Harvard Sanctions Two Rhodes Scholarship Recipients for Participating in Illegal Anti-Israel Encampment
May 20, 2024
Harvard College sanctioned two of its Rhodes Scholarship recipients for their participation in the illegal anti-Israel encampment that plagued campus for weeks.
Undergraduate students Asmer Asrar Safi and Suhaas Bhat were among the 25 students placed on suspension or probation for their roles in the encampment, the students said. Both were in line to graduate this month but will no longer be allowed to do so. Safi, an encampment organizer and international student from Pakistan, planned to study "progressive political messaging" at Oxford, while Bhat planned to study "mathematical modeling and scientific computing as well as international health and tropical medicine." Safi has said he will now graduate in May of 2025, while Bhat did not respond to a request for comment on when he would receive a degree.