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UT settles $1.9M with professor over firing
Filed: Jun 30, 2026 at 1:00 AM ET
Summary: UT and Tamar Shirinian reach a tentative $1.9M settlement after she alleged her Feb. firing violated her First Amendment rights.
WHO: Tamar Shirinian and the University of Tennessee
WHAT: Tentative $1.9M settlement reached after Shirinian alleged her firing violated her First Amendment rights
WHEN: Jun 29, 2026 at 9:09 PM ET
WHERE: University of Tennessee
WHY: Shirinian alleged her February firing violated her First Amendment rights after comments involving Charlie Kirk.
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