A Jewish graduate of Carnegie Mellon University has filed a lawsuit against the institution, alleging that the university maintained a "culture of antisemitism" and failed to address incidents of antisemitism directed against her.

Yael Canaan, who graduated from Carnegie Mellon's architecture school this year, filed the lawsuit Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, claiming that the school "nurtures and protects a culture of antisemitism and discrimination against Jews." The lawsuit also noted that the school received more than $500 million from the Muslim-majority nation of Qatar, which the lawsuit says "shelters and protects antisemitic, anti-Jewish and anti-Israel terrorist organizations."

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According to the lawsuit, Canaan, in a class she was taking, created a model of an "eruv," which is a barrier denoting an area where Jews can partake in activities normally prohibited on the Sabbath. While she was explaining what an eruv is to architecture professor Mary-Lou Arscott, the lawsuit says that the professor interrupted her "completely out of the blue" to say that "the wall in the model look[s] like the wall Israelis use to barricade Palestinians out of Israel."

"This shocked Canaan, who then tried to regain her composure and finish her presentation," the lawsuit said. "But when Canaan finished, Arscott said only that Canaan’s time would have been better spent if she had instead explored 'what Jews do to make themselves such a hated group.'"

The lawsuit says that Canaan then reported the incident to the university's diversity, equity, and inclusion department, which three months later organized a video conference between Arscott and Canaan "which Canaan understood would be for Arscott to apologize."

The lawsuit says that during the call, Arscott, instead of offering an unconditional apology, said, "I’m sorry you felt that way," and sent Canaan a link to a website that referred to Israel as an apartheid state and "regularly publishes antisemitic and anti-Israel articles."

Following this incident, the lawsuit alleged that two other professors, Theodossis Issaias and Priyanka Bista, retaliated against Canaan for her hostile relationship with Arscott, with Issaias going as far as to give Canaan a lower grade deliberately. The university did not act on any of the allegations when they were filed with the institution's Title IX office, which the lawsuit claimed is due to the school's ties to Qatar.

"CMU’s officials deliberate indifference to Canaan’s plight was intentional, systematic, and, upon information and belief, a direct result of CMU’s ties to Qatar," the lawsuit said. "CMU established a campus in Qatar, and from 2004 to 2019 CMU reported funding from Qatar of $591,571,726. The details of CMU’s contractual and other relationships with Qatar are not publicly disclosed; however they appear to motivate CMU officials not to carry out their responsibilities under the U.S. law to, among other things, protect Canaan."

In a statement provided to the Washington Examiner, a spokesperson for Carnegie Mellon University said that the school is "steadfast in our commitment to create and nurture a welcoming, inclusive and supportive environment where all students can reach their potential and thrive."

"We take any allegations of mistreatment or harassment seriously. We have just received notice of this lawsuit and we will evaluate and respond to it," the university said.

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The incidents in the lawsuit all purportedly took place last year, but the allegations come amid a national reckoning of antisemitism on college campuses as student groups and faculty members at numerous institutions face scrutiny for statements and demonstrations seen as celebrating the terrorist organization Hamas following the Oct. 7 attacks by the terrorists against Israel, which claimed the lives of more than 1,200 people.

The issue has drawn attention from Congress, which heard testimony last week from Harvard President Claudine Gay, University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth Magill, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth. Following a viral exchange with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) in which all three presidents declined to say if calling for the genocide of Jews violated their conduct policies, all three faced calls to resign. Magill subsequently left her post, but MIT and Harvard have said they stand by their respective presidents.