UMD Professor Removed Over Sex Harassment Claims: Report (ICYMI)

Editor's note: This article was originally published earlier this week.

COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The University of Maryland has removed a professor over allegations of sexual harassment, according to a report.

The Duke Chronicle (the professor used to teach at Duke University) reported that William "Tony" Rivera, who was to teach an online course at the University of Maryland, had been removed as the university reviews the harassment allegations.

William Braniff, director of UMD's National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), wrote in an email that the university was "now learning the extent of the claims," according to the report.

"This employee came highly recommended from academic and government colleagues and this inquiry was the first instance in which START and the university had heard of the allegations," he wrote. "Upon hearing these allegations, we immediately contacted this individual's previous employer and are seeking information so that we may take appropriate actions."

You can read the full letter on the Duke Chronicle's website.

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