Stanford Hit With Discrimination Lawsuit From Jewish Scholar (2)

Stanford University allegedly refused to investigate reports of discrimination from an Israeli postdoctoral scholar, eventually pushing him to resign and forcing him to leave the US.

Stanford used Shay Laps’ research grant “as leverage” to bully him into rescinding his discrimination and retaliation complaints so the school wouldn’t have to investigate the allegations, Laps says in a complaint filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California against Stanford and associate professor Danny Hung-Chieh Chou.

The complaint comes as several other universities—including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University—have been sued or settled cases ...