Bullying Chronology

he center will hold conferences and sponsor academic research on students making the transition from home to college. The Clementis and university officials said the work would examine not only bullying and youth suicides, but also topics like how young people use, and abuse, new technologies.

“Part of what was such an interest in Tyler’s story was that it affected so many people on so many different levels,” Ms. Clementi said. “It’s the transitional period, it’s the cyberbullying, it’s how our youth are dealing with this new technology, L.G.B.T. issues, suicide.”

The family and the university say they hope to identify policies and strategies that other colleges and universities can use in helping particularly vulnerable students — not only those who are gay — make the transition away from home and to adulthood.

“We really see this as an opportunity to honor the memory of Tyler Clementi,” said Richard Edwards, the university’s executive vice president for academic affairs, “but to do it in a way that really enables us to have some influence on college life for students that come here, but also for other colleges and universities around the country.”

Tyler Clementi was 18 when he asked his roommate, Dharun Ravi, if he could have the room alone with a man he had met on the Internet. Mr. Ravi, also 18 at the time, set up the webcam and watched from a friend’s room. He posted Twitter messages saying he had seen his roommate “making out with a dude,” and encouraging others to watch.

Mr. Clementi read the messages on Twitter and disconnected the camera, then reported to a resident adviser that he had felt “violated” and uncomfortable sharing a room with someone “who would act in this wildly inappropriate manner.”

After a polarizing trial, Mr. Ravi faced up to 10 years in prison when he was convicted on charges including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation. His sentence included 30 days in jail and 300 hours of community service. He served 20 days,...