UW-Madison students gather in the lobby of Engineering Hall. The College of Engineering has received several bullying complaints in the past six years.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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A UW-Madison graduate student's suicide in October 2016 sparked a university investigation into the faculty member at the center of the lab wh…
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UW-Madison graduate students protested in 2019 after learning about the suicide of Ph.D. candidate John Brady, who worked under an abusive adviser, according to a university report.
STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
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John Brady faced a stressful work environment under an engineering professor before taking his own life.
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National Science Foundation fired engineering professor Akbar Sayeed after receiving a detailed report on the toxic lab environment he oversaw.
The change will ensure reports of hostile and intimidating behavior "do not simply remain hidden inside a department or unit," Chancellor Rebecca Blank said.
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College of Engineering Dean Ian Robertson reassigned professor Akbar Sayeed to administrative duties in the Dean's Office.
Firing of faculty members is rare. The UW Board of Regents dismissed six professors in the past decade.
Nearly 200 students and others gathered on the Engineering Mall on campus Thursday to demand the university hold abusers accountable and to protest the possible return of professor Akbar Sayeed.
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Students said the policy doesn't go far enough to protect them from potential exploitation.
The most recent investigation of tenured professor Akbar Sayeed is "currently underway regarding additional information that surfaced in fall 2019."
The professor's resignation comes more than four years after the suicide of one of his students.
Engineering professor Akbar Sayeed left behind a "career-long string of victims," according to a recently released report.
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