For months last year, protests swept across major college campuses in the US as tens of thousands of students called for an end to the Israel-Gaza war.
The protests hit their peak in the spring, when pro-Palestinian activists staged sit-ins and launched encampments. Many of the demonstrations were peaceful, but others saw violent clashes with armoured police as students occupied buildings. More than 3,000 people were ultimately arrested.
The most common chant at these protests was "ceasefire now!". More than a year later, a ceasefire deal was inked, prompting US President Donald Trump to declare on Monday that "the war is over".
For many college students who had called for this moment since the war began on 7 October 2023, the news of a peace agreement triggered mixed emotions.
"My initial reaction was relief, knowing that my extended family, or all the people of Gaza, would be able to breathe," said Khalid, a student activist at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, who, like others, asked the BBC not to use his last name.
