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Iowa State Professor Wins $2.2M Pay Equity Verdict | Des Moines News
A retired Iowa State University professor wins a landmark $2.2 million verdict after a jury found she was systematically paid less than her male colleagues for decades—discovery sparked when she led a diversity committee. The case, delayed by the university’s narrow interpretation of back-pay eligibility, was bolstered by a state supreme court ruling that allowed claims dating back to 2009. Though the university plans to appeal, her attorney calls the outcome a long-overdue justice for brilliant women scientists whose talent went unrecognized—and warns the institution’s silence on systemic…
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