Panel backs university's handling of misconduct complaints
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A special committee has found that the University of Rochester properly dealt with sexual misconduct allegations against a professor and did not retaliate against faculty who brought the complaints.
The committee led by former U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White released the results of a three-month investigation Thursday.
The probe was undertaken by the university after a group of faculty members and a graduate student filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The panel found that while Professor T.