Columbia University Apartheid Divest said it had reclaimed Hamilton Hall in honour of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old girl found dead in Gaza earlier this year.
Dozens of pro-Palestine demonstrators at Columbia University have escalated their protest over the war in Gaza by occupying an academic building.
Activists at the New York based university seized Hamilton Hall on Tuesday, barricading themselves inside.
Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, one of the main protest groups, announced the takeover of the building, highlighting that the venue was also the focus of student protests in 1968.
Another group, Columbia University Apartheid Divest, said it had reclaimed the building in honour of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old girl found dead in Gaza earlier this year.
One student said the campus was lawless, as officials grapple with the long-running protest which has prompted a wave of rallies elsewhere.
Columbia officials have urged students and staff to stay away from campus Tuesday.
It earlier began suspending students who defied Monday's deadline to leave their two-week encampment nearby.
But as the deadline passed, dozens of other students rallied at the site.
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