A judge has ordered Stanford University and Stanford Health Care to pay $10 million in damages in connection with an employee’s racial harassment case that included allegations of a staffer dressing as a member of the Ku Klux Klan. 

In March, an Alameda County Superior Court jury found that the two organizations had defamed patient testing technician Qiqiuia Young after she had sued the health care provider for racial harassment. 

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Cole Reynolds is a rising junior at Northwestern University, where he studies journalism and anthropology. He has previously served as managing editor for The Daily Northwestern. In that role, he was part of the team that revealed the extent of hazing on the Northwestern football team — a story that attracted national attention. Outside of reporting, you can find him making fresh pasta, bread or other culinary creations.