March 16, 2026
The union that represents staff at Barnard College defended an arbitrator's order directing the school to rehire a housing attendant whom a student accused of hugging her against her will, saying the arbitrator did his job under the parties' deal and simply disagreed with the school's findings.
November 13, 2025
Barnard College should not have to reinstate the night-shift dorm attendant it fired after receiving a complaint that he pressured an Orthodox Jewish student to hug him, the college told a New York federal court Wednesday, saying it was within its rights to dismiss him for harassment.