We caught up with UNC’s Coach Chris Miltenberg just minutes after Ethan shattered the NCAA mile record at the Boston University Terrier Classic over the weekend
His 3:48.32 mile marks his second collegiate record of the season
following his 7:30.15 performance in the 3000m at the Boston University Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in December
who ran 7:30.23 in that same race—also dipping under the previous collegiate record
Coach Miltenberg breaks down the race plan heading into the mile
Ethan’s mindset and training progression since December
and why he believes Ethan and Parker are “the next two great American distance runners.”
The following interview with Coach Miltenberg has been edited lightly for clarity:
Coach Miltenberg’s race plan for Ethan heading into the mile at the BU Terrier Classic:
That’s our biggest thing: just come in here and compete
It was just: go run hard and see where we’re at
Ethan’s training between his 3000m collegiate record in December and his mile collegiate record last weekend:
Him and Parker both took a significant break after that 3K
and these guys want to continue racing well into the summer
I knew in December we hadn’t done a lot of specificity
we had not done specificity and he’s trained really hard the last three weeks and was definitely a little tired
I feel like I’m learning so much from these guys
Ethan—just like Grant Fisher—has this incredible ability that when you say
‘This is what we need to get out of this workout,’ he doesn’t try to do anything more than that… Grant was the best at that too
that’s that skill more than overdoing it all the time
Why Ethan and Parker aren’t racing at the Millrose Games:
obviously there were a lot of opportunities coming their way—him and Parker both
I think one of the things he and Parker do well is keeping the main thing the main thing
These guys want to have ten-year pro careers
Ethan and I talked about Millrose in December and said
you’ve got to take every chance you’re going to get.’ But if we’re on a ten-year plan
we don’t need to react to every single thing that comes up
I think that’s an easy cycle to get in: reacting
but I’d really rather beat those guys in June
If you think I can beat those guys in June by staying lowkey
They want to beat them when it matters most
What his and Ethan’s one-on-one meetings are like:
Both the long term for the rest of this year
but also where they want to go over the next eight to ten years
I do think everyday that I’m looking at the next two great American distance runners
I say that not just because they’re my guys
These are the next two great American distance runners.’ I feel such a personal obligation to only think in ten-year terms with them and talk in ten-year terms
We talk about that and how late we want to go into the summer
but we can mix it up with any of the pros.’ They fire each other up that way everyday
I'm just having an enormous amount of fun with them
We’re just figuring out more and more as we go
How he thinks Grant Fisher will react to him calling Ethan and Parker “the next two great American distance runners”:
I remember when Grant was at their age—and they’re different—but I see a lot of similarities in personality of what makes Grant great
Ethan’s going to go lowkey for the next three weeks
I don’t know what he’s going to run at the NCAA meet
He’s talked a lot about wanting to run the DMR and the 3000m
but we’ll talk more about it and see what he’s going to do
He got crushed by the norovirus last week and was down for a few days
so we’re just getting him back going right now and we’ll play the back half of the season for him and get him going
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The 2023-24 cross country and track and field seasons will go down as one of the best in program history for the men's teams
They finished in the Top 10 at the NCAA Championships
claiming 6th place in cross country and 5th place in outdoor track and field
The Tar Heels also won their first ACC Cross Country Championship since 1985 and their first ACC Indoor Championship since 1996
Parker Wolfe won North Carolina's first ever 5,000m National Championship at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Wolfe was named the USTFCCCA Men's Southeast Regional Athlete of the Year and ACC Runner of the Year in cross country
He is the first ACC athlete (male or female) to sweep those honors in a year
Wolfe won five ACC championships under Coach Miltenberg and set five school records
Wolfe became the Tar Heel's first runner in history to be named to The Bowerman Award Watchlist and later became a Bowerman Award Semifinalist
The UNC men's cross country and track and field programs combined to finish 5th nationally in the 2023-24 USTFCCCA Men's Program of the Year Standings
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Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino is no longer represented by Title IX law firm Nesenoff & Miltenberg after four attorneys from the firm withdrew from her discrimination case against Harvard on Thursday
Three of the lawyers who withdrew on Thursday — Andrew T
Gorycki — had represented Gino since she first filed her complaint
The fourth Nesenoff & Miltenberg lawyer
The Nesenoff & Miltenberg attorneys declined to comment on their withdrawal from the lawsuit
Data Colada first published data fraud allegations against Gino in 2021
Datar placed Gino on leave after an HBS investigation determined that research misconduct had occurred in Gino’s work
Joun dismissed Gino’s defamation charges against the University in September 2024
but allowed Gino’s accusation of unfair disciplinary action to remain on the table
Gino revised her complaint to incorporate additional sex-based discrimination claims under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
which governs discrimination in employment decisions
a month after Nesenoff & Miltenberg lawyer Julie A
The change comes as Gino’s unpaid administrative leave nears its end
as the two-year suspension began in June 2023 and would be expected to end this coming June
Gino’s tenure was placed under review by the University in July 2023
no resolution to the review has been made public
Nesenoff & Miltenberg still represents former Harvard women’s ice hockey coach Katey Stone, who sued the University for gender discrimination in 2024 after she departed Harvard following allegations from former players that her coaching practices were abusive
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Along the Main River in Germany lies an adorable Bavarian town called Miltenberg
My husband and I were first introduced to this town on our honeymoon
recent college graduates we splurged on a European river cruise along the Main and Rhein rivers
There is nothing like a PCS to Germany to give you the opportunity
It was located right within the heart of the Old Town
It was the perfect spot to see all the highlights
you may want to consider booking a room at Hotel Zum Riesen
There you will have the opportunity to indulge in a variety of Bavarian dishes and beverages
which came with very tasty red cabbage and knodels
The knodels reminded me of Thanksgiving stuffing and made my heart really happy
I washed it all down with a Radler from the town brewery which earned a “Frankfurt International Trophy” for “Best German Brewery” in 2024
You can visit the Faust brewery shop to pick up cases of their beer and other goodies or enjoy a meal at their Braustuben or Biergarten
Another restaurant we enjoyed in town was Nuvo Sushi
if you’re not a fan of peanut butter this is not the dish for you
Aside from walking around the town enjoying the plethora of original timber frame houses
there are a few other things to do while in Miltenberg
We visited the Miltenberg City Museum for a glimpse into the history of the town
The museum was much bigger than I originally thought
but the audio guide included with your ticket is in English and will give you all the information you may want while perusing the large collection of historical items within the museum
There are some nice trails around the Old Town that offer views of the Main River and the village before
One trail had informational signs (in German and English!) about the trees along the trail
We traversed on a couple of trails but ended our walk on the Bismarck Trail
At the start of this were wooden carvings of Odin and Frigg
The trail back to the Old Town was full of switchbacks and was a little precarious at times so if you are not that into hiking
but we opted to visit Konditorei-Confiserie Sell
your mouth will start watering from the variety of cakes and tasty treats in their dessert case
We had a truffle cake and a nutty cake from their regular menu
Baroque palace of the Prince zu Löwenstein
consider visiting the small town of Miltenberg
You will be enchanted by the timber frame houses
delicious Bavarian food and gorgeous views of the river
A former Liberty University staffer is suing the private Christian school
saying administrators fired him for reporting sexual harassment
Peter Brake worked as an investigator in the university’s Title IX office
typically the unit that investigates claims of sexual violence on campus
alleges that his former boss harassed employees and was “prejudging cases.” He also states he reported his concerns to his supervisors
The lawsuit says he was fired because he “opposed discrimination and reported multiple violations of law to Liberty’s leadership and senior managers.”
in a statement said his client filed suit after giving the university an opportunity to
"end its reign of oppression and inequity."
Brake has repeatedly tried to protect the students and employees from the injustices occurring at Liberty University," Miltenberg wrote
"He is coming forward now to hold Liberty University accountable after it harshly retaliated against him."
the university said it learned of the suit on Tuesday and was still reviewing its details
"Liberty takes all allegations of wrongdoing seriously and has impartial measures in place to assure the fair and equal treatment of all employees," the statement read
"While we will not respond to these allegations in the media at this time
we disagree with its claims and are prepared to defend ourselves in court."
The agency also placed the school on federal monitoring through April 2026
Liberty has said of the government’s finding that while it
“endured selective and unfair treatment by the Department
the university also concurs there were numerous deficiencies that existed in the past.”
The government's final report found that college officials overlooked and failed to record repeated instances of sexual violence on campus
and that the school failed to warn students about potential threats
It detailed university officials’ attempts to cover their tracks by seeking help from technology staff to delete hard drives
The allegations even included a former Liberty president accused of rape – an incident that didn’t appear in a daily campus crime log
More: Christian college admin was accused of sexual misconduct for over a decade. He kept his job.
Brake served as an investigator in the Title IX office from 2019 to 2024, with a three-and-a-half-year absence to report for active military duty. He is a retired judge advocate in the Army Reserve, and he said he encountered multiple incidents of the university’s former Title IX coordinator, Nathan Friesema, telling investigators which outcomes to reach in their cases. Some other cases “sat idle and unresolved for more than a year,” according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit states that Brake brought concerns about Friesema to university President Dondi Costin at a reception for military veterans in November 2023. And when Brake faced pushback from the senior vice president of university compliance, Ashley Reich, for raising concerns, he went back to Costin expressing fear of losing his job.
“I’m confident your leadership understands that retaliation is not allowed around here, so don’t give that possibility another thought,” Costin wrote in response.
Brake also told Reich that Friesema had steered Title IX investigations by asking “leading questions” and “embellished complaints,” the lawsuit says In one incident, he described a professor as having “sexual desire in his eyes” in support of leering allegations. The goal, Brake alleged, was to trigger a violation of the university’s Title IX and sexual misconduct policies.
Brake alleges he was fired in June 2024 after filing a formal complaint against Reich in May. He purports the university says it fired him for unspecified “compliance” issues. He is suing for an unspecified amount of damages, claiming the university violated Title IX and protections for military employees and whistleblowers in Virginia.
(This story has been updated to add Liberty University's response.)
Chris Quintana is an investigative reporter at USA TODAY. He can be reached at cquintana@usatoday.com or via Signal at 202-308-9021. He is on X at @CQuintanaDC.
Office Hours: How UNC's Chris Miltenberg Creates NCAA Champions, His Career Trajectory, Building Team Buy-In + Training PhilosophyOffice Hours: How UNC's Chris Miltenberg Creates NCAA Champions, His Career Trajectory, Building Team Buy-In + Training PhilosophyThe CITIUS MAG PodcastApril 15, 2025
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"The part I also really love is finding the edges: How do we pursue the elite edge of world-class performance
that part is exciting me more and more as we go on here."
When Chris Miltenberg took the helm at North Carolina in 2019
the Tar Heels distance programs had not won an ACC cross country title since before most of his current athletes were born
Fast forward to today and under Miltenberg's leadership
UNC has not only climbed back to the top of the ACC podium in cross country
but they've reestablished themselves as a legitimate national contender too
Miltenberg has led UNC to top ten finishes at the NCAA cross country
he's coached Parker Wolfe to UNC's first-ever 5000m outdoor national title
signed the program's highest ranked recruiting class
he's coming off an indoor season where Ethan Strand broke the collegiate records in the 3000m and mile before taking the NCAA title
Makayla Paige won the women's 800m to become the Tar Heels' first women's NCAA champion since 2018
But this isn't just a North Carolina story; Miltenberg's impact has been felt at every stop
he led the Cardinals to a top five program of the year finish and coached national champions like Grant Fisher
he guided the Hoyas to the 2011 NCAA Women's Cross Country title with the team that was led by Emily Infeld
we talk about how he's building something sustainable in Chapel Hill
and what it takes to coach through transitions
and why being present is one of the most underrated skills a coach can have
Host: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez on Instagram
Guest: Chris Miltenberg | @chris.miltenberg on Instagram
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For the first time in at least two decades
town officials are expecting to see zero waitlist for what traditionally has been the most coveted commuter parking permit in New Canaan
there were just 25 people left on the waitlist for the “Lumberyard Lot,” according to Parking Manager Stacy Miltenberg
The 298-space lot abuts the train station on Elm Street downtown
a far more desirable location for commuters than “outer” municipal lots such as Center School and Locust Avenue
it’s never been like this,” Miltenberg told members of the Parking Commission during their regular meeting
held March 5 at Town Hall and via videoconference
parking officials counted 40 to 60 open spaces in the Lumberyard
There’s “a very good chance” that the waitlist vanishes entirely
“I will let all those 25 people know and see how many people take it and then after that
New Canaan saw demand for commuter parking diminish amid the pandemic
work-from-home options and other changes have seen the trend continue
Miltenberg said she’s interested to see what will happen from here
“I’m just not sure who’s parking
“I hear people are going back five days a week
The comments came during Miltenberg’s regular update to the appointed body
Commissioner Kevin Karl said he’s seen busy days in the Lumberyard Mondays through Thursdays this year
it’s not like it used to be where “we would even have people adding on spaces because of lack of availability.”
Commissioners asked whether the town normally sees a change in use as the spring thaw arrives (no)
whether March private school vacations are affecting use (maybe) or even the cold (we’ll see)
Commission Chair Nancy Bemis asked what other towns are seeing
Miltenberg said she spoke to her counterpart in Darien and “she’s also seeing a little bit lighter of a commute.”
“They have availability in their lots to move down a little bit more on the waitlist
It took me seven years on the waitlist to get my lumberyard spot
It’s odd that even with a congestion fee in NYC
people are choosing to drive rather than use the train
I get it for folks who work downtown but for midtown or uptown professionals
it’s hard to see the benefit of dealing with traffic
parking dents and suspension wear and tear
the lack of a wait list implies that spouses are dropping off their other halves and don’t need the parking lot
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COLORADO SPRINGS — First place wasn't necessarily the goal
"We wanted to win league and regionals and then maybe top five at state," said Timnath girls runner Addison Geraets
The Cubs made a splash with their debut season in Class 4A
capping it with a Colorado cross-country team state championship Saturday at Norris Penrose Event Center
"We took the attitude of 'Let’s go show everyone what we got.' We did that and look at us now
state champions," Timnath's Izzy Schimmelpfennig said in exclamation
Schimmelpfennig finished off a sensational season with a third-place finish
as she held second until Silver Creek's Cloe Ruth caught her by 0.2 seconds at the finish line
Best from state: Heritage Christian wins back-to-back cross-country titles; Fossil Ridge top-three
Ruth kept pace with eventual winner Ella Hagen (Summit) through the first mile
but Schimmelpfennig stayed behind and stuck to her race plan
"Izzy was incredibly patient in the first mile
even though she wanted to hang with Cloe," Timnath coach Matt Miltenberg said
because there was that extra motivation knowing we could be state champs," Schimmelpfennig said
She finished the 5-kilometer race in 18 minutes
nearly a minute behind Hagen's winning time of 17:30.7
taking a ninth-place podium finish in 19:14.1
The Cubs won the team crown with 98 points
beating out runner-up Battle Mountain by 18
Four Timnath runners earned top-30 individual finishes and all six scorers cracked the top 55
It was about competing with the runners next to you for places and the times would take care of themselves," Miltenberg said
It's another culmination for this Timnath team
a group of runners now largely responsible for the Cubs' only two team state championships in the school's third year
They won the 2A girls track title last spring
This one was sweeter because it took more against tougher competition
"The culture we have built on this team is amazing and sustainable
we probably skipped a couple this year," Miltenberg said with a hearty laugh
"Our end goal is to be one of the top teams in Colorado every year
and you'll be some of the best runners in the country."
even if this was Timnath's final proof of concept
"We’re so thankful and proud of each other on this team
This story was updated to add a photo gallery
Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino has expanded her legal representation to include lawyers from employment firm Hartley Michon Robb Hannon LLP in an ongoing discrimination lawsuit filed against Harvard in 2023
A judge dismissed her defamation claims in September, but Gino later added claims of Title VII violations and gender discrimination onto existing claims of Title IX violations
Gino alleged that the University dealt her a harsher punishment than male professors accused of similar misconduct
one of Gino’s attorneys from Nesenoff & Miltenberg wrote in a statement following the September ruling that “we are pleased with the court’s decision to allow this litigation to continue.”
“Harvard will have to answer for how they have destroyed her career and put every member of the Harvard faculty at risk,” he wrote
an attorney from Nesenoff & Miltenberg
withdrew from representing Gino as a plaintiff in the ongoing case on Dec
Sacks and a spokesperson for Gino did not respond to requests for comment
Hartley Michon Robb Hannon employment lawyers Patrick J
Hannon declined to comment on the status of the case
but added that “our firm takes great pride in representing individuals who have been wronged by large and powerful institutions.”
but we believe in Professor Gino and she has entrusted us to fight this battle on her behalf
We look forward to doing so,” Hannon wrote
other attorneys from Nesenoff & Miltenberg will continue to represent Gino
An HBS spokesperson declined to comment on the filing
Gino’s media relations team also did not give comment on the filing
—Staff writer Graham W. Lee can be reached at graham.lee@thecrimson.com. Follow him on X @grahamwonlee
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UNC Track and Field head coach Chris Miltenberg has worked hard to rebuild the program and its culture from the ground up
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oversaw in 2019 told him all he needed to know about the team's culture
Miltenberg and his coaching staff were the third different set of coaches in three years for the program
runners would joke about being too hurt or too tired to complete a workout or losing to competitors in meets
These weren’t just jokes for Miltenberg — they reeked of an acceptance of inferiority
“The way you talk reflects the way you think,” Miltenberg said
“And even when you think you're making a funny joke
if it's underlaced with negativity and underlaced with fear and self-doubt
The growth of North Carolina men's cross country began with building a more positive culture
When Miltenberg arrived in 2019, his coaching staff worked toward deconstructing the team's low expectations of itself. Not only did success follow, but the Miltenberg era created a winning culture. In the ACC Championships on Oct. 27, the men won for the first time since 1985 and now hold a No
Miltenberg needed to show the Tar Heels that they could win
Pedigree helped in this regard — he won a women’s cross country championship as a coach at Georgetown in 2011 and coached 30 cross country runners to All-America honors at Stanford
But building belief required more than experience
Miltenberg needed runners who would embody a new mentality
He credited former Tar Heel Brandon Tubby for taking that responsibility on for the men's team
Practicing at Umstead Park in Miltenberg’s first month
Tubby recalled stopping 20 minutes into the run because he hadn't eaten properly before practice
As he headed back to where the team vans were parked
you have to figure out how to eat,’” he said
Tubby said Miltenberg would frequently challenge his runners when he saw a bad habit getting in the way of their goals
Miltenberg sent weekly individual plans to the athletes aimed at helping them improve
In the 2021 indoor and outdoor track seasons
He recorded an under four-minute mile for the first time in his career at the 2021 ACC Indoor Championships and qualified for the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships for the first time
Miltenberg looks for runners who would fit best within the program's expectations of a 365-days-per-year running lifestyle
he doesn't try to "talk anyone into coming."
he remembered a team member asking him why no recruit stayed afterward for the Saturday football game
That was the point: The visit was reflective of the challenge recruits had to accept
and we’re okay with that,” Miltenberg said
The recruits who weren’t scared off helped continue to build a competitive culture
Whereas previous teams may have doubted their abilities to reach new heights
the new recruits did it without hesitation
Miltenberg attracted highly-touted high school runners like junior Parker Wolfe
who was the 2020-21 Gatorade National Boys Cross Country Player of the Year
Wolfe said he spurned established programs in favor of building something new at UNC under the guidance of Miltenberg
from competing against them in national races
and was excited to join forces in Chapel Hill
"It's just something special about you and your best friends going out and trying to build something really cool and trying to be one of the best teams in the country," Wolfe said
Wolfe feeds off the team culture that Miltenberg created in the years preceding his arrival
He enjoys running next to teammates who have similar goals of running at a professional level
He regularly talks about qualifying for Olympic trials with Strand
“I always thought running was just kind of gonna be part of my college experience,” Wolfe said
“But these guys have really made me realize how much I like it.”
Wolfe was one of seven runners who qualified for the NCAA Championships last season
Wolfe is UNC's first individual conference champion this century
There were no new bells and whistles in attracting that talent
To create a nationally competitive program
North Carolina’s newfound culture did the talking
So it's not about your goals," Miltenberg said
"It's about what you do day after day and your systems to achieve your goals."
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We chatted with the head honcho of track and field at Stanford
Chris Miltenberg is in his fifth year coaching Track and Field and Cross Country at Stanford
He came to Stanford from Georgetown where he served as Assistant Coach for Men’s Cross Country and Head Coach for Women’s Cross Country
He led the women’s team there to the NCAA title in 2011
Before Georgetown he coached at Columbia where his teams won two Ivy League titles
He is a graduate of Georgetown and a native of New York
The Men’s team finished in the top three in 2014 and 2015 and the Women were third nationally in 2013
In each of Miltenberg’s first four years at Stanford
both men and women qualified for the NCAA championships
which extends the school streak to 22 years of NCAA play
excelled in the arena and in the classroom
Coach Miltenberg was kind enough to give Rule of Tree a few minutes out of his busy schedule to talk Cardinal Cross County
Rule of Tree: I was doing a little research and ran across an interview with Jim and Joe Rosa who have become Stanford legends
They spoke about not worrying about rankings or titles
all else would take care of itself. This reminded me of New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick's mantra "do your job," which gives a player a single focus and relieves them from the pressure of high expectations
It really paid off at the end of last year for the team
Chris Miltenberg: Its something we have to talk about every day here
I think when you have the kind of athletes we have here who were all incredibly successful before they got here
Obviously we are bringing some of the best recruits in America into our program
Getting them to focus in the process of growing
And also being part of something bigger than yourself
And I think for a lot of our kids that’s exactly what they came here wanting
because they all came from backgrounds where there was nobody on their high school team who could really train at their level
The big thing we look for in recruiting is come here because you want to be part of a great team
I think in a lot of ways with the kind of kids we have
because they don’t have to think about hitting individual home runs every day
Just put in the best fight you can on a given day and if all of them do that then we are a really good team
and ironically that’s when the best individual results come
RT: The Stanford Cross Country training camp at Mammoth Lakes (alt
7,880 ft) has become an annual tradition that pays dividends for the team
Could you explain what it does for the team
CM: Its one of the key pieces to our season in that we lay the foundation of our season there
the altitude component with the amount of time we are there has minimal physiological impact
But we get a huge boost out of it in a couple of key ways
I think it lays the foundation for great teamwork for the rest of the year
It's great for our freshmen because that’s their first experience before classes start or anything
They’re with their team for two weeks up there
From a training perspective the altitude gives us benefit in that it holds everyone back a little bit in September
When you go up to 7,000 feet even if you're in phenomenal shape
that first two weeks you’ve got to be really patient
That’s exactly what I want our guys to be doing in September
and so my hesitation is that when we get them together for the first time
they’ve all been training alone this summer and now their fired up to get together and no matter how much we try to put the leash on them
The altitude reins that in for the first two weeks
Let’s be steady and consistent in September and lay the groundwork to be really good in November
RT: Stanford is one of few schools nationally that has remained on the quarter system of class scheduling and not the more widely used semester system. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this schedule on your teams
CM:You know its got certainly far more positives than negatives
the quarter system and the September thing
There are a couple of wrinkles to it that are a little quirky
For our guys everything changes again September 25
All of the sudden we now have moved into our dorms
and the Freshmen have orientation whereas if you are on the semester system everything has settled down by September 25
So we have a flow for almost four weeks on the front end
then that gets completely disrupted and we’ve got to find an entirely new flow at the end of September
After you’ve been here a couple of years you understand this and we build our training around the changes in our routine
RT: The casual observer might look at Cross Country and see a simple strategy: run as fast as you can. But there's a great deal more complexity to team formation and race-day strategy. Could you explain that a little bit
CM: The big thing is to watch the team race play out
To me that’s what makes cross country so awesome and makes it different than Track & Field is the team component
For the casual observer its going to take a little while to figure that out and understand team scoring
Look for teams moving forward over the second half of the race and executing their plan
identifying the team race happening within the larger race
RT: What are you looking forward to the season
Are there meets that stand out in your schedule
What has you excited about the coming season
is how this team feels. This is now my fifth year At Stanford
so now we’re on a cycle where its an entirely different set of guys than when I arrived here
We’ve had great people come through here over the last few years
And its a team that we talked about building for several years
The part I’m most excited about is to see on both sides the leadership emerge
We’ve been grooming great leaders on both sides over the last couple of years
There have been young guys like Garrett Sweatt and Jack Keelan and Sean McGorty on the men’s side
Now it’s their team and it’s their chance to really take over
Above all else that’s the part we’re most excited about
seeing these teams really take ownership of their success this year
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Head Coach Chris MiltenbergMiltenberg And Wolfe Receive ACC Top Men's ITF HonorsMarch 21
North Carolina junior Parker Wolfe has been named the ACC Men's Indoor Track Performer of the Year
while head coach Chris Miltenberg received the ACC Men's Coach of the Year award
according to an announcement from the conference on Tuesday
voted by ACC coaches as the league's top male track athlete
clinched silver medals in both the 5,000m and 3,000m events at the NCAA indoor championship
He made history as the first Tar Heel to win medals in two different events at the same NCAA Indoor Championship
He also secured All-American honors in both the 5,000m and 3,000m events
marking his seventh First Team All-American title in under three years
Wolfe won both the 3,000 and mile events and was named MVP
and was part of the record-setting DMR team
in his fifth year with North Carolina's track and field and cross-country programs
led the Tar Heels to their first ACC title since 1996 and the fourth in program history
he guided the team to a fifth-place finish
Wolfe and Miltenberg received the same awards following the 2023 cross-country season
GoHeels Exclusive: In It For The Long HaulJanuary 14
By Tim Casey - MileSplit Recruiting Reporter
Since arriving at the University of North Carolina in the summer of 2019 as the director of track and field and cross country
Chris Miltenberg has preached the importance of building what he refers to as a corps and branch model
It's the same approach he used at Stanford
The model consists of having a corps of elite distance runners and surrounding them with talented sprinters
UNC can have both NCAA championship-caliber cross country teams and can also compete for conference titles and national placements in track
Miltenberg has shown progress toward that goal
leading the Tar Heels women and men to fifth and 10th-place finishes
at the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Nov
That was the first time both teams finished in the top 10 of the NCAA meet in the same year
The women had their best NCAA placement in history
while the men had their second-best placement
trailing only the 1985 team that finished fifth
as four of the top five men's cross country runners are sophomore-eligible and the top seven women's cross country runners are freshmen or sophomores
The Tar Heels have also signed a top recruiting class once again
nine boys and seven girls in the Class of 2023 have signed national letters of intent
Miltenberg expects to sign other recruits in the coming months as well
UNC has signed a few top distance runners, including Ciara O'Shea from Madison Central (KY), a five-time state cross country champion in Kentucky and MileSplit's 49th-ranked girls recruit, and Noah Breker from Robbinsdale Armstrong (MN)
MileSplit's 24th-ranked cross country runner this fall
Both will compete at the Champs Sports National Championships on Saturday
who finished second in the heptathlon at NSAF Outdoor Nationals in June
Photo Credit: Jeffrey Camarati/UNC Athletics
"I would say this is by far our most complete recruiting class yet," Miltenberg said
While Miltenberg is UNC's director of track and cross country and ultimately is responsible for the program
he gives credit to his assistants for identifying and signing ideal prospects.
Miltenberg and assistants Dylan Sorensen and Ian Moini specialize in the distance runners
assistant Jody Stewart specializes in the sprints/hurdles
assistant Amin Nikfar specializes in the throwers and associate head coach Michael Eskind specializes in the jumpers
Eskind also serves as the recruiting coordinator
"I always say to our staff the three most important things are always recruiting
but not the way most people think about it," Miltenberg said
He added: "And if you are recruiting and talking about recruiting and thinking about recruiting 365 days a year
then you can be really patient and methodical and wait for the right people
all of a sudden you get desperate and you start making rush decisions
We're always making sure we're really getting to know the people we're bringing in."
in the MileSplit girls recruiting rankings for the Class of 2020
"We even surprised ourselves with how quickly it took shape (on the women's side in recruiting)," Miltenberg said
Miltenberg didn't know how that would impact his ability to recruit
considering he had just joined UNC less than a year earlier and couldn't travel to visit recruits or have them see the campus
he said the coaching staff had more time to connect with prospective athletes because they were at home and didn't have to worry about planning for meets
UNC ended up signing a stellar class again for the Class of 2021
even though many of those runners did not compete much during the outdoor track season in 2020 due to Covid
* Noah Breker in the 1,600m during the Hamline Elite Meet
"I swear I learned more about who I wanted in that class by how they responded to the Covid setback than had they even run junior year track," Miltenberg said
"There were so many people in that class we would call them and they'd be like
I'm kind of training but there might not be a state meet.' We were like
'We don't know when the state meet's going to happen
those are our people.' You learned about their character and drive during Covid."
Most of the recruits UNC has signed since Miltenberg arrived have ended up showing marked improvement in college
and a few have shined on the national stage
finished ninth at the NCAA cross country meet this year
while sophomore Kelsey Harrington finished 17th at the women's NCAA meet that same day
U20 5K record indoors when he ran 13:19.73 in his opener at Boston University.
the Tar Heels' women finished 10th at the 2019 ACC indoor and outdoor track meets
"Are we going to have the huge (track) rosters that the Florida States and Virginia Techs carry?," Miltenberg said
so we've got to get the right people and it's got to be small
tight groups which I think ultimately is going to be over the next 10 years suited for really high caliber NCAA championship success."
He added: "We want to be at the podium at the NCAA Championships
I wouldn't have come to Carolina if I wasn't absolutely certain we had the things we need to get there
But are we starting to get the right people on the bus
are they developing in the right direction
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James Clark* was finishing his first semester as a sophomore at a prestigious New England liberal-arts college when he received an email saying the dean wanted to speak with him
the dean informed him that a female classmate had reported Clark for sexual misconduct
School investigators began conducting an inquiry into the incident
requiring Clark to keep his distance from the accuser while dates for future interviews with the dean were scheduled
Clark was shocked — he’d thought what happened that night was consensual
Just as their classmates were finishing finals and embarking on winter break
Clark and his accuser were caught in a narrative that would alter the course of their lives forever
they would be weighted down by the same albatross: She would be the woman who believes she was sexually assaulted
and he would be the man who believes he was falsely accused of assaulting her
[The Cut was unable to reach Clark’s accuser for comment.]
What do you do when your 18-year-old son is the accused in a campus sexual-assault case
The accuser had not reported to the police
so the case was being handled through the school’s system
She began frantically reaching out to attorneys
desperate to find someone to represent Clark in his school’s sexual-misconduct hearing
Most lawyers the Clarks contacted weren’t interested in defending James — this wasn’t technically a legal case
especially given the debates about campus sexual assault raging
a New York–based business litigation attorney who had begun to make a name for himself defending young men whom some consider indefensible
He called us back and we talked about it and he said
‘I think this man is going to work very hard for our son.’”
Miltenberg is an advocate and resource for some of the thousands of male students who are accused of sexual misconduct on college campuses every year
The process at most schools involves a hearing or hearings where both the accused and the accuser are allowed to have an advocate attend to make sure their best interests are served
Miltenberg has acted as an adviser for over 60 students in college hearings
and he’s currently representing male students in a number of civil lawsuits filed against universities where they feel they were mistreated
a married father of three children (two girls and a boy)
a self-described “mama’s boy” with a wry sense of humor
He works out of a Manhattan law office kitty-corner from Penn Station
where creaky elevator doors open directly onto a waiting room painted deep red that displays a framed image of a 1930 Alfa Romeo
His office is decorated with photos of his family and a poster signed by the 1980 U.S
It’s here where I meet with him in mid-July to talk about his budding reputation as “the rape lawyer.”
Miltenberg was applauded then as the champion of the little guy
It was Kimberly Lau, a lawyer who used to work as an associate at Miltenberg’s firm but is now a partner at the firm Warshaw Burnstein, who first brought the issue of campus sexual assault to his attention in early 2013. She had been approached by a Vassar student who had been expelled for sexual assault
The student had found Lau because he was searching for an Asian-American attorney
She convinced Miltenberg to sue Vassar for gender discrimination and suggested the ironic legal reasoning of using Title IX to argue their position
Though most people think of Title IX as the sports parity law — the one that forces colleges to support women’s sports as much as men’s — it requires colleges to protect students from all gender-based discrimination
Miltenberg and Lau argue that the men who are accused on campuses are having their rights violated on a gender basis under Title IX because they are not afforded appropriate due process
no lawyer has convinced a judge that Title IX’s discrimination clauses apply to male accusers in sexual assault cases
but Miltenberg seems confident he will eventually set that precedent
Miltenberg is adamant that he believes his client’s account of what happened that night — and that’s important
because Miltenberg will not advocate for students he believes are guilty
He describes using a combination of the facts of the case and an “inner visceral response” to determine whether to take on a client
(Miltenberg says he’s turned down about a dozen cases because he did not “trust or believe the accused.”)
Of the publicity surrounding the case
“Emma has created a celebrity for herself and I think she’s somehow managed to morph it into an artistic endeavor,” Miltenberg tells me
she should not have built them on his back.” (Sulkowicz didn’t respond to our request for comment.)
Miltenberg isn’t particularly interested in the gender implications of sexual-misconduct cases
His interest in campus rape stems solely from his abiding faith in the historical importance of due process: He simply believes the accused in these situations aren’t getting a fair shake
and that if he’s in a position to help them
“I’m very drawn to situations where people are bearing up under the weight of public sentiment or the system,” Miltenberg told me
the playing field was tilted against women
He’s not alone in believing the current climate
in which the debate over how colleges handle rape accusations has become highly politicized
and the way processes are handled disadvantages men
Miltenberg wants to get rid of the pendulum altogether
He believes that colleges shouldn’t be investigating sexual assaults at all
and that all cases should be turned over to the police
a change that — if enacted — would end his tenure as the “rape lawyer.” “I just don’t think colleges are equipped to handle these things,” he says
But victims’ advocates believe that survivors should have a variety of routes they can choose to pursue, including both reporting the assault to the police and pursuing on-campus processes. Monika Johnson Hostler, president of the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence
says: “Every case and every survivor are different
Some survivors may simply want to have their schedules changed so they no longer have to run into the accused; others may want to pursue criminal charges.”
As for Miltenberg’s argument that student defendants can’t get due process on campus
Hostler argues that holding college hearings shouldn’t be held to the same standards as legal proceedings — and that attorneys like Miltenberg are part of the problem
She thinks that sexual misconduct hearings should be treated like any other allegation of impropriety on campus
Miltenberg is adamant that the campus system needs to be abolished altogether.”If something really bad happened that you need to report
the police should be to whom you report it,” he says
“And if it’s not bad enough to report to the police
Victims’ advocates like Hostler may recoil at that statement
but that’s just kind of Miltenberg’s style: He’s charming
but not rooted (or interested) in the feminist debates that typically dominate these discussions
“The guy doesn’t exactly sit around reciting Judith Butler,” one person who knows Miltenberg tells me
I call Miltenberg for a follow-up interview
he’s had three phone calls from parents in three different countries whose sons
have been wrongfully accused of assault at a U.S
“It’s hard when you listen to parents because they’re talking about their children,” Miltenberg concedes
“I don’t look at the parents’ understandable indignation
but I really try to look at it objectively and clinically as to the process.”
While false accusations occur infrequently (an FBI report [PDF] pegs them at around 8 percent)
What Clark found when his college cleared him of any wrongdoing is that innocence does not alter public opinion: Once you’re accused of sexual assault
It trails you in your Google results and in the hushed warnings girls relay to each other
“He was paralyzed with depression during this time,” Clark’s mother tells me
“And I think what he finds now is that people will always stare at him a little too long.” As for his mother
she was so moved by James’s plight and Miltenberg’s counsel that she spent the summer working part-time in his law office
Miltenberg seeks to be a beacon for men like Clark
young men and young women are not equipped emotionally or intellectually to deal with this,” he says
and on the other end having what they may believe are unfair allegations made.”
Whether or not you agree with his approach
He currently has six Title IX lawsuits filed in courts across the U.S
one former client told me that while he’s certainly worked with many accused students
he’s not exactly considered the Mercedes Benz of “rape lawyers.” That moniker would go to Charles Wayne
the D.C.-based criminal attorney at the global law firm DLA Piper
Wayne currently has a civil lawsuit filed against Boston College that Sokolow
the higher-education risk-management adviser
says is the closest of all the campus-assault-related litigation to setting a Title IX male-gender-discrimination precedent
you go to Charlie Wayne,” Miltenberg’s former client says
would you choose to advocate for the accused instead of the accusers
“I don’t look at it as men versus women and I don’t look at it as rapists or arsonists or sexual assaulters,” Miltenberg argues
“I look at it as someone who is accused who’s in a process that’s unfair and without a guide or advocate.”
he insists he’s not a “men’s-rights crusader” and doesn’t agree with their agenda
what makes Miltenberg so interesting is how deeply divorced he is from the partisan political climate that governs the way most of us think about campus sexual assault
He is a central legal figure of one of this decade’s most infamous culture wars
he has no clue what the hell you’re talking about
His dissociation from any sort of larger discussion about the issues is so complete that I often found myself wondering if he was joking around
pointed to a photo of a Nazi soldier and seemed to liken it to the tyrannical rule of universities against students accused of rape
“[In this photo] you got this strong intimidating looking German soldier standing in front of a Jewish business,” he said
by way of illustrating the power dynamics inherent to “state-sponsored” tyranny
compare the way sexual assaults are handled at universities to Nazism
“but to me it’s a metaphor for why we need to — as a society — stand firm to make sure processes are fair.”
Everyone agrees the system for handling sexual assaults needs an overhaul, but just how exactly to accomplish that is already proving controversial. In early August, fraternity groups pushed a pair of bills into the House that
could keep schools from expelling the accused
If universities don’t work to effectively correct their systems — and soon — that pendulum that swung so far toward protecting victims could swing right back
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly identified the U.S
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Chris Miltenberg served as director of track and field and cross country at Stanford University the past seven years
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has named Chris Miltenberg
who has served as director of track and field and cross country at Stanford University the past seven years
the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named Stanford men’s track and field/cross country the John McDonnell Division I Program of the Year in 2019
The USTFCCCA named the women’s teams the Terry Crawford Division I Program of the Year in 2018
These are awarded to the most outstanding cross country/track and field programs that achieved the most success in a given year and are based on a school’s finish in the NCAA Championships in those three sports
“Chris has a proven record of building track and field and cross country programs into national contenders
and his dedication to student-athlete success goes well beyond competition,” said Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham
and he will be an outstanding addition to our family of champion coaches
In addition to seven years at the helm at Stanford
Miltenberg was the head women’s cross country coach and associate head coach for track and field at Georgetown for five years (2007-12) and an assistant/associate cross country and track and field coach at Columbia from 2004-07
He led the Hoyas to an NCAA women’s cross country championship in 2011 and was named the 2011 National Coach of the Year
Stanford placed fifth at both the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships
fourth and fifth at the NCAA Men’s Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Championships
and fifth and 10th at the NCAA Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Championships
His teams have earned 10 podium finishes in NCAA Championship competition Stanford men’s cross country had four
women’s outdoor track had one and men’s indoor track had one and Georgetown women’s cross country had two
“I want to start off by thanking Stanford
Bernard Muir and Patrick Dunkley for taking a chance on me seven years ago and making me the youngest head coach in the country,” Miltenberg said
“Their belief in me and mentorship during my time at Stanford is how I’ve developed into the coach and leader I am today and I will be forever grateful for that
I want to thank the incredible student-athletes I had the opportunity to work with at Stanford
They have impacted me in a way that changed my life
“I am extremely excited to lead Carolina Track and Field/Cross Country into the next era of its great history
Carolina is a truly special place unlike any other in the country and the potential for this program is enormous
I knew it would take somewhere very special for me to leave Stanford and in all my conversations with Bubba leading up to this decision
it became clear that Carolina was the place that we could build one of the very best programs in the country with outstanding student-athletes
great support and a clear vision of the road to excellence
I really want to thank Bubba for this opportunity and the incredible vision we both have for the future of Carolina Track and Field/Cross Country
My family and I are so excited to join the Carolina family
we have a lot of work to do and I’m fired up to get started.”
Stanford had nine NCAA top-five finishes in cross country (five consecutive for the men from 2014-18) and a dozen NCAA top-10 performances in track and field during his tenure
The men’s fourth-place finish at the 2019 NCAA Indoor T&F Championship was Stanford’s highest since 2007; the men’s fifth-place effort at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor T&F Championship was the school’s best since 2001; and the women’s third-place showing outdoors in 2018 was just two points out of first place and was the Cardinal’s best since 1984
The Cardinal won the Pac-12 men’s cross country title in 2017 and 2018
earning him conference coach-of-the-year honors in both seasons
He coached seven individual national champions and one NCAA relay champion in track and field at Stanford and an individual national champion at Georgetown (plus 22 individual second-place finishers)
His student-athletes have earned numerous All-America honors – 30 in cross country and 123 first-team All-America track and field athletes at Stanford
eight in cross country and 36 in track and field at Georgetown and nine at Columbia
Stanford individuals also won four Pac-12 cross country titles
had 63 NCAA track and field top-five performances
six top-10 NCAA cross country finishes and set 22 school records in track and field
junior and American indoor collegiate records
A selection of his outstanding performers include Stanford’s Grant Fisher (2017 NCAA champion in the 5000)
Sean McGorty (2018 NCAA champion in the 5000)
Harrison Williams (21019 NCAA champion in the heptathlon)
MacKenzie Little (2018 and 2019 NCAA champion in the javelin) and Georgetown’s Emily Infeld (2012 NCAA champion in the 3000)
His student-athletes also succeeded academically at Stanford as he coached three USTFCCCA National Cross Country Scholar-Athletes of the Year
three Pac-12 Cross Country Scholar-Athletes of the Year
two USTFCCCA National Track and Field Scholar-Athletes of the Year
149 USTFCCCA All-Academic team selections and a Rhodes Scholar
The men’s cross country team was the USTFCCCA’s Academic Team of the Year in 2014
He won NCAA West Region Coach of the Year honors in cross country in 2013 and 2016 and 2019 in indoor track and field
in addition to winning the national title in 2011
the Hoyas were fourth at nationals in cross country in 2010 and won a Big East women’s indoor track and field title in 2012
Miltenberg is a 2003 graduate of Georgetown
He earned a master’s in applied psychology from Columbia in 2005
He captained the Hoyas’ track and field/cross country team for two seasons
was a two-time All-America and three-time Academic All-America
He placed fourth in the NCAA Championship in the 3000 meters and distance medley relay in 2001
was Big East champion in the indoor mile that year and led the Hoyas to four Big East titles
native is married to the former Colleen Kelly
who earned All-America track honors at Georgetown
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who led both the UNC men’s cross country and men’s track & field teams to ACC championships this season
has agreed to a three-year contract extension which will keep him in Chapel Hill through 2027
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Chris Miltenberg has elevated our Cross Country and Track and Field teams while fostering a culture of integrity and success on and off the track,” said UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham
“It has been special to watch this program succeed under his guidance
and we look forward to watching Coach Miltenberg continue to mentor standout student-athletes as Carolina’s coach for years to come.”
In the fall, Miltenberg was named the ACC Coach of the Year and the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year. UNC’s ACC Men’s Cross Country title was the program’s first since 1985
and Carolina then finished sixth at the NCAA championships
The Tar Heels followed that up by capturing their first ACC Men’s Indoor Track & Field title since 1996, and Miltenberg once again won ACC Coach of the Year and USTFCCCA Regional Coach of the Year honors
Miltenberg has coached 20 All-America and All-ACC honorees and 75 All-ACC Academic honorees
“I am so grateful for our administration’s belief and support in me and our program,” Miltenberg said
“Bubba Cunningham and I shared a vision for what our Track & Field and Cross Country programs could become when we started in 2019 and the unwavering support of that vision is why we have the great momentum we have
coaches and support staff for their relentless work and belief
There is nowhere I’d rather be than Carolina and I am fired up about where our program is headed.”
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Islip middle school assistant principal Bryan Miltenberg will succeed Phil Kent
The Riverhead school district has hired a new principal for Aquebogue Elementary School to succeed Phil Kent
who is retiring at the end of this school year
Bryan Miltenberg of West Sayville was appointed to the post by the board of education Tuesday night
is currently the assistant principal at Islip Middle School
he served as middle school dean at Scholars’ Academy in Rockaway
an accelerated college preparatory school in the NYC public school system
he also worked as peer collaborative/lead teacher for humanities
seventh-grade team leader and seventh-grade humanities teacher
according to the Islip school district website
Miltenberg began his career as an educator at Wantagh High School
Miltenberg earned his bachelor’s degree in American studies from Columbia University
his master’s degree in adolescent English education from Queens College and his school building leader certification from the College of Saint Rose’s Center for Integrated Teacher Education
The new principal attended the school board meeting Tuesday with his wife Erin Miltenberg and 2-month-old daughter Quinn
Aurelia Henriquez congratulated Miltenberg and asked him to “stand up and wave to the community.” She welcomed him to “the Riverhead family.”
“Thank you very much and I look forward to it,” Miltenberg responded after being introduced
Miltenberg’s appointment to the post commences Aug
He will be paid an annual salary of $146,503
according to the board of education May 28 meeting agenda
Miltenberg replaces a much-beloved building principal in Kent, whose retirement is effective Aug. 30. Kent has been principal at Aquebogue for 16 years. He is retiring after a 31-year career in education
where he started as a third grade teacher at Phillips Avenue Elementary School
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Andrew Miltenberg has been hired by Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino
Harvard Business School Professor Francesca Gino has hired a high-profile litigator to represent her in a $25 million lawsuit she filed against Harvard Business School Dean Srikant Datar
Harvard and a blog that accused her of research fraud
a founding partner of New-York-based Nesenoff & Miltenberg
rose to national prominence for defending college men accused of sexual assault
The subject of a New York Times profile in 2017
Miltenberg is known as a fierce litigator who has represented more than 1,000 students and over 250 faculty members and administrators in disciplinary and tenure hearings in more than 40 states
The vast majority of those student cases involved charges of sexual assault and sexual harassment
GINO’S LAWYER HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A FIERCE LITIGATOR WHO IS AS ‘FLAMBOYANT AS A CONSERVATIVE GRAY SUIT’
His cases have generated attention from national news media
she would defend me,” he once quipped to an interviewer who asked him about being known as “the rape-guy lawyer.” Miltenberg
who has spent much of his career on business litigation
prefers to be known as “the due-process guy.”
he has been described as a soft-spoken attorney who “seems as flamboyant as a conservative gray suit.”
he has taken on yet another highly controversial cause–alleging defamation
breach of contract and gender discrimination–that is getting international attention
‘THE PROFESSIONAL AND REPUTATIONAL DAMAGE TO GINO HAS BEEN DEVASTATING’
An award-winning behavioral scientist at Harvard Business School
Gino has been accused of fabricating data in at least four published research papers
A spate of news articles–fuled by the blog Data Colada–have detailed instances in which Gino is accused of fabricating data and manipulating results
she disputes that she has done anything wrong and has sued for defamation and breach of contract
After a three-person investigation committee found her guilty of research misconduct
Dean Datar placed Gino on unpaid administrative leave
banned her from campus and Harvard’s publishing platforms
and began the process of stripping her of tenure
“Professor Gino is a brilliant and highly esteemed researcher and is looking forward to proving her innocence,” says Miltenberg
she has collaborated with many in her field and is looking forward to definitively establishing her innocence
While declining to address the firm’s legal strategy
Miltenberg predictably maintains that Gino’s case is strong
Professor Gino was dedicating her time to her duties as a full time professor at the business school,” he adds
she was not given sufficient time to defend herself and was given documents by the investigation committee piecemeal
The legal merits of the case are solid.”ing a lot of media attention
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL’S PROCESS FOR INVESTIGATING THE FRAUD CLAIMS WAS ‘INHUMANE AND CRUEL’
The lawyer argues that the process Harvard Business School used to both investigate claims of research fraud and to discipline Gino was broken
“It also violated the university’s past procedures in how they deal with tenured professors who are accused of misconduct,” adds Miltenberg
“Harvard Business school’s process for investigating the allegations ofraud violated Professor Gino’s contractual rights
A faculty member should get prompt notice of the allegation and be subjected to an employee policy that has been vetted
They created something for her and kept her in the dark of the allegations for three months
Dean Datar read a letter to Professor Gino with the his decision
and did not permit her to respond.”
District Court in Boston has issued summons to Dean Datar
and the three authors of the blog Data Colada for a response to the charges made in Gino’s suit
Miltenberg is unable to estimate a timeframe for the lawsuit
“In October there will be an answer or response to the complaint
It may seem long because of the media interest in the case but this is just the earliest step.”
Miltenberg would not say whether he or his client would entertain a settlement if offered by Harvard’s lawyers
“We don’t take cases that we don’t think are meritorious.”
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL DEAN DEFENDS ACTIONS TO FACULTY
Harvard has declined comment on the lawsuit, but in an email to Harvard Business School faculty
Dean Datar defended his decision to discipline Gino
” I ultimately accepted the investigation committee’s recommended sanctions
which included immediately placing Professor Gino on administrative leave and correcting the scientific record (a measure incumbent on every responsible academic institution when research misconduct is found),” Datar added
“I did so after consulting confidentially with a small number of individuals at HBS and Harvard
including senior faculty members here at the School
The sanctions reflect a shared belief that the misconduct represented a significant violation of academic integrity and that the evidence not only met but surpassed the applicable preponderance of evidence standard
I shared my conclusions with Professor Gino and
in accordance with our policy and consistent with University practice
began implementing the institutional actions.”
Miltenberg’s response to the dean’s message to faculty
“Dean Datar’s email to faculty leaves many questions unanswered
why was a brand new policy put in place in 2021 for Professor
and yet it was only now – in 2023 – being shared with faculty?,” he asks
why were faculty not consulted at all on this new policy
Why specifically was Harvard abandoning its former policy and tailoring a new one specifically for Professor Gino
did Harvard fail to follow that policy as stated?”
DON’T MISS: WHAT FRANCESCA GINO’S HARVARD LAWSUIT SAYS ABOUT DATA COLADA’S FRAUD ALLEGATIONS or THE ACADEMIC MOB COMES FOR A HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL THOUGHT LEADER
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a soft-spoken Manhattan attorney who lives in Franklin Lakes and seems as flamboyant as a conservative gray suit
spends significant time behind closed doors with college students
pressing them to dissect their campus sexual encounters in excruciating
This is hardly an act of flippant voyeurism.
Miltenberg has emerged as one of America’s go-to lawyers for male college students accused of assaulting women on campuses
It’s a role that has placed him at the vortex of a raging national debate over how to curtail a sharp increase in reports of sexual violence against women at America’s colleges in recent years
This is not a job Miltenberg necessarily welcomed
his law firm mostly handled the legal end of business mergers and real estate transactions
Justice Department reporting that one in five female college students are victims of some form of sexual assault during their campus years
the question of how to curtail this worrisome trend — and Miltenberg’s voice in the debate — has vaulted him from the often-secretive halls of academia to the national political stage
where it has opened wide cultural fissures
Miltenberg sees himself as more than just a lawyer
but rather an outspoken reformer who claims that many men who are accused of sex crimes find themselves expelled from college and barred from other schools or sensitive jobs in the military
government or law enforcement. He says he is juggling dozens of cases
some of them involving the nation's most prestigious — and expensive — colleges
who is married and the father of a 9-year-old daughter and another daughter and son away at college
They interpret it. They carry out the sentence.”
“You’ve got people in place who are acting like the Gestapo,” he added
“They’re acting almost with complete impunity
such comments have placed Miltenberg squarely at odds with college administrators and others who believe reports of sexual violence on campus have been largely ignored.
“He’s fogging the windshield,” said Laura Dunn
an attorney and a survivor of college rape who helped craft some of the Obama administration’s policies on violence against women and now runs SurvJustice
a Washington-based nonprofit that campaigns on behalf of victims of sexual violence
however, is shifting firmly in Miltenberg's favor
no stranger to the culture wars, recently called for a change in Obama-era requirements for colleges to actively investigate reports of campus sexual assaults or face the prospect of losing millions in federal funding for a variety of campus programs
which were proposed in 2011 in a so-called “Dear Colleague” letter to colleges and formally established in 2014 as part of a change in Title IX civil rights regulations
set up what she called an unfair system on campuses where men were presumed to be guilty if accused of sexual assault.
As a result, DeVos, with the backing of the Trump White House which has made it a priority to rescind a wide variety of Obama administration initiatives across the federal government, ordered colleges to revise their disciplinary rules to offer clearer guarantees of due process for men accused of attacking women
Twitter and other social media platforms.
While the accusations against Weinstein differed significantly in many respects from those of sexual violence on college campuses
experts on both sides say the two controversies have helped shine a spotlight on a topic that is not only difficult to resolve but also rarely talked about in public
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The backlash against DeVos' and Miltenberg's take that the accused have not been treated fairly has been swift
director of education and senior counsel at the National Women’s Law Center
a nonpartisan Washington think tank specializing in women’s policy issues
said the demands by DeVos and Miltenberg for more fairness for male students accused of sexually assaulting women on campus are a “false narrative.”
Chaudhry believes that the federal Title IX directives for colleges to investigate sexual violence already guarantee plenty of rights for men and women. “Everybody throws around the words ‘due process,’” Chaudhry said. “We’re at a very critical point. The new rules are going to make campuses less safe.”
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One of Miltenberg's most vocal defenders is Stuart Taylor Jr.
a Harvard-trained lawyer and former legal affairs reporter for The New York Times who co-authored with K.C
Johnson the book "The Campus Rape Frenzy: The Attack on Due Process at America's Universities." Taylor
a Brooklyn College professor, examined false allegations of sexual assault in 2006 against several Duke University lacrosse players — including one from Essex Fells — described many college disciplinary boards as "Kangaroo Courts" run by "ideologues."
"Anyone who has any understanding at what a fair proceeding would look like would be shocked," Taylor said in an interview
Miltenberg’s unlikely entry into the legal battles over campus sexual violence began almost five years ago when he took up the case of Paul Nungesser
a Columbia University film student accused of anally raping another Columbia student
What made the case so unusual is that both Nungesser and Sulkowicz were hardly shy about going public with their divergent accounts of what happened when the two went out on a date in August 2012
choked and raped her. Nungesser countered that the couple engaged in consensual sex.
Nungesser received his own unofficial moniker
He was dubbed a rapist by many students who not only shunned him but also openly criticized him when he ventured out in public. He claimed he was so afraid of being harassed that he became a virtual prisoner of his apartment
Nungesser filed a gender discrimination suit in 2015
charging that Columbia failed to protect him
agreed not to disclose the precise amount that Columbia paid
he said the final settlement was "in the high six figures" and included an apology from the university
The Columbia case has since become a focal point in the debate over how to police campus sex — and a warning signal to colleges. At issue
is the question of how to resolve two competing narratives — the viewpoints of a man and a woman — over whether a sexual encounter was a consensual interlude or outright rape.
Many colleges concede they are no closer to finding an easy solution but contend that the recent changes to the federal guidelines on campus investigation are a step backward
the experiences at Columbia and at other campuses have left Miltenberg with a dim view of how colleges are dealing with the problem.
He says young men and women are far too prone to casual sex. But he also argues that colleges turn a blind eye to the fact that far too many students engage in binge drinking before they fall into bed with each other
“If you took alcohol out of the equation
many women — and some men — remained silent about what they viewed in retrospect as an embarrassing and perhaps humiliating sexual encounter
often fueled by free-flowing booze at raucous campus parties where there is almost no oversight by college authorities. But with many colleges now offering expanded counseling to victims of sexual assault
and with the Obama-era federal demands to investigate their allegations
“The problem is as widespread as everyone hears that it is,” said JoAnn Buttaro
a victim of date rape who speaks frequently on campuses. “I know people can’t believe that the statistics are as bad as they are. But it is that bad.”
who was sexually assaulted as an undergraduate in 1992 at Wesleyan University in Middletown
and is now a Boston-based anti-rape activist and writer
said America is facing “a moment of backlash” as a result of lawsuits by attorneys like Miltenberg and federal rules changes ordered by Secretary DeVos
“We have to create a culture that takes violence against women seriously,” said Friedman
whose most recent book is “Unscrewed: Woman
Power and How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All.”
a student affairs administrator and Title IX coordinator at the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick
pointed to a variety of new campus programs that are meant to stop sexual violence before it occurs.
are required to take an online seminar on sexual violence before they begin classes
as part of their orientation, students are taken to a variety of presentations
including a performance about sexual violence by the student acting troupe Scream Theater
In addition, Rutgers last week hosted a lecture by former Vice President Joe Biden
who has visited more than 30 campuses in recent years as part of his attempt to draw attention to the problem of college sexual violence
almost a dozen female Rutgers students spoke about their experience of being sexually assaulted
Moran sees such presentations as only the beginning of a larger cultural awareness
“It’s not unique to college campuses,” Moran said of sexual violence. “It comes back to the culture. All of us want to change the culture
Miltenberg does not disagree. If there is any common ground between Miltenberg and his critics on campuses
it is a shared understanding that the problem of sexual violence can hardly be solved by simply rearranging a curriculum to add a few more courses
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Miltenberg — a New York-based lawyer who specializes in campus assault due process and at the time was representing a Yale junior accused of sexual misconduct — compared his client to civil rights activist Rosa Parks
the attorney and his legal partners on Feb
“People like John Doe in this case I think are somewhat of a hero,” Miltenberg told the News last month
“This is a Rosa Parks moment for certain people and not everybody that feels oppressed has the ability to litigate those cases.”
Daniel Tenreiro-Braschi — who received a two-semester suspension from Yale late last year for groping and “engaging in sexually harassing conduct that created a hostile academic environment” — will be represented by Susan Kaplan and Robert Fleischer
Miltenberg declined to comment on the case
including on why he and his legal partners Stuart Bernstein and Phillip Byler withdrew
Kaplan said the reason for their withdrawal is “privileged information.”
former president of Unite Against Sexual Assault at Yale
described Miltenberg’s comparison of Tenreiro-Braschi with Rosa Parks as “utterly disgusting,” especially given that women of color experience disproportionately high rates of sexual violence
Asked whether his withdrawal from the case was a result of criticism surrounding the Rosa Parks comments
Miltenberg said he was unaware of any backlash
whom Newsweek named the “go-to attorney for students accused of sexual misconduct,” has represented 150 students in Title IX proceedings on college campuses and has fought around four dozen lawsuits against various schools
he has represented half a dozen students undergoing University-Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct proceedings
also specializes in cases of campus due process
Kaplan told the News that Tenreiro-Braschi would not have provoked the same reaction from University administrators and other students had he been a woman
“There’s accusations that John Doe gets drunk
and he then gets handy with a girlfriend,” Kaplan said
An immediate consequence but a predictable consequence of female student drunkenness is you get a little more sexy
Alcohol reduces your social prohibitions … It’s still being done without affirmative consent
It’s still touching people who may not want to be touched
No one would think of going to the Title IX office and saying Jane gets drunk and touches men at parties.”
This is not Kaplan and Fleischer’s first Yale case
The two are currently representing another Yale student
referred to as John Doe in court documents
who invoked Title IX to accuse the University of gender discrimination in 2016
In addition to his federal district court complaint
Doe also filed a complaint with the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights after he graduated in May 2015
though the department dropped the case last September
Bernstein and Kaplan are among a growing number of attorneys specializing in cases of what some experts call “reverse-gender discrimination.” Harvard law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen said there are over 70 students nationwide who have won cases against their universities
arguing that they were disciplined for alleged sexual misconduct as a result of unfair procedures
Miltenberg’s firm has actively advertised on the websites of college student newspaper websites
His advertisements have appeared on the News’ website
as well as that of the Washington Square News
New York University’s independent student newspaper
another attorney who specializes in campus sexual misconduct
said students are “academically and professionally done” if they are found to have engaged in sexual assault on campus
and filing a lawsuit can often be the only remedy
the increasing number of attorneys practicing in this area of law reflects growing opposition to the Obama administration’s 2011 Dear Colleague Letter
which established a preponderance of evidence standard for campus sexual misconduct cases
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos rescinded the “Dear Colleague Letter” and issued temporary guidelines allowing schools to return to the higher bar of a “clear and convincing evidence” standard
Attorneys representing students alleging discrimination based on Title IX now think they have a better chance of winning
adding that such lawyers can make “a decent living” in these cases with plaintiffs paying an hourly rate
Some feel so strongly about the cause that they represent victims on a pro-bono basis
“We think there’s an argument to made that Yale’s evidentiary guidelines are unclear and to the extent that they needed to be made clearer — which is something we think Betsy DeVos’ withdrawal of the Dear Colleague Letter guidance has tried to achieve,” Miltenberg told the News last month
when he was still representing Tenreiro-Braschi
Tenreiro-Braschi withdrew a motion asking for Yale’s punishment to be provisionally lifted so that he could resume classes this semester
Kaplan said the previous attorney handled the motion and that she does not have information to share about why it was withdrawn
Yale received 82 complaints of sexual misconduct between Jan
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A major shakeup in the NCAA coaching landscape was announced on Thursday as former Stanford director of track and field and cross country Chris Miltenberg is leaving Palo Alto to fill the same position at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
We are thrilled to welcome Chris Miltenberg to Carolina to lead our track and field and cross country programs! Welcome to UNC, Coach!#GoHeels #TogetherWeWin pic.twitter.com/q2Ju0U3pB8
Miltenberg took the Stanford job during the summer of 2012 and led the program to a combined 10 podium finishes across both genders in cross country and track and field
This role will mark Miltenberg’s third prominent head coaching gig in the NCAA, as he also coached his alma mater, Georgetown, from 2007 to 2012. In 2011, Milt and the Hoyas won the women’s NCAA Cross Country Championships, the same season he was recognized as the national coach of the year.
While coaching changes happen all the time, this move is certainly interesting as Miltenberg leaves one of the most storied programs in the NCAA for the comparatively less revered one at UNC. Both the men's and women’s Tar Heel cross country teams have not qualified for NCAAs since 2014.
Perhaps a new start was attractive for one of the top coaches in the nation. The 38-year-old is also from New York, so he will be moving much closer to home for this role.
It will be interesting in the coming weeks to see if any of Miltenberg's Stanford athletes choose to follow him to Chapel Hill. We saw that happen just last summer after Andy and Maurica Powell left Oregon for Washington, and a similar pattern could unfold in this instance.
Miltenberg is replacing Harlis Meaders at UNC, whose contract wasn't renewed after this past season.
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That's how many positions separated junior Ethan Strand from the next-best UNC cross country finisher in the Nuttycombe Invitational in Wisconsin
the Tar Heels met unfavorable conditions in their third meet of the season
As Strand took his jacket off and positioned himself at the starting line
he was met with the coldest racing conditions he had ever felt
three UNC runners were able to place in the top 30
graduate Alex Phillip and Strand were able to secure the seventh
the Tar Heels fell off completely from there.
The next best UNC runner was graduate Jake Gebhardt
The rest of the Tar Heels were scattered in the 200s
After placing in the top three as a team in their previous two invitationals this season
the UNC men’s cross country fell to 10th place at Nuttycombe
director of track and field and cross country
emphasized the importance of strengthening the team as a whole.
“They weren’t having great days and it's learning to scrap and fight for that D-plus day and I think we could do that a lot better,” he said
“If we just shore that up at number four or five
really good because we got good firepower up front.”
At the Virginia Invitational last month — which Miltenberg called the "most competitive early season meet in the country" — similar problems afflicted the Tar Heels
Phillip and Strand all placed in the top 20
While Gebhardt joined the top-40 finishers
all of the other North Carolina runners did not break the top 90.
where severe depth problems plagued the team
the Tar Heels dropped six spots in the polls from their fifth-place ranking
This previous ranking was the highest in program history
Wolfe believes that North Carolina’s identity needs to be more developed before heading into the later half of the season.
“We’re really working on just being accountable and even when things aren’t going your way
being able to muscle it up and come out with a decent day rather than completely turning it in,” Wolfe said
“[It is] something we’re working on every race and I think the Nuttycombe didn’t go exactly as well as we planned as a team
and so we’re going to keep practicing it throughout ACC
regionals and on the to the national meet.”
North Carolina will travel to Florida to compete in the ACC Championships
To achieve the success that the team is craving
it's safe to say that large improvements will need to be made to UNC’s depth through the eighth runner
the Tar Heels will need to make these changes quickly.
“We’ve been building towards [the ACC title] over the past few years and I think we are in a spot where we can do that this year," Strand said
"I think team goals right now are the most important.”
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After seven years as the director of Stanford’s cross country and track and field programs
former head coach Chris Miltenberg is leaving the Farm to take up the same coaching jobs at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill.
“I am extremely excited to lead Carolina Track and Field/Cross Country into the next era of its great history,” Miltenberg said in a statement released Thursday on UNC’s website
“Carolina is a truly special place unlike any other in the country and the potential for this program is enormous.”
We are thrilled to welcome Chris Miltenberg to Carolina to lead our track and field and cross country programs! Welcome to UNC, Coach!#GoHeels #TogetherWeWin pic.twitter.com/q2Ju0U3pB8
Since joining Stanford in summer 2012, Miltenberg has coached nine teams to top-five finishes in cross country. In the 2018-19 season, both the men’s and women’s teams placed fifth at the NCAA Cross Country Championships
His tenure at Stanford also includes 12 NCAA top-10 performances in track and field
“Chris has a proven record of building track and field and cross country programs into national contenders
and his dedication to student-athlete success goes well beyond competition,” said UNC Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham
the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named Stanford men’s track and field and cross country the John McDonnell Division I Program of the Year in 2019
The women received the Terry Crawford Division I Program of the Year award in 2018
The two honors are bestowed upon the most successful country and track and field programs in a given year and are calculated based on the school’s finish at the three NCAA Championships
Miltenberg led the men’s cross country team to repeat Pac-12 titles
earning him the conference coach of the year award during both seasons
he was named the NCAA West Region Coach of the Year in cross country in 2013 and in indoor track and field in 2016 and 2019
“I knew it would take somewhere very special for me to leave Stanford and in all my conversations with Bubba leading up to this decision
great support and a clear vision of the road to excellence,” Miltenberg said
Miltenberg will be stepping into his third head coaching role in the NCAA
he led the Hoyas to an NCAA women’s cross country championship in 2011 and was named the 2011 National Coach of the Year
He served as an assistant coach at Columbia from 2004-2007
The decision comes two weeks after it was announced former UNC head coach Harlis Meaders would not have his contract renewed
Stanford has yet to announce Miltenberg’s replacement
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the UNC men’s cross country program received some high honors from the ACC
Junior Parker Wolfe was named the conference’s Men’s Runner of the Year
and Chris Miltenberg was named Coach of the Year
Parker Wolfe was unanimously voted ACC Men's Runner of the Year
and Chris Miltenberg was named ACC Men's Coach of the Year
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As the top runner on Carolina’s first ACC title team since 1985
Wolfe earned Runner of the Year honors in a unanimous vote among league coaches
Wolfe won the individual title at the ACC Championships by more than five seconds to become the 15th Tar Heel – and first since 1997 – to win the men’s race
Wolfe was the ACC’s top finisher for the second straight year in ninth place
Wolfe is the only male or female runner in school history with two top-1o finishes at the NCAA Championships
Miltenberg is the first Tar Heel to ever be named ACC Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year
Carolina has achieved its highest ranking in program history at No
UNC won a second straight Southeast Region title on its way to a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships
Miltenberg was also named Southeast Region Coach of the Year
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Todd Woodcroft, the former University of Vermont men’s hockey coach
was fired without pay after a four-month investigation
the university's athletic director Jeff Schulman confirmed in a press conference Wednesday
A formal complaint into Woodcroft’s alleged “inappropriate text messages with a UVM student,” was filed to the university’s Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity on March 16 after a staff member in the athletic department was alerted of the conduct
“The complaint was only about inappropriate text messages,” Schulman said
“And I guess I do want to just be really clear that there was no allegations or indication of anything beyond inappropriate text messages.”
who did not have the exact date of when the investigation began
said it did start before the end of March and concluded on Monday
Woodcroft was then fired the following day
Woodcroft, 50, signed a five-year contract with the university in April of 2020 and had a base pay of $286,855 during the 2022-23 season, according to UVM records
Schulman said in the press conference that the university does not owe the coach any further compensation
Burlington Free Press filed a public records request to obtain Woodcroft’s full contract details and information regarding AAEO's findings
Woodcroft was not put on administrative leave at any time during the investigation
but was forced to work away from the campus
in addition to being instructed not to have any contact with any of the students who were involved
was instructed to work from home until the matter was resolved
but he was not put on leave,” Schulman said
Schulman clarified that the messages involved just one student
but refused to give any details regarding the student or the content of the text messages citing privacy concerns of the student
“It's not uncommon in a situation like this for there to be one student involved
but also witnesses and other students that are connected to the process in some way,” Schulman said
The investigation found that only the text messages between Woodcroft and the student were of concern
which works independently of the university’s Athletic Department provides
“thorough and impartial investigations of complaints of discrimination and harassment,” according to their website
expressed his confidence in interim head coach Steve Wiedler to the lead the Catamounts during the 2023-24 season
knocking off Maine in the first round of the Hockey East tournament
“I'm comfortable with where the hockey program is at
but obviously a disruption that we didn't anticipate,” Schulman said
“But we're gonna move on and support our student-athletes in the program in the best way possible.”
are denying the results of the investigation
"We vehemently disagree with the process and the findings of a proceeding that lacked fundamental fairness and due process," Miltenberg said in a statement to the Free Press on Tuesday
"I read (Woodcroft's) attorney's comments," Schulman said
I feel very confident in the university's process
that Todd was afforded due process throughout
when the final report came to me I was comfortable that the findings were substantiated and I was able to act on that information with a high level of confidence."
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Lola Kotova from Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) unpacks climate information for strengthening the resilience of cultural heritage in times of anthropogenic climate change
presenting in this vein a fascinating case study for Germany
on European cultural heritage have progressed at an unprecedented speed and scale in recent years
According to the final report of the European Union Open Method of Coordination (OMC) expert group
museum collections and historical buildings are affected
severe precipitation events and heavy windstorms
(1) The following damages to cultural heritage are often observed in Central Europe (2):
reliable climate information is required to develop appropriate preservation strategies and measures to protect and adapt cultural heritage to climate change
It is essential to know how the climate will change in the future at the sites where the cultural heritage is located and to what frequency and extent the future climate will influence historic sites
the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research launched the KERES project in 2020
The project’s primary focus is protecting cultural heritage from extreme climate events and increasing the resilience of selected cultural heritage sites in Germany
including historical buildings and gardens
These are the Charlottenhof Palace and Park in Sanssouci
Potsdam; the Frauenberg Chapel in Sufferloh
Bavaria; Cologne Cathedral; Franconian Open Air Museum in Bad Windsheim and the City of Warehouses (The Speicherstadt) in Hamburg (see Figure 1)
The main idea behind the three-year research project is to use an ensemble of climate simulations from which the input for building simulation tools is generated
These results serve as the basis for assessing the potential damage risk
The KERES database consists of an ensemble of high-resolution climate simulations from 1970 to 2100 with hourly temporal resolution
(3) Climate projections are based on the RCP 8.5 emission scenario
This Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) illustrates the bandwidth of possible future greenhouse gas emission trajectories; it is a highly energy-intensive scenario due to high population growth and a lower rate of technological development
The database’s climate variables include near-surface air temperature
several observational datasets for selected case studies are stored in the KERES database
The ensemble of climate simulations in KERES spans various future climate development possibilities in projections
the robustness of the projected changes can be evaluated
“Robust” is defined as the agreement of simulations toward the projected changes and with the portion of the simulations that project statistically significant changes
The Climate Facts Sheets (CFS) for the selected cultural heritage sites have been developed as an output of the project
The Climate Fact Sheets give a snapshot of the key findings on the magnitude and the range of projected climate change
It highlights climate information and data needs for further actions on adaptation
mitigation and resilience planning in the cultural heritage sector
KERES CFS primarily assesses climatic variables relevant to specific cultural heritage sites
Figure 2 shows the changes in median in heat extremes that might affect the Charlottenhof Palace and park in the future
The climate change signal is derived for 2036-2065 and 2068-2098 and compared to 1971-2000
It is projected to experience further increases in hot days with maximum temperature >30°C and tropical nights with daily minimum temperature >20°C
The robust signals can be derived for both time slices for RCP8.5
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says Kavanaugh hearings make case ‘more relevant than ever’
claimed they could legally unveil the currently unnamed “Jane Doe” defendants – and expose those who added
Miltenberg is a high-profile sexual assault attorney and has represented hundreds of accused men
many of them college students dealing with Title IX claims
He told the Guardian he believed this suit had important implications
especially because of how soon it comes after the Kavanaugh hearings
“I think it became very relevant – more so than ever – in light of what we as a nation watched unfold over the past weeks,” he said
“I am very much a guy who thinks you have to stand up and be counted,” he added
“I think everything should be fair and I think this list is not fair.”
who came forward as the list’s creator in January
“The other defendants are the people who actually posted the content about this individual plaintiff and they could very well be liable,” she said
“But then there is the question of whether the plaintiff can find out who they are
IP addresses can be roughly correlated to a person or a machine but not in a way that is reliable
It could be difficult for Miltenberg to get the info he is after
Google stated unequivocally that it will not comply
writing: “We will oppose any attempt by Mr
Elliot to obtain information about this document from us.”
Even if he is able to subpoena it, as he said he plans to do, Google may well have already deleted the data. As first reported by the Daily Beast, Google’s policy page states that deleted data is removed from its servers
it keeps encrypted backup storage for six months
According to Don Vilfer, a former FBI agent and non-practicing attorney who heads the computer forensics division of the Vand Group, a company that specializes in obtaining and extracting data, it could be possible through forensics to confirm who accessed the deleted sheet without help from Google – but it would be hard without knowing where to start.
But anyone investigating would need to know whose devices to check
“If you suspected certain people and you had enough to warrant getting a subpoena for those person’s devices you could find the evidence on their computers
and worked on the spreadsheet,” he explained
he added: “It is hard to remain anonymous in anything that people do involving the internet or data in general
It is possible that some or most of those contributors could be identified through forensic efforts
For now, Donegan is still the only defendant who has been named, and she has yet to make a public comment. A GoFundMe created on her behalf has raised more than $94,000
wrote that extra proceeds will be donated to the Rape
“I needed to do something,” she wrote in the page’s description
I want Moira to see the army she has behind her.”
2019 at 8:36 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}(Riverhead Central School District.)AQUEBOGUE
NY — Aquebogue Elementary School will soon be welcoming a new principal
The Riverhead Central School District Board of Education voted unanimously on May 28 to appoint Bryan Miltenberg as the new principal
He will replace retiring Principal Phil Kent
which included members of the Board of Education and teachers
parents and staff from Aquebogue Elementary School
Miltenberg emerged as a top pick each time,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr
Miltenberg is joining the Riverhead Central School District
He brings with him a wealth of experience.”
has been employed as the assistant principal of Islip Middle School
where he has worked to boost parent engagement and enhance instruction
he was the director of academic intervention at M.S
323 The Scholars’ Academy in Rockaway Park
Miltenberg began his career as a teacher at Wantagh High School
then served as creator/facilitator of online courses for teachers for the New York City Department of Education's division of innovative professional development
having written more than 100 articles on school leadership
Miltenberg holds a Bachelor of Arts in American studies from Columbia College
a Master of Science in English education from Queens College
and a New York State School Building Leader certificate from the College of Saint Rose’s Center for Integrated Teacher Education
He is currently working on his doctorate in educational leadership from Drexel University
with an anticipated completion date of 2022
“It is a tremendous honor to be able to serve the Riverhead community,” Miltenberg said
“I look forward to joining the Aquebogue TEAM [Together Everyone Achieves More] and working with staff and families to create amazing experiences for all of our Aquebogue students.”
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2017 at 11:54 am ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Bryan Miltenberg has been named the new assistant principal of Islip Middle School
Miltenberg most recently served as middle school dean at Scholars’ Academy in Rockaway
where he also worked as peer collaborative/lead teacher for humanities
He began his career as an educator as an English teacher at Wantagh High School
“I’m honored and grateful for the opportunity to serve the Islip community and be part of the Islip family,” Miltenberg said
Photo courtesy of the Islip School District
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A New Jersey teen said he has been the victim of anti-Semitic abuse at his local high school
a student at Hanover Park High School in East Hanover
over the past six months has been the target of three potentially anti-Semitic offenses
a fellow student was “staring and smirking” at his client before leaving a penny on his desk and walking away
He described this bias incident as “subtle” to some
a swastika and a profane message targeting the student were drawn in the school’s locker room
Miltenberg’s client was involved in an altercation with another student in the school’s locker room
A video of the incident shows his client being punched repeatedly
before the fight appears to be broken up by other students
Miltenberg’s client also said his attacker called him a “f–ing Jew,” although this is unclear from the video
we have three incidents directed at one young man,” said Miltenberg
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FRANKLIN LAKES — A Borough Council candidate has turned his dispute with the Ramapo Indian Hills school board and a Wyckoff business into a campaign issue in November's election
Republican candidate Joel Ansh is one of four Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School parents cleared Thursday in state Superior Court in Bergen County of most charges filed against them by Yudin's Appliance store
The Wyckoff business owners' August lawsuit claims the parents made "defamatory" remarks against them during public comments at the school board meeting and in YouTube analysis videos
The owners' lawsuit claims the store suffered after the parents questioned the business relationship between the store and the school board
MORE:Franklin Lakes election field crowded as independents join council race
Ansh is distributing handbills with his campaign literature referring Franklin Lakes residents to the yudinssuesparents.com website launched by the four parents criticizing the lawsuit
The site accuses the Yudins of attempting to suppress their First Amendment rights to free speech
The other defendants are Oakland resident and former board President Filomena LaForgia, Wyckoff resident Cynthia Phillips, with whom LaForgia hosts a monthly YouTube Board Buzz commentary video on the board's meetings
The webpage refers viewers to the defendants' GiveSendGo self-described "Christian fundraising site" to contribute to their $35,000 legal defense fund
Defendants' attorney Andrew Miltenberg praised the decision of Judge John O'Dwyer
saying he "quickly saw through the Yudins' cases as a heavy-handed attempt at intimidating and silencing legitimate and reasonable questions by the public
"It was a near total victory for us against the Yudins," Miltenberg said in an email statement
"The judge agreed with our position and dismissed the great majority of the case."
The business is owned by Susan and Bob Yudin
former chairman of the Bergen County Republican Organization
Susan Yudin issued a statement Monday decrying the "false insinuations of unethical behavior."
"We continue to support our community and hope this type of assault does not occur to any other small family business in our area," she said
At issue is the Yudins' daughter Vivian King
an employee of the family business and a member of the Ramapo Indian Hills Board of Education
The parents questioned her involvement in purchase approvals and facility improvements with the family business
which also has a business relationship with the school board
and Business Administrator Thomas Lambe have all issued statements in writing and at meetings that King must "abstain from discussing and voting on any transactions that may come before the board involving the purchase of goods or services from Yudin Appliances Inc."
BUSY SEASONContested elections in multiple school board races
Fogarty has ruled that King "is not precluded from discussing and voting on facility improvements" that do not involve her parents' company
The defendants have continued to challenge the accuracy of these statements at multiple meetings and in video broadcasts
questioning whether board officials are correctly interpreting the state's Code of Ethics for school board members
"If there is in fact no conflict of interest
King abstain from every purchase involving her employer?" LaForgia asked at the June 7 meeting
The Yudin suit charges that the continual questioning of King's ethics has nothing to do with the $750 dishwasher the district purchased from their store
but "politically motivated retribution" because King "supported a candidate who defeated Filomena LaForgia" in last November's school board race
LaForgia was defeated by Ramapo College Dean Aaron Lorenz
was similarly defeated in last year's race for a Franklin Lakes seat on the board
running on a parents' rights platform against incumbent Helen Koulikourdis
Kim Ansh is running against the other Franklin Lakes incumbent
CHALLENGERS MAKE GAINSNewcomers win seats on area school boards
The only remaining claim in the Yudin lawsuit is a defamation charge against LaForgia and Phillips
"The judge went a step further and is giving us the opportunity to submit a supplemental brief within a week
so that we can focus on a recent court decision from August," Miltenberg said
"We believe this will result in dismissal of the last portion of the case against Cynthia Phillips and Filomena LaForgia."
The Ramapo Indian Hills district serves high school students from Franklin Lakes
The board's unedited meeting videos are posted on its website
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university is investigating a Nobel laureate over sexual harassment allegations that the economist's attorney dismisses as “professional rivalry."
Philip Dybvig, who shared this year's Nobel Prize in economics for research into bank failures
has been questioned in the past several weeks by the Title IX office at Washington University in St
his lawyer Andrew Miltenberg told The Associated Press
Miltenberg said the allegations are “factually inaccurate.” Dybvig
a longtime banking and finance professor at the university
didn’t immediately respond to an email message seeking comment
Diamond and former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke won the Nobel Prize in economics in October for research into bank failures — work that built on lessons learned in the Great Depression and helped shape America’s aggressive response to the 2007-2008 financial crisis
The findings in the early 1980s laid the foundations for regulating financial markets
The Nobel panel at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
said their research showed “why avoiding bank collapses is vital.”
Bloomberg News reported that it has reviewed emails that show that the Title IX office
which handles campus sexual harassment complaints
has reached out to at least three former students since October to interview them about claims involving Dybvig
They’re among a group of seven former students Bloomberg reported it had spoken with who allege Dybvig sexually harassed them
Most of the women Bloomberg interviewed spoke on the condition of anonymity
chair of the Nobel’s Economic Sciences Prize Committee
told Bloomberg that the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
contacted the university to make sure they had a fair process to handle the accusations
“As long as the university has not determined that Dybvig has done something wrong
I think we owe him an untarnished celebration of his great scientific achievement,” Ellingsen told Bloomberg
The Nobel Peace Prize and Foundation didn’t immediately respond to email messages from the AP
The university didn’t immediately respond Friday to emails and phone messages from the AP
University spokesperson Julie Flory told Bloomberg that the school doesn’t comment on specific cases but takes sexual misconduct seriously and will investigate any allegations
Miltenberg said he was suspicious of the timing of the allegations
noting that they surfaced after the award was announced but before the scheduled award ceremony
“that this is a situation of professional rivalry."
Miltenberg said that Dybvig faces no restrictions and that he already was scheduled not to teach in the spring semester “well in advance” of the allegations arising
Miltenberg said it is his understanding that the investigation is in the preliminary stages and that the Title IX office wants to speak with Dybvig again
This 1889 Survey Map that includes Miltenberg Street and Grossetta Avenue
He learned the trade of a baker and for the next three years worked in this capacity in the Big Apple
He traveled south to North and South Carolina
working in the same role before returning to New York City
Miltenberg departed New York City for Colon
He went to work at the Silver King Mine near Superior
where he established what some sources say was the first bakery in the Old Pueblo
when Tucson’s first city directory came out
his bakery was located at 11 (W.) Mesilla St
(about where the west end of Veinte de Agosto Park now sits) with a home at 228 (S.) Convent St
He served on the Tucson Common Council (now the City Council) representing the second ward for many years
A fellow council member at that time was A.V
Miltenberg served on many committees including Finance
In 1887 he served in the Pioneer Hose Company No
a native of New York City and a graduate of New York State Normal School (now the University of Albany)
She had taught in the public schools back east and in Tucson
They had three children but only two survived: Frank and Edgar
of which Miltenberg was a member of at the time
ordered a survey on part of the land formerly occupied by the National Cemetery
The survey was done by pioneer John Gardiner — Miltenberg Street was named during this survey and was officially recorded with Pima County on May 7
a large fire swept through the downtown commercial district and caused $800 worth of damage to the bakery
He then moved his bakery to 30 (S.) Convent St.; some sources say 330 (S.) Convent St
By 1912 he relocated to a more modern location at 28 N
“He was a capable man of business and prospered in his undertakings
becoming the owner of one of the largest and best patronized bakeries in the city.”
Miltenberg Street was made part of Council Street by the Tucson City Council and has since been demolished
Special thanks to Al Ring for research assistance on this article
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Frank Miltenberg Death Certificate (Office of Vital Records)
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2 Almost Destroyed Last Sunday Night,” Bisbee Daily Review
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