The University of Vermont (UVM) has a Hillel, Chabad and Jewish Greek life organizations.

Litigation & Investigations

In April 2023, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) entered into a resolution agreement with the University of Vermont following an investigation of a complaint alleging the school had failed to respond to antisemitic harassment. The complaint had raised concerns regarding Jewish students being excluded from student organizations and a teaching assistant posting on social media about not giving “Zionists” credit for participation.

What’s Happening on Campus?

In April 2024, anti-Israel protestors established an encampment on campus. While some protestors faced disciplinary proceedings, according to a University spokesperson, the protestors “made efforts to bring their demonstration closer to compliance with university policies” and eventually disbanded without any incident.

In March 2025, at an anti-Israel rally organized by groups including the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Democratic Socialists of America and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), protesters displayed signs with messages that included: "Resistance is justified when people are occupied," which were created and distributed in the direct aftermath of October 7, 2023, to support Hamas' antisemitic terrorist attack. A speaker also said, "This is a project of western imperialism that is aimed at exterminating an entire civilization, culture, and people, and it must be resisted with the same urgency that the world resisted the Nazi Holocaust with."

University Policies and Responsive Action

University leadership has attended Hillel’s University Presidents Summit on Campus Antisemitism. The University also has a Bias Education and Response Team, and University leadership has held sessions with campus community members to discuss Jewish safety on campus. The University helped Jewish students form a recognized Student Government Association club, the Jewish Student Union, in the Fall of 2023.

In May 2024, the University temporarily suspended the campus SJP chapter for violating various campus policies in setting up a 10-day long encampment. Following May 2024 demonstrations at Andrew Harris Commons, the University published a statement reminding the campus community that “there is no room at UVM for antisemitism, Islamophobia or any discrimination.”

The University of Vermont (UVM) has a Hillel, Chabad and Jewish Greek life organizations.

Litigation & Investigations

In April 2023, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) entered into a resolution agreement with the University of Vermont following an investigation of a complaint alleging the school had failed to respond to antisemitic harassment. The complaint had raised concerns regarding Jewish students being excluded from student organizations and a teaching assistant posting on social media about not giving “Zionists” credit for participation.

What’s Happening on Campus?

In April 2024, anti-Israel protestors established an encampment on campus. While some protestors faced disciplinary proceedings, according to a University spokesperson, the protestors “made efforts to bring their demonstration closer to compliance with university policies” and eventually disbanded without any incident.

In March 2025, at an anti-Israel rally organized by groups including the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Democratic Socialists of America and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), protesters displayed signs with messages that included: "Resistance is justified when people are occupied," which were created and distributed in the direct aftermath of October 7, 2023, to support Hamas' antisemitic terrorist attack. A speaker also said, "This is a project of western imperialism that is aimed at exterminating an entire civilization, culture, and people, and it must be resisted with the same urgency that the world resisted the Nazi Holocaust with."

University Policies and Responsive Action

University leadership has attended Hillel’s University Presidents Summit on Campus Antisemitism. The University also has a Bias Education and Response Team, and University leadership has held sessions with campus community members to discuss Jewish safety on campus. The University helped Jewish students form a recognized Student Government Association club, the Jewish Student Union, in the Fall of 2023.

In May 2024, the University temporarily suspended the campus SJP chapter for violating various campus policies in setting up a 10-day long encampment. Following May 2024 demonstrations at Andrew Harris Commons, the University published a statement reminding the campus community that “there is no room at UVM for antisemitism, Islamophobia or any discrimination.”

The University of Vermont (UVM) has a Hillel, Chabad and Jewish Greek life organizations.

Litigation & Investigations

In April 2023, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) entered into a resolution agreement with the University of Vermont following an investigation of a complaint alleging the school had failed to respond to antisemitic harassment. The complaint had raised concerns regarding Jewish students being excluded from student organizations and a teaching assistant posting on social media about not giving “Zionists” credit for participation.

What’s Happening on Campus?

In April 2024, anti-Israel protestors established an encampment on campus. While some protestors faced disciplinary proceedings, according to a University spokesperson, the protestors “made efforts to bring their demonstration closer to compliance with university policies” and eventually disbanded without any incident.

In March 2025, at an anti-Israel rally organized by groups including the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Democratic Socialists of America and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), protesters displayed signs with messages that included: "Resistance is justified when people are occupied," which were created and distributed in the direct aftermath of October 7, 2023, to support Hamas' antisemitic terrorist attack. A speaker also said, "This is a project of western imperialism that is aimed at exterminating an entire civilization, culture, and people, and it must be resisted with the same urgency that the world resisted the Nazi Holocaust with."

University Policies and Responsive Action

University leadership has attended Hillel’s University Presidents Summit on Campus Antisemitism. The University also has a Bias Education and Response Team, and University leadership has held sessions with campus community members to discuss Jewish safety on campus. The University helped Jewish students form a recognized Student Government Association club, the Jewish Student Union, in the Fall of 2023.

In May 2024, the University temporarily suspended the campus SJP chapter for violating various campus policies in setting up a 10-day long encampment. Following May 2024 demonstrations at Andrew Harris Commons, the University published a statement reminding the campus community that “there is no room at UVM for antisemitism, Islamophobia or any discrimination.”