A jury of faculty hearing my case has now decided that the UW violated the faculty code. A year ago January, I was falsely accused of using words like f—–g n—-r and f-g. An investigation by the UW found no basis for these horrid charges but my Chair used this to do major and likely[...]
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August 24th, 2018 - 5:59 pm § in Misc.
UW Faculty Panel Declares Administration Made Illegal Changes to the Faculty Code
July 13th, 2018 - 11:59 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
Why Is The UW Attacking Me?
Dear Colleagues, This is an update for UW faculty and others who have been following my story. As a bit of background for those who may not know me: I am a tenured professor at the University of Washington and a very successful biologist. Among other things, five of the UW’s current facu[...]
May 23rd, 2018 - 1:03 pm § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges
Sexual McCarthyism
A Harvard economics researcher has been accused of making “sexually inappropriate” comments Roland Fryer is accused of creating a hostile work environment at his Harvard lab. Whatever the truth, the saddest thing is that the review of what could be real issues is being conducted by administrat[...]
Why I have started an adjudication against President Cauce, Vice Provost Cameron, Dean Ramsey, and my chair
THE FAILURE OF THE UW ADMISTRATION The University of Washington faculty, like the faculty at other major American research universities is governed by a Faculty Code, a set of laws written by the Faculty Senate, voted on by the faculty, and enacted by the Regents. Sadly, this is a story about [...]
March 27th, 2018 - 12:30 pm § in Schools & Colleges, UW
The History Behind My Conflict With the UW
I have filed a complaint against the UW administration for its violations of the law and harm done to me by false accusations even after the administration’s investigators exonerated me. This biography explains why I feel so strongly about my reputation. Stephen M. Schwartz Professor of P[...]
July 11th, 2016 - 1:06 am § in Misc.
Due Process at the University Of Washington
Paul Yager Professor, Bioengineering Dear Colleagues; I and my laboratory members have been talking about nothing but the Katze case for well over 24 hours now. This case is both infuriating and humiliating—perhaps the worst in my 29 years at UW. I think we are angry about two t[...]
April 26th, 2014 - 3:17 am § in Schools & Colleges
OMG my first Ombud joke.
Politically correct speech has stifled a very large segment of the natural human instinct to make fun of other people. Anyone telling an ethnic joke must now begin by looking around the room to see who will be insulted. An especially egregious example of this is the enforcement of politically correc[...]
July 13th, 2012 - 12:28 pm § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge:Who is this lady dating:
A. B C. . D. E. [...]
October 30th, 2011 - 11:51 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Aprikyan Case
UPDATE: Andrew Aprikyan’s fight with the UW will continue. As we have reported extensively on The AVE, Andrew has repeatedly asserted that he is innocent. He states that “is work has been corroborated by investigators elsewhere ans arose because of a disgruntled collaborator here ta[...]
February 10th, 2011 - 6:28 pm § in Misc.
UW Senate Blog
Link here to Senate Blog. Because the UW Senate Blog is published behind the UW firewall, those Ave readers can not directly access this public record. As a service to the wider community, we will periodically, repost the blog here on the Ave. UW faculty, students and staff should be able to acces[...]