The Professor: an Academic Tragedy

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Once upon a time there was a university

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[ofmonsters]

You had me at "Uncle Substitute."

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haha thanks :-)

[la_lisa]

Last year a USC professor was severely penalized for obtaining the names of the peers on his review committee for NIH grant funding and then intimidating a junior member of the review board to give him a higher score. The junior member complained to the head of the review board..and well, the professor lost all his NIH funding for ever and ever, which also affected his other funding streams and without funding, well... So his grant money is now going elsewhere and his peers have learned a lesson in how not to behave. Even if you did once have a Big Discovery.

FROM LATIMES: Interviews and records show that a research grant proposal by USC professor W. Martin Kast was disallowed after his alleged lobbying efforts were disclosed by the chief of peer review panelists looking into prostate cancer research proposals.

[substitute]

Christ, what an asshole.

I'm not surprised, though, considering some friends' experiences as grad students there. Ridiculous hierarchy with no consequences for misbehavior.

[dreamyshade]

freaky usc professor number zillion: http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/23996/

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YIKES.

[judgefudge]

Christ, what an asshole.