Update (September 17): AAAS announced September 15 that it has adopted a new revocation policy for elected fellows “in cases of proven scientific misconduct, serious breaches of professional ethics, or when the Fellow in the view of AAAS no longer merits the status of Fellow.”
Using the hashtag #TimesUpAAAS, 36 researchers recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for their science communication work posted an open letter asking the society not to bestow honors on those “who have engaged in harassment and discrimination.” This group of AAAS Leshner fellows—along with hundreds of other signatories, including numerous AAAS fellows—urges the organization to devise a sexual harassment policy that applies not just to elected fellows but other honorees as well, and that requires honorees to “disclose any ongoing investigations as well as prior findings of professional misconduct.”
As a Twitter campaign under the hashtag gained steam on Tuesday (August ...
