
U of I students rally for survivors, call for stronger sexual violence policy
The rally brought together students calling for both immediate support for survivors and long-term changes to how the university responds to sexual misconduct.

The rally brought together students calling for both immediate support for survivors and long-term changes to how the university responds to sexual misconduct.

The campus Title IX office and the U of I’s Women’s Resources Center help students understand their options for finding support, staying safe and choosing whether to report an incident of sexual misconduct.

The former player, identified in the lawsuit as John Doe, alleges Tuesday in Cook County Court in Chicago that Fitzgerald along with Northwestern University President Michael Schill and other leaders at the school enabled and concealed sexual misconduct and racial discrimination.

A new University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign survey finds most students who experience sexual misconduct don’t tell anyone. Campus officials say the findings of the Spring 2019 Climate Survey on Sexual Misconduct are a signal that they need to do more to encourage victims to come forward.