UVM commencement speaker out as pro-Palestinian protest continues

Protesters attend a rally at a Palestinian solidarity encampment at UVM in Burlington on Monday, April 29, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerLinda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will no longer speak at the University of Vermont’s commencement ceremony, the university announced Friday evening.The cancellation appears to be a victory for a nearly week-old encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters on UVM’s Burlington campus. Protesters had demanded that