The University of Rochester (U of R) in New York struggled last week to respond to its president9s sudden departure even as a lengthy report was issued that largely approved of his administration9s handling of explosive sexual harassment complaints against a noted linguist. President Joel Seligman said on 11 January that he will leave U of R on 28 February, an exit he declared to be "in the best interests of the University." The university and its highly esteemed Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) have been buffeted by protests since September 2017, when complaints about alleged sexual harassment by BCS professor T. Florian Jaeger, and the university9s handling of them, became public. Last week9s report, by former U.S. attorney Mary Jo White of the Debevoise & Plimpton law firm in New York City, concluded that Jaeger, who had multiple consensual relationships with current, former, or prospective students, did not sexually harass any woman or breach then-existing university policies on relationships with students. But the university, its president, and its provost, Robert Clark, must still contend with a lawsuit filed in federal court last month by seven current and former BCS professors, a former postdoc, and a former graduate student. They allege that university administrators permitted Jaeger to create a hostile environment based on sex and retaliated against them after they complained.

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罗切斯特因性骚扰案的后果而陷入困境

纽约罗彻斯特大学 (University of Rochester) 上周努力回应其总统突然离职的问题，尽管发布了一份冗长的报告，该报告基本上批准了他的政府处理针对一位著名语言学家的爆炸性性骚扰投诉。乔尔·塞利格曼校长于 1 月 11 日表示，他将于 2 月 28 日离开罗大，他宣称退出“符合大学的最佳利益”。自 2017 年 9 月以来，该大学及其备受推崇的脑与认知科学系 (BCS) 一直受到抗议活动的冲击，当时 BCS 教授 T. Florian Jaeger 涉嫌性骚扰的投诉以及该大学对他们的处理公开。上周，纽约市 Debevoise & Plimpton 律师事务所的前美国律师 Mary Jo White 的报告得出结论，Jaeger，与当前、以前或未来的学生有多种双方同意的关系，没有对任何女性进行性骚扰，也没有违反当时大学关于与学生关系的政策。但该大学及其校长和教务长罗伯特·克拉克 (Robert Clark) 仍必须应对上个月由七名现任和前任 BCS 教授、一名前博士后和一名前研究生向联邦法院提起的诉讼。他们声称，大学管理人员允许 Jaeger 创造基于性的敌对环境，并在他们投诉后进行报复。上个月，七名现任和前任 BCS 教授、一名前博士后和一名前研究生在联邦法院提起的诉讼仍必须与他抗衡。他们声称，大学管理人员允许 Jaeger 创造基于性的敌对环境，并在他们投诉后进行报复。仍然必须应对上个月由七名现任和前任 BCS 教授、一名前博士后和一名前研究生向联邦法院提起的诉讼。他们声称，大学管理人员允许 Jaeger 创造基于性的敌对环境，并在他们投诉后进行报复。