How Will Stanford President’s Resignation Impact the University?

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🗓️ 25 July 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Following a months-long investigation into his published research, Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced his plan to resign from his post. While investigators did not find that Tessier-Lavigne falsified data himself, they say he failed to respond appropriately when he was made aware of the problems. We’ll be joined Theo Baker, “The Stanford Daily” student reporter who first broke this story, and other experts about why this cost Tessier-Lavigne his job and what this means for Stanford. Guests: Theo Baker, investigations editor, The Stanford Daily Lisa Krieger, research reporter, San Jose Mercury News Jonathan Wosen, west coast biotech and life sciences reporter, STAT News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.5	Stanford President Mark Tessier-Levin announced his plan to resign last week amid
0:52.7	scandal at one of the nation's most prestigious
0:55.2	universities. The case is complex. An investigation by a special science committee at Stanford
1:01.2	did not find that Tessier Levine himself falsified figures or data in papers he co-authored,
1:07.2	but several papers did contain manipulated images, including some in the most prominent journals like science and nature.
1:14.7	Perhaps the most remarkable fact about the resignation is that a freshman on the Stanford newspaper was responsible for following up on allegations that had been floating around the scientific community.
1:25.3	We talk with that young journalist and the future of Stanford. It's coming up next right after this news.
1:34.3	Welcome to Forum.
1:35.3	I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:37.3	Open up the big PDF that contains Stanford's investigation into its soon-to-be
1:42.3	former president, Mark Tessier-Levin, and you'll see that much of the evidence revolves around the images included in a series of papers over the last 20 years.
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