UPenn Professor to Get Sex Bias, Retaliation Trial Over Tenure

The University of Pennsylvania may have discriminated against a female professor based on sex when it denied her tenure, including by not taking fair account of her child-care leave, a federal judge in Philadelphia ruled.

And Catherine Veikos may have faced retaliation when the university revoked her teaching position and again denied her tenure the following year, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said.

The court cited evidence that could refute the nondiscriminatory reasons given for the denial of Veikos’ tenure application in 2011.

According to the university, external reviewers and faculty members questioned the quality ...