Prof. Richard Painter and Former Regent Michael Hsu File Complaint Against the U Alleging Antisemitism

Professor Richard Painter and Former Regent Michael Hsu have asked the U.S. Department of Education to investigate concerns about antisemitism at the University of Minnesota. Painter, a former White House ethics lawyer, and Hsu wrote in their complaint, “Antisemitism is a pressing problem in [the College of Liberal Arts], and a focused and expeditious investigation by the Department [of Education] could help alleviate an increasingly oppressive academic atmosphere for our students.”