What’s known, and unknown, about UM’s 2024 sex discrimination settlement

Alani Bankhead delivered her first big announcement as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate while standing within 50 yards of Main Hall at the University of Montana in Missoula, where independent candidate Seth Bodnar had spent the previous eight years as UM’s president. “As the leader of the University of Montana, Seth settled a lawsuit with 18 female plaintiffs for sexual discrimination to the tune of $350,000,” Bankhead said, delivering a blistering broadside designed to compel the attentio...