it did admit to having ""amplif[ied]"" it on social media, and suggested uneven enforcement given that a sorority had recently used (but not promoted) a non-reservable space as well without being disciplined. Ultimately, the Office recommended SJP be placed on probation for a year, attend ""educational conversations,"" and be banned from hosting or participating in events until May.",Suspended,"Neutral.

""[O]ur approach to student conduct is to respect the privacy and integrity of ongoing investigations... The conduct process is an educational process designed to support our students in understanding and upholding community standards and the Code of Conduct."" - Director of Student Conduct Matthew Landy, shared by a university spokesperson",Penalty,-2,0,0,-2
2025,Temple University,216339,FIREUnder Fire,Mohammed Khan/Unnamed Student,"Administrators placed an Khan and another (unnamed) student on interim suspension after they had ordered bottle service at a local sports bar along with a customizable sign which read ""Fuck the Jews."" Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports, the owner of the bar, initially offered to pay for the students to visit Auschwitz but has since withdrawn the offer.",Suspended,"Condemned Expression.

Temple President John Fry released a statement reading in part: ""At approximately 3 p.m., the university became aware of reports that Temple students were involved in an antisemitic incident at an off-campus location last night. This is deeply disturbing, and it is with profound regret that I must share this news with our community. In the strongest terms possible, let me be clear: antisemitism is abhorrent. It has no place at Temple and acts of hatred and discrimination against any person or persons are not tolerated at this university. Our Division of Student Affairs is conducting an investigation related to last night’s incident, and they have identified one Temple student who is believed to have been involved. This individual has already been placed on interim suspension.",Penalty,-2,0,0,-2
2023,Brown University,217156,Deplatforming,Christina Paxson,A vigil for a university student from Palestine seriously injured in a shooting in Vermont was cut short after students shouted down the university president by calling for the university to divest its endowment from companies affiliated with Israel. ,Substantial Event Disruption,"Neutral. 

A university spokesperson said: ""Monday's vigil at Brown was planned as an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to come together in the wake of a devastating act of violence in Vermont against one of our own community members. Tensions are high across college campuses, including at Brown, and we are clearly seeing manifestations of the anxiety, concern, frustration and profound desire for change that people are feeling. Yet when some students turned a vigil focused on care and empathy into disruption of the gathering, the opportunity for healing was lost for other attendees. We'll continue to uphold the importance of being a community where we treat each other with care and respect, even in our most challenging moments.""",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,Brown University,217156,Deplatforming,Christina Paxson,"Paxson's commencement speech was briefly disrupted by students in attendance and members of Brown Alumni for Palestine, who claimed responsibility for leading the disruption. The protesters called on Paxson, and Brown, to divest from ""companies complicit with the genocide in Palestine."" After a few minutes, Paxson resumed her remarks and successfully completed the commencement address.",Attempted Disruption,"Neutral.

In a statement a university spokesperson said: ""Amid a time of extraordinary geopolitical conflict nationally and globally, Brown, like many colleges and universities, experienced community members engaged in various forms of expression during its Commencement and Reunion Weekend. Other than some brief interruptions of a few minutes to our College Ceremony on Sunday because of noise from a small group of protestors, all events proceeded as planned. Before the University Ceremony, another group of protestors who seemed mostly unaffiliated with Brown chanted in one corner of the College Green for a few minutes before the program began, but they were escorted off the green and did not disrupt the event. What is most important is that the tens of thousands of people who were on College Hill over the past few days had a truly joyful and exciting weekend, celebrating the amazing achievements of our undergraduate, graduate, and medical and professional students, as well as the reunions of Brown alumni. This was our primary goal.""",Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2025,Brown University,217156,FIREUnder Fire,Alex Shieh/Benjamin Marcus/Gary Bittker,"Administrators investigated Shieh on allegations that he had ""emotionally harmed"" Brown employees when sending an email asking administrators to explain their role and what they have done in the past week. Using the university's organizational chart, Shieh created a database of campus administrators and used an algorithm to analyze their perceived efficiency. He then, in his capacity as a member of the conservative campus newspaper The Brown Spectator, sent an email similar to one recently sent by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to government employees asking administrators to explain what tasks they had accomplished in the past week. Claiming that Shieh had used ""confidential information"" in the database's construction, administrators demanded he return or destroy said information or else be charged with ""failure to comply"" unless he provide proof of its deletion. Ultimately, Shieh was not formally disciplined. Administrators also investigated Marcus, editor-in-chief of The Brown Spectator, and and Gray Bittker, the paper's managing editor, after fellow member Alex Shieh's “Bloat @ Brown” project emailed all 3,800 staff asking them to list their week’s accomplishments. Administrators alleged misuse of a campus tech platform and charged Marcus and the others with a trademark violation due to the paper’s name. Ultimately, the university found Marcus and Bittker not responsible on every count and closed the case.",Investigated,"Disingenuous.

Brian Clark, a spokesperson for the university, said: ""Due to federal law protecting student privacy, the university cannot provide additional details, even to refute the inaccuracies and mischaracterizations that have been made public. We are treating this matter with the utmost seriousness.""

Clark also said in an email that “we were made aware of the launch of this website based on emails that arrived in the inboxes of Brown staff across campus [and] we’ve advised staff not to respond.” He continued, saying that the university is also “evaluating the situation and the use of data about Brown employees from a policy standpoint, and that review will inform our next steps.”

And then, upon announcing Shieh would face no formal discipline, Clark said in a statement: “Despite continued public reporting framing this as a free speech issue, it absolutely is not. Since the start of this matter, Brown has proceeded in complete accordance with free expression guarantees and appropriate procedural safeguards under University policies and applicable law.""",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2022,Furman University,218070,Scholars Under Fire,Chris Healy,"Healy, a professor of computer science at the university, faced significant controversy due to his attendance at the 2017 ""Unite the Right"" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. In September 2022, images surfaced online depicting Healy at the rally, prompting university to place him on paid administrative leave and initiate an investigation into his conduct. The university's actions were based on concerns about Healy's associations with organizations connected to white supremacist groups that promote racism, exclusion, and hatred. This investigation led to Healy being banned from campus during the review process. In December 2022, Healy filed a lawsuit against hte university, alleging breach of contract and due process violations related to his suspension. Despite a faculty committee recommending against his termination, the university proceeded to terminate Healy's employment in April 2024. Healy's lawsuit for wrongful termination is ongoing.",Terminated,"Condemn Content of Expression

In a statement the university president said: ""I learned today that one of our faculty members participated in the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, and is alleged to be associated with other organizations that are connected with white supremacist groups that promote racism, exclusion and hatred. I and others immediately began investigating this information. As we continue to look into this matter, this professor will not teach or be on campus as we process these difficult circumstances and determine next steps. The views of the organizers of the Unite the Right rally do not reflect the values that I hold, and they are not the values that we have committed to in our vision, mission and values statements. They are harmful to members of our community, diminish a sense of belonging, and inhibit each individual’s opportunity to thrive. It is our responsibility when matters like these come to light to engage in robust dialogue about what belonging and thriving mean on our campus and beyond. As we continue to struggle with this difficult situation, we intend to engage our campus in further conversation.""
",Penalty,-5,0,3,-2
2023,University of South Carolina,218663,FIREUnder Fire,Uncensored America,"Administrators denied recognition to Uncensored America on the grounds that it was too similar to another group on campus and requested it seek to fold itself into that other group. Following the incident, USC updated its policies to include a “returned for revision” status to clarify to prospective student groups that applications deficient in ways not warranting denial can be corrected and/or supplemented then resubmitted. ",Deny/Rescind Recognition,None.,Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,University of Memphis,220862,Deplatforming,Kyle Rittenhouse,"The campus chapter of Turning Point USA invited Rittenhouse to speak on campus. FIREobjected to Rittenhouse's invitation because the university is a ""predominantly black college in a predominantly black city where MLK was killed."" A former county comission condemned the event on X, sharing the professional contact information of the university president and urging people to let him know how they feel about Rittenhouse speaking on campus. As Rittenhouse took the stage to deliver his remarks he was shouted down by student protesters in attendance. Rittenhouse did not give his speech and immediately moved onto to the Q&A, he left the stage after being questioned about Turning Point USA's CEO (Charlie Kirk).",Substantial Event Disruption,"Neutral. 

A universty spokesperson said: ""The upcoming event at the University of Memphis featuring Kyle Rittenhouse is not sponsored by the University. A registered student organization, University of Memphis TPUSA, is hosting the event. Under the First Amendment and Tennessee’s Campus Free Speech Act, the University of Memphis cannot legally prohibit such events from being hosted by a registered student organization.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2023,University of Tennessee,221759,Scholars Under Fire,Rose Abramoff,"Abramoff, a climate scientist at the university's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, participated in a protest at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference in December 2022, where she and another scientist interrupted a panel discussion to advocate for urgent climate action. This action was part of a broader movement by scientists calling for direct action against climate change. After her protest at the AGU conference, Abramoff was reportedly fired from her research position at the university. The university did not publicly state the precise reason for her dismissal, but Abramoff attributed it to her activism.",Terminated,None.,Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2025,University of Tennessee,221759,FIREUnder Fire,College Republicans,"FIREcontacted administrators requesting action against College Republicans for having mocked the university's ""Consent Is"" campaign on social media. The University Center for Health and Wellness created and promoted T-shirts as part of its sexual assault prevention campaign. College Republicans soon thereafter posted a screenshot of the shirts with the captions ""these shirts are so gay and libtard coded"" and ""WAIT UNTIL MARRIAGE."" A Reddit thread was then created in response to the post, wherein users announced they had contacted administrators. The program director for the Office of the Dean of FIREwould ultimately defend the group's expressive rights.",No Sanction,"Honors.

“We understand these events elicit a range of emotions and perspectives along with feelings of discomfort. Despite what took place, we continue to encourage respectful discourse and open dialogue... At UT, we champion the principles of free expression, encouraging our students and campus community to openly voice their opinions, whether in support or against various actions or viewpoints. By law, students and student organizations are able to express themselves freely on social media.”- Ciara Gazaway, program director for the Office of the Dean of ��֭����.",Bonus,0,1,0,1
2024,University of Houston,225511,Deplatforming,Shahzia Sikander,"Sikander, an artist, was scheduled to speak at the opening of an exhibit diplsaying two pieces of her artwork (Witness and Reckoning) at the univerisity. Multiple off-campus activists groups, TFP Student Action and Texas Right to Life, started petitions demanding the exhibits cancelation. The university canceled the opening ceremonies, including Sikander's talk, after these petitions garnered national attention and Texas Right to Life organized an on-campus protest. Witness remains on display. Reckoning, an animated shirt film, was not installed at the time the exhibit opened and it is unclear if or when it will be shown.",Revoked,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,University of North Texas,227216,Deplatforming,Perceptions: Observations & Reflections of the Western Muslim,"Multiple state representatives wrote the university demanding the removal of ""Perceptions: Observations & Reflections of the Western Muslim,"" an art exhibit, that included a piece featuring Hebrew text stating, ""The murder of the people = genocide."" Some faculty members also criticized the artwork as ""antisemitic."" In response to the backlash, the artists chose to remove the contentious piece two days before the exhibit's scheduled conclusion. The rest of the exhibit remained on display until its planned end date.",Withdrew,None.,Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,University of North Texas,227216,FIREUnder Fire,All LGBTQ+ Student Groups,A directive was sent by University of North Texas System Chancellor Michael Williams to the presidents of each campus ordering the pause of any drag performances on campus. Sigma Lambda Gammas was planning to host a drag show on April 11.,Censored,"Neutral.

“As a public university it is our responsibility to comply with all applicable federal and state laws and executive orders while balancing our duty to carry out our core missions of teaching, learning and research.” - UNT System Chancellor Michael Williams",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,University of North Texas,227216,FIREUnder Fire,GLAD Queer Alliance,A directive was sent by University of North Texas System Chancellor Michael Williams to the presidents of each campus ordering the pause of any drag performances on campus. The GLAD Queer Alliance was planning to host a drag show on April 10.,Censored,"Neutral.

“As a public university it is our responsibility to comply with all applicable federal and state laws and executive orders while balancing our duty to carry out our core missions of teaching, learning and research.” - UNT System Chancellor Michael Williams",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,University of North Texas,227216,FIREUnder Fire,Sigma Lambda Gammas,A directive was sent by University of North Texas System Chancellor Michael Williams to the presidents of each campus ordering the pause of any drag performances on campus. Sigma Lambda Gammas was planning to host a drag show on April 11.,Censored,"Neutral.

“As a public university it is our responsibility to comply with all applicable federal and state laws and executive orders while balancing our duty to carry out our core missions of teaching, learning and research.” - UNT System Chancellor Michael Williams",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,University of North Texas,227216,FIREUnder Fire,Dania Bayan/Fatima Kubria,"Texas Reps. (R) sent a letter to administrators calling for the removal of a Bayan's and Kubria's pro-Palestinian artwork from a campus exhibit. The letter called the artwork's framing of Middle Eastern geopolitics ""not only inflammatory, but factually false with regard to the allegations of 'genocide.'"" Bayan and another student artist (Fatima Kubra) voluntarily took down one piece from their exhibit.",No Sanction,"High Honors.

UNT Vice President and Chief Integrity Officer Clay Simmons said: “The university is aware that the exhibit contains work that some find disturbing and interpret as antisemitic — while others may find justified. A notice that the exhibit contains sensitive content has been posted.” Simmons added that UNT is prohibited from limiting speech or “expressive activities,” citing the First Amendment as a principal reason.“Free inquiry and the free exchange of ideas allow individuals to challenge assumptions, and promote understanding, even in the face of disagreement.""",Bonus,2,0,0,2
2025,Texas A&M University,228723,Deplatforming,Draggieland,"The university system's Board of Regents unanimously voted to ban drag shows across its 11 campuses, citing concerns that such performances are ""inconsistent with the System's mission and core values,"" and referencing a recent preisdential executive order prohibiting federal funding for the promotion of ""gender ideology."" This decision led to the cancellation of ""Draggieland,"" an annual drag event scheduled on the university's flagship campus.",Canceled,"Neutral. 

A university spokesperson said: ""After the Board of Regents meeting today, the Texas A&M University administration began coordinating with the Division of Student Affairs to notify student organizations about the Board’s decision. As a part of the Texas A&M University System, the flagship university follows policies set by the Board.""",Penalty,-3,0,0,-3
2025,Texas A&M University,228723,Deplatforming,No Other Land,"University administrators canceled a scheduled on-campus screening of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land  “so [the event] could be held in conjunction with other academic programs that would add value.” The film, created by an Israeli-Palestinian collective, documents the displacement of Palestinian communities in the West Bank. In response to the cancellation, the film was screened off-campus",Canceled,"Disingenuous.

In a statement, a university spokesperson said: ""Academic freedom around what we teach and what we pursue as scholarship is not at risk. This postponement is based on the event’s lack of association with a course or academic research and the desire to connect it with a more appropriate academic forum in the fall semester.""",Penalty,-3,0,0,-3
2025,Texas A&M University,228723,FIREUnder Fire,Queer Empowerment Council,"The Texas A&M System Board of Regents voted to ban drag shows at each of the 11 system universities, which would prohibit the student-run Queer Empowerment Council from hosting its upcoming King/Queen of Draggiland event. Following President Trump's executive order recognizing only two sexes, the System Board of Regents voted on the issue out of concern that permitting drag shows would violate the order. With the help of FIREthe group sued, resulting in a judge blocking the ban and permitting their drag show to proceed as originally intended.",Censored,"Neutral.

""After the Board of Regents meeting today, the Texas A&M University administration began coordinating with the Division of Student Affairs to notify student organizations about the Board’s decision. As a part of the Texas A&M University System, the flagship university follows policies set by the Board.” - Spokesperson",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,Texas A&M University,228723,FIREUnder Fire,All LGBTQ+ Student Groups,"Following President Trump's executive order recognizing only two sexes, the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents voted to ban drag shows on each of its 11 campuses out of concern that permitting these shows would violate the order.",Censored,"Neutral.

“After the Board of Regents meeting today, the Texas A&M University administration began coordinating with the Division of Student Affairs to notify student organizations about the Board’s decision. As a part of the Texas A&M University System, the flagship university follows policies set by the Board.” - Spokesperson",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,"University of Texas, Arlington",228769,FIREUnder Fire,LGBTQ+ Student Groups,"One day after receiving a letter from Republican Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare calling for a system-wide ban of drag shows, chairman of the system's Board of Regents Kevin Eltife announced that ""our public university facilities, supported by taxpayers, will not serve as venues for drag shows."" Citing President Trump's Executive Order stating that ""federal funds shall not be used to promote gender ideology,"" O'Hare's letter argued that ""drag shows highlight men reducing the perception of women to stereotypes and body parts.""",Censored,"Appeased Protesters.

""All activities at UT institutions are expected to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and executive orders, including any restrictions on the use of public funds. Our public university facilities, supported by taxpayers, will not serve as venues for drag shows. Our institutions will not sponsor them. If the Board of Regents needs to take further action to make this clear, we will do so."" - Board of Regents Chairman Kevin P. Eltife",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2024,"University of Texas, Austin",228778,FIREUnder Fire,Ammer Qaddumi,"Qaddumi was arrested during an April 24 pro-Palestine protest but had charges dropped. Despite faculty council ruling that the protest did not violate university rules, administrators wanted to hand out a three semester suspension. A student board ruled that Qaddumi had failed to comply with university rules but did not incite illegal conduct, and disagreed with the recommended suspension. Ultimately, however, an appellate officer ruled in the administration's favor, retroactively implementing the suspension. Qaddumi filed a lawsuit against the university, claiming the disciplinary action was unlawful.",Suspended,None.,Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2024,"University of Texas, Austin",228778,FIREUnder Fire,Palestine Solidarity Committee,"Palestine Solidarity Committee planned an outdoor demonstration on campus to call for the university to divest from groups with ties to Israel. The day before the scheduled protest, administrators sent the group a letter describing the group has having ""declared intent to violate our policies and rules, and disrupt our campus operations,"" and told them they were not allowed to hold the event. When students assembled anyways, police intervened and arrested dozens of protesters ""at the request of the University and at the direction of Texas Governor Greg Abbott."" The group would go on to be suspended.",Suspended,"Disingenuous

""Dear Campus Community,

Yesterday was clearly a rough, divisive day for our campus. As the push to disrupt top universities spreads across the country, many campuses such as ours are facing similarly difficult challenges. We are all wrestling with how to juggle broad, important goals, including student safety, continuity and excellence in teaching and research, and the right to express one’s views and call for change. I imagine that virtually all of us support each of those goals, even though we might disagree to some extent about how to weigh them in a particular situation. The University’s decision to not allow yesterday’s event to go as planned was made because we had credible indications that the event’s organizers, whether national or local, were trying to follow the pattern we see elsewhere, using the apparatus of free speech and expression to severely disrupt a campus for a long period. Consistent with this broader movement that is impacting so many, problematic aspects of the planned protest were modeled after a national organization’s protest playbook. And notably, 26 of the 55 individuals arrested yesterday had no UT affiliation. 

Against this backdrop, I am reminded today that we have much to be thankful for. I’m thankful we live in a country where free expression is a fiercely protected Constitutional right. I’m grateful that our campus has seen 13 pro-Palestinian events take place during the past several months largely without incident — plus another one today. I am grateful that everyone is safe after yesterday, we continue to hold in-person classes, and that today’s events followed our long-standing campus standards for allowed demonstrations. And I’m grateful to work in a place where people with different points of view come together to try to solve hard problems. Some days, those problems seem especially daunting, but changing the world for the better isn’t easy.

Thank you for showing your fellow Longhorns grace and empathy, and for remembering that we’re all trying to support and educate an incredibly talented group of students. I encourage us all to continue to communicate and work together, and to help our students finish this school year in positive, safe and celebratory ways.""
- President Jay Hartzell
",Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2025,"University of Texas, Austin",228778,FIREUnder Fire,LGBTQ+ Student Groups,"One day after receiving a letter from Republican Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare calling for a system-wide ban of drag shows, chairman of the system's Board of Regents Kevin Eltife announced that ""our public university facilities, supported by taxpayers, will not serve as venues for drag shows."" Citing President Trump's Executive Order stating that ""federal funds shall not be used to promote gender ideology,"" O'Hare's letter argued that ""drag shows highlight men reducing the perception of women to stereotypes and body parts.""",Censored,"Appeased Protesters.

""All activities at UT institutions are expected to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and executive orders, including any restrictions on the use of public funds. Our public university facilities, supported by taxpayers, will not serve as venues for drag shows. Our institutions will not sponsor them. If the Board of Regents needs to take further action to make this clear, we will do so."" - Board of Regents Chairman Kevin P. Eltife",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2024,"University of Texas, Dallas",228787,FIREUnder Fire,Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez,"Olivares Gutierrez is the Editor-in-Chief of the campus newspaper, The Mercury. The paper claims that in retaliation for not allowing the school's Director of Student Media to attend their private meetings over the summer, that same administrator prohibited them from attending future student journalism conferences and called a vote to fire Olivares Gutierrez for alleged bylaw violations. A committee of faculty, students and administrators ultimately did vote to remove him, and the paper demanded that the media operating board's bylaws be amended to prevent staff from being fired, that he be reinstated and that the position in the future become an elected position. Should their demands not be met, the paper says they will break away to form an independent outlet.",Termination of Student Employee,None.,Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2024,"University of Texas, Dallas",228787,FIREUnder Fire,The Mercury,"Administrators fired all student staffers of The Mercury after the paper went on strike in response to the removal of its editor-and-chief. Following The Mercury's summer coverage of administrative handling of pro-Palestine student protests, the paper experienced months of contentious relations with administrators, including being prohibited from attending journalism conferences in alleged retaliation for denying the Director of Student Media access to summer meetings, as well as the outing of the paper's editor-in-chief in September. In response to this, the remaining ten members of the paper released a public statement announcing a strike until the editor-in-chief be reinstated. Several weeks later, student affairs fired all ten members, leading the students to start their own independent paper called the Retrograde.",Deny/Rescind Recognition,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,"University of Texas, Dallas",228787,Deplatforming,Dominic Coletti,"University administrators canceled Coletti's talk, titled ""Why You Should Care About Free Speech on Campus,"" less than 24 hours before it was set to begin. Coletti, a FIREprogram officer, had been invited by the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL). The cancellation was triggered when a reporter from the student newspaper, The Mercury, contacted university administrators with questions about whether the event complied with school policies. This prompted administrators to investigate and ultimately revoke the student group’s room reservation. The university cited a rule prohibiting outside organizations from reserving campus space or organizing events through student groups, asserting that ��֭����—not YAL—had arranged the event. FIREcontested the university’s justification, arguing that the policy was vaguely defined and selectively enforced, especially since the university had allowed other student groups to host events co-sponsored by external organizations. ",Revoked,None.,Penalty,-3,0,0,-3
2025,"University of Texas, Dallas",228787,FIREUnder Fire,LGBTQ+ Student Groups,"One day after receiving a letter from Republican Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare calling for a system-wide ban of drag shows, chairman of the system's Board of Regents Kevin Eltife announced that ""our public university facilities, supported by taxpayers, will not serve as venues for drag shows."" Citing President Trump's Executive Order stating that ""federal funds shall not be used to promote gender ideology,"" O'Hare's letter argued that ""drag shows highlight men reducing the perception of women to stereotypes and body parts.""",Censored,"Appeased Protesters.

""All activities at UT institutions are expected to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and executive orders, including any restrictions on the use of public funds. Our public university facilities, supported by taxpayers, will not serve as venues for drag shows. Our institutions will not sponsor them. If the Board of Regents needs to take further action to make this clear, we will do so."" - Board of Regents Chairman Kevin P. Eltife",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,"University of Texas, El Paso",228796,FIREUnder Fire,LGBTQ+ Student Groups,"One day after receiving a letter from Republican Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare calling for a system-wide ban of drag shows, chairman of the system's Board of Regents Kevin Eltife announced that ""our public university facilities, supported by taxpayers, will not serve as venues for drag shows."" Citing President Trump's Executive Order stating that ""federal funds shall not be used to promote gender ideology,"" O'Hare's letter argued that ""drag shows highlight men reducing the perception of women to stereotypes and body parts.""",Censored,"Appeased Protesters.

""All activities at UT institutions are expected to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and executive orders, including any restrictions on the use of public funds. Our public university facilities, supported by taxpayers, will not serve as venues for drag shows. Our institutions will not sponsor them. If the Board of Regents needs to take further action to make this clear, we will do so."" - Board of Regents Chairman Kevin P. Eltife",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2023,"University of Texas, San Antonio",229027,Deplatforming,Alice Rothchild/Deborah Harrington/Hadeel El Masri/Harry Gunkel,"A group of medical students worked with the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics on campus to schedule a serioes of discussions on ""Health Equity in Palestine."" The first discussion, while initially postponed, was well attended, but a week before the second discussion a faculty member at the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics informed the medical students that the center was ending its sponsorship of the discussions. The medical students reached out to the university administration to see if the event could be held without the center's sponsorship but they received no reply and the remaining two discussions were canceled. Rothchild, Harrignton and El Masro were scheduled to participate in the second discussion; Gunkel was scheduled to participate in the last one.",Revoked,"Neutral. 

The university's Chief Marketing Communications Officer said that the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics' decision to end the sponsorship of the discussion series was not because of its content. It was because the event's sponsors were not a registered student organization, which is a reuirement for hosting such events.",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2025,"University of Texas, San Antonio",229027,FIREUnder Fire,LGBTQ+ Student Groups,"One day after receiving a letter from Republican Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare calling for a system-wide ban of drag shows, chairman of the system's Board of Regents Kevin Eltife announced that ""our public university facilities, supported by taxpayers, will not serve as venues for drag shows."" Citing President Trump's Executive Order stating that ""federal funds shall not be used to promote gender ideology,"" O'Hare's letter argued that ""drag shows highlight men reducing the perception of women to stereotypes and body parts.""",Censored,"Appeased Protesters.

""All activities at UT institutions are expected to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and executive orders, including any restrictions on the use of public funds. Our public university facilities, supported by taxpayers, will not serve as venues for drag shows. Our institutions will not sponsor them. If the Board of Regents needs to take further action to make this clear, we will do so."" - Board of Regents Chairman Kevin P. Eltife",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2023,University of Utah,230764,Deplatforming,Damaged: The Transing of America’s Kids,"A screening of the documentary, Damaged: The Transing of America’s Kids, was cut short after student protesters disrupted a watch party for 20 minutes. Campus police entered the room and asked the protesters to leave, but the protesters continued to chant until police began escorting them out of the room.",Substantial Event Disruption,"Appeased Protesters, Disingenuous. 

A letter from the university's Center of Equity and Student Belonging to the student group that disrupted the event said: ""We strongly support Mecha’s right to speak out on important issues and to make the voices of its members heard. That is fundamental to a democratic society. As you know, we share your concern over the hurt that certain groups are causing to the university’s marginalized communities. However, the law does not permit one side of a dispute to disrupt and prevent another from peacefully speaking their mind. In the same way Mecha may have its voice heard, those with opposing views also have the right to speak and to have their voices heard even if you disagree with their offensive views.""",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,Middlebury College,230959,FIREUnder Fire,Chabad,"Administrators denied recognition to the Jewish student group Chabad in part because there was already one organization on campus that supposedly offered similar programming, despite there being multiple groups from other faiths on campus.",Deny/Rescind Recognition,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2023,University of Vermont,231174,Deplatforming,Mohammed el-Kurd,"The university canceled an event featuring el-Kurd sponsored by the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series and the departments of English and sociology, citing safety and security concerns in light of conflict in Gaza. FIREstarted a petition to have the decision reversed, but to no avail. The event was moved online.",Revoked,"Disingenuous. 

A university spokesperson said: ""Based on conversations over the past week with community members, campus partners and public safety officials, our assessment is that holding the event on campus this week raises safety and security concerns that cannot be sufficiently mitigated. Therefore, the university has determined it will not provide meeting space for the Miller Lecture Series event on October 26.""",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,University of Vermont,231174,Deplatforming,Linda Thomas-Greenfield,FIREand the campus chapter of FIREfor Justice in Palestine demanded the university rescind its invitation to Thomas-Greenfield to speak at commencement because as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas-Greenfield had recently vetoed three UN resolutions calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The university rescinded Thomas-Greenfield's invitation.,Revoked,"Neutral. 

In an email to the campus community the university president said: ""It is with regret that I share that our planned speaker, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, will not be joining us to deliver the Commencement address.""

Neutral. 

A university spokeperson said: ""(Thomas-Greenfield and UVM) share the goal of a commencement ceremony that appropriately honors graduates and their achievements. Our graduating students want to enjoy the celebration of commencement, and we do not want the potential of disruption from a vocal minority to interfere with the moment.""",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,George Mason University,232186,Scholars Under Fire,Nicholas Decker,"Decker, a Ph.D. student in philosophy at George Mason University (GMU), came under fire for a satirical Substack post titled “When Must We Kill Them?”, which addressed the moral and political dangers posed by authoritarian leaders like Donald Trump. Though Decker framed his essay as philosophical and hypothetical in nature, critics claimed it advocated political violence, prompting university and public backlash. In the essay, Decker argues from a philosophical standpoint that there can be conditions under which political violence against authoritarian rulers might be morally justifiable. He frames this as a classical philosophical question and explicitly distances himself from any call to action. However, critics online interpreted the essay as a threat or call to assassinate Trump. The university responded by publicly condemning the essay, calling the language “abhorrent and repugnant.” The university also acknowledged it referred the matter to law enforcement for review, despite clarifying that Decker’s statements were protected under the First Amendment. FIREcriticized the university decision to involve the police, stating it could chill protected expression.",Investigated,"Condemned Expression.

In an official statement on X; the university said: ""A recent essay posted online by a GMU student expressing views on political violence is abhorrent and repugnant. GMU condemns such language in the strongest possible terms."" In a follow-up post it added: ""While protected by the First Amendment; the university has referred the matter to law enforcement for further review.""",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2023,Virginia Commonwealth University,234030,Deplatforming,Kristan Hawkins,"Protesters disrupted a FIREfor Life of America-sponsored event featuring Hawkins because of her pro-life stance. The event never began because there was so much heckling and, eventually, pushing. Two nonstudents were arrested. Instead of controlling the protesters, campus police asked the speaker to leave. ",Substantial Event Disruption,"Disingenuous. 

A university spokesperson after the event said that “VCU is committed to promoting a safe environment for our students, faculty, staff and visitors so that the right to gather and speak freely is protected. . . . We must extend dignity and respect to others, especially those with whom we disagree.”",Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2025,Virginia Commonwealth University,234030,FIREUnder Fire,Selma Ait-Bella/Sereen Haddad/Pro-Palestine Protesters,"Administrators censored Ait-Bella and Sereen Haddad, and witheld their degree pending an investigation. On the last day of classes, Ait-Bella, Haddad and around 40 other students organized on a campus lawn for the one-year anniversary of an encampment protest which resulted in riot police deploying pepper spray and tear gas against students. Ait-Bella, Haddad, and their peers did not set up any tents, but did use cloth banners from past protests as picnic blankets. Administrators and campus police approached the group and told them to relocate to a ""free speech zone."" Some refused, and one student was arrested. Afterwards, Ait-Bella and Haddad were placed under investigation and had their degrees held pending its findings.",Censored,"Condemned Expression.

“Despite multiple warnings over a three-hour period from Student Affairs, security personnel and VCU Police that VCU policy did not authorize events on the lawn — but would have permitted the event to relocate to the Park Plaza Amphitheater just a few hundred feet away — many of those assembled refused to relocate.. Bottom line: if the event moved to Park Plaza Amphitheater it would have been fine.” - University Spokesperson",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2025,University of Virginia,234076,FIREUnder Fire,Kirk Wolff,"While quietly protesting on university grounds, Wolff was approached by a campus police officer and an administrator, who threatened him with a no tresspass order and disenrollment unless he leave. The university hosts the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, a school on campus that educates military lawyers. Wolff set up a folding chair outside JAG school grounds (but still on university grounds) and sat beside two signs protesting President Trump's proposal to develop Gaza under U.S. control. Shortly thereafter, a campus police vehicle pulled up, and an officer accompanied by an administrator approached Wolff. The administrator told Wolff that he was violating university policy and instructed him to leave or else ""be issued a no trespass order barring you from university property for up to four years."" Wolff then called one of his law professors, and minutes later, the administrator reversed course and said he was not breaking any rules. Three days later, Wolff met with the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs, who told him that body camera footage showed that the administrator who confronted Wolff had not followed correct procedures and that the university would change its policies to no longer deploy campus police to speech-related incidents.",Censored,"Disingenuous.

""The content of the expressive activity in question was irrelevant to this encounter... No University policies were violated by University officials or the individual in question... It is accurate that a student affairs representative approached [Wolff] to gather information about their expressive activities on Grounds. Once it was determined that [Wolff] was affiliated with the University, his expressive activity continued that day, as well as the following Monday.” - University spokesperson",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2023,Washington and Lee University,234207,Deplatforming,Carol Swain/Marc Lamont Hill/Patrice Onwuka,"Multiple student organizations, including the College Republicans and College Democrats, co-sponsored a panel discussion centered on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives including Swain amd Hill. The panel was moderated by Onwuka. The discussion was difficult to arrange and ended up in a smaller venue than requested because of bureaucratic roadblocks, which the university seemed to apply in a discriminatory manner based on the viewpoint of the speaker or the political orientation of the event sponsors. Swain and Hill spoke successfully.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,University of Washington,236948,Deplatforming,Board of Regents Meeting,"During a Board of Regents meeting, protestors affiliated with UW Divest for Palestine shouted down speakers during the public comment period of a proposal to form a committee to consider university divestment from ""weapons comapnies"" that do business with Israel. Protesters were warned by the board multiple times that the room would be cleared if the disruption continued. The board ultimately decided to adjourn the meeting ""after disruptions made orderly conduct of the meeting impossible.""",Substantial Event Disruption,"Neutral.

In a joint statement the board's outgoing chair and incoming chair said: ""Speakers addressing labor issues and those calling for divestment from Israel had spoken without interruption, but when Jewish speakers opposed to divestment and concerned about antisemitism on campus began their comments, protestors repeatedly interrupted and shouted them down. Despite repeated warnings to stop and clear the room, protesters continued their chants to shut down the meeting.""

They further condemned the protesters’ actions as “antithetical to free dialogue and disrespectful of other UW community members.”",Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2024,University of Washington,236948,Deplatforming,Daniel Kurtzer,"Kurtzer, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, was invited as the final speaker in the university's War in the Middle East Lecture Series. The UW United Front for Paelestinian Liberation organized a protest both outside the venue and in the hallways of the building. About 30 minutes into Kurtzer's talk a proteter began standing up and shouting over Kurtzer. The protester was removed by security. Abot 15 minutes later a different set of protesters began chanting and holding signs up. These protesters were also escorted out. In total, Kurtzer and the event organziers experienced seven different disruptions before the event ended early during the Q&A session.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,1,-2
2025,University of Washington,236948,Deplatforming,Olivia Krolczyk,"Krolczyk was invited to speak on campus about women's rights by the university's Turning Point USA chapter at an event titled ""Protect Women from Men: The Threat of the Trans Agenda."" Protesters surrounded the room where the talk was scheduled to take place. As the event began some protesters became more disruptive and one pulled the fire alarm in the building. Krolczyk and members of the Turning Point USA chapter barricaded themselves inside the room before they were escorted out by university police and security. ",Substantial Event Disruption,"Disingenuous.

In a statement a university spokesperson said: ""The University of Washington is committed to free exchange of ideas and the principles of academic freedom, in accordance with the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, including some whose views may be considered controversial. UW police leadership was in conversation with organizers of Tuesday night’s event several weeks ago to discuss plans to make it run as smoothly as possible and safely. The student group that invited the speaker, unfortunately, changed its plans during the course of the day. The group committed to requiring registration by attendees in advance of the event and did not follow through on that requirement.""",Penalty,-3,0,0,-3
2025,West Virginia University,238032,FIREUnder Fire,Football Team,"Rich Rodriguez, coach of the West Virginia University football team, banned players from expressing themselves through dance on TikTok. Rodriguez justified his decision by telling reporters ""I'm not banning them from [TikTok]. I'm just banning them from dancing on it. It's like, look, we try to have a hard edge or whatever, and you're in there in your tights dancing... ain't quite the image of our program that I want.""",Censored,"Condemned Expression.

""They're going to be on it, so I'm not banning them from it. I'm just banning them from dancing on it. It's like, look, we try to have a hard edge or whatever, and you're in there in your tights dancing on TikTok, ain't quite the image of our program that I want... I'm allowed to do that. I can have rules. Twenty years from now, if they want to be sitting in their pajamas in the basement eating Cheetos and watching TikTok or whatever the hell, they can go at it, smoking cannabis, whatever. Knock yourself out... I hope our focus can be on winning football games. How about let's win the football game and not worry about winning the TikTok?"" - Coach Rich Rodriguez",Penalty,-1,0,0,-1
2023,"University of Wisconsin, Madison",240444,Deplatforming,Bob Woodson/Carol Swain/Diante Johnson/Kali Fontanilla/Wilfred Reilly,"During the Q&A period of a panel, co-organized by a faculty member and the Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy, online participants heckled, shouted, and masturbated on-camera. FIREworking the tech feeds turned off the online portion of the panel, making it impossible for the online audience to continue participating.",Substantial Event Disruption,None.,Penalty,-3,0,2,-1
2024,"University of Wisconsin, Madison",240444,Deplatforming,Michael Knowles,"FIREobjected and planned to protest Knowles talk, titled ""Abortion is Not Healthcare."" University administrators also informed the event organizers, the campus chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, that they would be responsible for the $4,217.17 security fee required for the event, despite not billing student groups for security fees in the past. After the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty and the Moutain States Legal Foundation wrote the university on behalf of Young Americans for Freedom, the university reversed their decision. Knowles spoke successfully.",Attempted Disruption,None.,Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2024,"University of Wisconsin, Madison",240444,FIREUnder Fire,Anticolonial Scientists/Mecha,"Anticolonial Scientists and Mecha were put on interim suspension while the university investigated them for messages the groups were suspected of writing in chalk at a farmer's market that ""endorsed violence, supported terrorist organizations and/or contained antisemitic comments.""",Suspended,"Condemned Expression

In a statement the university said:""UW-Madison and its leaders condemn antisemitism, Islamophobia and calls for violence.""",Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2025,"University of Wisconsin, Madison",240444,Deplatforming,Linda Thomas-Greenfield,"Thomas-Greenfield, a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, delivered a talk titled “The Art of Negotiation” at the the La Follette School of Public Affairs. The event was disrupted shortly after it began by members of the campus chapter of FIREfor Justice in Palestine (SJP), who accused Thomas-Greenfield of complicity in Israel’s actions in Gaza. One protester used a megaphone while others held banners reading “Ceasefire Now.” Their actions prevented the ambassador from continuing her remarks. Audience members booed the disruption, and Thomas-Greenfield responded by emphasizing the importance of mutual respect for free expression, stating that while she appreciated the protester's right to speak, she should also be allowed to share her views. University staff warned the protesters that police had been called, and they were ultimately escorted out by law enforcement. After the disruption, Thomas-Greenfield resumed her talk without further incident, discussing diplomacy, the role of the United Nations, and international negotiation.",Attempted Disruption,None.,Penalty,-2,0,0,-2
2024,"University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee",240453,FIREUnder Fire,UWM Popular University for Palestine,"UWM Popular University for Palestine -- a coalition of five student groups -- released a message on Instagram announcing that ""any organization or entity that supports Israel is not welcome at UWM..."" and that those who do ""will be treated as extremist criminals."" The university condemned the statement, launched an investigation, and suspended the five groups, and Jewish activist groups called for the university to publicly oppose the Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.",Suspended,"Condemn Expression

Liv Hwang, UWM vice chancellor for marketing, communications and university relations wrote: “UWM is aware of the Instagram story posted to the uwm4palicoalition account. UWM condemns in the strongest possible terms the post’s intimidating language and denounces any form of antisemitism. UWM recognizes that the language, if acted upon, would undermine the safety of the UWM community, especially Jewish individuals and organizations.

Where speech is not protected by the First Amendment, UWM will address it through appropriate processes, which could include student and student organization disciplinary processes. While hateful or intimidating speech is often legally protected, it conflicts with the respect and conduct we ask of each member of our community. UWM is monitoring the safety of its campus, and UWM has been in contact with the impacted members of its community and is in ongoing communication with them.""",Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2023,Stanford University,243744,Deplatforming,Kyle Duncan,"Law students interrupted Duncan’s prepared remarks at a Federalist Society event with almost nonstop shouting and heckling. During the Q&A session, an administrator who came to the podium ostensibly to restore order defended Duncan's right to speak, but also seemed to side with the protesters, questioning whether Duncan's remarks were worth student distress.",Substantial Event Disruption,"Honors.

The university president and dean of the law school wrote Duncan a joint apology which stated in relevant part: “As has already been communicated to our community, what happened was inconsistent with our policies on free speech, and we are very sorry about the experience you had while visiting our campus. We are very clear with our students that, given our commitment to free expression, if there are speakers they disagree with, they are welcome to exercise their right to protest but not to disrupt the proceedings. Our disruption policy states that students are not allowed to ‘prevent the effective carrying out’ of a ‘public event’ whether by heckling or other forms of interruption. In addition, staff members who should have enforced university policies failed to do so, and instead intervened in inappropriate ways that are not aligned with the university’s commitment to free speech.”",Penalty,-3,1,2,0
2024,Stanford University,243744,Deplatforming,Jafi Lipson/Jenny Martinez/Kevin Feigelis/Larry Diamond/Michal Cotler-Wunsh/Richard Saller,"Saller, the university's president, held a fireside chat with Jenny Martinez, the university's provost; Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Israel's special envoy for combating antisemitism; Kevin Feigelis, a physics Ph.D. student; and Jafi Lipson, an associate professor in the school of medicine. The chat was moderated by Larry Diamond. Prior to the event, a student group, Jewish Voice for Peace condemned Saller and Martinez for sharing the stage with Cotler-Wunsh, and during the Q&A submitted about 30 questions, none of which the panelists were asked. A member of Jewish Voice for Peace interrupted Cotler-Walsh's response the last question and asked why none of their questions had been asked. Another student repeatedly chanted ""Ceasefire now!"" Both protesters were escorted out of the event by campus security.",Attempted Disruption,None.,Penalty,-2,0,1,-1
2025,Stanford University,243744,Deplatforming,Emmanuel Saez/Larry Summers,"Saez appeared at the ""Democracy and Disagreement"" lecture series to debate economist, and former Harvard president, Larry Summers on the merits of a wealth tax. During the event, members of the activist group Climate Defiance, stormed the stage, unfurled banners reading ""Larry Summers your time is up,"" ""toxic mess,"" and ""tax the rich,"" and accused Summers of being a ""climate criminal."" They also threw fake money into the audience with messages criticizing Summers' alleged support for climate-destructive policies. The audience responded with boos and chants of ""let him speak,"" expressing frustration over the interruption. Summers invited the protesters to return to their seats to facilitate a constructive discussion, but they declined, prolonging the disruption for over ten minutes. Summers ultimately resumed speaking and finished his remarks.",Substantial Event Disruption,"Honors. 

The university's president and provost said: ""The Department of Public Safety collected information from the disruptors and is referring the information to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. We are taking steps to ban these individuals from our campus, which is private property."""" They added that while the """"expression of divergent views is welcome, disruption in the classroom setting is a fundamental disruption of the university’s operations and of the enrolled students’ opportunity to learn."""" The dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences also said: ""There is a time and place for protest, and it is not in a classroom, and it is not disrupting the experience of almost 500 people who came to listen""",Penalty,-3,1,0,-2