evt_2026_0080
Towson University publicly updated a hate/bias investigation involving two Black students reportedly followed and called a racial slur.
According to Towson University's public update, a social media post described two Black students being followed by a group and repeatedly called a racial slur; the university stated that its investigation determined the incident occurred the prior April and involved a non-affiliate.
Public institutional response
The university update states that campus police identified the non-affiliate and issued a denial of access to campus; this record summarizes that public statement without independently evaluating the investigation.
- Response date
- 2016-11-16
- Legal status
- University hate/bias investigation update
- School
- Towson University
- Date
- 2016-11-16
- Location
- Towson, MD
- Category
- Institutional response
- Communities
- Black
- Verification
- Verified from public source
- Confidence
- High
- Verification rationale
- Verified from public source; 1 public source reviewed (University statement). Confidence reflects source support, not severity.
- Last updated
- 2026-06-03
- Record hash
- sha256:be6168d49d728c70fe6177959ca2291eb0e16e4a7d92d8e0d6c3fb63bddfc35b