(The National Desk) — The U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) Office for Civil Rights is investigating George Mason University (GMU) for “discrimination involving shared ancestry” following accusations of antisemitism against the school.
In October, GMU investigated an incident in which a student could be seen tearing down posters depicting Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on campus. The incident was shared by Jewish advocacy organization Stop Antisemitism, which called the actions “Evil. Antisemitic. Cold hearted.”
GMU responded on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, explaining the conduct did not appear to be criminal, though it violated its student code of conduct.
DOE opened its investigation into GMU Friday, making it now one of dozens under federal scrutiny amid the Israel-Hamas war. The university is also one of several to be added to the list in the last two weeks, joining the University of North Carolina, the University of Illinois and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).