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investigations. 2022 george polk award. words in @nytimes @theatlantic @nymag @stanforddaily and more. dm for signal. likes and rts are not endorsement. he/they

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Theo Baker

1 year

EXCLUSIVE: Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s Alzheimer’s research was called “the miracle result.” Now, colleagues allege that a 2011 internal review found “falsified data” and Tessier-Lavigne “walked around…with a broom and swept up the footprints in the dirt.”

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Review found ‘falsified data’ in Stanford President’s research, colleagues allege

His paper was called “the miracle result.” But it never turned into an Alzheimer’s treatment. Now, four former Genentech senior scientists and executives allege that an internal review in 2011...

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Theo Baker

10 months

BREAKING: Stanford president to resign his post, retract “at least” 3 papers, after our reporting in @StanfordDaily exposed multiple papers with data manipulation and his refusal to retract studies when given opportunities over the course of 2 decades.

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Stanford president resigns over manipulated research

Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne will resign effective Aug. 31. He will also retract or issue lengthy corrections to five widely cited papers for which he was principal author after a Stanfo...

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Theo Baker

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My piece today in @theatlantic is the product of five months of work, dozens of hours of interviews, and a lot of personal anguish. It tells the story of a campus consumed in unique fashion by bigotry, of reasonable students enabling rancor. Take a read!

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The War at Stanford

I didn’t know that college would be a factory of unreason.

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Theo Baker

10 months

The NYT asked me to write a guest essay about the resignation of Stanford's president. My takeaway? This is so much bigger than one man and his research. Scientific integrity is vital and its guardrails have proven insufficient:

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Opinion | The Research Scandal at Stanford Is More Common Than You Think (Gift Article)

Scientific journals need to harden their defenses against research manipulation.

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Theo Baker

7 months

A coalition of #Stanford students has called the brutal mass murder and kidnapping of Israeli civilians "legal" and "legitimate...resistance." Never mind that children and grandparents were dragged from their homes and a literal peace festival. Never mind the defiled corpses.

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Theo Baker

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Putting aside whether this decision is right, I just want to note that an educated student who says she is against genocide and violence has a literal hammer and sickle in her bio. This seems incompatible, no? The Soviet Union is responsible for the genocide of millions…

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i’m an organizer with CU Apartheid Divest @ColumbiaSJP , in my 3 years at @BarnardCollege i have never been reprimanded or received any disciplinary warnings i just received notice that i am 1 of 3 students suspended for standing in solidarity with Palestinians facing a genocide.

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NEW: swastikas have appeared across campus @Stanford , popping up in several student residences and a library. “We write with some sickening news,” begins the letter from faculty living in one dorm.

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Theo Baker

7 months

Stanford’s culture of silence is impressively intense. It partly stems from a longtime dearth of investigative/accountability journalism — people just aren’t used to being asked hard questions, nor do they see the value in them. I butt up against this constantly.

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After FTX sued Sam Bankman-Fried's parents, both of whom are Stanford Law School professors, I contacted every faculty member at the school for their reaction. Fewer than a dozen replied, and of those who did, only three were willing to go on the record.

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Parties that require you to denounce Israel to get in? Swastikas in dorms? Activists protesting an anti-antisemitism event by shouting that Jews are “child traffickers” who “will all be replaced”? Welcome to @Stanford since 10/7.

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The War at Stanford

I didn’t know that college would be a factory of unreason.

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Theo Baker

9 months

Shakespeare banned in Florida over "sexual content." Remarkable.

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Concerns over sex content leads Florida schools to pull Shakespeare

A roundup of Florida education news from around the state

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Theo Baker

10 months

See my full interview on @NewsHour with @GeoffRBennett where I got the opportunity to talk about the incredible work of my peers @thedailynu @thecrimson @ColumbiaSpec and more! Yay student journalism!

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Student journalist discusses reporting that led to Stanford president's resignation

Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne will resign next month over the questionable handling of flawed scientific research. The investigation began last year after the campus newspaper...

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9 months

"Crypto magnate Sam Bankman-Fried was scheduled to speak to a Stanford class this winter, The Daily has learned. The topic of the course? Tech ethics." This and more previously unreported details in my latest piece:

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S.B.F. is leaving campus. But Stanford’s ties to his case are deeper than previously known

Alleged fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, his parents and a close circle of friends are fighting a slew of legal cases. Their relationships to Stanford are everywhere — and ongoing.

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Theo Baker

1 month

Even if you disagree with a Holocaust survivor, you owe them respect. The heckler's veto is not protected speech and it's an utter shame that people think this is the right way to make a point.

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WATCH: Susanne DeWitt, an 89 year-old Holocaust survivor who was arrested and sent to Dachau Concentration Camp at age 4, was repeatedly heckled by demonstrators as she spoke in favor of the City of Berkeley's Holocaust Remembrance Day proclamation.

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Beyond honored to receive a 2023 George Polk Award. None of this would be possible without the incredible, brilliant, and supportive team I've had @StanfordDaily . My editors–including @sbcatania , @kate_selig , and @RileyOriana –are phenomenal – and my knowledgeable advisors (1/

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Theo Baker

7 months

No statement from @Stanford yet on the massive and utterly brutal terror attack in Israel. For reference, Stanford typically has statements up about mass shootings within hours. It had a statement about Ukraine the same day. But silence here.

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Theo Baker

1 year

BREAKING: Stanford provost to step down, with little explanation and no warning. The Dean of Research also stepped down a month and a half ago. That means two of the top scientists in embattled president Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s administration are out in as many months.

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Theo Baker

3 months

This photo should go down in the annals of history as the picture of true bravery. Navalny chose to go back. He knew what would happen—they’d already tried to poison him twice. But he stood up for what he believed in. We need more Navalnys in the world and far, far fewer Putins.

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Theo Baker

10 months

EXCLUSIVE: Stanford’s report omitted allegations it was made aware of in writing and lost sources by not promising anonymity. My latest @StanfordDaily

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Sources wouldn't participate in probe of Stanford president

Stanford’s investigation into its own president did not include some allegations it was made aware of in writing. It also lost out on access to some witnesses.

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Theo Baker

1 year

Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne faces years of allegations of scientific misconduct in his research, including papers he coauthored containing images which researchers say appear "definitely photoshopped.” My latest @StanfordDaily

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Stanford president’s research under investigation

Marc Tessier-Lavigne faces years of allegations of scientific misconduct in his research, including papers he co-authored containing images which researchers say appear “definitely photoshopped.” One...

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Theo Baker

2 years

Mikhail Gorbachev turned 91 today. I wonder what he’s thinking today in the midst of Putin’s forceful redaction of his legacy.

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11 months

On a day dedicated to celebrating fathers, I want to recognize my own, a brilliant, kind man who was shaped my life more than anyone else. Thank you @peterbakernyt for being my inspiration and best proponent. I love you infinitely and I wish desperately to live up to your example

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Theo Baker

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Everyone, and I mean everyone, should read @anneapplebaum ’s Gulag and Red Famine. The horror of the Soviet Union is not a question of ideology it is a reminder of human cruelty at its most despicable. The history of the Holodomor, especially, is far too unknown.

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Theo Baker

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Putting aside whether this decision is right, I just want to note that an educated student who says she is against genocide and violence has a literal hammer and sickle in her bio. This seems incompatible, no? The Soviet Union is responsible for the genocide of millions…

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Theo Baker

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Blockbuster Alzheimer’s paper retracted by former Stanford president after a decade of resistance | Marc Tessier-Lavigne had declined to withdraw the paper as recently as this summer, when he resigned as president | @StanfordDaily

Blockbuster Alzheimer's paper retracted by former Stanford president after a decade of resistance

A 2009 study, cited as a “key scientific discovery” by Genentech as it sought a higher valuation, has now been retracted by former University head Marc Tessier-Lavigne. It is his fourth retraction in...

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Theo Baker

7 months

As a journalist, my job is to seek out the truth and confront untruths. This is a blatant example of a vicious lie. There are legitimate grievances about the treatment of Palestinians — ones I've been vocal about in the past to no end. Nothing is an excuse for stealing children.

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The piece also, somehow, compares Hamas to Ukraine... Never mind that Zelenskyy is on Israel's side, never mind that Hamas' tactics are so brazenly different than the Ukrainians.

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From the Community | Stanford Students for Justice in Palestine

Palestinians have a legal right to resistance to resist occupation, apartheid and systemic injustice, Students for Justice in Palestine writes.

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Theo Baker

7 months

College campuses have been torn apart at the seams for the last two weeks in a way not seen since the ’60s. The tension — and fear — is palpable. And outrageous displays of ignorance have been widespread.

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NYU happening now - students are spotted holding up a Nazi era antisemitic signs wanting to rid the world of the Jews. We have no words.

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Wow. Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who resigned as @Stanford president this summer for overseeing labs that produced falsified research at 3 different institutions over 20 years, returns to biotech with $1bn in funding.

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Andrew Dunn

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Among the head-turning details: ex-Stanford prez Marc Tessier-Lavigne returns to biotech as CEO investors include ARCH, Foresite, NEA, F-Prime, Sequoia, Lux board includes Carolyn Bertozzi, ex- J&J CEO Alex Gorsky, former FDA head Scott Gottlieb

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Theo Baker

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. @Stanford continues to be wrapped up in the case of convicted crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, whose parents are longtime professors at the Law School. Of note: faculty have previously been warned that using Stanford letterhead in this manner is against policy.

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A huge thank you to @JeffreyGoldberg , @YAppelbaum , Honor Jones, and everyone else who helped on this piece. It was a massive undertaking and I hope the final product reflects the work that went into it.

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Theo Baker

2 months

My Grandma gave me my first pair of skates when I was 5… guess I have six decades left to go! @peterbakernyt is a proud dad.

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83-year-old Linda Sinrod holds the world record for oldest female ice hockey player, and nothing is standing in her way. Tonight, we have the pleasure of hosting Linda as part of our ceremonial puck drop for Women in Hockey Night. #ALLCAPS | @GDIT

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Theo Baker

10 months

Gwen Ifill was one of my favorite people to ever exist. To appear now on NewsHour, with the inimitable @GeoffRBennett , is such a privilege. Thank you for highlighting this reporting @NewsHour

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PBS NewsHour

10 months

Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne will resign next month over questionable handling of flawed scientific research. Reporter @tab_delete of the @StanfordDaily first published the allegations back in November and has been covering it since.

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Theo Baker

9 months

A reminder of the risks data sleuths assume by identifying cases of research manipulation. Powerful scientists will go to great lengths to protect their careers, even when significant evidence points to fabrication.

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Stephanie M. Lee

9 months

If you want to read Dr. Gino's 100-page lawsuit for yourself, here it is:

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Theo Baker

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This isn’t just about one kid, it speaks to a much broader issue of ignorance—people are willing to use symbols that signify terror and violence without knowing or caring about the context behind them. This, in turn, makes it all the harder to have productive conversations.

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Theo Baker

3 months

A year ago today, I published the biggest investigation I’ve ever conducted. Insiders at Genentech told us that pioneering Alzheimer’s research used in a $4bn stock boost was actually faked — and that executives had tried to keep that from emerging.

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Review found ‘falsified data’ in Stanford President’s research, colleagues allege

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Theo Baker

1 year

My grandfather talked about student journalism more than anyone I know. He loved his college newspaper so much and would sit me down and talk for hours about his experience. He died just two weeks before my own college career began. I do this for him.

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Theo Baker

9 months

These student journalists are beyond impressive. Writing live updates while yourself locked down during a shooting is a situation no college student should face. They rose to the occasion and served their community — exactly as the best reporters do. Incredibly proud.

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The front page of tomorrow's @dailytarheel – I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours. Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.

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BREAKING: More papers co-authored by Stanford's President have alleged image manipulation. Plus, the University has announced the structure of its investigation into its own president and some researchers are disappointed. My latest @StanfordDaily

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Additional papers by University president in question, structure of Board’s investigation criticized

Three more papers have been identified as containing alleged image manipulation since The Daily’s first article. Stanford announced that former U.S. Attorney Carol Lam would lead its investigation,...

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No journalist should be unsafe doing their job — much less a journalist who is a college student covering their own campus. This is deeply upsetting and absolutely unacceptable. @UCLA has a lot of explaining to do.

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Shortly before 3:30 a.m., four Daily Bruin reporters were walking on campus when they were followed and then assaulted.

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There's a @Stanford student who's been using social media to talk about the need for a "final solution" in re Israel/Palestine. She says there's a "secret world order" pulling all the strings. The kicker? She's a human rights minor.

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The new encampment @Stanford ’s admit weekend is being orchestrated in coordination with PSL — an organization that supports Syria’s Assad (who gassed his own people), denies Tiananmen Square, supports the annexation of Crimea, etc etc.

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Protestors covered up a display recognizing the Armenian Genocide to erect their encampment.

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Theo Baker

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. @Stanford has been consumed since 10/7. Rival protest encampments grew large enough to be seen in satellite images of the school. Students are told they support genocide for wearing kippahs, and accused of terrorism for wearing keffiyehs. My latest:

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The War at Stanford

I didn’t know that college would be a factory of unreason.

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Theo Baker

2 months

. @Stanford , a school that now has four Taylor Swift classes, has not offered its “Vietnam War” class since 2020. Four whole years ago. Students have started and graduated without the opportunity to study something that not so long ago sparked violent protests across our campus.

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Theo Baker

5 months

Student journos tend to know their communities better than natl journos swooping in to do a story when it’s newsy. Long-term connections and consistent coverage pay off big time when it counts! Nobody owns a beat like someone who lives and studies in the place they’re covering.

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“We wanted to keep chasing it”: How student journalists at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania are beating big-time reporters to the punch. Click the image to read more:

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Theo Baker

4 months

My Pappou was the kindest and most thoughtful man I knew. I will always seek to live up to his example. Here’s to 2024 and to experiencing love so deep and meaningful.

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Peter Baker

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As we say goodbye to 2023, we remember those who won't be joining us in 2024. Too many, I'm afraid. For me, most of all, this angel of a man. My New Year's resolution is to be more like him every day. ή άγάπη ούδέποτε έχπίπτει

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Theo Baker

8 months

BREAKING: Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who resigned as president of @Stanford amid a falsified research imbroglio, is now off the board of @Regeneron , where he served for years. He has had 3 papers retracted from @ScienceMagazine and @CellPressNews , with more expected from @Nature .

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@ZaidJilani I’m a college student, why are you so surprised that I care about colleges… If it doesn’t matter to you then ignore it! There are plenty of great journalists covering this war—I’m not one of them. I cover universities and the students at them, not the Middle East.

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7 months

This is your legitimate resistance? And you go to #Stanford ???

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9 months

Can someone explain to me why college athletic conferences aren't geographically based? Why would Stanford want to play against schools thousands of miles away, forcing kids out of classrooms for long stretches of time???

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ACC having early discussions on adding Cal, Stanford

The move comes after last week's announcement that Arizona, Arizona State and Utah will follow Colorado to the Big 12 in 2024.

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Protestors covered up a display recognizing the Armenian Genocide to erect their encampment.

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Theo Baker

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As was inevitable, a tent camp is currently being erected @Stanford . So far all peaceful protest with no real skirmishes. Crowds seem notably thinned compared to the heights of activism previously.

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Theo Baker

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“It was a shock. It was a shock to every scientist.” My latest @StanfordDaily about breakthrough Alzheimer’s research and a 2011 internal review.

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Review found ‘falsified data’ in Stanford President’s research, colleagues allege

His paper was called “the miracle result.” But it never turned into an Alzheimer’s treatment. Now, four former Genentech senior scientists and executives allege that an internal review in 2011...

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Theo Baker

7 months

#Stanford has refused to condemn the massacres in Israel and Nagorno-Karabakh — even #Harvard which received a lot of heat for its position has condemned the terrorist slaughter by Hamas. @Stanford , despite having taken other positions in the past, won't.

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"Let there be no doubt that I condemn the terrorist atrocities perpetrated by Hamas. Such inhumanity is abhorrent, whatever one’s individual views of the origins of longstanding conflicts in the region." Read more from President Claudine Gay.

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. @thecrimson has done an excellent job publishing balanced pieces with tough and fair reporting under enormous amounts of pressure. It has also provided room for thoughtful, considered opinions from all parts of the spectrum. @BillAckman needs to back the hell off.

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Bill Ackman

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The @Harvard Crimson refused to publish @AlanDersh piece which criticized President Gay’s testimony while publishing a piece which defended her. President Gay’s ‘commitment to free expression’ is alive and well at the Crimson. And consider that the Crimson is training our…

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. @StanfordDaily ’s historic front page today showcasing the resignation of President Marc Tessier-Lavigne following Daily investigations. This is our first issue back as we start up the school year!

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Theo Baker

1 month

Damian, who was killed yesterday in an IDF airstrike, is the first face you see in this video about the work @WCKitchen was doing on the border of Ukraine. We made thousands of sandwiches and thousands more hot meals every day from that warehouse. RIP.

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Meet Our Teammates: World Central Kitchen | See How Salesforce Grants...

As members of Team Earth, Salesforce believes in using the power of business for good. Our partnership with World Central Kitchen began in 2018 when we teame...

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Honored to receive a Dan Rather Medal! My work “stands alongside some of the most significant journalistic endeavors of the year [it] not only illuminated the shoddy practices of the Stanford president but also laid bare shocking ethical lapses.”

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Moody College announces winners of 2024 Dan Rather Medals | School of Journalism and Media

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And once more a reminder that the solution to this crisis is not to limit free speech but to further education and encourage the amelioration of uncompromising—and at a minimum unproductive—rhetoric.

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“We've had protests in the past, but they haven't pitted students against each other,” @Stanford ’s president told me. In a candid series of interviews between Sept. and Mar. we discussed his thorny role: “It’s been kind of a rollercoaster to be honest.”

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The War at Stanford

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2 years

how do we do this every week. a month after port arthur Australia did a gun buyback and two decades later they still haven’t had another mass shooting. it’s just like with covid: these people, these kids do not have to die.

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Kyle Griffin

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Sen. Chris Murphy gets on his knees on the Senate floor: "I am here on this floor to beg, to literally get down on my hands and knees to beg my colleagues: Find a path forward here. Work with us to find a way to pass laws that make this less likely."

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@smtology I don’t believe she’s endorsing the USSR. Yet the hammer and sickle is inseparable from the Soviet Union and to say it is “typically understood” otherwise is the bad faith take here. You can’t white wash away that history.

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1 year

“MTL knew” — a fifth source alleges that Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne refused to withdraw falsified Alzheimer’s research in private correspondence to the board chair.

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Allegations against Stanford president corroborated to board

An email contained additional allegations about Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s Alzheimer’s research and the 2011 internal review that former colleagues allege uncovered falsification.

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Theo Baker

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. @Stanford has selected its next president, business school dean Jonathan Levin. He is the 13th straight, white man to lead the university — which, unlike every Ivy, has never had a woman or person of color in charge.

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Niko did a fantastic job getting this photo. He was unobtrusive and responsible, respected privacy, and took his shot when the moment was right. Incredible to have a record from mere moments after Tessier-Lavigne received our first comment request for this story.

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Stanford President MTL walks through Main Quad minutes after receiving questions for @tab_delete ’s latest reporting on alleged falsification in MTL’s research. I played a 2-day waiting game for this photo. Proud of Theo and our @StanfordDaily team.

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@StanfordDaily @sbcatania @kate_selig @RileyOriana Tracy, Glenn, Phil, and so many others made this possible. In addition, I'm duty bound to point out just how lucky I've been to have the incomparable role model of my parents to look toward. My family has stood behind me at every step and I love them to death. (2/)

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In an interview today she said: “You guys can be mad about the hammer and sickle … I'm confused why everybody cares so much.” And that right there is exactly the issue. A lot of people care because a lot of people died. So why use a symbol that to them represents that?

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Theo Baker

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This isn’t just about one kid, it speaks to a much broader issue of ignorance—people are willing to use symbols that signify terror and violence without knowing or caring about the context behind them. This, in turn, makes it all the harder to have productive conversations.

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BREAKING: #Stanford Law School had moved classes tomorrow to zoom over fears of violence due to the ongoing turmoil on campus over the Israel-Palestine debacle.

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TURNOVER AT THE TOP: in the last year the presidents of @Harvard , @Yale , @Columbia , @Stanford , @MIT , @Penn , @nyuniversity , and @dartmouth have resigned. Stanford *is the only school to have never had a woman or person of color in the top spot*

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The new Twitter/X “feature” that hides article headlines is absolutely nonsensical and moronic. It’s just one more step in making this platform unusable for news curation and dissemination — which is, of course, a goal for Musk.

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Everyone, and I mean everyone, should read @anneapplebaum ’s Gulag and Red Famine. The horror of the Soviet Union is not a question of ideology it is a reminder of human cruelty at its most despicable. The history of the Holodomor, especially, is far too unknown.

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Last night, Jews at #Stanford gathered in a tearful vigil to mourn those lost in the brutal terrorist attack by Hamas. Then, hours later, messages were scrawled in White Plaza, where the vigil was held, saying “2-4-6-8 smash the Zionist settler state” “Israel is dead” and more.

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After resisting calls to retract this paper for more than a decade, former @Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne has withdrawn the study he once said would “turn our current understanding of Alzheimer’s upside down.”

Blockbuster Alzheimer's paper retracted by former Stanford president after a decade of resistance

A 2009 study, cited as a “key scientific discovery” by Genentech as it sought a higher valuation, has now been retracted by former University head Marc Tessier-Lavigne. It is his fourth retraction in...

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Theo Baker

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EXCLUSIVE: Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s Alzheimer’s research was called “the miracle result.” Now, colleagues allege that a 2011 internal review found “falsified data” and Tessier-Lavigne “walked around…with a broom and swept up the footprints in the dirt.”

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. @Stanford refuses to condemn mass rape and murder by Hamas or take a stance on the ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh, saying the University doesn’t take stances. Except it has taken a stance on Ukraine and George Floyd among other issues.

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Statement about support and resources for students as crises unfold worldwide

VPSA and ORSL also explain policies relevant to university statements on world affairs, banners, and student safety.

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4 months

I love this industry. But watching news organization after news organization spiral is both so sad and utterly terrifying. Is this what my friends and I are heading toward? Should we really keep going?

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1 year

So grateful for the support of a wonderful group. I met many heroes today who exemplify the bravery and sacrifice of journalists—real journalists—who risk their lives every day.

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Dan Diamond

1 year

“If you’re wondering why I’m up here … I am too,” jokes Stanford freshman @tab_delete — youngest-ever winner @PolkAwards . (Some of the answer was revealed in his remarks: Theo said he’s faced intimidation + threats as he broke stories that put Stanford president’s job at risk)

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INBOX: under significant pressure, #Stanford has released a new statement on the terror attack in Israel. "As a moral matter, we condemn all terrorism and mass atrocities. This includes the deliberate attack on civilians this weekend by Hamas," said the president and provost.

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10 months

Important credit to @MicrobiomDigest and the folks at @PubPeer who identified a number of the allegations that eventually ended Marc Tessier-Lavigne's tenure as Stanford president.

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Stanford president resigns over manipulated research

Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne will resign effective Aug. 31. He will also retract or issue lengthy corrections to five widely cited papers for which he was principal author after a Stanfo...

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1 month

No one could deserve it more. And no one can weave together so many strands of information so quickly and so thoroughly. Forever impressed.

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WHCA

1 month

Congratulations to @peterbakernyt of the @nytimes , winner of the WHCA’s 2024 Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure – Print. To see the winning coverage and more,

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I don’t normally comment on journalism fuck ups because there are plenty of people here who do, but this is a good example of just how far higher ed coverage at national papers often lags behind student journalism (and their own publications’ standards).

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Contrary to a report by The Washington Post, no protesters have been arrested, and the encampment has not been broken up by Penn's administration. Rather, the encampment remains intact and uninterrupted at this time.

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5 months

So impressed by the @dailypenn reporters/editors/staffers absolutely kicking ass and serving their community at a time of great tension. Moments like these are exactly when we need reliable, thorough student journalism.

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Jared Mitovich

5 months

BREAKING: @Wharton 's Board of Advisors is calling on Penn to change leadership with "immediate effect," alleging a "dangerous and toxic culture," according to a letter to President Liz Magill first obtained by @dailypenn .

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10 months

Can confirm expletives were uttered… Thanks so much for chatting @corinnepurtill and grateful for the feature of our reporting!

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Corinne Purtill

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10 months

A look at my transcript shows that when @tab_delete told me the academic courseload he took while reporting these stories I said a very rude word out loud and then immediately apologized that it was not directed at him specifically, I was just stunned

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I also want to recognize my grandfathers, both of whom passed this year. I was so incredibly lucky to be close to them and admire their example. They were wonderful human beings, who always put others above their own. @sbg1 and @peterbakernyt have given me an incredible life.

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1 year

Stanford pledged to revise its policies to prevent a man who had pretended to be a student and lived in dorms for a year under false pretenses from returning. But he’s back, and his ex says he continues to stalk and harass her on campus. @StanfordDaily

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Imposter who lied about going to Stanford for a year returns

“It was a fun first day on campus,” William Curry told The Daily, after it was discovered that he had once again spent the night in a student residence. Curry’s ex-girlfriend alleges that he contin...

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8 months

@joseiswriting @Harvard @Yale @Columbia @Stanford @MIT @Penn @nyuniversity @dartmouth Stanford has only 26 tenured black professors. It has 983 tenured white professors.

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1 year

NEW: Genentech has disclosed an additional allegation of research misconduct in Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s lab and said he published an Alzheimer’s study despite concerns over its reproducibility. Latest @StanfordDaily

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Stanford President knew of concerns before publishing study

The biotechnology firm revealed new allegations of research misconduct in Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s lab and disclosed more potential image alterations while saying that its potentially “incomplete”...

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“I know that I’m a target,” @Stanford ’s president told me, not long after his house was vandalized and days before an effigy of him was covered in blood. (1/2)

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7 months

Dozens of #Stanford professors and students have signed a letter to the president and provost about its lackluster response to the Hamas terror attack. @Stanford ’s response “downplays the horrific gravity of the situation,” they write.

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According to an instagram post, they were protesting investment in “weapons manufacturers, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, BlackRock, and others.” BlackRock is not a weapons manufacturer. It manages index funds.

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Laura Powell

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A group of Berkeley law students accepted an invitation to dine at the private home of dean Erwin Chemerinsky and his wife, a law professor, then disrupted the event and refused to leave. Bizarrely, this student claims her conduct is protected by the 1st Amendment. Activists are…

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Stanford has known of an imposter living in dorms and harassing students since at least late 2021 but failed to notify students or keep him off campus. Spanning 5 dorms and numerous removals, this is my latest for @StanfordDaily

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Stanford knew of a campus imposter for a year. He kept returning

Stanford has known about the imposter posing as a Stanford student and living in dorms since at least late 2021. The man returned to campus each time he was removed and even dated a student under...

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Former @Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne promoted a paper he said identified the likely cause of Alzheimer’s while on a campaign to increase Genentech’s sale price. Now the study has been retracted. Slides from a 2009 investor presentation below.

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2 months

“As a rabbi tried to leave the anti-antisemitism event, protesters began pursuing him, chanting, ‘There is only one solution! Intifada revolution!’” (1/3)

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8 months

Stanford has refused to give a full accounting of its financial relationship to FTX; Joseph Bankman is still active at Stanford Law School even as both he and his wife, Barbara Fried, have been sued by FTX for improper enrichment.

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S.B.F. is leaving campus. But Stanford’s ties to his case are deeper than previously known

Alleged fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, his parents and a close circle of friends are fighting a slew of legal cases. Their relationships to Stanford are everywhere — and ongoing.

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8 months

In its new suit against Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, FTX alleges Sam Bankman-Fried's father funneled money to Stanford, where he is a professor. A university spokesperson tells me Stanford "will be returning the funds in their entirety."

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“More than ever, it would seem Stanford is due for some serious introspection. Yet the one thing Silicon Valley seems incapable of is shaking off its own mythology.” My latest in @NYMag .

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What’s the Matter With Stanford?

The Sam Bankman-Fried scandal reveals a lot about Silicon Valley’s favorite school.

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2 months

“The rabbi and the imam appeared to be crying.” (3/3)

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The War at Stanford

I didn’t know that college would be a factory of unreason.

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3 months

Student journalism is an incredible community. This year I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know badasses from MA, FL, NY, IL, MI, NC, WI, and a dozen other places, all dedicated to their communities. To any student journalist who might see this: keep it up you’re doing great!

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1 year

Honored for this recognition of our work! Love my team @StanfordDaily and here’s to holding power to account!

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IRE and NICAR

1 year

The Student (Small) Award goes to @StanfordDaily for investigating the allegations of research misconduct by the president of Stanford. This series sparked headlines across the country. #IREAwards

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Stanford’s statement here, article to come.

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Persis Drell to step down as Stanford provost - Stanford Report

Drell, the chief academic officer and chief budget officer of Stanford University for the last six years, will step down in the fall quarter.

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If you think it’s impossible to think about multiple things at the same time then you’re going to lose it when I tell you that students take more than one class every semester!

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"Putting aside whether this decision is right," congrats bro you have mastered mainstream journalism

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The sequel to Maus is on prominent display in the library today. Why the sequel? All copies of the original are checked out. Massachusetts says no thank you to Tennessee.

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3 months

This story, which ultimately contributed to the resignation of Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, was published a year ago today:

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Theo Baker

1 year

EXCLUSIVE: Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s Alzheimer’s research was called “the miracle result.” Now, colleagues allege that a 2011 internal review found “falsified data” and Tessier-Lavigne “walked around…with a broom and swept up the footprints in the dirt.”

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A twist of fate has triggered an unusual situation in which a newly designated tenured professor, the ex-president, must retract two high-profile studies his first day on the job. My latest @StanfordDaily , with exclusive behind the scenes reporting.

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Two Tessier-Lavigne papers retracted on his last day as president

Science withdrew two influential papers for which the now-former Stanford president served as principal author, despite objections from Elke Stein, the postdoc who conducted most of the work

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This comes almost exactly a year after @Stanford revealed that it had curtailed Jewish admissions in the 1950s. Over the last year, there have been several antisemitic incidents on campus, including swastikas scrawled on the door of a Jewish student in my dorm.

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