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      • Dozens of graduates walked out of the ceremony in the courtyard of Yale's Old Campus, bordered by Chapel, High, Elm and College streets, at two points to express support for Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, protest Israel's continued military operation and call for Yale to divest in companies that make military weapons.
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  2. May 20, 2024 · The walkout began as Yale President Peter Salovey started to announce the traditional college-by-college presentation of candidates for degrees on the grounds of Yale's Old Campus, filled with...

  3. The walkout took place just as Yale President Peter Salovey, who will be leaving the position on June 30, was accepting the class of Yale College and agreeing to confer degrees on them.

  4. May 21, 2024 · Over 150 Yale students staged a walkout Monday during their graduation ceremony. Some students wore red gloves to symbolize blood as they demand the Ivy League school divest from Israel. Students ...

  5. May 20, 2024 · An estimated 150 students walked out of commencement at the start in protest. They continue to show support for Palestinians in Gaza and call for Yale to divest…

  6. May 21, 2024 · The walkout began as Yale President Peter Salovey started to announce the traditional college-by-college presentation of candidates for degrees on the grounds of Yales Old Campus, filled with...

  7. May 20, 2024 · Connecticut Public. Darius Sias gives a thumbs up to student protesters after seeing his daughter graduate during Yale’s undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 20, 2024. He said the demonstrations against the war in Gaza reminds him of protests he participated in college against apartheid in South Africa. “We did the same thing.

  8. But once inside for the university’s 323rd commencement ceremony, a few hundred graduating Yale students didn’t stay very long. They stood up and walked out, just as the university’s ...

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