Harvard Revokes Tenure for Star Scholar

Harvard’s governing board revoked Francesca Gino’s tenure and ended her employment after an internal investigation found manipulated data in several of her studies; Gino denies misconduct and had sued Harvard and the bloggers who raised concerns, but a judge dismissed key defamation claims. The move is extraordinary at Harvard and has reignited debates about research integrity, how universities police fraud, and the limits of tenure protection. — Signals that elite universities may take public, rare disciplinary action on high‑profile research misconduct, reshaping debates about tenure, transparency, and public trust in academic science.