The Harvard professors took issue with the fact that students were disciplined for a silent protest in the Widener Library last month.

Harvard faculty held a study-in protest supporting students previously suspended for a pro-Palestine demonstration.

Thirty Harvard University professors from different departments gathered at Widener Library on Wednesday The professors gathered in the Loker Reading Room for an hour-long silent “study-in.” The demonstration denounced what the professors called the university’s restrictive free speech policies,

Dozens of professors at Harvard University staged a “study-in” protest at the school’s library Wednesday, in solidarity with students disciplined for taking part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration. Thirty professors sat down inside Widener Library to take a stand against the university’s decision to suspend 12 students from using the facility.