New York City police took 80 people into custody after responding to protests on Columbia's campus, the police department said.

A Columbia official said more than 65 Columbia students were placed on “interim suspension pending further investigation.” A total of 33 people, including from affiliated institutions, were barred from Columbia’s campus. Alumni who joined the demonstration were also barred from campus, the university official said.

The New York Police Department arrested 61 females at Columbia University on Wednesday as anti-Israel agitators stormed the Butler Library.