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Arizona State University Removes Astrophysicist Lawrence Krauss as Director of the Origins Project
University finds prominent astrophysicist Lawrence Krauss grabbed a woman's breast [sciencemag.org]
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 [asu.edu] 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 [sciencemag.org] 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 [wikipedia.org] and The Origins Project [asu.edu].
Related: Two EmDrive Papers -- Mach Effect Thruster, Too [soylentnews.org]
