A Stanford Student Reporter Is Behind An Explosive Investigation

The same day as the publication of history, the university launched an investigation In Tessier-Lavigne research And the seven years of alleged scientific misconduct detailed in the history of the Stanford Daily.

“It was quite surprising,” said Sam Catania, editor -in -chief of Stanford Daily. “I can’t say that I expected the board of directors to act quickly.” But the launch of the survey, he said, “has become another news event for us.” Baker continued to cover the story, revealing a possible image manipulation in additional papers Co-author by Tessier-Lavigne. He also reported calls to the president of the University of resign and the Expansion of the group of individuals which would investigate the allegations of scientific misconduct. (You can read the whole cover of the Stanford Daily here.)

On February 17, three days before the announcement of the Polk Award winners, Baker published another massive story Revealing accusations that Tessier-Lavigne failed to make public data public in a 2009 article which identified a potential cause of cerebral degeneration in Alzheimer’s patients (for which he was the main author).

His only interaction in person with Tessier-Lavigne was brief, said Baker. He approached the president of the university shortly after sending him an email asking for comments for the history on the alleged concealment of falsified Alzheimer data. “I approached him. I just said: “Hi”, and he said, “Oh yes, yes. I received your letter. I can’t wait to be in contact. I am in a hurry.

“I started to say something, and he closed his car door in the middle of my sentence,” said Baker. “And of course, he didn’t answer us. His lawyer did it.”

Shortly after the publication of the history of Alzheimer’s, Tessier-Lavigne sent a letter to Stanford faculty and staff Attack student reports, the appellant “filled with lies”.

Tessier-Lavigne’s letter has strengthened Baker’s conviction that his stories would never have been published if the Stanford Daily was not an organization operating out of the control of the university institution. (The newspaper celebrates the 50th anniversary of its independence from the university this year.) “The issues are simply too high,” said Baker. “The person we write is literally in charge of all of us.”

Stanford Daily Reporter and the editor deprive questions about the impact that their investigation may have on Tessier-Lavigne’s mandate as president of the university.

“We just want to point out the facts and we want to do things. This is what is most important to us,” said Catania. “You know, whatever happens, if ultimately, we were just, we were exact, and that we were meticulous. For me, it will be” accomplished mission “on the part of everyday life.”

For his part, Baker said he just wanted to happen “deep inside what happened”. He added: “I try not to think too much about what will happen according to all this. What I spent the most time to think is to make sure that we are going to do things well, and to make sure that we get as complete as possible. I am not responsible for making judgments; other people will achieve their conclusion. So my work here is to go and understand what is to go.”