Ohio State University President Michael V. Drake announced the formation of a task force to prevent serial sexual abuse at college campuses at the full Board of Trustees meeting Friday. The task force will be formed in light of multiple cases of serial abuse at ...

The Academic Affairs and Student Life Committee voted to revoke former Ohio State physician Dr. Richard Strauss’ emeritus status, approved a new branch campus major and awarded an honorary degree to commencement speaker Fareed Zakaria Thursday. The committee voted unanimously to officially revoke Strauss’ professor ...

Another lawsuit has been filed against Ohio State by former athletes including allegations of sexual assault by Dr. Richard Strauss, a former university physician. In response to the independent investigation published May 17 that concluded Ohio State personnel knew about complaints related to Strauss but ...

When Kent Kilgore found out an independent investigation determined Ohio State knew about Richard Strauss’ abuse, his first response was that “they finally got him.” However, Kilgore, a former swimmer at Ohio State and an early victim of Strauss, said his relief was soon mixed ...

Because the story of Richard Strauss and his victims spans over 40 years, The Lantern developed a timeline of events using the independent investigation report released Friday. Included below are the significant events as told by the report as well as links to previous Lantern ...

  Failure to stop Richard Strauss from abusing 177 students cannot be blamed on any one person at Ohio State, but it could have been prevented had someone in university leadership at the time stepped forward. President Michael V. Drake and Executive Vice President and ...

An independent investigation of former Ohio State physician Richard Strauss found that university employees knew of the doctor’s abuse as early as 1979 but took no action, according to a report released today. The investigation, which began in April 2018, concluded that Strauss’ abuse of ...

Five more former Ohio State students have filed a lawsuit against the university claiming that former Ohio State doctor Richard Strauss sexually abused them and that the university was aware of the abuse. Three former student-athletes and two former student health center patients, all listed ...

Ohio State has asked that information relating to the Richard Strauss investigation that might otherwise be confidential be released publicly as part of the investigative report that will be released regarding sexual abuse allegations against the former university doctor. A court filing on Wednesday to ...

After Ohio State fired marching band director Jonathan Waters in 2014, a legal battle ensued that would last three years. It cost the university nearly $1.6 million in legal fees. In 2018, the school hired the Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, law firm to investigate how ...