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Stanford University’s president is resigning following an internal report that found that found he did not issue corrections soon enough on five papers that contained manipulated data.
The university this year retained a law firm to investigate President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, a neuroscientist, following claims that some of his papers contain manipulated data. While the firm’s report found no evidence that Tessier-Lavigne himself doctored the papers, he “‘has not been able to provide an adequate explanation’ for why he did not correct the scientific record when presented the opportunity on multiple occasions,” the Stanford Daily reported.
Stanford faced a major crisis under Tessier-Lavigne’s leadership.
