harassment

The National Academy of Sciences is reviewing complaints about astronomer Geoffrey Marcy and geneticist Francisco Ayala, who left their academic positions following investigations at their institutions.

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.

Fellow faculty members aren’t happy about it.

Accusations that Nazneen Rahman bullied employees at the Institute of Cancer Research in the U.K. stretch back 12 years.

Todd Heatherton had groped students, according to allegations, and was facing termination.

The UK-based biomedical research charity says researchers or institutions that fail to report misconduct will risk losing grants.

The prominent researcher has been put on administrative leave pending an investigation into unspecified allegations.

Ambiguous rules and absent consequences are linked to harassment.

Every time Emily Temple-Wood receives an inappropriate email, she writes a Wikipedia entry about a woman scientist.

The National Science Foundation reiterates its commitment “to eradicate gender-based discrimination in science” with a statement geared toward the institutions it funds.

A new survey finds a high incidence of sexual harassment and rape among women doing anthropological field work.