KU Dance professor killed in fall

[Jayhawker]

http://www.kmbc.com/news/24908905/detail.html

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- The University of Kansas is mourning the death of a dance professor who fell from a New York building during the weekend.

New York City police said 59-year-old Janet Hamburg died Saturday after falling onto a construction platform.

After working briefly in transportation engineering, she earned a master's degree in dance from Mills College in California. She joined the Kansas faculty in 1979 and was the longtime chair of the dance program, now a department

[Hoopo]

Re: KU Dance professor killed in fall

How did she "fall onto a construction platform"?

[CStop]

Re: KU Dance professor killed in fall

It sounds like she suffered from depression. Her partner of 30+ years was diagnosed with some rare, stage-4 cancer a few days before and had flown out to NYC for treatment. Likely the combination of depression and partner getting close to her maker made her jump.

[Jayhawker]

Re: KU Dance professor killed in fall

UDK article this morning confirms that she jumped.

Big loss for the dance program here.

[sweaterbydarwin]

Re: KU Dance professor killed in fall

fucking Lew Perkins.