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Incidents at University of Nebraska

Total: 7


Incident 8691

Status: Resolved
Person: NAME UNKNOWN
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Engineering
Specific Discipline: Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Outcome Year: 2016
Outcome Category: No Known Outcome for Respondent
Quote: "UNL’s Title IX investigators later found the faculty member had violated university policy with regards to sexual harassment"
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Incident 7786

Status: Resolved
Person: Bill Frakes
Role: Faculty
Position: Visiting Professor
Discipline: Social and Behavioral Sciences, Photojournalism
Specific Discipline: Photojournalism
Outcome Year: 2016
Outcome Category: No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote: Removed from teaching classes as visiting professor
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Incident 8071

Status: Ongoing
Person:
Role:
Position:
Discipline: Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline: Music
Outcome Year: 2015
Outcome Category:
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Incident 7785

Status: Resolved
Person: NA
Role: Department
Position:
Discipline: Social and Behavioral Sciences, Political Science
Specific Discipline: Political Science
Outcome Year: 2006
Outcome Category: Other
Quote: Lawsuit filed, committee finding that department tolerates sexual harassment.
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Incident 7784

Status: Resolved
Role: Faculty
Position: Visiting Professor
Discipline: Engineering
Specific Discipline: Computer Engineering
Outcome Year: 2003
Outcome Category: Criminal Plea / Conviction, No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote: Relieved of position. Jail sentence.
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Incident 7782

Status: Resolved
Role: Faculty
Position: Associate Professor
Discipline: Arts and Humanities
Specific Discipline: English Writing Humanities
Outcome Year: 1998
Outcome Category: No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote: "The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has fired a tenured professor who was accused of sexually harassing one student ...David J. Hibler, a professor of English on the university’s Lincoln campus, was fired based on “unprofessional conduct, sexual harassment, and an inability to comply with departmental and university policies,”
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Incident 7783

Status: Resolved
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Arts and Humanities, Languages
Specific Discipline: Languages
Outcome Year: 1997
Outcome Category: Resigned
Quote: Resigned and lost lawsuit. Source is two articles available through Lexis Nexis: Ex-professor says he had to resign. By Butch Mabin, 1998. Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska), Section B, p. 2; Former professor loses suit vs. UNL. No Byline, 2000. Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska), Section B, p. 4.
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