Sharon Otterman

New York

Reporter at The New York Times

New York Times metro reporter covering higher education and health. [email protected]

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Articles

Chinese Students Rattled by Trump Plan to 'Aggressively' Revoke Visas

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Robert Chiarito |Sharon Otterman |Jill Cowan |Shawn Hubler |Felicia Mello

Students said the latest move had upended their plans and intensified their fears. It had been all figured out, Cici Wang said. Summer at home in China, then back to get her master's degree in Chicago. After that, if she was lucky, a job in the United States. Now all of that is up in the air, she said, a potential casualty of a crackdown that has upended the future for more than 277,000 Chinese nationals studying in this country.
Pro-Palestinian movement faces an uncertain path after D.C. attack

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Sharon Otterman

The suspect in the killings of two Israeli Embassy workers in Washington on Wednesday shouted “Free, free Palestine” as he was arrested, chanting the same slogan, in the same cadence, that has rung out in pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses and on American streets for years. But the ties of Elias Rodriguez, the suspect, to the wider pro-Palestinian movement remain unclear.
Pro-Palestinian Movement Faces an Uncertain Path After D.C. Attack

2 weeks ago | mahoningmatters.com | Sharon Otterman

The suspect in the killings of two Israeli Embassy workers in Washington on Wednesday shouted “Free, free Palestine” as he was arrested, chanting the same slogan, in the same cadence, that has rung out in pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses and on American streets for years. But the ties of Elias Rodriguez, the suspect, to the wider pro-Palestinian movement remain unclear.
Pro-Palestinian Movement Faces an Uncertain Path After Embassy Attack

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Sharon Otterman

12 hours agoGaza death toll nears 53,800 as Israeli assaults continue unabated***WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS SENSITIVE CONTENT / DEAD BODY / BLOOD*** SHOTLIST: GAZA, PALESTINE (MAY 22, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF CIVILIANS, SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS WORKING AT SCENE HIT BY ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN JABALIA, KILLING 6 PEOPLE 2. PALESTINIAN MAN DIED IN ISRAELI ATTACK 3.
Pro-Palestinian Movement Faces an Uncertain Path After Embassy Attack

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Sharon Otterman

The slaying of two Israeli Embassy workers cast a harsh spotlight on pro-Palestinian groups in the United States. Activists, who were already being scrutinized, could face further pushback. The suspect in the killings of two Israeli Embassy workers in Washington on Wednesday shouted "Free, free Palestine" as he was arrested, chanting the same slogan, in the same cadence, that has rung out in pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses and on American streets for years.
Graduates boo Columbia’s President at commencement after a fraught year

2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Sharon Otterman

NEW YORK - Ms Claire Shipman, the acting president of Columbia University, was met with a chorus of boos on May 21 from some of the 12,000 graduates at the school’s main commencement ceremony as she took the podium to deliver remarks. The graduates of Columbia’s class of 2025 had taken meaningful classes and made lifelong friends. But they had also lived through campus lockdowns, the arrests of hundreds of students at pro-Palestinian protests and a revolving door of university presidents.
Mohsen Mahdawi, Released From ICE Custody, Graduates From Columbia

2 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Sharon Otterman

Share Five weeks after being arrested at an appointment he thought was a step toward becoming a U.S. citizen, Mohsen Mahdawi crossed the stage at Columbia University on Monday to cheers and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy.It was a moment of happiness for him that the Trump administration had tried hard to prevent.
He Denounced the Gaza War at Graduation. N.Y.U. Withheld His Diploma.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Sharon Otterman

The university says that a student's remarks condemning "genocide" were not approved and that he "violated the commitment he made to comply with our rules." New York University is withholding the diploma of a graduation speaker who delivered an unapproved speech on Wednesday that referred to what he called "the atrocities currently happening in Palestine." The move by N.Y.U. to discipline the student speaker, Logan Rozos, is the latest flashpoint between free speech principles and discipline...
A Year Ago, Columbia Security Was Hands-Off at a Protest. Not This Time.

4 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Sharon Otterman

Share A year ago, when masked pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia University, the sole public safety officer who was present left the scene after notifying her supervisor.
Police nab Columbia protesters amid pro-Palestinian unrest and funding tensions

4 weeks ago | telegraphindia.com | Sharon Otterman

Protesters, wearing masks and kaffiyehs, had burst through a security gate shortly after 3 pm and hung banners Sharon Otterman Published 09.05.25, 10:20 AM Public safety officers try to prevent pro-Palestinian protesters from getting inside the Butler Library in Columbia University, New York, on Wednesday Reuters Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators were taken into police custody on Wednesday evening after occupying part of the main library on Columbia University’s campus in an attempt to...