Utah State pays $140,000 to family of student who died by suicide after alleged racist bullying

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In a settlement document obtained by The Tribune, USU admits no wrongdoing but agrees to a settlement with the family of Jerusha Sanjeevi, an international student who died by suicide after alleged racist bullying.

Since those are public institutions of the state, the settlement money comes from Utah’s risk fund and insurance providers, as will happen with the funds going to Sanjeevi’s parents.In fall 2016, Sanjeevi had enrolled as a doctoral student in the psychology department at USU. Almost immediately, two students in her cohort singled her out,They made fun of Sanjeevi for having a “weird Asian name” and called her “stupid,” it said.

The professor, though, had a close relationship with the other student, according to the lawsuit, which pointed to several Facebook posts and pictures of the two together. The professor allegedly “dismissed [the reports] as a misunderstanding” and continued to show preferential treatment to the other student, giving her all of the research project assignments and none to Sanjeevi, it said.

Over the course of several months, Sanjeevi talked to at least five faculty members, as well as the school’s counseling center, student conduct office and affirmative action department.

 

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