DePaul University says it dismissed a part-time biology instructor after she gave an optional assignment related to the Israel-Hamas war. Anne d’Aquino told students in May that they could write about the impact of “genocide in Gaza' on human health. The theme of the spring class at the Chicago school was how microorganisms cause disease.
CHICAGO — DePaul University said it dismissed a part-time biology instructor after she gave an optional assignment related to the Israel-Hamas war.
The school noted an email with the assignment expressed support for people “resisting the normalization of ethnic cleansing.”
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