Shin Case Settled

MIT and the parents of Elizabeth Shin reached an agreement to resolve the lawsuit the Shins filed against two student-life staff members in connection with the April 2000 death of their daughter. The Shins have also agreed to drop their lawsuit against four MIT -psychiatrists. Their suit against the university was dismissed in June 2005. Cho Hyun and Kisuk Shin say that they have come to understand that their daughter's death was likely a tragic accident.

"We know nothing can erase the pain of losing their daughter," said MIT chancellor Phillip L. Clay in a statement to the MIT community. "Elizabeth's death was a tragedy for her family, her friends, and all of those at MIT who tried to help her."