2018年9月24日，美國著名高校普林斯頓大學開除了電子工程系Eugene Higgins講習教授Sergio Verdú。Sergio Verdú是美國國家科學院和美國工程院兩院院士、國際信息論領域的領軍人物、2007年度香龍獎得主。這一重磅新聞，頓時在普林斯頓大學和國際信息論領域炸開了鍋。
開除原因是，Sergio Verdú違反普林斯頓大學的2項規定：
（1）禁止師生戀
（2）在處理學校事務方面應保持誠實和配合
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據悉，Sergio Verdú和韓國女學生之間發生了師生戀或者性騷擾事件，然后被舉報。至今為主，還無法得知這到底是兩廂情愿還是Sergio Verdú單方面性騷擾，爭議頗大。
Sergio Verdú的維基百科主頁，神一樣的速度，已經有關于此事的描述
A Title IX investigation by Princeton,made public in 2017 by the Huffington Post, found that Verdú had sexuallyharassed one of his graduate students, a South Korean woman. According to thestudent, Verdú was required only to attend an 8-hour training session as aconsequence. The student changed advisers and research topic. A universityspokesperson denied the claim that additional training was the only consequencefor Verdú, stating that "penalties were imposed in addition to therequired counseling", but did not specify those penalties. According tothe Princeton Dean of Faculty, there were allegations that Verdú had harassedothers, but only the one student was willing to make a formal complaint. Verdúdenied the findings of the investigation, stating: "The university advisedme not to reply but I categorically deny that there were any advances or anysexual harassment."
普林斯頓大學，Sergio Verdú原來的主頁已經不可訪問。
到底是性騷擾，還是師生戀，目前不得而知。但是不能不說，普林斯頓就是普林斯頓，連這樣的大牛都可以說開除就開除。
所有教授，引以為戒！
