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Lawsuit: Canisius College Ignored “Serial” Sexual Harassment
Five women who recently graduated from the institution allege that it failed to protect students from repeated sexual harassment by animal behavior professor Michael Noonan.
Lawsuit: Canisius College Ignored “Serial” Sexual Harassment
Lawsuit: Canisius College Ignored “Serial” Sexual Harassment

Five women who recently graduated from the institution allege that it failed to protect students from repeated sexual harassment by animal behavior professor Michael Noonan.

Five women who recently graduated from the institution allege that it failed to protect students from repeated sexual harassment by animal behavior professor Michael Noonan.

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Lawsuit Alleges USDA Secretly Relaxed Animal Welfare Inspections
Dan Robitzski | Apr 7, 2022 | 5 min read
A Harvard Law School lawsuit filed on behalf of animal welfare organizations accuses the United States Department of Agriculture of offloading the burden of inspecting animal research sites to a private third party, resulting in a system that the lawsuit describes as largely self-policing and less rigorous.
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Students Protest Amidst Harvard Sexual Harassment Scandal
Catherine Offord | Feb 15, 2022 | 2 min read
Hundreds of people turned up to show solidarity with three grad students suing the university over a professor’s alleged misconduct, while faculty who had previously spoken in the professor’s favor walk back their support.
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Henrietta Lacks Estate Sues Thermo Fisher over HeLa Cell Line
Catherine Offord | Oct 4, 2021 | 3 min read
Attorneys for the family seek compensation for the company’s sale of cells cloned from tissue removed without consent by doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital 70 years ago.
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Elisabeth Bik Faces Legal Action After Criticizing Studies
Shawna Williams | May 28, 2021 | 3 min read
A complaint lodged by researchers in France prompts two petitions supporting Bik’s whistleblowing work.
U Rochester Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Settled for $9.4 Million
Amy Schleunes | Mar 30, 2020 | 2 min read
Nine former students and faculty members who sued the institution in 2017 over its handling of sexual harassment claims will contribute a portion of the settlement to those whose careers suffered as a result.
Who Owns the ‘Dueling Dinos’? Montana Supreme Court To Decide
Ashley P. Taylor | Jul 11, 2019 | 2 min read
The answer has broad implications for paleontology research—and maybe for museum collections, too.
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USC Apologizes for Taking Over UCSD’s Alzheimer’s Program
Chia-Yi Hou | Jul 3, 2019 | 2 min read
The University of Southern California reaches a settlement with the University of California, San Diego, over snatching staff, data, and funding in 2015.
Genetically Modified Wheat Found in a Field in Washington State
Catherine Offord | Jun 9, 2019 | 2 min read
The unapproved crop is resistant to glyphosate in the weedkiller Roundup, but doesn’t seem to have entered the food supply.
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Judge Says FDA Can Stop Clinic from Selling Stem Cell Treatments
Emma Yasinski | Jun 7, 2019 | 4 min read
The decision may facilitate the agency cracking down more effectively on the unproven interventions these companies sell.
Couple With Cancer Wins $2 Billion in Case Against Monsanto
Catherine Offord | May 14, 2019 | 2 min read
In determining that the illnesses came about from exposure to glyphosate in Roundup, a California jury delivers the biggest loss so far to the herbicide manufacturer in lawsuits about the product.
University of Arizona Chemistry Professor Sues over Discrimination
Ashley P. Taylor | Dec 4, 2018 | 2 min read
Katrina Miranda, seeking class-action status, alleges that women professors are paid less and passed over for promotions and resources.
Dartmouth Faces Lawsuit Over Sexual Misconduct by Professors
Catherine Offord | Nov 15, 2018 | 2 min read
Seven women are suing the university over alleged assault, harassment, and discrimination by three prominent scientists.
Major Publishers File Second Lawsuit Against ResearchGate
Diana Kwon | Oct 9, 2018 | 4 min read
As the American Chemical Society and Elsevier move litigation forward, other academic publishers have opted to collaborate with the academic network platform instead.
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Salk Gender-Discrimination Lawsuit to Go to Trial
Shawna Williams | Sep 4, 2018 | 1 min read
A judge throws out several of researcher Beverly Emerson’s claims, but the case proceeds.
Salk Institute Settles Two Gender Discrimination Suits
Sukanya Charuchandra | Aug 8, 2018 | 2 min read
A third case against the biomedical institute will be heard in court.
Scientists Can’t Agree on What’s Making Pistachio Trees Sick
Catherine Offord | Aug 1, 2018 | 5 min read
A new study ignites debate on the cause of pistachio bushy top syndrome, a disease that has crippled farms in California, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Scientist Who Blew the Whistle on Flint Water Sues Activists
Sukanya Charuchandra | Jul 27, 2018 | 2 min read
Flint residents and activists wrote a letter in May calling out Marc Edwards for hurting their community. He says it’s defamation.
Genomics Company Human Longevity Sues J. Craig Venter Institute
Ashley Yeager | Jul 23, 2018 | 1 min read
Genetics pioneer Craig Venter is not named as a defendant, but the company he founded alleges that he stole trade secrets.
Recipients of Experimental Herpes Vaccine File Lawsuit
Catherine Offord | Mar 14, 2018 | 2 min read
The suit claims that Rational Vaccines, the company of recently deceased researcher William Halford, violated US and international laws when it carried out the procedure.
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