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News & Notes: Two Harvard students expelled for sexual misconduct

Two Harvard students were expelled for sexual misconduct on Dec. 10, according to a Feb. 4 article inThe Harvard Crimson.

Harvard’s Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael Smith announced the dismissal in a monthly faculty meeting on Tuesday.According to Smith, one student had been the subject of three sexual harassment complaints, and the other was the subject of one.

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Complaints for both students were reviewed under Harvard’s former sexual harassment policy and procedures, and the school’s Faculty Council voted to dismiss both students in December.

The identities of the students remain anonymous.

Harvard revised its sexual misconduct policy on Monday. Under the revised policy, the school’s Office for Sexual and Gender-Based Dispute Resolution will have jurisdiction over sexual harassment complaints against faculty and teaching assistants.

Student activists with groups likeOur Harvard Can Do Better have recently pushed for Harvard to revise its sexual misconduct policies and implement it more consistently.

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