Salt Lake Tribune: U. humanities dean accused of defaming prof
A defamation lawsuit filed Monday alleges the University of Utah’s Middle East Center is hemorrhaging faculty, putting at risk the federal grant that has sustained the center for nearly 50 years.
U. administrators say they are committed to the center’s survival and growth, even in the face of evaporating budgets and competing needs.
U. humanities dean Robert Newman was sued by Hebrew professor Harris Lenowitz, after alleging last year that he and another veteran scholar from the center were contributing to a hostile environment for female faculty.
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