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‘UNIVERSITY OF RETALIATION’ for sale on
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well as three different EEOC charges and
related lawsuits, the UNIVERSITY OF
RETALIATION is an insider’s look at how a
prominante US university fumbled
numerous sexual harassment claims,
destoryed their reputation, and the
resulting negative national attention. The
story follows a graduate student being
sexual harassed by a professor, a group of
professors efforts to report a colleague’s
sexual harassment, and retaliation of an
internal auditor trying to do the right thing.
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Professor at center of UR
sexual conduct investigation
responds to report
DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE (JAN 2018) - A
day after a much-anticipated independent
investigation cleared him of technical
wrongdoing, University of Rochester
Professor Florian Jaeger thanked the
university for its "commitment to seeking
out the truth" and, while acknowledging
some past misdeeds, criticized his
colleagues turned accusers for breaching
other people's privacy. <READ MORE>
Eastman grad says UR prof
sexually harassed him,
derailed career
DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE (JAN 2018) -
Irrera's complaint, the subject of a lawsuit in
federal court, adds context to the more
recent criticism of the University of
Rochester over the administration's
approach to alleged sexual misconduct, in
particular by high-profile faculty members.
<READ MORE>
Sexual Harassment
Charges Roil Elite
University Department
NEW YORK TIMES - With its frosted glass
windows, gleaming hardwood floors and
modern teal chairs, the office of the
University of Rochester’s Department of
Brain and Cognitive Sciences seems
designed to project prestige. The sleek
appearance fits the department’s
reputation as one of this private university’s
crown jewels, with a graduate program
ranked as high as fourth in the nation by
the National Research Council.
<READ MORE>
An Example of the System
Gone Awry
SLATE - Current and former employees of
the University of Rochester are charging the
university with denying female students a
safe learning environment by dismissing
repeated sexual harassment allegations
against a longtime professor, then
retaliating against employees who objected.
<READ MORE>
She Was a Rising Star at a
Major University. Then a
Lecherous Professor Made
Her Life Hell.
MOTHER JONES - That spring was the start
of Kidd’s decadelong effort—as a doctoral
student and, later, as a junior faculty
member—first to appease Jaeger, then to
isolate herself from his influence, and finally
to hold him responsible for years of sexual
harassment in UR’s cognitive and brain
sciences department, according an Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
complaint filed last week. <READ MORE>
The Silence Breakers
TIME MAGAZINE - Dr. Celeste Kidd and Dr.
Jessica Cantlon, both professors in the
University of Rochester Brain and Cognitive
Sciences department, were listed among
'The Silence Breakers' as Time's Person of
the Year'… <READ MORE>
9 Researchers Sue
University of Rochester over
Sexual-Harassment
Allegations
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN - Nine researchers
filed a federal lawsuit on 8 December
against the University of Rochester in New
York, its president Joel Seligman and its
provost Robert Clark over their handling of
alleged sexual harassment by a professor
there. <READ MORE>
“Inappropriate,
Unprofessional and
Offensive” - But Not
Breaking Any of University
of Rochester’s Rules
MOTHER JONES (JAN 2018) - A University
of Rochester professor had multiple sexual
relationships with former, current, or
prospective students and engaged in
“inappropriate, unprofessional and
offensive” behavior... <READ MORE>
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NEW - Rochester Baby Lab
shutting down, moving from
U of R
WHAM 13 (JUNE 2018) - "The university has
become a place she said she no longer feels
safe to work." <READ MORE>
Students and faculty upset
at Jaeger teaching this fall
Campus Times (APR 2018) - "There’s a
chilling effect when students articulate that
they’ve been exploited and nothing is done
to make it right. Students have told me
they’re afraid to make complaints at [UR]
because of what they’ve seen in this case
[…] They don’t feel protected, and I think
they’re right not to feel protected." <READ
MORE>
UR professor who triggered
harassment crisis set to
resume teaching in the fall
DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE (APR 2018) -
"Jaeger gets forgiven while his victims get
forgotten," the people who complained
about the professor to the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission said
in a statement. They said UR had never
apologized and even denied in its legal
filings "that any victims exist.". <READ
MORE>
URMC doctor accused of
raping former resident files
counter-suit
WHAM 13 (MAR 2018) - A professor and
doctor who works for the University of
Rochester is counter-suing a former
resident who accused him of raping her and
then threatening to sabotage her career.
<READ MORE>
How a Harassment
Controversy Tore a
University Apart
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
(MAR 2018) - The president resigned. A
department is in shambles. And many
women say the University of Rochester still
has a lot of work to do. <READ MORE>
Punishing Women for
Speaking Out
Inside Higher Ed (FEB 2018) - In many of
the incidents that are now coming to light,
sexual harassment wasn’t a secret.
University of Rochester professor T. Florian
Jaeger was well known for his inappropriate
behavior toward female graduate students.
<READ MORE>
New report: U of R paid $4.5
million for "flawed" sexual
assault investigation
WHAM 13 (FEB 5, 2018) - A new report
questions the independence of the
University of Rochester's independent
investigation into sexual harassment claims.
The law firm behind the investigation was
paid $4.5 million by the university and a
report released at noon Monday suggests
that payment created a conflict of interest
that tainted the results. <READ MORE>
UR gender commission
says recommendations
from harassment
investigation fall short
DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE (FEB 2018) -
"Based on this review, it is very clear to us
that issues of sexual harassment and
discrimination as well as dissatisfaction with
the University’s response to these concerns
are not isolated to one department."
<READ MORE>
Letter: White report moves
UR, and women, backward
Campus Times (JAN 2018) - Several
witnesses have told us that their testimony,
beliefs, and evidence were misrepresented.
We also have heard previously from people
whose testimony we now can see was
suppressed — including most notably many
individuals who came to White to talk about
the culture of retaliation at UR, both
relevant to their own cases and relevant to
ours. <READ MORE>
Holding the U of R
accountable, students hold
protest on campus
WHAM 13 (JAN 19, 2018) - It was the first
Friday of the spring semester at the
University of Rochester, and dozens of
students gathered to protest on campus.
“Times up, change now! Times up, change
now!” chanted students as prospective
students walked by. <READ MORE>
UR campus newspaper
explores stories of
students claiming sexual
harassment cases were
mishandled
WXXI (JAN 2018) - The University of
Rochester campus newspaper, the Campus
Times, is exploring more stories of students
claiming their sexual harassment cases
were mishandled by the administration.
<READ MORE>
No Closure at Rochester
Inside Higher Ed (JAN 2018) - If the
University of Rochester was seeking healing
from an independent investigation into a
harassment case that’s cleaved its
previously esteemed brain and cognitive
sciences department, the institution won’t
get it. <READ MORE>
UR faculty leaders
complain about pace of
change in policies about
sexual harassment
WXXI - An open letter from faculty leaders
at the University of Rochester is critical of
how the university is handling policies
dealing with sexual harassment.
The critique comes from the Faculty Senate
Executive Committee, and it was published
this week in the campus newspaper, the
Campus Times. <READ MORE>
Updated: JULY 1, 2019
NEW - Professor who outed
pervy colleague resigns over
school’s response
NYPOST (JUNE 2018) - "Celeste Kidd said
Friday that the university had not
meaningfully responded to problems that
she and several other faculty members
raised in a complaint with the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission last
fall about T. Florian Jaeger, a professor of
brain and cognitive sciences.". <READ
MORE>
Celeste Kidd says she is
waiting to see "real change"
at U of R
WHAM 13 (MAY 2018) - "All of the same
administrators," Kidd said. "Still in their
positions, with the same problems.".
<READ MORE>
UR expands response to
sexual harassment case, but
will miss deadlines
DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE (APR 2018) - "I
just don't know yet," Feldman said, but
added: "We are committed to putting
resources toward this." There is yet no
budget for doing so. <READ MORE>
UR faculty proposes tighter
email search policies
DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE (MAR 2018) -
The Faculty Senate in February rebuked the
administrators in question, Gail Norris and
Susan Wormer, saying their actions had
"damaged the faculty's trust in the
administration to uphold reasonable
expectations of privacy." <READ MORE>
UR ‘silence breakers’ share
story at RIT
ROCHESTER BUSINESS JOURNAL (MAR
2018) - Celeste Kidd said she’s one of the
lucky ones. Though the University of
Rochester professor has been made
headlines locally and nationally as a victim
of sexual harassment who spoke out, she
had support of other women who had been
harassed and senior faculty who supported
and joined both her federal complaint and
lawsuit. <READ MORE>
Embattled professor Florian
Jaeger censured by UR
faculty Senate
DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE (FEB 2018) - The
University of Rochester Faculty Senate
Wednesday voted to formally censure
embattled professor Florian Jaeger, saying
they condemned his interactions with
female students and colleagues "in the
strongest terms." <READ MORE>
In interview, Burke talks UR’s
sexual misconduct situation
Campus Times (FEB 2018) - Tarana Burke,
founder of the #MeToo. movement and a
Time magazine “Person of the Year,” sat
down for an interview with the Campus
Times before her speech last Monday.
<READ MORE>
UR complainants issue
response to 'rickety' Mary Jo
White report
DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE (FEB 2018) -
Celeste Kidd, Jessica Cantlon and the other
complainants immediately dismissed
White's findings as "fundamentally
incoherent if not fraudulent." Their 44-page
rebuttal, issued Monday by their lawyer Ann
Olivarius, elaborates on those claims, likely
previewing the plaintiffs' arguments when
they eventually appear in federal court.
<READ MORE> <REBUTTEL>
White investigators broke
confidentiality agreements
with witnesses
Campus Times (JAN 21, 2018) - “I think this
reflects poorly on the sensitivity with which
this investigation approached victims and is
consistent with other comments I’ve heard
from witnesses who told Debevoise not to
release specific identifying details only to
find those details in the report.” The breach
has brought out new concerns with this
investigation… <READ MORE>
Florian Jaeger faces
possible censure from UR
Faculty Senate
DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE (JAN 2018) - The
motion for censure, to be voted on Tuesday
by the faculty governing body, holds that
Jaeger's behavior was "harmful to the
educational environment of his department
and of our university," and suggests it could
violate the moral conduct clause of the
Faculty handbook, which could be grounds
for revocation of tenure.
<READ MORE>
Florian Jaeger accusers: 'We
have audio recordings'
DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE (JAN 2018) -
"The report describes Florian Jaeger as the
predator I know him to be," Kidd said.
"Despite all this, Mary Jo White took the
age-old approach of trying to shame me
into silence and obscurity. ... It's a classic
and transparent intimidation tactic, and I
want to say tonight that it will not work."
<READ MORE>
U. of Rochester president
resigns in wake of sexual
misconduct report
USA TODAY (JAN 11, 2018) - University of
Rochester President Joel Seligman
announced his resignation Thursday, just
hours after the release of a report on sexual
misconduct on campus. <READ MORE>
400 professors boycott
University of Rochester,
urging students not to
attend
WASHINGTON POST - Hundreds of
professors are urging their students not to
apply to the University of Rochester, a
private research university in western New
York. The boycott comes after allegations
that Florian Jaeger, a professor in the brain
and cognitive science department, preyed
on female students. Eight current and
former Rochester researchers filed an Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
complaint against the university in
September for what they viewed as the
administration's failure to adequately
protect its students. <READ MORE>
What 'Stranger Things' And
'SNL' Can Teach Us About
Sexual Harassment
FORBES - …That reluctance has been
waning for me, in part because of my
interview with Celeste Kidd. Kidd filed an
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) complaint against the
University of Rochester after years of sexual
harassment that went unaddressed.
<READ MORE>
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