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UT settlement would pay $1.9M to fired professor
Filed: Jun 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET
Summary: UT officials approved a tentative $1.9M agreement for a former professor fired over comments tied to Charlie Kirk’s death.
WHO: University of Tennessee System officials; former UT-Knoxville professor; UT Board of Trustees Audit and Compliance Committee; Charlie Kirk
WHAT: A tentative settlement agreement would pay about $1.9 million to a former UT-Knoxville professor fired over comments made after Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
WHEN: Jun 29, 2026 at 9:59 PM ET
WHERE: University of Tennessee System (UT Board of Trustees), Knoxville, Tennessee
WHY: The professor was fired over comments she made in the wake of political activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
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