Two Professors Leave Johns Hopkins over Misconduct

The university investigated faculty members from the Department of Anthropology and the School of Medicine for sexual harassment, firing one and recommending another be fired.

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Two professors have left Johns Hopkins University after they were investigated for allegations of sexual misconduct, reports The Baltimore Sun. The university released two emails, one explaining the termination of Juan Obarrio of the Department of Anthropology and a second letter that went to the entire campus describing his departure and that of another unnamed faculty member from the School of Medicine, according to the Sun,which obtained the emails on Monday (July 22).

Obarrio was under investigation for an incident with a visiting student in May 2018, reports the Sun. Witnesses tell the newspaper that he grabbed the student and dragged her towards the exit of a bar as she tried to get away from him. The Johns Hopkins committee that investigated this matter voted to revoke his tenure and terminate his faculty appointment.

The university investigated a second faculty member under separate circumstances. He was found ...

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