NEW YORK (Reuters) — Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art will take steps to reduce antisemitism and other harassment on campus, in order to settle a lawsuit claiming it failed to help Jewish students who were locked inside a library as protection against pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

The settlement was announced on Thursday by lawyers for 10 Jewish students who said the private Manhattan college’s fostering of a hostile educational environment violated Title VI, a section of US civil rights law that bars recipients of federal funds from allowing discrimination based on race, religion and national origin.

Cooper Union will create a Title VI coordinator to oversee its handling of discrimination and harassment, train employees and students on its policies, and prohibit the wearing of masks to conceal identities at demonstrations, the........

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