Stanford’s investigation into its own president did not include some allegations it was made aware of in writing. It also lost out on access to some witnesses.| The Stanford Daily
One of America’s premier research institutions ends an academic year with both of its top leadership positions in question, waiting on an unprecedented misconduct investigation into the University’s own president.| The Stanford Daily
“This story is evolving in ways that make me question my decision to come to Stanford and SLAC to conduct my research in the first place.” Researchers criticized the special committee appointed by the Board of Trustees for lack of transparency and the committee released a statement.| The Stanford Daily
His paper was called “the miracle result.” But it never turned into an Alzheimer’s treatment. Now, four former Genentech senior scientists and executives allege that an internal review in 2011 discovered the paper had been based on fabricated research — and that Marc Tessier-Lavigne kept the results of the review from becoming public. He denies the allegations.| The Stanford Daily
Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne will resign effective Aug. 31. He will also retract or issue lengthy corrections to five widely cited papers for which he was principal author after a Stanford-sponsored investigation found “manipulation of research data.”| The Stanford Daily