The issues relating to the need for due process in scientific fraud at the UW, are illustrated by this frightening report from the Scientist about a scandal in Germany. There is, however, one very important difference. The investigation at at Research Center Borstel seems to have fol[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Aprikyan’
Is the UW Senate Powerless to Act?
The following is part of an email from three UW Senators to their colleagues in the faculty. It sounds to me as if the Senate is taking no action on the abuse of Andrew Aprikyan other than saying the President was wrong. Does the Senate have no authority? Can a UW admin. violate the Code […[...]
January 9th, 2011 - 6:09 pm § in Misc.
Aprikyan: An Appeal for Justice.
The Time Has Come for the UW to Admit it Was Wrong. A few days ago, a respected colleague dismissed Andrew Aprikyan’s case, saying that “of course” Dr. Aprikyan was and is guilty. I refused to comment, not because I know that Andrew Aprikyan is innocent but because I feel Dr. Apr[...]
December 11th, 2010 - 3:55 am § in Misc.
UW Senate Reviews Emmert’s Arbitrary Decisions in the Aprikyan Case
News on Aprikyan (see previous entries here): The Senate leadership and the Secretary of the Faculty are seeking advice from the Advisory Committee on Faculty Code and Regulations about the principles upon which the President based his overturning of the faculty Panel’s decision. The plan is for[...]
November 22nd, 2010 - 9:13 pm § in Politics
Letter From Regents to AAUP: Misses the Point?
Response to AAUP from Herb Simon, Chair of the Board of Regents. The AAUP had written a letter to the regents expressing concern about the Search and the need to undo damage done by President Emmert to the University’s systems of Governance. (search Aprikyan or search Emmert Coup on this blog)[...]
November 13th, 2010 - 10:22 am § in UW
The administration is systematically violating the Faculty Code.
More on the UW administration’s problems with following the Faculty Code. In this letter, stored in our Library, Attorney David Corbett defends a faculty member from UW Tacoma. The letter, however, is not really about that faculty member. The letter details, in a very orderly way, a series[...]
November 13th, 2010 - 9:10 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
AAUP Writes Letter to Presidential Search Committee, While Only 2 Faculty Show Up to Talk with The Commitee!
Letter to the Search Committee from the AAUP: “Mark Emmert gravely undermined the principles of shared governance.” The University Chapter of the AAUP has written a very worrisome letter to the Presidential Search Committee. The key charge in the letter is that the administration has u[...]
“It is inappropriate for you to have any further activity in any UW laboratory.
“It is inappropriate for you to have any further activity in any UW laboratory.” This phrase is from a letter Andrew Aprikyan just received. Andrew had been seen sitting in on a course offered by the UW’s Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM). These course[...]
The Aprikyan Case
Have you read Dr. David Dale’s frightening account of what happened to our colleague, Andrew Aprikyan? Your own career could be next. Andrew Aprikyan was charged with scientific fraud by an anonymous accuser who himself had a conflict of interest over the intellectual property in question. B[...]