Time also for university leaders to reflect due process, apoliticalness, meritocracy and many many now unfashionable principles that used to make universities great, fair, safe, and inspiring. What happened to Dr Sabatini hurts not only him and his family, it hurts science, universities, academia, and public trust of academic institutions, and many other women and men who are the real victims of professional misconduct but may have to experience mistrust because of such acts as from Dr Sabatini’s accuser. Universities must do better in upholding integrity and due process.
A civil jury ruled in favor of ex-MIT scientist David Sabatini, who was accused by a younger colleague of inappropriate sexual conduct in his Cambridge research lab, and awarded him $6 million in damages. trib.al/s3v9VIXView quoted post on X
