Harvard University

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.

The naturalist was recognized for his work on social behavior and pheromones in ants and as a champion of wildlife conservation.

In a win for the US Department of Justice’s China Initiative, Charles Lieber was convicted of hiding his financial ties to China from federal agencies.

Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg are dedicating a further $3.4 billion to biomedical and human health research on top of $3 billion invested several years ago, the organization announced this week.

His career bridged impactful research in molecular biology and biochemistry with prolific science writing for academic and nonacademic audiences alike.

Graduate students planned a three-day-long strike to demand fair pay, union security, and improved protections against sexual harassment and discrimination. If an agreement isn’t met, the union says they may strike longer, potentially disrupting university research.

The Harvard University evolutionary biologist pioneered the use of protein gel electrophoresis to study molecular genetics.  

Pier Paolo Pandolfi left Harvard University last year following allegations of sexual harassment, and has since been accused of research misconduct.

Kennedy, who succumbed to COVID-19, served as commissioner of the FDA and editor-in-chief of Science, and is credited with helping to transform Stanford into a top research university.

The US Department of Education is looking into allegations that the institutions failed to report hundreds of millions of dollars in gifts from other countries.

The Department of Justice also released the names of two Chinese researchers who allegedly acted against US interests.

Researchers continued to meet and accept funding from the wealthy donor even after he was convicted of sex crimes in 2008.

The decision affects about 5,000 graduate students at the university who are eligible to join the union.

To improve the resolution of biological samples at the cellular level, researchers inflate tissues with “swellable polymers” so that they’re easier to see under the microscope.    

S. Allen Counter pursued scientific questions within various cultures throughout the world.

Microroboticists have designed simple sensors based on insect light organs called ocelli to stabilize a miniature flying robot.

Federal investigators find ex-Harvard professor Marc Hauser guilty of misconduct, 2 years after his colleagues did.

The interim director of Harvard’s New England Primate Research Center stepped down amidst monkey deaths and animal welfare citations.

Marc Hauser resigns after findings of scientific misconduct continue to restrict his teaching and research duties.