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2022

Harvard faces Title IX lawsuit after 3 students claim sexual harassment, abuse and retaliation by professor

The lawsuit filed against Comaroff states that the university failed to act on previous harassment…

Tags: Legal, National Media

2023

Harvard Students Walk Out to Protest Professor John Comaroff

Over 100 students walked out of Comaroff's first class in solidarity with the grad student…

Tags: Advocacy, Legal, National Media

2022

After Sexual Harassment Lawsuit, Critics Attack Harvard’s Release of Therapy Records

During Harvard's investigation of sexual harassment allegations against Comaroff, the administration…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, Legal, National Media

2022

Harvard ignored sexual harassment by a professor for years, lawsuit claims

Harvard placed Comaroff on leave for verbal misconduct, but did not find him responsible for…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, Legal, National Media

2022

Colleagues Who Backed Harvard Professor Retract Support Amid Harassment Claims

Almost all of the 38 professors who signed the letter defending Comaroff later retracted their…

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2014

Harvard Student Who Claims On-Campus Sexual Assault Slams University Policies

In 2013, a female student at Harvard University who survived a violent sexual assault published a…

Tags: Administrative Response, Legal, National Media

2018

Roland Fryer, Accused of Harassment at Harvard, Quits Economics Panel

Prominent economist Roland G. Fryer Jr., who is under investigation for sexual harassment at Harvard…

Tags: Administrative Response, National Media

1930

APPEAL TO HARVARD FOR SCRUBWOMEN:

In an open letter sent to Harvard University's Governing Boards, fifty-two alumni criticized the…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, National Media

1930

HARVARD SCRUBWOMEN TO GET CONSIDERATION: Corporation, on Plea by Group of Students, Will Take Up Case of 20 Discharged.

The Harvard Corporation will reconsider the case of the twenty Widener Library scrubwomen, their…

Tags: Administrative Response, National Media

1983

Wide Sexual Harassment Found at Harvard

A survey conducted by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University revealed widespread…

Tags: National Media, Statistics

1996

Nobel laureate accused of sexual harassment

West Indian poet and Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, 66, is being sued in the United States for over…

Tags: National Media

2017

Derek Walcott’s Acts of Sexual Harassment

The obituary of poet Derek Walcott in The New York Times downplayed serious incidents of sexual…

Tags: Advocacy, National Media

2018

Harvard Diving Coach Accused Of Sexual Misconduct

Harvard University's diving coach, Chris Heaton, has been accused of soliciting nude photos from…

Tags: Administrative Response, National Media

2022

Harvard professors' initial letter of support for John Comaroff sends a disturbing message

Numerous Harvard professors initially signed a letter of support for John Comaroff, a professor…

Tags: Advocacy, Legal, National Media

2023

Chanting Harvard students walk out of lecture by professor accused of groping and harassment

Over 100 Harvard University students walked out of professor John Comaroff's class following…

Tags: Legal, National Media, Protests and Demonstrations

2022

Lawsuit Alleges Harvard Mishandled Harassment Complaints

Hundreds of Harvard students and faculty members held a demonstration supporting three graduate…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, National Media, Protests and Demonstrations

2022

Harvard students sue, claiming school ignored professor’s sexual harassment

Three Harvard University graduate students, Margaret Czerwienski, Lilia Kilburn, and Amulya Mandava,…

Tags: Legal, National Media

2022

Three graduate students file sexual harassment suit against prominent Harvard anthropology professor

Three Harvard graduate students, Lilia Kilburn, Margaret Czerwienski, and Amulya Mandava, filed a…

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