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	Elizabeth Shin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elizabeth Shin (1980 - April 14, 2000) was an MIT student who died from burns inflicted by a fire in her dormitory room.
		The Shins' lawyer stated that the results of a toxicology test indicated that Elizabeth had overdosed on a nonprescription medication prior to the fire that could have prevented her from responding appropriately to its outbreak.
		Shin's death was the tenth apparent suicide at MIT since 1990 [8], provoking controversy as to whether MIT's suicide rate is abnormally high.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elizabeth_Shin (818 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Elizabeth Shin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Shin family has alleged that despite numerous warning signs, such as emails to faculty members that she was depressed and wanted to kill herself, she received minimal attention.
		When MIT police broke down the door, they saw Elizabeth "engulfed in flames, flailing on the floor in the middle of her room." third-degree burns and she died several days later.
		Elizabeth was the tenth student to commit suicide at MIT since 1990 [5], provoking controversy as to whether MIT's suicide rate is abnormally high.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Elizabeth_Shin (346 words)

	Who Was Responsible For Elizabeth Shin?
		A photograph of Elizabeth as a beaming salutatorian at her high-school graduation was followed, without warning, by a grisly fl-and-white close-up of Elizabeth with her eyes closed and tubes snaking from her face.
		Elizabeth's former dorm master as well as deans, campus psychiatrists and campus police officers are named as co-defendants in the suit; her friends are being deposed.
		Elizabeth did, however, report that she was cutting herself, superficially.
	web.mit.edu /jhawk/tmp/28MIT.html (7035 words)

	Elizabeth Shin Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Shin was immediately transported to the Massachusetts General Hospital and to McLean Hospital, where she received in-patient psychiatric treatment for one week.
		Shin stated that she was going crazy, felt lonely and unloved, and was overwhelmed with negative thoughts.
		Shin of the grave nature of their daughter’s injuries, as well as the type of care that was being administered...
	www-tech.mit.edu /V121/N70/70shin-timeline.70n.html (1329 words)

	math lessons - Elizabeth Shin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Elizabeth Shin (1980 - April 14, 2000) was an MIT student whose suicide by self-immolation led to a lawsuit against MIT, and controversy as to whether MIT paid adequate attention to its students' mental and emotional health, and whether MIT's suicide rate was abnormally high.
		When MIT police broke down the door, they saw Elizabeth "engulfed in flames, flailing on the floor in the middle of her room." [2] Her body was 65% covered in third-degree burns and she died several days later.
		Elizabeth was the tenth student to commit suicide at MIT since 1990 [4], provoking controversy as to whether MIT's suicide rate is abnormally high.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Elizabeth_Shin (348 words)

	Parents strike settlement with MIT in death of daughter - The Boston Globe
		Shin died of burns from a fire in her dormitory room in 2000, after a series of suicidal threats.
		The Shins' lawyer, David DeLuca, said evidence presented during the early phases of the lawsuit shed new light on the circumstances of Elizabeth Shin's death.
		Elizabeth Shin, a 19-year-old sophomore when she died, had a long history of emotional problems, of which MIT was aware.
	www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2006/04/04/parents_strike_settlement_with_mit_in_death_of_daughter (1014 words)

	Campus Concern - Depression and Bipolar Disorder in College
		Elizabeth Shin was a beautiful, accomplished young woman and a student at MIT.
		This is the reason that MIT never told the Shins that Elizabeth was so ill. That her friends were afraid for her, that she was on antidepressants.
		The Shins in turn, are bringing a $27 million wrongful death suit against the school, contending that if they were told, they could have done something to prevent their daughter’s death.
	www.mcmanweb.com /article-205.htm (1197 words)

	Agreement reached by MIT and the Shin family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		MIT and the family of Elizabeth Shin announced today that they have reached an agreement to resolve the lawsuit the family filed against two student life staff members regarding the April 2000 death of their daughter.
		Shin said, "We appreciate MIT's willingness to spare our family the ordeal of a trial and have come to understand that our daughter's death was likely a tragic accident.
		"Elizabeth Shin's death was a tragedy for her family, her friends and all those at MIT who tried to help her.
	presszoom.com /print_story_115653.html (259 words)

	The Chronicle: 8/12/2005: Judge Rules Suicide Suit Against MIT Can Proceed
		Shin, who enrolled at MIT in 1998, first experienced psychiatric problems on the campus during the spring of her freshman year, according to court records.
		Shin told psychiatrists there that she had mental-health problems and had cut herself deliberately while she was in high school.
		Shin a voice-mail message in which he informed her of the appointment and told her that he was available for the rest of the day.
	chronicle.com /free/v51/i49/49a00101.htm (1417 words)

	USATODAY.com - Suicide at MIT raises parents' ire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		"The death of Elizabeth Shin was a tragedy for this bright young woman, her family and friends, and all those at MIT who tried to help her," legal counsel Jeffrey Swope said in a written statement Thursday.
		Elizabeth Shin was the last person her parents suspected would commit suicide.
		The Shins also say MIT didn't respond to their inquiries after Elizabeth's suicide, a sharp contrast with the university's actions after a freshman drank himself to death at a fraternity pledge party in 1997.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2002/01/25/usat-mit.htm (1859 words)

	The Rebel Yell: The Rebel Yell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Elizabeth Shin was a 19-year-old student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
		Elizabeth's therapists had found a program for her in Boston, but it would take a week to set up.
		Elizabeth would be enjoying her classical music and on her way to being a geneticist.
	www.unlvrebelyell.com /print_article.php?ID=6521 (414 words)

	Portsmouth Herald South of the Border: Was the death of a suicidal MIT student an accident?
		Higgins developed a theory that Shin was on the floor of her room, surrounded by several candles, when a candle between her legs set her clothes on fire.
		Shin spent a week at a psychiatric hospital and was referred to Girard upon her release.
		When Shin returned to MIT for her sophomore year, she told Girard she was "going crazy, felt lonely and unloved and was overwhelmed with negative thoughts," according to the Shins' lawsuit.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2005news/09052005/south_of/61357.htm (1494 words)

	Shin Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Elizabeth was not seen and treated when she should have been,” Deluca said.
		The Shins claim they never realized how vast Elizabeth Shin’s emotional problems were until after her death.
		As a result, Shin was prescribed with anti-depressant medication and was encouraged to come into the clinic whenever she felt suicidal.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V121/N70/70shin-article.70n.html (991 words)

	Lawsuit allowed in MIT suicide - The Boston Globe
		Elizabeth Shin had been treated for medical problems and suicide threats at MIT before she set herself a fire in her dorm room in 2000.
		Officials at other universities have followed the Shin case closely, because it raises difficult questions about the responsibility of a university for the behavior of students with mental health problems, who are increasingly likely to attend college as therapy and medications help them control their illnesses.
		Elizabeth Shin's mental health problems and suicide threats were well known to MIT by the time she set herself on fire in her dorm room on April 10, 2000.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/07/30/lawsuit_allowed_in_mit_suicide (993 words)

	The Daily Free Press - Victim's Family Sues MIT
		Elizabeth Shin, 19, was a sophomore when she lit herself on fire in her Random Hall dormitory room in April 2000.
		Shin's parents say their daughter's death, the 10th of 12 suicides committed by MIT students since 1990, was foreseeable by the school's Administrators and its Mental Health Services employees.
		The suit cites numerous instances in which Shin allegedly visited or spoke with mental health professionals, students and administrators, expressing "suicidal intentions" and exhibiting depression-related symptoms in addition to evidence of self-mutilation a year prior to her suicide.
	www.dailyfreepress.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=ffc086e6-5fb3-4556-beef-f1e26001e7c1 (696 words)

	Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education - Inside Higher Ed :: Settlement in MIT Suicide Suit
		On Monday, MIT and the family of Elizabeth Shin, a student who lit herself on fire in her dorm room and died in 2000, announced that they had reached a confidential agreement to resolve a lawsuit the family had filed against two student life staff members.
		Also as part of the settlement, according to MIT officials, the amount of the payment “must be kept confidential at the request of the Shin family.” Members of the Shin family and their lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
		Since the Shin case was first filed, MIT has made a number of enhancements to the mental health services it provides to students, according to officials with the institution.
	www.insidehighered.com /layout/set/print/news/2006/04/04/shin (1083 words)

	Elizabeth Shin Information
		Although her death was first thought to be a suicide, both MIT and her parents have stated that it may have been an accident; specific evidence to this effect has not been produced, but was integral to the amicable settlement between MIT and the Shins.
		In their lawsuit, Shin's family alleged that despite numerous warning signs, such as emails to faculty members that she was depressed and wanted to kill herself, she received minimal attention.
		This evidence may have led to the Shins' later admission that Elizabeth's death was an accident [7].
	www.bookrags.com /Elizabeth_Shin (794 words)

	MIT suicide case alarms schools - Education - MSNBC.com
		Elizabeth Shin, shown in 1998, was an MIT sophomore when she died in a fire in her dorm room in 2000.
		Shin's parents believe their daughter killed herself, but Cambridge Fire Lt. Brian Higgins, who led the department's investigation, didn't find any trace of an accelerant in Shin's room and listed the cause of the fire as "undetermined" in his report.
		He developed a theory that Shin was on the floor when one of the candles between her legs set her clothes on fire.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/9258227 (853 words)

	PAW December 4, 2002: Features
		On an April night two years ago, a young woman named Elizabeth Shin set herself on fire and burned to death in her dorm room at M.I.T. Shin, a sociable, overachieving 19-year-old, had teetered on the edge of emotional stability for two years.
		(Shin’s death, believed to be one of about 1,000 suicides on campuses that year, has been in the spotlight largely because of the manner in which she killed herself and the issues raised by her parents’ lawsuit.) Mental health “is on everyone’s mind,” says Janet Smith Dickerson, Princeton’s vice president for campus life.
		One of the thorniest issues raised by Shin’s death concerns whether — and when — to notify parents that their children are in distress if students don’t want their parents involved.
	www.princeton.edu /~paw/archive_new/PAW02-03/06-1204/features.html (2400 words)

	Technology Review: Wrongful-Death Suit Dismissed
		Shin died in an alleged suicide in April 2000, when she was an MIT sophomore.
		The Shins later voluntarily dismissed their claims against the campus police, one psychiatrist, and one administrator.
		"The death of Elizabeth Shin was a tragedy," Institute officials said in a statement released after the court's ruling.
	www.technologyreview.com /read_article.aspx?id=16039&z=1&p=1&PM=GO&ch=biotech (268 words)

	"Massachusetts Court Rules Parents of Student Can Proceed With Claims Against University Administrators for Daughter’s ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		At the meeting, Elizabeth’s case was discussed, including her statement to two students that she intended to kill herself that day.
		Elizabeth’s housemaster had received numerous reports from students about Elizabeth’s destructive behavior, including the report that Elizabeth was planning to commit suicide on April 10, 2000.
		While the Massachusetts Superior Court’s decision allows the Shins to proceed to trial against the MIT administrators, given the highly factual context in which the decision was made and the administrators’ current motion for reconsideration or, in the alternative, interlocutory appeal, it may have little effect on precedent.
	www.hklaw.com /Publications/Newsletters.asp?ID=610&Article=3243 (704 words)

	Courts must uphold students' privacy rights - Minnesota Daily
		On April 10, 2000, Elizabeth Shin committed suicide by setting herself on fire in her dormitory room at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
		Shin's parents say if MIT had not been so concerned with their daughter's right to privacy and instead had informed them of what she was going through, Elizabeth would be alive today.
		But since Shin was a legal adult, her thoughts were nobody's business but her own and those with whom she chose to share them.
	www.mndaily.com /articles/2002/05/08/31659 (639 words)

	An ounce of prevention? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Shin committed suicide at a prominent institution and in an especially gruesome manner, this case might not ever have received the attention it is getting.
		The result of the Shin case will no doubt be the very rapid removal of students who make an attempt to kill themselves from residence halls and the likely forced "leave of absence" until an outside/private mental health professional can assure that the student is stable and will not harm him/herself.
		It seems Elizabeth presented very differently to different people-appearing to be most distressed and in crisis to her friends, yet calm and in control to family and school staff.
	chronicle.com /forums/index.php/topic,27700.msg375420.html#msg375420 (2668 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Parents Sue MIT Over Suicide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		According to Farmelant, the Shin family wants MIT to “promise” to notify a student’s family in the case of a mental health crisis.
		But DeLuca said Shin effectively “waived her right to confidentiality” by repeatedly threatening the possibility of committing suicide to MIT doctors, administrators and her housemaster.
		He said Shin’s parents could have forced their daughter to leave school had they known about her worsening mental health—but MIT chose to rely on medical treatment as opposed to disciplinary action.
	www.thecrimson.com /printerfriendly.aspx?ref=161408 (409 words)

	ELIZABETH SHIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Elizabeth Shin war ein MIT Kursteilnehmer dessen Selbstmord durch Selbst-Opferung zu einen Prozeß gegen MIT führte und Kontroverse, ob MIT ausreichende Aufmerksamkeit auf seine Geistes Kursteilnehmer und emotionale Gesundheit lenkte und ob Selbstmordrate MITS unnormal hoch war.
		Als MIT Polizei hinunter die Tür brach, sahen sie Elizabeth ", der in den Flammen versenkt wurde und droschen auf dem Fußboden mitten in ihrem Raum." Ihr Körper war 65%, das in den Drittgrad Bränden bedeckt wurde und sie starb einige Tage später.
		Elizabeth war der zehnte Kursteilnehmer, zum des Selbstmords an MIT seit 1990 festzulegen und erregte Kontroverse, ob Selbstmordrate MITS unnormal hoch ist.
	www.faktedon.com /wiki/de/el/Elizabeth%20Shin.htm (312 words)

	Technology Review: And More...
		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.
		Cho Hyun and Kisuk Shin say that they have come to understand that their daughter's death was likely a tragic accident.
	www.technologyreview.com /article/16854/page3 (175 words)

	Elizabeth Shin Data Ahead Elizabeth Shin Supplies
		As such, there was sufficient evidence that the administrators might have been able to foresee that Shin would harm herself, and they had a duty to 'exercise reasonable care to protect Elizabeth from...
		The highly publicized suicide of Elizabeth Shin at MIT in 2000 and an ensuing lawsuit brought against the school by her parents have caused school officials around the country to re-examine their...
		When Elizabeth Shin, a student at M.I.T., committed suicide in 2000, her family sued the university for $27 million, alleging the school failed to provide adequate care.
	valedictorianspeech.ferespeech.com /elizabethshin (764 words)

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