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University finds prominent astrophysicist Lawrence Krauss grabbed a woman's breast
An investigation by Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe concluded this week that high-profile astrophysicist and atheist Lawrence Krauss violated the university's sexual harassment policy by grabbing a woman's breast at a conference in Australia in late 2016.
"Responsive action is being taken to prevent any further recurrence of similar conduct," ASU's executive vice president and provost, Mark Searle, wrote in a 31 July letter to Melanie Thomson, a microbiologist based in Ocean Grove, Australia, who is an outspoken advocate for women in science. Thomson, who witnessed the breast-grabbing incident, received the investigative report from ASU's Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) and shared it with Science.
In response to an email asking what specific actions the university is taking, an ASU spokesperson wrote: "Professor Lawrence Krauss is no longer director of Arizona State University's Origins Project, a research unit at ASU. Krauss remains on administrative leave from the university. It is the policy of the university not to comment on ongoing personnel matters."
Lawrence M. Krauss and The Origins Project.
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(Score: 5, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday August 07 2018, @03:19PM (2 children)
He wasn't at work when it happened.
..by grabbing a woman's breast at a conference in Australia in late 2016.
Conferences ARE his work you victim-blaming piece of shit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @11:26PM
Since they seem to have weak standards of evidence to begin with ("preponderance of the evidence"), I'm not sure whether or not he even did it. That's usually the issue with cases like this; universities typically don't have the experience or resources to conduct real investigations. It's a shame that the only 'opposition' in articles like this tend to be right-wing retards.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Wednesday August 08 2018, @12:17AM
That said, it's really too bad there is no way to keep the professional competence and remove the untoward social behavior. Perhaps they should keep him on, but restrict him to teleconferences and "work from home". If, of course, they decide he's guilty.
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