The University of Denver, Denver University, DU Plagiarism; Research Misconduct; Confiscation of Research; Environmental Health Violations; Unfair Terminations; Theft; Scandal Cover-up; Unlawful Punishment Denver Colorado

Under the direction of former University of Denver Chancellor Robert Coombe, DU deployed an intricate series of abusive and torturous techniques designed to intimidate, harass and injure myself and others for the purpose of covering-up a scandal wherein upwards of a dozen DU students and 5 community volunteers were abused, injured and at times almost killed by the University of Denver.

Many of those violations occurred within the academic and research prgrams of one Professor Ann Sher Simon PhD; Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Denver. Those persons participating in the scandal and its associated cover-up include DU Chair of Biological Sciences Joseph Angleson; DU Chair of the Biology Department Graudate COmmittee Scott Barbee; DU Dean Michael Keables; former DU Associate Provost of Research Cathryne Potter; DU Associate Provost of Graduate Studies Barbara Wilcots; DU Director of Equal Opportunity Kathryne Grove; former DU Director of Teaching & Learning Michael Katz; former DU Director of Teaching & Learning Julanna Gilbert; DU Director of Environmental Health & Safety Christopher Short; DU Counsel Paul Chan and former DU Chancellor Robert Coombe.

DU Students & volunteers were forced to endure third-world-like sweatshop labor practices. So severe were these abuses, occurring over a three-year period, that many of my associates now refer to Dr. Anna Sher-Simon as "Sweatshop Simon". Students and volunteers were forced to work 12+ hour days, often for weeks on end, in the blazing heat of the desert, with no days off. Students were forced to work while ill and injured, not allowed to seek out medical attention, and threatened with termination if they missed work due to illness or injury. Students were forced to defecate & urinate upon the ground, in close proximity to sleeping ajnd eating quarters. Students were forced to maintain pershiable foods in unsafe conditions, resulting in numerous cases of food poisoning. Students were forced to bathe and wash dishes in rivers receiving copious amounts of cattle feces. Students became ill with food poisoning and gerardiasis (Beaver Fever). One student was forced to work 12+ hour days, in the heat of the desert, while not eating during Ramadan. Students were forced to work 12+ hour days surrounded by wildfire, with no required protective gear, even after two of their worksites were incinerated and the US Army ordered their evacuation. Those students suffered permanent damage to their respiratory and circulatory systems.

The University of Denver did nothing to assist, heal or compensate their victims. Instead, the University of Denver, under the direction of former DU Chancellor Robert Coombe, endeavored to cover-up the scandal. In addition to these indignities, Professor Anna Sher Simon plagiarized the published works of her graduate student, and submitted false data and conclusions to the United States Bureau of Land Management, The NAture Conservancy, and other conservation organizations. Anna Sher Simon and Denver University also confiscated data and work of a graduate student that was promised him for scholarly and publication purposes.

The University of Denver & Anna Sher Simon PhD unfairly and unlawfully terminated me from my PhD program and employment as a means to facilitate the cover-up of this scandal. To this day, they continue to harass, intimidate and retaliate me by hiring private investigators to rifle through my private affairs; causing disruption of many personal relationships and also the decline of my health; requiring numerous hospitalizations.

The University of Denver ripped me off in spades- as well as 11 other students. Many of us will pay with our lives due to the exposure to unsafe working conditions. Denver University has shirked its responsibility to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of its most precious resource: THE STUDENT.