How Sexual-Harassment Charges at U. of Rochester Spiraled Out of Control

When Celeste Kidd filed a federal complaint against her employer, the University of Rochester (NY), she worried that she might be committing career suicide.  A young assistant professor in the department of brain and cognitive sciences, she had twice failed to persuade the university that a senior member of her department, T. Florian Jaeger, was a sexual predator who had to be stopped. Twice it had investigated him and found insufficient evidence that he had violated university policy.  With the federal complaint, Ms. Kidd took her grievances a step further, joining a growing group of allies in accusing the university of retaliating against them.