MIT Pulls Online Lectures Over Harassment Claim
CAMBRIDGE (AP) — MIT says it has removed the lectures of a well-known retired physics professor from an online learning platform after an investigation found he had sexually harassed a woman.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology said in a statement that it began investigating after receiving a complaint in October from a woman who said Lewin had sexually harassed her online. MIT said the woman provided information about Lewin's interactions with her and his interactions with other female online learners.
Lewin could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesday. A message was left at a phone number listed for Lewin in Cambridge.
Lewin taught at MIT for more than three decades and his popular physics lectures drew wide acclaim.
He retired in July 2009 and last taught an online course in 2013.
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