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SAIC Professor Placed on Leave Over Palestine Study

6/6/2026

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  • Savneet Talwar, professor at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, was placed on leave after a student complained about a study mentioning Palestine.
  • The department had faced multiple prior antisemitism complaints, which prompted anti-bias training before the case study was assigned.
  • Talwar’s attorney, Rima Kapitan, says the university, sued in 2023 by an Israeli student over alleged antisemitic assignment, lacks a discrimination theory and will file a discrimination complaint.