Identity of Speakers
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Super UW
Student
OtherStudents United for Palestinian Equality & Return
Resources
Additional Information
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Incident Nature:
Rally or protest
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Incident Political Orientation:
Left wing -
Incident Responses:
Student sanctioned
Rally or Protests
Campus police
Other Law Enforcement
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Incident Status:
No litigation
- Was Speech Code incident
Summary
In May 2025, 21 University of Washington students were suspended and banned from all UW campuses after occupying the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building in Seattle during a pro-Palestinian protest. The protest, organized by the student group Super UW, demanded that the university sever its ties with Boeing, citing the company’s military contracts with Israel. The demonstrators renamed the building in honor of Shaban al-Dalou, a Palestinian teenager killed in an Israeli airstrike, and called for the return of Boeing’s $10 million donation used to construct the building.
The occupation involved barricading entrances and setting multiple dumpsters on fire. Authorities removed and arrested the protesters for trespassing, property destruction, and disorderly conduct. Thirteen non-student individuals involved were also banned from the Seattle campus. The U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into the incident, citing concerns about violence and campus safety for Jewish students.
