Harvard Settles Lawsuit Over Ignored Sexual Harassment

Aug 15, 2024, 03:33 PM

Harvard University has settled a lawsuit accusing it of ignoring sexual harassment by a now-retired professor. The lawsuit was filed by three graduate students in the university's anthropology program, who alleged that the professor had threatened their academic careers if they reported him. The settlement resolves the claims that the Ivy League institution failed to address the misconduct appropriately.