Adjunct professor fired by DePaul after optional assignment about war in Gaza
CHICAGO -- An adjunct professor was fired from her role at DePaul University, after offering an optional assignment to her students in which she asked them to explore the biological and health impacts Israel 's war in Gaza has on Palestinians . Dr. Anne D'Aquino taught Health 194, Human Pathogens and Defense, across from the now torn-down pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the quad.'Students were distracted,' D'Aquino said.
According to the Lancet, another peer-reviewed journal cited in the appeal, the war in Gaza has led to a severe health crisis, especially for children younger than 5. The United Nations has reported more than 179,000 acute respiratory infections and a '25-fold' increase in diarrhea. Genocide affects not only infections and epidemiology, but also genetics, which was another part of her course, she said. D'Aquino highlighted the 1994 genocide in Rawada.
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