How a Harassment Controversy Tore a University Apart

Inside the University of Rochester’s department of brain and cognitive sciences, a scattering of researchers work behind windows of frosted glass, rarely stepping out to interact with colleagues unless they’re conducting research together.  The chill in the hallways of this prestigious department was evident on a recent afternoon as snowflakes swirled outside. Ever since a tenured member of the department, T. Florian Jaeger, was accused and then largely exonerated of violating the university’s sexual-misconduct policies, the department, and indeed, the institution as a whole, has been a bitterly divided place.