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 lawyers said. It will also pay unspecified compensation to the 10........

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