Carnegie Mellon to take ‘swift action’ against professor’s social-media posts about Charlie Kirk’s murder

Carnegie Mellon University announced it will take “swift action” regarding controversial social media posts by Associate Professor Uju Anya, who is currently on “voluntary professional leave.” The posts, which have reportedly been deleted along with her account, celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA, referring to him as a “s**tbag, who should rot in piss.” She also reportedly posted, “Die first, white man, then ask yourself why I’m dancing” in response to a query about her celebrating the deaths of white individuals, referencing a 2021 post about Rush Limbaugh. University President Farnam Jahanian and Provost James Garrett, Jr. stated that Anya “repeatedly and prominently invoked her connection to Carnegie Mellon and implied support from university colleagues,” and that her posts “used expletives, racial slurs and derogatory language that demeaned, dehumanized and intimidated.”