UW pays $600K to settle lawsuit with computer science professor over parody land acknowledgment

University of Washington computer science professor Stuart Reges. (Twinkle Don’t Blink Photo via Fire.org) The University of Washington has agreed to pay $600,000 to resolve a high-profile First Amendment lawsuit brought by computer science professor Stuart Reges , who was disciplined after including a parody land acknowledgment in a course syllabus. The settlement, announced Thursday by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), follows a December ruling by the U.S.