College staff misconduct · Accused: former professor (doctoral advisor)
A professor was accused of sexually assaulting a PhD student he advised, beginning in March 2018.
Status: Charged in 2019 with two counts of second-degree sexual assault and one count of fourth-degree sexual assault; he denied the allegations, and prosecutors told a judge he had left the country.
Response: The UW Board of Regents fired him in April 2019.