eskenazi school

Seventy-five staff and faculty signed a letter Feb. 7 which says the cancellation compromises IU’s reputation as a “haven of creative expression, academic freedom and human rights.” 

Samia Halaby, a former student and tenured faculty member, is regarded as a pioneer in twentieth-century abstract art and one of Palestine’s most acclaimed artists.

Unlike others on campus, the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design building was constructed using a design by famous German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe from the 1950s.