Lawsuit: MIT professor harassed Israeli researcher, Jewish student as president stood by
- The Louis D. Brandeis Center filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday against MIT for allowing antisemitism on campus, including harassment by a tenured professor.
- The lawsuit follows escalating antisemitic incidents triggered after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks that created a hostile environment for Jewish students and faculty.
- Michel DeGraff, a linguistics professor, allegedly harassed Israeli researcher Lior Alon and Jewish student Will Sussman, with harassment leading Sussman to leave MIT and Alon facing threats off campus.
- MIT President Sally Kornbluth and administrators are accused of inaction despite repeated complaints, with Kornbluth's silence said to have emboldened DeGraff's behavior and allowed antisemitism to persist unchecked.
- The lawsuit implies MIT violated Title VI obligations by failing to provide a safe learning environment, and it suggests deeper systemic problems in addressing antisemitism on campus.
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MIT declined to investigate professor who harassed Jewish students: complaint
According to the complaint, the professor’s “harassment was so extreme and intolerable” the student felt he had to “leave MIT and abandon the course of study he had been pursuing.” By Alana Goodman, The Washington Free Beacon The Massachusetts Institute of Technology defended a professor who repeatedly harassed a Jewish student until he dropped out of school and an instructor who served in the Israel Defense Forces, according to a federal anti-d…
MIT Declined to Investigate Professor who Harassed Jewish Students: Complaint
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology defended a professor who repeatedly harassed a Jewish student until he dropped out of school and an instructor who served in the Israel Defense Forces, according to a federal anti-discrimination lawsuit filed against the university on Wednesday.The post MIT Declined to Investigate Professor who Harassed Jewish Students: Complaint appeared first on .
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