The Illinois Conference of the American Association of University Professors Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure expresses concern about the School of the Art Institute’s suspension and investigation of art therapy professor Savneet Talwar. In an April 17, 2026, letter, Director of Employee Relations Andrew Daley accused Talwar of “alleged conduct expressing an anti-Israeli, antisemetic [sic], and/or pro-Palestine viewpoint.
The Illinois Conference of the American Association of University Professors Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure is deeply concerned by reports that School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) lecturer, Kelly Xi has been suspended and barred from campus for exercising her academic freedom.
Dr. Steven Thrasher will resume teaching at the Medill School of Journalism on April 1 after an ad-hoc committee of three professors convened from across the faculty at Northwestern University found no cause for his suspension last fall.
