The results shed light on a research culture that encourages “unkind and aggressive conditions.”

Many organizations work to confront sexual harassment at conferences.

An independent investigation ordered by the university finds that at least eight additional students were sexually harassed by D. Eugene Redmond Jr.

An external consultant will review the work environment of the institution’s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, led by evolutionary molecular biologist Alan Cooper.

More than 20 percent of survey respondents said they had experienced some form of harassment within the last 12 months.

Twenty current and former students claim anthropologist David Yesner sexually harassed them and that the college didn’t take action until years after the complaints started.

Researchers want to avoid a situation from last week in which a professor, banned from his university for substantiated sexual misconduct claims, showed up at the Society for American Archaeology conference.

Only after the accusations appeared on Twitter did Vanderbilt suspend neuroscientist David Sweatt.

The measures include, in specific cases, terminating awards for researchers who have been found guilty in investigations by their institutions.