Simon Newman, a former financial industry executive, was in his first year as president of Mount St. Mary's University, the nation's second-oldest Catholic university, about 60 miles northwest of ...

In court late Tuesday, Newman was ordered held on $150,000 bond, or $50,000 cash. The 40-year-old, highly-regarded emergency room doctor is accused of drugging and sexually abusing a 22-year-old ...

The controversial retention measures of Simon Newman, president of Mount St. Mary’s U., in Emmitsburg, Md., and how he described them, have brought the Roman Catholic college unwanted attention.

Beyond Mount St. Mary's, Newman's firing of two faculty members -- one of them tenured -- attracted nationwide condemnation by various academic organizations. In comments on articles on Inside Higher ...