MIT & the Suicide of Elizabeth Shin (April, 2000)
Elizabeth Shin, an MIT student, committed suicide by self-immolation in her dorm room in April, 2000. For years, MIT had a reputation of being a challenging educational environment for students, with a...
View Article“Ithaca is Gorges”: Cornell University Student Suicides
As noted in a previous entry MIT & the Suicide of Elizabeth Shin (April, 2000), suicide is the second leading cause of death among students of university age. The number one cause of suicide for...
View ArticleThe Death of Phoebe Prince: Too Late for Justice
It has been reported by the Northwestern (MA) District Attorney, Elizabeth Scheibel, that school officials in South Hadley High School knew of and failed to take any action concerning the bullying that...
View ArticleRutgers Not Responsible for Clementi’s Suicide
The tragic death of Tyler Clementi, a freshman at Rutgers, made headlines world-wide last September, when he leaped from the George Washington Bridge, shortly after his roommate and another student...
View ArticleCornell Suicides: “Means Restriction” Too Late For Three Students
The Ginsburg family of Boca Raton, FL, lost their son on February 17, 2010, when he jumped into the Falls Creek gorge, on the Cornell University campus. Within four weeks, two other Cornell students,...
View ArticleVirginia Tech Settles Student Suicide Wrongful Death Case
The Commonwealth of Virginia, on behalf of Virginia Tech University, settled a 2009 wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of student Daniel Kim, in Fairfax County Circuit Court. The gravamen of...
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